What is a .vcf file and what opens it?

A .vcf file is a vCard — the universal electronic business-card format. Double-clicking one opens it in the Contacts app on iPhone, Android, macOS and Windows, and it imports cleanly into Google Contacts, Outlook and most CRMs. This tool writes vCard version 3.0, the version with the widest device support.

Can I add more than one phone number or email?

Yes. Click Add phone or Add email to create as many entries as you like, and tag each one as CELL, WORK, HOME or FAX for phones and INTERNET, WORK or HOME for emails. Every entry is written as its own typed line in the vCard so contact apps file them under the right label.

Does the QR code include the photo?

No, and that is deliberate. A contact photo makes the QR payload far too dense for a phone camera to read reliably, so the QR encodes everything except the photo. The downloaded .vcf file keeps the photo embedded, so use the .vcf for a full contact and the QR for quick phone-to-phone sharing.

How do I import the .vcf onto my phone?

On iPhone, email or AirDrop the .vcf to yourself and tap it, then choose Create New Contact. On Android, open Contacts, choose Import, and pick the .vcf from your files or Drive. Outlook and Google Contacts both have an Import option that accepts .vcf directly.

Is my contact data sent anywhere?

No. The whole tool runs in your browser using JavaScript. Your details, photo and address book live only in this browser via local storage and are never uploaded to any server. Clearing your browser storage removes the saved address book.

Can I edit an existing vCard file?

Yes. Use the Import a .vcf control to load a contact from a file you already have, adjust the fields, then download the updated version. The importer reads names, organisation, title, phones, emails, website, address, birthday and notes back into the form.

vCard Builder — Create a .vcf Contact File and QR Code

The vCard Builder turns a contact form into a standards-compliant .vcf file and a scannable QR code in one place. A vCard (the .vcf format) is the universal electronic business card: it imports into the Contacts app on iPhone, Android, macOS and Windows, and into Google Contacts, Outlook and most CRMs. This tool is for anyone who needs to hand someone a clean, complete contact — a freelancer sharing details at an event, a small team standardising email signatures, or anyone migrating contacts between phones without a cloud account in the middle.

Unlike a quick single-field QR generator, this builder supports the parts of a real contact that people actually use: multiple phone numbers and emails (each tagged WORK, HOME, CELL or FAX), a full postal address, a website, a birthday, a note, and an embedded photo. It also keeps a small address book in your browser so you can save contacts, reload them later, and export everyone to a single .vcf when it is time to move to a new device. Everything runs client-side — nothing about your contacts ever leaves the browser.

How it works

The tool serialises your inputs into vCard 3.0 (RFC 2426), the version with the broadest device support. Each field becomes a typed property line: N and FN for the name, TEL;TYPE=CELL for a mobile number, EMAIL;TYPE=WORK for a work address, ADR for the structured postal address, BDAY for the birthday and PHOTO;ENCODING=b for an embedded image. Values are escaped per the spec (commas, semicolons, backslashes and newlines), and long lines are folded at 75 octets so strict parsers accept the file. The same data is rendered live as a QR code using error-correction level M (dropping to L automatically when the payload grows), with the photo excluded so a phone camera can still read it. You can download the .vcf, the QR as PNG or SVG, or peek at the raw vCard text before sharing.

Example

Suppose you are a designer with a mobile and a studio line. Enter your name, set the organisation and title, add a CELL phone and a WORK phone, two emails, your portfolio URL and your studio address. Click Download .vcf and you get a file like this (abbreviated):

BEGIN:VCARD … N:Lovelace;Ada;;; … TEL;TYPE=CELL:+44 20 7946 0958 … EMAIL;TYPE=WORK:[email protected] … END:VCARD

Save the contact to the address book, repeat for two colleagues, then click Export book to get a single .vcf containing all three — ready to import into a new phone in one go. The QR beside the form updates as you type, so you can also just hold it up and let someone scan it straight into their phone.

Every field is processed in your browser; no contact details are uploaded or stored on a server.