QRix
Turn a photo or flat logo into a valid 256×256 Windows icon file, ready to serve as a favicon.
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Favicons are viewed at roughly 16–32 pixels in a browser tab, and that constraint should shape what you feed this converter. A photograph reduced to that size becomes an unreadable smudge, so crop tightly to a single bold shape, letter or symbol before converting — the goal is one recognisable mark, not a scene. The tool scales your JPG to 256×256 and wraps it in a genuine ICO container with a proper header, rather than renaming the file and hoping, which is what breaks so many downloaded favicons. Since JPG carries no transparency, the icon will be a solid square; if you want a rounded or cut-out shape, remove the background first and convert from a PNG instead.
Only if it is simple. At 16–32 pixels a detailed photo becomes an unreadable smudge — crop to one bold shape, letter or symbol first.
Not from a JPG, which has no alpha channel. Remove the background and convert from a PNG if you need transparency.
Yes — a proper ICO container with a correct header wrapping a 256×256 PNG payload, not a renamed image.
256×256, which browsers and Windows scale down as needed for tabs, bookmarks and shortcuts.
It's free, private and works right in your browser — no signup, no watermark.