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title: Install qr-cli on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of qr-cli for Linux - Read QR codes from a webcam
  or image file
url: https://snapcraft.io/qr-cli
---

# qr-cli

[Alexander Lukens (alexdlukens)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alexdlukens "View all snaps from Alexander Lukens (alexdlukens)")

* [Alexander Lukens (alexdlukens)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alexdlukens "View all snaps from Alexander Lukens (alexdlukens)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 0.1

Install latest/stable of qr-cli

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install qr-cli
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* qr-cli

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 8 February 2026 - latest/stable
* 1 February 2026 - latest/edge

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### Contact

* [alukens.com](https://alukens.com "https://alukens.com")

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### Source code

* [github.com/alexdlukens/qr-reader-cli](https://github.com/alexdlukens/qr-reader-cli "https://github.com/alexdlukens/qr-reader-cli")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/alexdlukens/qr-reader-cli/issues](https://github.com/alexdlukens/qr-reader-cli/issues "https://github.com/alexdlukens/qr-reader-cli/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/qr-cli#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/qr-cli#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/qr-cli#tab-security)

#### Read QR codes from a webcam or image file

usage: qr-cli [-h] [-i IMAGE\_PATH] [-v] [-o OUTPUT] [--many-ok] [--use-wechat]
[--downscale-factor DOWNSCALE\_FACTOR] [--skip-frames SKIP\_FRAMES] [--no-display]

```
Read QR codes from a webcam or image file.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i IMAGE_PATH, --image-path IMAGE_PATH
                        Path to the image file containing the QR code.
  -v, --verbose         Enable verbose output.
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Path to save the decoded QR code output.
  --many-ok             Allow multiple QR codes in the image.
  --use-wechat          Use WeChat QR code detection.
  --downscale-factor DOWNSCALE_FACTOR
                        Image downscale factor.
  --skip-frames SKIP_FRAMES
                        Number of frames to skip between processing on webcam.
  --no-display          Do not display webcam feed in console.
```

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## Install qr-cli on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/qr-cli/raspbian)