Changelogs

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.8.0

QRcodly gets a redesigned dashboard with powerful new organization tools! Manage your QR codes more efficiently with tags, advanced filtering, customizable views, and bulk export capabilities.

✨ New Features

• Tag Management System: Organize and categorize your QR codes with custom tags for easy discovery and grouping.
• QR Code Filtering by Tags & Content Type: Quickly find the QR codes you need by filtering based on assigned tags or content type.
• Customizable Table Column Visibility: Personalize your QR code list view by showing or hiding columns to focus on what matters most.
• Bulk Export: Export multiple QR codes at once with support for various format options.

🎨 UI & UX Improvements

• Reorganized Dashboard Navigation: Improved routing structure and sidebar navigation for a cleaner, more intuitive dashboard experience.
• Enhanced Search & Filtering: More powerful search and filtering capabilities to manage large QR code collections with ease.
• Improved Layouts & Accessibility: Refined UI layouts and accessibility enhancements across all dashboard pages.

🛠 Technical Improvements

• PUT Request Support: Added support for PUT requests in API communications for more flexible data updates.

🌍 Translations

• Updated translations across all supported languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian).
• Added new translation keys for tag management, filtering, and dashboard features.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.7.0

QRcodly now supports Custom Domains for your QR codes! Connect your own domain to serve QR code redirects, giving your links a professional, branded appearance that builds trust with your audience.

✨ Custom Domain Features

• Custom Domain Configuration: Add and manage your own domains directly from the settings page.
• Cloudflare SSL Integration: Automatic SSL certificate verification through Cloudflare ensures your custom domains are secure.
• Domain Validation Workflow: Step-by-step domain verification process with clear status indicators and DNS configuration guidance.
• QR Code Domain Assignment: Assign custom domains to individual QR codes for maximum branding flexibility.

🔐 Security Enhancements

• New Security Profile Page: Dedicated security section in user profiles for managing account security settings.
• Enhanced Domain Controls: Secure validation and verification workflows for custom domain configurations.

💳 Subscription & Billing

• Subscription Management: New infrastructure for managing subscription plans and billing.
• Subscription Event Tracking: Improved lifecycle management and event tracking for subscriptions.

🎨 UI & UX Improvements

• Custom Settings Form: Intuitive form interface for configuring custom domain settings.
• Feature Cards: New UI components for showcasing features and capabilities.
• Responsive Design: Optimized layouts for better mobile and tablet experiences.

🌍 Translations

• Updated translations across all supported languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian).
• Added new translation keys for domain control validation and custom domain features.

🛠 Technical Improvements

• Optimized Logging: Standardized and optimized logging implementation across the application.
• Expanded Test Coverage: Comprehensive test coverage updates for QR code content types and custom domain functionality.
• TypeScript Fixes: Resolved TypeScript errors and improved type safety throughout the codebase.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.6.1

This release adds an exciting new way to preview your QR codes! You can now see how your QR code will look in real-world scenarios by placing it on website screenshots or choosing from beautiful background images.

✨ New Features

• Website Preview: Upload any website URL and see your QR code placed on a screenshot of that website. Great for mockups and presentations!
• Background Image Gallery: Choose from a collection of professional background images to showcase your QR code.
• Enhanced Preview Modal: Improved preview window with better controls for positioning and sizing your QR code.
• Screenshot Service: Automatic website screenshot capture powered by a reliable screenshot API.

🎨 Preview Improvements

• Background Selector: Easily switch between website screenshots and predefined backgrounds.
• Better Camera Controls: Smoother camera handling when using device camera for preview backgrounds.
• Improved QR Positioning: More intuitive controls to position and resize your QR code on backgrounds.

🌍 Translations

• Updated translations across all supported languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian).
• Added new translation keys for preview features.

🛠 Technical Improvements

• Logging: Added comprehensive logging to screenshot service for better monitoring and debugging.
• Code Quality: Removed unused contrast detection hook and cleaned up preview components.
• Type Safety: Improved TypeScript types for preview functionality.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.6.0

QRcodly now supports three exciting new QR code types: Email, Location, and Event! You can now create QR codes that open email clients, show map locations, or add calendar events with just a scan. We've also made downloading dynamic QR codes much easier and improved the overall app performance.

✨ New QR Code Types

• Email QR Codes: Create QR codes that open your email app with pre-filled recipient, subject, and message.
• Location QR Codes: Generate QR codes that open map apps with specific coordinates or addresses.
• Event QR Codes: Make QR codes that add calendar events (iCal format) with title, time, location, and description.

📥 Improved Download System

• Direct Downloads: Download dynamic QR codes (events, vCards) directly without logging in.
• Smart File Formats: Event QR codes download as .ics calendar files, vCard QR codes as .vcf contact files.
• Better Download Buttons: Cleaner, more reliable download experience across all QR code types.

🎨 UI & UX Improvements

• Dynamic Badge: Visual indicator showing which QR codes are dynamic (trackable and editable).
• Required Field Markers: Clear visual indicators showing which form fields are required.
• Optimized Content Switch: Faster and smoother switching between different QR code types.
• Improved List View: Cleaner, more organized QR code collection view.

⚡ Performance & Code Quality

• Frontend Refactoring: Broke down large components into smaller, focused pieces for better performance.
• Better Error Handling: More reliable error messages and recovery.
• Code Cleanup: Removed duplicate code and improved TypeScript type safety.

🧪 Testing & Reliability

• Added comprehensive backend tests for new download functionality.
• Improved test coverage for QR code content types.

🔒 Security

• Moved API keys to secure environment variables.
• Improved security for analytics integration.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.5.0

QRcodly now lets you import multiple QR codes at once using CSV files. This makes creating lots of QR codes faster and easier. We've also improved backend support, added rate limits, and updated translations to make everything more reliable.

✨ New Features

• Bulk Import (CSV): Upload structured CSV files to create multiple QR codes at once.
• New Bulk Import UI: Step-by-step guided interface for uploading and validating CSV files.
• Bulk Import API & Use Case: Reliable server-side processing for bulk imports.
• CSV Templates: Ready-to-download CSV templates for URL, Text, WiFi, and vCard QR codes.

🔒 Rate Limiting

• Introduced a rate-limit system to prevent abuse.
• Dedicated limit for the bulk import endpoint.

🧩 Types & DTOs

• Added new DTOs and schemas for bulk import content types.
• Improved HTTP request typings (authenticated vs. unauthenticated requests).
• General TypeScript safety and consistency improvements.

🌍 Translations

• Updated and extended translations for bulk import UI and messages.

🛠 Maintenance & Cleanup

• Formatting and linting cleanups.
• Lockfile formatting updates.
• Minor fixes and internal refactors.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.4.0

This release brings faster performance, more design options, improved documentation, and better automation features.

✨ New Features

• New Documentation Page: Easily find guides, tips, and examples in the docs.
• API Keys: Secure and simple access for automated QR code generation.

📱 UI & UX Improvements

• Smoother and faster experience thanks to behind-the-scenes upgrades.
• Visual and layout improvements for a cleaner, more user-friendly interface.

🐛 Bug Fixes & Stability

• Backend improvements for better reliability.
• Minor fixes and formatting updates across the app.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.3.0

This release introduces new template management features and fixes for QR code editing.

✨ New Features

• Template Collection View: View and edit templates directly in your collection.

🐛 Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixes and improvements related to QR code editing.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.2.0

This release improves QR code editing and app usability.

✨ New Features

• QR Code Editing: Detailed edit pages for all QR code types.
• Dynamic QR Code Detail Pages: Only dynamic QR codes have full detail pages now.

🌐 Translations & Localization

• Updated translations for multilingual support.

📱 UI & UX Improvements

• Improved responsive design and mobile usability.

🐛 Bug Fixes & Performance

• Various small fixes to improve stability and performance.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.1.4

Cleaner links, better translations, and navigation improvements make working with QRcodly smoother.

✨ New Features & Improvements

• Updated npm packages and type fixes.
• vCard UTF-8 support improved.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.1.2

Added support for RGBA colors and transparent backgrounds for more design flexibility.

🚀 Release Notes – Version 1.1.1

Bug fixes and minor improvements:

• Fixed hydration and browser translation errors.
• Added collection pagination for easier navigation.

🚀 Release Notes – Initial Feature Update

The first major QRcodly release with QR codes, short URLs, analytics, and multi-language support.

✨ New Features

• QR Code System with Short URLs: Create, view, and update QR codes easily.
• URL Tracking & Analytics: Track QR code scans and view insights in a dashboard.
• Multi-language Support: German and other languages, with a frontend language switcher.

📱 UI & UX Enhancements

• Detail and disabled pages for QR codes.
• Feature teaser section for upcoming Teams feature.
• Improved navigation and dashboard layout.

🛠 Improvements

• Optimized QR code generation and template selection.
• Improved database structure and tracking for short URLs.
• Frontend build and performance improvements.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed build, translation, display, and analytics issues.