Who builds NoTraQR
NoTraQR is built and maintained by IT WORX, a small independent Dutch IT consultancy with 25+ years of experience across infrastructure, virtualisation (VMware), Microsoft Windows ecosystems, and Scrum/agile delivery, registered in the Netherlands (Chamber of Commerce / KvK 27261038). IT WORX is the same company behind a number of other Dutch online services; NoTraQR is a personal contribution to the public web — a free tool maintained on the side, not a commercial product line.
Why NoTraQR exists
The idea came from a simple frustration. Most online QR code generators send the data you type — a WiFi password, a vCard, a private URL — to a server in order to render the image. Some of them log it. Some sell it on as analytics. Worse, several popular generators offer "free dynamic QR codes" that route every scan through a third-party redirect, which means the generator can later monetise, redirect or break the printed code if a free trial expires or the company changes its business model. There are well-documented cases where users discovered their printed business cards or restaurant menus had been silently redirected to a parking page months after a generator's free tier was retired.
That model is unnecessary. The QR code specification has been an open standard (ISO/IEC 18004) since 2000. The encoder fits comfortably in a few kilobytes of JavaScript and runs perfectly well in a browser. There is no technical reason any QR payload needs to leave your device. NoTraQR was built specifically to demonstrate that — and to give people a tool they do not have to read a privacy policy to trust.
How it is built
NoTraQR is a deliberately simple piece of software. The entire homepage is a single HTML file with embedded CSS and a JavaScript implementation of the QR specification. There is no backend service for the QR logic. There is no database that stores user input. There is no analytics pipeline that records what people generate. When you press Generate, the encoder runs on your device's processor; when you press Download, the file is built as an in-memory Blob and saved directly. You can verify all of this in your browser's DevTools Network tab — the step-by-step procedure is on the why no tracking page.
Three small pieces of network traffic do exist on the site, and they are deliberately disclosed rather than hidden: the static assets that load the page, an anonymous +1 counter that increments the homepage total without any identifier, and one Google AdSense advertisement on the homepage. None of the three carry the contents of your QR code. The full disclosure is in the privacy policy.
How it is funded
NoTraQR is funded by a single Google AdSense advertisement on the homepage. That single ad covers domain registration, hosting and maintenance, and keeps the tool free to use without limits. There are no premium tiers, no watermarks, no sign-up walls, no "free trial that expires" — and there will not be. A QR code generated on NoTraQR today will continue to work in ten years' time, because it is a static code with no third-party redirect: the destination is encoded directly into the pattern and stays in your hands forever.
Two donation options are available for visitors who would like to support development directly: Buy Me a Coffee for one-time tips or monthly memberships, and PayPal for a direct one-off transfer. Donations are entirely optional, never solicited inside the tool itself, and have no effect on the features available to anyone else.
What the project commits to
NoTraQR makes a small number of explicit commitments that follow directly from the design:
Your QR payload never leaves your browser. Not for analytics, not for "improving the service", not under any circumstance. If that ever changes, the change will be announced before it ships and the privacy policy will be updated.
Generated codes are permanent. Static QR codes have no third-party dependencies. Once you have downloaded the file, NoTraQR could disappear tomorrow and your printed code would still scan correctly forever.
The tool will remain free and unlimited. No paid tier is planned. The single AdSense ad is the funding model.
Disclosures will stay honest. The privacy policy lists every third-party service active on the site. If anything is added — or removed — the page is updated.
Get in touch
Feedback, bug reports, feature requests and general questions are welcome at info@notraqr.com. The full contact page has more detail about response times and how to file useful bug reports. If you want background on the QR format itself, the history and anatomy page is the place to start; the technical guide covers error correction levels, file formats and printing.