# FxQRL - URL to QR code

> Turns your URLs into QR code images using built-in library, no network connection is made in this add-on.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/fxqrl](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fxqrl)

## Overview

- **ID:** `fxqrl`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** xeonchen
- **Category:** other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 685
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Rating:** 4.89 / 5 (18 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2015-05-20
- **Size:** 53 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fxqrl/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/xeonchen/fxqrl](https://github.com/xeonchen/fxqrl)

## Description

FxQRL is a Firefox add-on designed to seamlessly generate QR code images from your current tab's URL. It leverages a built-in library to create these QR codes directly within the extension, ensuring that no network connection is required during the process. This guarantees user privacy and security as all data stays local.

The extension is open-source, with its source code available on GitHub, making it transparent and trustworthy. FxQRL provides a convenient and efficient way to share URLs via QR codes without relying on external services or internet connectivity.

## Rankings

- #4,178 — Overall
- #16 — code
- #18 — qr code
- #21 — codes
- #44 — coding
- #95 — connection

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise FxQRL for offline, private QR generation with a simple, no-bloat interface and no permissions. The QR appears as an overlay and can be copied or saved via right-click. Some reviewers note scanning issues that benefit from a white border on dark pages, and there are requests for context-menu integration to generate from selected text and for size controls. Overall, it’s fast, lightweight, and privacy-preserving, with useful features and a few accessibility/customization requests.

### Pros

- Works offline / self-contained (uses an included JS library, no web service)
- Privacy-friendly: does not send data anywhere
- Lightweight, no bloat, open source
- Overlay QR code on the page with easy right-click to copy or save
- No permissions required

### Cons

- White border requirement for scanning by some readers/themes (update helped but not universal)
- Lacks context-menu or selected-text to generate a QR (missing feature)
- No easy way to resize or adjust the QR code size

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fxqrl)