diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3f2285cdd..5875f6883 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1109,6 +1109,28 @@ version = "0.8.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "248e3bacc7dc6baa3b21e405ee045c3047101a49145e7e9eca583ab4c2ca5345"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm"
+version = "0.28.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "829d955a0bb380ef178a640b91779e3987da38c9aea133b20614cfed8cdea9c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "crossterm_winapi",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "rustix",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm_winapi"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acdd7c62a3665c7f6830a51635d9ac9b23ed385797f70a83bb8bafe9c572ab2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crunchy"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -1403,6 +1425,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "log",
  "nu-ansi-term",
+ "qr2term",
  "rusqlite",
  "rustyline",
  "tokio",
@@ -4457,6 +4480,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "unarray",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "qr2term"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6867c60b38e9747a079a19614dbb5981a53f21b9a56c265f3bfdf6011a50a957"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossterm",
+ "qrcode",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "qrcode"
+version = "0.14.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d68782463e408eb1e668cf6152704bd856c78c5b6417adaee3203d8f4c1fc9ec"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "qrcodegen"
 version = "1.8.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index c74340f9f..2b12b6958 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ deltachat = { workspace = true, features = ["internals"]}
 dirs = "5"
 log = { workspace = true }
 nu-ansi-term = { workspace = true }
+qr2term = "0.3.3"
 rusqlite = { workspace = true }
 rustyline = "14"
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs b/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
index 8836c08b1..1c6fc9ecd 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
+++ b/deltachat-repl/src/cmdline.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::format_push_string)]
 extern crate dirs;
 
-use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::process::Command;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -491,12 +489,7 @@ pub async fn cmdline(context: Context, line: &str, chat_id: &mut ChatId) -> Resu
             let provider = BackupProvider::prepare(&context).await?;
             let qr = format_backup(&provider.qr())?;
             println!("QR code: {}", qr);
-            let output = Command::new("qrencode")
-                .args(["-t", "ansiutf8", qr.as_str(), "-o", "-"])
-                .output()
-                .expect("failed to execute process");
-            std::io::stdout().write_all(&output.stdout).unwrap();
-            std::io::stderr().write_all(&output.stderr).unwrap();
+            qr2term::print_qr(qr.as_str())?;
             provider.await?;
         }
         "receive-backup" => {
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/src/main.rs b/deltachat-repl/src/main.rs
index 61853e3b9..213c28317 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/src/main.rs
+++ b/deltachat-repl/src/main.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 extern crate deltachat;
 
 use std::borrow::Cow::{self, Borrowed, Owned};
-use std::io::{self, Write};
-use std::process::Command;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use deltachat::chat::ChatId;
@@ -450,12 +448,7 @@ async fn handle_cmd(
                     qr.replace_range(12..22, "0000000000")
                 }
                 println!("{qr}");
-                let output = Command::new("qrencode")
-                    .args(["-t", "ansiutf8", qr.as_str(), "-o", "-"])
-                    .output()
-                    .expect("failed to execute process");
-                io::stdout().write_all(&output.stdout).unwrap();
-                io::stderr().write_all(&output.stderr).unwrap();
+                qr2term::print_qr(qr.as_str())?;
             }
         }
         "getqrsvg" => {