3 March 2026

Features & Improvements

• Navigate the animated QR using the left and right arrow keys
• Updated to fixed Pyzbar v0.1.10 for accurate binary QR decoding
• Resolved rare cases where the ECC level was not detected
• Fixed progress bar behavior when reading UR QRs
• Corrected display of UR bytes as hex when UTF-8 decoding fails
• Fixed single-sig UR P2TR descriptor handling
• Suppressed repetitive error messages

Instructions

• Linux: seedqreader_1.5.0

  • Grant execute permission to the binary, then double-click it to run (right-click the file → Properties → Permissions → check “Allow executing file as program”).
  • To view print statements in the console, run the file from a terminal.

• Windows: seedqreader_1.5.0.exe

  • The application launches with a minimized terminal and, shortly afterward, displays the main window.

12 December 2025

Features

• Fixed BBQR single-QR handling when no_split is enabled
• Fixed incorrect combo box disabling when no_split is enabled
• Added estimated QR read character length
• QR decoding using two libraries: pyzbar and zxing
• Added more explicit terminal output, including #sequence_number followed by:
  • raw bytes in HEX
  • RAW data
  • PARSED string data
• Screen output now falls back to HEX when UTF-8 decoding fails
• Added proper file and application window icon
• Minor UI improvements

Instructions

• Linux: seedqreader_1.4.0
  • Enable execution permission to run the binary and double-click to execute (right-click the file, select Properties, go to the Permissions tab, and check "Allow executing file as program")
  • If you want to the print statements on your console, execute the file via terminal
• Windows: seedqreader_1.4.0.exe
  • The application starts with a minimized terminal, and after a short delay, the main window appears

07 December 2025

Features

• New option to select the QR Error Correction Level
• Display version, mode, ECC level, and character count for generated QR codes, with estimated values when reading
• Minor UI enhancements and fixes

Instructions

• Linux: seedqreader_1.3.0
  • enable execution permission to run the binary and double-click to execute (right-click the file, select Properties, go to the Permissions tab, and check "Allow executing file as program")
• Windows: seedqreader_1.3.0.exe

22 November 2025

Features

• New UR Output Descriptor format supported - Thx @odudex for testing and enhancing this tool again!
• Use monospace font for data in/out boxes

Instructions

• Linux: seedqreader_1.2.0
  • enable execution permission to run the binary and double-click to run (right-click the file, select Properties, go to the Permissions tab, and check "Allow executing file as program")
• Windows: seedqreader_1.2.0.exe

04 September 2025

Bugfixes

• Fixed issue where generated BBQR codes were not functioning correctly - Thx @odudex for testing and reporting this issue ❤️
• Resolved problem with scanning static UR QRs
• Correct progress estimation and part counting for multipart UR QR scanning

Instructions

• Linux: seedqreader_1.1.1
  • enable execution permission to run the binary and double-click to run (right-click the file, select Properties, go to the Permissions tab, and check "Allow executing file as program")
• Windows: seedqreader_1.1.1.exe

17 May 2025

Features

• Added Screen / Monitor QR code scan:

  • Now it is possible to read a QR code shown on the screen.

• Version is now shown at window title.

Instructions

• Linux: seedqreader_1.1.0
  • enable execution permission to run the binary and double-click to run (right-click the file, select Properties, go to the Permissions tab, and check "Allow executing file as program")
• Windows: seedqreader_1.1.0.exe

05 May 2025

Added support for BBQR.

Linux seedqreader_1.0.0 - enable execution permission to run the binary and double-click to run. Right-click the file, select Properties, go to the Permissions tab, and check "Allow executing file as program".

Windows seedqreader_1.0.0.exe.

28 April 2025

Binary release for Linux and Windows (build on my machine). Just download and execute the file below.