UniQR
Scan QR codes on your screen without reaching for your phone
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UniQR reads QR codes already on your screen. Press a shortcut, select a scanned link, and open it in your browser. Free and open source for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
PH · launched Oct 29, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 22%) · 0 views
Niche: qr code generators and tools · 218 launches, 18 in the last 7 days ▼ -45% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Open Source
- Privacy
- GitHub
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More like this: all 218 launches in qr code generators and tools →
Could you build this?
Yes It captures the screen, detects QR codes with an existing decoder library like ZXing or OpenCV, and opens the link via a global hotkey, all of which is standard cross-platform desktop work.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 380 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #64 of 381 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 299 days after the earliest competitor.
- ScanCode · ph · 2026-09-06 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.68
- Unboundcove QR Tools · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- QR Scanner Tool · ph · 2026-09-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- QRSnip · ph · 2026-09-30 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- QR & Barcode Studio · ph · 2026-11-12 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Qrater · ph · 2026-11-03 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Canary - A QR safety scanner · ph · 2026-09-12 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- ScanQR - QR Code & Barcode · ph · 2026-10-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
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