qrx

Selects a region of your screen, reads any QR code found in it, and copies the result to your clipboard.

2026-07-01.12-49-26.mp4

Installation

NixOS / Nix — NUR

Add the NUR channel if you haven't already:

nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/NUR/archive/master.tar.gz nur
nix-channel --update

Then install:

# configuration.nix
environment.systemPackages = [
  nur.repos.x71c9.qrx
];

Or ad-hoc:

nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA nur.repos.x71c9.qrx

Linux — AUR (Arch Linux)

Build from source:

yay -S qrx

Or prebuilt binary:

yay -S qrx-bin

crates.io — Cargo

cargo install qrx

macOS — Homebrew

brew install x71c9/x71c9/qrx

Pre-built binaries

Download the latest release for your platform from the releases page.

Platform	File
Linux x86_64	qrx-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
macOS Apple Silicon	qrx-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
macOS Intel	qrx-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

Usage

qrx                        # crop screen region, copy to clipboard
qrx -p                     # crop screen region, print + copy to clipboard
qrx -pn                    # crop screen region, print only
qrx file.png               # decode image file, copy to clipboard
qrx -p file.png            # decode image file, print + copy to clipboard
qrx -pn file.png           # decode image file, print only

Flags

Flag	Long	Description
-p	--print	Print the decoded text to stdout
-n	--no-clipboard	Do not copy to clipboard

Flags can be combined separately (-p -n) or together (-pn / -np).

Clipboard

On Linux, the result is copied to both the system clipboard (Ctrl+V) and the primary selection (middle-click).

Dependencies

Platform	Required
X11	xclip
Wayland	slurp, grim, wl-copy
macOS	—

License

MIT