📱 qrsmith-tiny

Tiny QR code renderer for terminal — made for whatsapp-web.js.

npm install qrsmith-tiny

Usage with whatsapp-web.js

import whatsapp from "whatsapp-web.js";
const { Client } = whatsapp;
import { printQrWhatsApp } from "qrsmith-tiny";

const client = new Client();

client.on("qr", (qr) => {
  printQrWhatsApp(qr);
});

client.on("ready", () => {
  console.log("✅ Connected!");
});

client.initialize();

Output:

       ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │  📱 WhatsApp — Scan QR Code  │
       └────────────────────────────────────────┘

                █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄▀▀▄▀ █▀▀▀▀▀█
                █ ███ █ ▀▄▄▀▄ █ ███ █
                █ ███ █ █▀ ▀▄ █ ███ █
                █▀▀▀▀▀█ █▀█▀█ █▀▀▀▀▀█
                ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▄▀▄▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
                █▀█▄█▀▀ ▀▀▄██▀▄▄▀█ ▄▄
                ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ██▄▀▀▄▀█▄█ █▄
                █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄▀█▀▄ ██ ▀▄ █
                █ ███ █ █▀▄▄▀▄█▀ ▄▀▀▄
                █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▀▄█▀▄ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀

       Open WhatsApp on your phone
       Go to Settings → Connected devices
       Tap on "Connect device"

Standalone usage

import { print, toString } from "qrsmith-tiny";

// Print to terminal
print("https://example.com");

// Get string
const qr = toString("https://example.com");
console.log(qr);

// Options
print("data", {
  small: true, // half-block chars ▀▄█ (default: true)
  margin: 1, // quiet zone (default: 1)
  invert: true, // invert colors for light terminals
});

API

| Function | Description | | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | | printQrWhatsApp(data) | Clears terminal, displays header + centered QR code. | | print(data, opts?) | Print QR in console | | toString(data, opts?) | Return QR as string |

| Option | Type | Default | Description | | -------- | --------- | ------- | ---------------------------- | | small | boolean | true | Compact half-block rendering | | margin | number | 1 | Quiet zone in modules | | invert | boolean | false | Invert dark/light |

FULL usage

• Full package -> qrsmith

📄 License

Published under the MIT license. Made by Wallace Frota