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2 files [290,5 Kib, 636,4 KiB=926,9] 
Folder where throw files = 930 KiB
Total: 421 QR codes in folder [12,4 MiB]
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Turns any file or folder into encrypted QR codes and restores them back.
Input folders are zipped (with relative paths only, no absolute prefixes), then encrypted with AES-256-GCM (key from scrypt), split into calibrated QR chunks, and saved as PNG images.
To restore, point the decoder at the PNGs — integrity is verified (chunk + global SHA-256) and the original file/zip is recreated.

Author: Daniil V (RestlessByte) — https://github.com/RestlessByte
License: MIT

• ZIP

• Strong crypto: AES-256-GCM + scrypt KDF (N=2^15, r=8, p=#cores)
• Capacity auto-calibration: always fits each chunk into a single QR (v40, ECC L by default)
• Integrity: per-chunk SHA-256 and global SHA-256 of ciphertext
• Clean ZIP layout: input directory is zipped as . → relative paths only (no absolute prefixes, no top-level wrapper)
• Zero external state: everything needed to restore is inside the QR payloads
• Cross-platform: Linux and Windows (MSYS2 Mingw64)

Pick your OS and run the block below.

Ubuntu / Debian:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y 
  g++ make pkg-config git 
  libssl-dev libpng-dev 
  libqrencode-dev 
  zxing-cpp 
  zip

Fedora (dnf):

sudo dnf install -y 
  gcc-c++ make git pkgconf-pkg-config 
  openssl-devel libpng-devel 
  qrencode-devel 
  zxing-cpp-devel 
  zip

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm 
  base-devel git 
  openssl libpng qrencode zxing-cpp zip

Windows (MSYS2 MinGW64 shell):

pacman -S --noconfirm git make 
  mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain 
  mingw-w64-x86_64-openssl 
  mingw-w64-x86_64-libpng 
  mingw-w64-x86_64-qrencode 
  mingw-w64-x86_64-zxing-cpp 
  zip

git clone https://github.com/RestlessByte/GitZipQR.cpp.git
cd GitZipQR.cpp
cp src/config.example.hpp src/config.hpp
make -j$(nproc)
# binaries:
#   build/MakeEncode
#   build/MakeDecode

Encode (file → QR PNGs):

export GZQR_PASS='MyStrongSecret'
build/MakeEncode ./example.txt ./qrcodes

Encode (folder → QR PNGs):

export GZQR_PASS='MyStrongSecret'
build/MakeEncode ./my-folder ./qrcodes

Decode (QR PNGs → restore):

export GZQR_PASS='MyStrongSecret'
build/MakeDecode ./qrcodes ./restore

• File restored as ./restore/example.txt
• Folder restored as ./restore/my-folder.zip (ZIP contains relative paths only)

• QR Version: 40
• ECC Level: L (max capacity)
• PNG Margin: 1
• PNG Scale: 8
• Default password: SuperSecret123 (override with GZQR_PASS)
• Progress counters: enabled

⚠️ Always override the password for real use.

• AES-256-GCM (random 12-byte nonce, 16-byte tag)
• scrypt KDF (N=2^15, r=8, p=#cores)
• Per-chunk and global SHA-256 integrity checks
• Password only from env or config (never stored in repo)

⚠️ Always use a strong passphrase (≥12–16 chars).

# prepare demo dir
mkdir -p demo/sub && echo "hello" > demo/sub/file.txt

# encode
export GZQR_PASS='demo-secret'
build/MakeEncode demo ./qrs

# decode
build/MakeDecode ./qrs ./restore

# inspect zip layout
zipinfo -1 ./restore/demo.zip | head -n 20

MIT © Daniil V (RestlessByte) — https://github.com/RestlessByte