# Install qrcode with npm

QRCode / 2d Barcode api with both server side and client side support using canvas. Version 1.5.4 via npm; verified 2024-08-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:qrcode
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g qrcode
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:qrcode
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/qrcode>
- **Version:** 1.5.4
- **Source summary:** QRCode / 2d Barcode api with both server side and client side support using canvas
- **Homepage:** <http://github.com/soldair/node-qrcode>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/soldair/node-qrcode>
- **Upstream docs:** <http://github.com/soldair/node-qrcode>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/qrcode/-/qrcode-1.5.4.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/soldair/node-qrcode/issues>
- **Published:** 2024-08-05T21:52:58.518Z
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-05T21:52:58.518Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- qrcode (cli)
- qrcode (alias)

## Dependencies

- dijkstrajs
- pngjs
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- @babel/core
- @babel/preset-env
- @rollup/plugin-commonjs
- @rollup/plugin-node-resolve
- browserify
- canvas
- canvasutil
- colors
- express
- htmlparser2
- rollup
- rollup-plugin-babel
- rollup-plugin-terser
- sinon
- standard
- tap

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepublish
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.5.4
- Package-manager updated: 2024-08-05
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/soldair/node-qrcode
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for qrcode. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 0.8.2, Latest: 1.5.4
- **Version Count:** 50
- **Maintainers:** soldair, vigreco
- **Author:** Ryan Day
- **Publisher:** soldair
- **Engines:** Node: >=10.13.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-1ca71Zgiu6ORjHqFBDpnSMTR2ReToX4l1Au1VFLyVeBTFavzQnv5JxMFr3ukHVKpSrSA2MCk0lNJSykjUfz7Zg==
- **Shasum:** 5cb81d86eb57c675febb08cf007fff963405da88
- **Unpacked Size:** 135,364
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2010-12-21T10:54:37.802Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2024-08-05T21:52:58.518Z
- **Modified At:** 2025-11-13T00:56:56.222Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - qrcode: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/qr/qrcode/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [qrcode-svg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/qrcode-svg/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, code, graphics, javascript, media.
- [qrcode-terminal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/qrcode-terminal/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, code, graphics, media, qr-code.
- [qrcode-terminal-nooctal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/qrcode-terminal-nooctal/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, code, graphics, media, qr-code.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph