TUV

Pure-Rust QR and Micro QR code encoder with SVG, PNG, and terminal output.

TUV, for QRs

Install

cargo add tuv

Usage

High-level builder (primary API)

UTF-8 string (byte mode — not Kanji mode):

use tuv::{QRCode, Version, ECCLevel};

let qr = QRCode::from("https://example.com").generate()?;

Raw bytes (byte mode; any byte slice, including non-UTF-8):

let qr = QRCode::from_bytes(b"Hello").with_ecc(ECCLevel::L).generate()?;

Shift JIS Kanji mode (raw double-byte bytes, not UTF-8):

let qr = QRCode::from_bytes(b"\x82\xa0").with_ecc(ECCLevel::M).generate()?;

Normal or Micro QR version:

let qr = QRCode::from("123")
    .with_ecc(ECCLevel::L)
    .with_version(Version::Micro(1))
    .generate()?;

Note: Micro QR requires a Micro QR-capable scanner. Standard QR apps (and iPhone Camera) often cannot read Micro QR.

Micro QR with auto-selected smallest version:

let qr = QRCode::from_bytes(b"123")
    .with_micro()
    .with_ecc(ECCLevel::L)
    .generate()?;

Backward-compatible render helpers:

let qr = QRCode::from("https://example.com").generate()?;
let svg = qr.to_svg(true);
let png = qr.to_png(300, true);

Render builder

Custom colors (SVG or PNG):

let qr = QRCode::from("https://example.com").generate()?;

let svg = qr.render()
    .dark_color("#800000")
    .light_color("#ffff80")
    .min_dimensions(200, 200)
    .quiet_zone(true)
    .build_svg();

Terminal unicode blocks (text output; encoded symbol shown below). Default scale is 2 columns per module (~66 cols for a typical URL); use Renderer::unicode_scale for larger terminal output:

let terminal = qr.render().build_unicode();
let larger = qr.render().unicode_scale(3).build_unicode();

Luma image buffer:

let luma = qr.render().build_image_luma();

Transparent background (PNG alpha 0 / SVG without background rect):

let png = qr.render()
    .transparent_background(true)
    .min_dimensions(200, 200)
    .build_png();
let svg = qr.render()
    .transparent_background(true)
    .build_svg();

Low-level Bits API

use tuv::bits::Bits;
use tuv::{QRCode, Version, ECCLevel};

let mut bits = Bits::new(Version::Normal(1));
bits.push_eci_designator(9)?;
bits.push_byte_data(b"\xa1\xa2\xa3")?;
bits.push_terminator(ECCLevel::L)?;
let qr = QRCode::from_bits(bits).with_ecc(ECCLevel::L).generate()?;

Matrix introspection

After generate(), the resulting QRCode exposes the encoded module grid for inspection, tests, or custom renderers (separate from the PNG/SVG/unicode render helpers above).

use tuv::{Color, QRCode, Version, ECCLevel};

let qr = QRCode::from("Hi")
    .with_version(Version::Normal(1))
    .with_ecc(ECCLevel::L)
    .generate()?;

// (x, y) = column, row; (0, 0) is the top-left module.
// The grid is the symbol only (21×21 here)—quiet zone is added at render time.
let x = 10;
let y = 10;

let dark: bool = qr[(x, y)] == Color::Dark;    // Color::Dark or Color::Light at (x, y)
let max_err = qr.max_allowed_errors(); // max flipped modules Reed–Solomon can fix
let functional = qr.is_functional(x, y); // true for finder/timing/format modules, not data
let bits = qr.to_vec();                // flat Vec<bool>, row-major, dark = true
let colors = qr.to_colors();           // same layout as to_vec(), as Color values

// Debug dump only (tests, assert snapshots)—not for terminal display:
let dump = qr.to_debug_str('#', '.');

Defaults

• When with_ecc is omitted, version and ECC are co-optimized for the smallest symbol (try each version from smallest upward, and at each version try ECC L → M → Q → H).
• When with_version is set but ECC is omitted, the lowest ECC level that fits at that version is chosen.
• When with_ecc is set but version is omitted, only version is auto-selected (unchanged).
• Call with_micro() to search Micro QR versions (v1–4) instead of Normal QR (v1–40).
• QRCode::from / UTF-8 strings use byte mode. True Kanji mode requires Shift JIS bytes via from_bytes or Bits::push_kanji_data.
• Mask auto-selects the lowest-penalty pattern when with_mask_id is omitted.
• Micro QR uses a 2-module quiet zone; Normal QR uses 4.
• Renderer::transparent_background (default false) makes PNG light modules and quiet zone fully transparent and omits the SVG background <rect>. to_png / to_svg remain opaque unless you use the render builder.

CLI

An optional command-line tool lives in crates/tuv-cli:

SVG output:

cargo run -p tuv-cli -- "Hello" -o hello.svg

PNG output:

cargo run -p tuv-cli -- "Hello" --png -o hello.png

Micro QR version 1:

cargo run -p tuv-cli -- "123" --micro 1 --ecc L -o micro.svg

Micro QR auto version:

cargo run -p tuv-cli -- "123" --micro --ecc L -o micro-auto.svg

Terminal unicode (text output; encoded symbol shown below). Default --unicode-scale is 2 (~66 cols for a typical URL); use 3–4 for easier phone scanning on wider terminals:

cargo run -p tuv-cli -- "Hello" --unicode
cargo run -p tuv-cli -- "https://example.com" --unicode --unicode-scale 3

Custom colors:

cargo run -p tuv-cli -- "Hello" --dark-color "#800000" --light-color "#ffff80" -o colored.svg

Testing

Encoding and matrix behavior are verified by the crate's own test suite against the QR specification (no external encoder dependency).

License

MIT

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