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QR codes, hash calculator, time converter and more

Generate QR codes, compute hashes, convert timestamps across time zones, create hanko stamps, and more — everyday tools in one place.

Use Cases

  • —Turn a URL or contact into a QR code for instant sharing
  • —Compute the SHA-256 hash of a string to compare it against another
  • —Convert times across time zones for international meetings

Who It's For

Engineers, business professionals, and anyone who works across borders or needs quick utility tools

Privacy

All input is processed entirely in the browser — nothing is sent to any external service.

Generate one QR code. Hash a string. Turn a Unix timestamp into a readable date. Each is a thirty-second job, and each usually means finding an ad-heavy site and handing your input to it. The same goes for designing a seal stamp or bundling files into a password-protected ZIP.

This category collects those small everyday jobs and does them entirely inside the browser — nothing you type or drop in is transmitted anywhere. Below: what each tool is for, how it works, what to watch out for, and the questions people ask most.

What Each Utility Is For

Sharing something scannable (QR codes)

Turn a URL or any text into a QR code and save it as a PNG. The size is adjustable from 128 px to 1024 px in 64 px steps, and both the dot colour and the background colour can be set. You can match a document or flyer's palette, but low contrast stops cameras from reading the code, and the tool warns you about that. For print, keep the quiet zone clear and stick to a high-contrast pairing.

The generated code can be copied to the clipboard and pasted straight into a document — useful for putting a URL on a business card or an event flyer, or for sharing Wi-Fi details and contact information.

Stamping and capturing documents

Seal Stamp Maker designs round, elliptical, date, and text seals and saves them as PNG. You can set the top, centre, and bottom text with individual font sizes, the typeface, the colour, and the border, and date seals can use either Western or Japanese era formats. Copy the finished seal to the clipboard and press Ctrl+V in PDF Markup or Image Markup to stamp it directly — no printing and re-scanning.

Camera Capture photographs a document, business card, or receipt with your device camera and passes it straight into the other tools. You can switch between the front and rear camera, and send the shot on to Image to PDF, turning paper into a submittable PDF without a scanner.

Bundling and locking files (ZIP)

Bundle several files into a single ZIP, optionally encrypted. Two schemes are available. The traditional one (ZipCrypto) favours compatibility and opens in virtually every extractor, including the one built into Windows. AES-256 is considerably stronger, but built-in OS extractors often cannot open it, so the recipient needs a tool that supports it.

One caveat that matters: ZIP encryption protects the contents of the files, not their names. The file listing inside the archive stays readable, so rename anything whose filename is itself sensitive before you compress.

Since password-protecting a PDF is not supported, this ZIP tool is the practical substitute when you need to hand a document over securely. It also works as the end point of a chain, collecting the output of other tools into one archive.

Verifying and converting (hashes and time)

Hash Converter computes a hash of the text you enter, in MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, or SHA-512, updating as you type. Use it to compare against a published checksum, or to confirm that the same string always yields the same digest. Note that MD5 and SHA-1 are known to be vulnerable to deliberate collisions and should not be relied on for tamper detection — choose SHA-256 or stronger for anything new.

Time Converter moves between Unix timestamps and readable dates in UTC, Japan time (UTC+9), and US Eastern time (UTC−5). It answers both "what moment is this number in the log?" and "what is the timestamp for this date?". US Eastern is calculated as a fixed offset, so daylight saving time is not accounted for.

How Browser-Only Processing Works

Built on standard browser features

Hashes are computed with the browser's built-in cryptography API; QR codes and seal stamps are drawn on a canvas and exported as PNG. ZIP creation and encryption run in an in-browser library, and the camera tool uses the browser's own device-camera interface. In none of these cases is your text or your file transmitted anywhere.

The camera is the one tool that needs a permission — access to your device camera, managed by the browser itself. Captured images live only in the page's memory, are never uploaded, and are discarded when you close the tab.

Feeding into the other tools

These tools earn their keep in combination with the others. Photograph a document and send it to Image to PDF for something submittable; design a seal and stamp it in PDF Markup; collect finished files into a password-protected ZIP to hand over. Each step passes to the next without saving and re-opening files.

Because it all happens in the browser, no intermediate file is left sitting on a server, and the final result goes to your own Downloads folder.

Formats and Limits

Input
Text for QR codes, hashing, and time conversion; any files for the ZIP tool; your device camera for capture
Output
PNG for QR codes and seals (camera captures are JPEG); ZIP with optional encryption; plain text for hashes and converted times
File size
Up to 512 MB total for the files going into a ZIP
Hash algorithms
MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512, computed over the text you enter
ZIP encryption
Choose ZipCrypto for compatibility or AES-256 for strength. Neither encrypts the filenames
Browser requirements
Current Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox. Only Camera Capture asks for a permission

Utility Tools FAQ

Is anything I enter or upload transmitted?

No. Hashing, QR generation, seal design, ZIP creation, and time conversion all complete inside the browser, and photos you take stay in the page's memory.

Which ZIP encryption should I choose?

If you do not know what the recipient has, ZipCrypto is the safe pick — nearly every extractor opens it, including the one built into Windows. When confidentiality matters more and you know they have an AES-capable extractor, choose AES-256; the difference in strength is substantial.

I want to password-protect a PDF.

Encrypting the PDF itself is not supported, because the in-browser PDF library has no encryption capability. Put the PDF inside a password-protected ZIP with the ZIP tool instead — that also runs entirely in your browser.

Can I hash a file?

The Hash Converter currently works on text you enter; hashing a file itself is not available. For text you can switch freely between MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512.

Should I use MD5 or SHA-256?

For anything new, SHA-256 or stronger. MD5 and SHA-1 both allow an attacker to construct different data with the same digest, so they cannot be trusted for tamper detection. MD5 is still fine when you simply need to match a checksum someone else published in that format.

My QR code will not scan.

Check the colours first — if the dots and background are close in brightness, cameras cannot resolve them. Dark dots on a light background is the most reliable pairing. For print, size it generously and keep the quiet zone around it clear. Very long URLs also pack in more data, making the pattern finer and harder to read.

Are the seals I create legally valid?

The tool produces a PNG image of a seal impression, intended for internal approvals and for making a document look properly stamped. It is not a registered seal and cannot support procedures that require official seal certification. For contracts, check what the other party actually requires.

Does the time converter handle daylight saving?

It does not — US Eastern time is calculated as a fixed UTC−5 offset, so dates falling inside a daylight saving period will be one hour off. UTC and Japan time have no such shift, so they are unaffected.

Do these work offline?

Yes. Once cached as a PWA, QR generation, hashing, time conversion, seal design, and ZIP compression all keep working without a connection.

Utility Terms, Briefly

Hash
A fixed-length value computed from data of any length. The same input always yields the same value, which is what makes it useful for checking that two things match.
Collision
Two different inputs producing the same hash. Because collisions can be engineered for MD5 and SHA-1, neither can be used for tamper detection.
AES-256 / ZipCrypto
The two encryption schemes a ZIP can use. AES-256 is far stronger; ZipCrypto is the older scheme and is supported almost everywhere.
Unix timestamp
A time expressed as the number of seconds since 1 January 1970, 00:00 UTC. It shows up constantly in logs and API responses.
Japanese era format
Dates written with a Japanese era name such as Reiwa or Heisei. Date seals can be output in either this or the Western format.
Seal impression
The mark a physical seal leaves on paper. This tool recreates that appearance as a PNG image.

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