QR Lite

Name: QR Lite
Rating: 4.8333 (12 reviews)
Author: monyxie

👌Easy-to-use, 🛡️privacy-friendly QR code generator & scanner.

QR Lite: Your Privacy-Friendly QR Code Tool

QR Lite is an innovative Firefox add-on that allows users to generate and scan QR codes while prioritizing privacy. With this tool, you can easily create QR codes for the active tab, links, selected text, or user input—all without relying on any third-party services.

Key Features:

Generate QR Codes: Create QR codes for various content effortlessly.
Scan QR Codes: Scan codes from images, clipboard, web pages, or directly using your webcam.
Offline Convenience: All actions are performed offline, ensuring your data remains private and secure.
History Tracking: Remember past scans and generations for quick access.

QR Lite is open-source and distributed under the MIT license. If you find it helpful, please consider leaving a 5-star review!

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By: monyxie

Daily users: 663

Rating: 4.83

(12)

Version: 3.1.0 (Last updated: 2025-03-25)

Version code: 5917159

Creation date: 2021-03-19

Weekly download count: 27

Firefox on Android: No

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus
storage
clipboardWrite
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 2.22M

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated: 14 hours ago

Ranking

# 3,934 ▲ 39

Other rankings

#84 in item keyword 23

#120 in license keyword 21 ▲ 26

#133 in scan keyword 89 ▲ 15

#144 in offline keyword 77 ▲ 24

#146 in like keyword 75

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User reviews

Pros

Simple, lightweight, and does what it says
Scan region feature is useful for reading QR codes on the screen
Good performance with links and images

Cons

Does not work in PDF/SVG viewer mode or internal 'about:' pages
Context menu usage for region selection can be cumbersome
Features revert to default mode in private browsing

Most mentioned

Scanning ability for links and images
Simple and elegant design
Limitations in certain viewing modes

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. User reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

User reviews

by 退出党团队远离中共恶魔, 2025-02-26

您伟大的作品值得一个推荐标签；优雅，并且强悍

by Firefox user 18329634, 2024-11-07

scan region (read from QR on screen) feature is good

by Firefox user 14426856, 2024-06-14

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

QR Lite requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

QR Lite is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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