• 🎨 Visual Style Gallery - 98 preset families with 344 style variations
• 🔍 Zoomable Interface - Adjust gallery (60-200%) and preview (50-100%) sizes
• 🖼️ Transparent PNG Output - All styles output transparent by default
• 🎯 Live Preview - Auto-generates as you type with smart debouncing
• 🌈 Gradient Support - Horizontal, vertical, radial, and square gradients
• 📐 Multiple Module Shapes - Square, rounded, circle, gapped, vertical bars, horizontal bars
• 🎭 Gallery Background Picker - Preview styles on different colored backgrounds
• 🌙 Theme Support - Dark, Light, and Nord themes
• ⚡ Optimized Performance - Batch loading, caching, and smooth scrolling
• 📋 Clipboard Support - Copy QR image or data directly
• 💾 Multiple Export Formats - PNG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip (Python package manager)

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/qr-code-generator-pro.git
   cd qr-code-generator-pro

2. Run the application

   python qr_code_generator_pro_v7.py

   Note: On first run, the application will automatically prompt to install required dependencies (qrcode[pil] and Pillow).

If you prefer to install dependencies manually:

pip install qrcode[pil] Pillow

For clipboard copy functionality on Windows:

pip install pywin32

1. Enter your data

   • Select input type: URL, Phone, or Text
   • Type or paste your content in the input field

2. Choose a style

   • Browse the Style Gallery (scrollable)
   • Click any style thumbnail to apply it
   • Use zoom controls to resize previews

3. Customize (optional)

   • Adjust QR color and background
   • Change module shape
   • Modify size, border, and error correction

4. Export

   • Click Save to export as file
   • Click Copy to copy to clipboard

Use the Preview BG dropdown to see how your transparent QR codes will look on different surfaces:

• Transparent - Checkerboard pattern (default)
• White - White paper/backgrounds
• Light Gray - Light surfaces
• Dark Gray - Dark surfaces
• Black - Maximum contrast testing
• Custom... - Pick any color

Each style family includes variations with different module shapes:

• Square - Classic QR appearance
• Rounded - Soft, modern look
• Circle - Dotted pattern
• Gapped - Spaced squares
• V-Bars - Vertical bar pattern
• H-Bars - Horizontal bar pattern

• Batch Loading - Gallery loads 12 previews per frame to maintain UI responsiveness
• Checkerboard Caching - 14x faster transparency preview rendering
• Smart Debouncing - 250ms delay prevents excessive regeneration
• Smooth Scrolling - Optimized scroll increments for fluid navigation

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

• Add logo/image overlay support
• Batch QR code generation from CSV
• Custom gradient editor
• QR code reader/decoder
• Additional export formats (SVG, PDF)
• Preset import/export
• Localization support

• ✨ Added gallery background color picker
• ✨ Default gallery zoom increased to 160%
• ✨ All styles now output transparent by default
• ⚡ Batch gallery loading for better performance
• ⚡ Checkerboard pattern caching (14x faster)
• ⚡ Smoother scrolling experience
• 🐛 Fixed preview centering on window resize

• ✨ Added zoom controls for gallery and preview
• ✨ Resizable preview panel
• 🐛 Fixed preview centering issues

• ✨ Expanded to 98 preset families (344 variations)
• ✨ Added horizontal PanedWindow for resizable panels
• ✨ Transparent PNG output by default

• v4.0.0 - Visual style gallery with clickable thumbnails
• v3.0.0 - Menu bar, keyboard shortcuts, High DPI support
• v2.0.0 - 18 style presets, auto-dependency installation
• v1.0.0 - Initial release with basic QR generation

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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• python-qrcode - QR code generation library
• Pillow - Python Imaging Library
• All contributors and users of this project