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Install qrtool with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, winget

Utility for encoding or decoding QR code. Version 0.13.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-13. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#qrtool.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install qrtool

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install qrtool

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/qrtool/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#qrtool

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/qr/qrtool/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S qrtool

Arch Linux sync databases · qrtool · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install qrtool

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · qrtool · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id sorairolake.qrtool -e

Windows Package Manager source index · sorairolake.qrtool · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Utility for encoding or decoding QR code

Commands and aliases

  • qrtool

history

Project history and usage

qrtool is Shun Sakai’s Rust command-line utility for encoding and decoding QR codes. It provides separate encode and decode subcommands, command-specific manuals, completion support, and cross-platform binaries.

Project history

Shun Sakai began qrtool in 2022 as a command-line QR encoder and decoder. The project states that it was inspired by qrencode and zbarimg, combining the two directions of those established command-line workflows in one Rust program.

Adoption history

The official README documents installation through Cargo, Homebrew, Nix, Arch Linux, MacPorts, openSUSE, and WinGet, plus prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows. This makes the Rust utility available both through language-native installation and conventional system package managers.

How it is used

Use qrtool encode with text and redirect or select its image output; use qrtool decode with a QR image to recover its contents.

The project supplies separate manuals for the main command, encoder, decoder, and completion generator. It documents no persistent runtime configuration or credentials file.

Why package nerds care

qrtool is notable for placing both QR encoding and decoding behind one modern Rust CLI, with dedicated subcommands and manual pages. Its support for QR-family variants and shell completions makes it a more integrated alternative to pairing separate generator and scanner commands.

Timeline

  • 2022: The qrtool copyright history begins and the project emerged as a Rust QR encoding and decoding utility.

Related projects

  • The project explicitly credits qrencode, a long-running QR generator, and zbarimg, a barcode image decoder, as inspirations.

Sources

  • Official documentation: https://sorairolake.github.io/qrtool/book/index.html
  • Official repository README: https://github.com/sorairolake/qrtool#readme

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
qrtoolcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19
manager version0.13.2
manager updated2026-09-13
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.13.2

https://github.com/sorairolake/qrtool

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:qrtool
Version0.13.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/qrtool
Homepagehttps://sorairolake.github.io/qrtool/book/index.html
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sorairolake/qrtool
Upstream docshttps://sorairolake.github.io/qrtool/book/index.html
LicenseCC-BY-4.0 AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
Source archivehttps://github.com/sorairolake/qrtool/archive/refs/tags/v0.13.2.tar.gz
Last updated2026-09-13T20:23:08Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesasciidoctor, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameqrtool
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

qrtool

nix profile install nixpkgs#qrtool
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Qrtool
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/qr/qrtool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

qrtool 0.13.2-1

An utility for encoding or decoding QR code

https://github.com/sorairolake/qrtool

sudo pacman -S qrtool
  • License: MIT AND Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Qrtool
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: qrtool from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

qrtool 0.13.2-1.4

An utility for encoding or decoding QR code

https://github.com/sorairolake/qrtool

sudo zypper install qrtool
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0 AND MIT
  • Category: Productivity/Graphics/Visualization/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: qrtool
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Qrtool
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: qrtool from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

qrtool

sudo port install qrtool
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Qrtool
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: graphics/qrtool/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

sorairolake.qrtool

winget install --id sorairolake.qrtool -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Qrtool
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: sorairolake.qrtool from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • asciidoctorBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • qrencodeShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, encoder, qr-code.
  • aklomp-base64Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, decoder, developer-tools, encoder.
  • qprintShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, decoder, developer-tools, encoder.
  • uvShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust.
  • ripgrepShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust.
  • starshipShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust.

source trail

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  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
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  • package relationship graph
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