Code to Image Generator

Turn your code snippets into beautiful, shareable PNG images. Customize themes, gradient backgrounds, padding, border radius, window controls, and line numbers. A lightweight Carbon alternative that runs entirely in your browser -- free, fast, and private.

Settings

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Code Input Paste or type your code
Live Preview Your image will appear here
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Enter code above to see the preview

Features

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Beautiful Themes

Choose from Dark, Light, Monokai, and Dracula themes. Each theme features carefully curated colors for keywords, strings, comments, and more.

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Gradient Backgrounds

Pick from 8 stunning gradient presets or create your own custom gradient. Solid color and transparent backgrounds also available.

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Window Controls

Add macOS-style traffic light dots for an authentic terminal look. Toggle on or off with a single click.

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Syntax Highlighting

Automatic syntax highlighting for JavaScript, Python, Go, HTML, and CSS. Highlights keywords, strings, comments, numbers, and functions.

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Full Customization

Control padding, border radius, font size, and line numbers. Fine-tune every detail to create the perfect code screenshot.

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Private & Secure

Everything runs in your browser using the Canvas API. No data is sent to any server. Your code stays completely private.

About Code to Image Generation

Code to Image tools convert source code into visually appealing PNG images, perfect for sharing on social media, embedding in blog posts, including in presentations, and creating documentation. Unlike plain text screenshots, these tools add syntax highlighting, beautiful backgrounds, and terminal-style window chrome to make code look professional.

Why Use a Code to Image Tool?

Plain code screenshots from your editor depend on your specific editor theme, font, and settings. Code to Image generators normalize the presentation, producing consistent, beautiful output regardless of your development environment. The resulting images are perfect for Twitter/X posts, blog hero images, README decorations, slide decks, tutorials, and any context where you want code to look its best.

How This Tool Works

Paste your code into the input area and adjust the settings in the left panel. The tool tokenizes your code using regex-based syntax highlighting, then renders it onto an HTML Canvas at 2x resolution for Retina-quality output. The canvas drawing includes your chosen background, rounded card, optional macOS window controls, line numbers, and syntax-highlighted code. Click "Export as PNG" to download the image.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the Code to Image generator work?
The tool uses the HTML Canvas API to render your code with syntax highlighting onto a canvas element. It applies your chosen theme colors, background gradient, padding, border radius, and window controls, then exports the canvas as a high-resolution PNG image. Everything runs client-side in JavaScript.
What languages are supported for syntax highlighting?
The tool includes syntax highlighting for JavaScript, Python, Go, HTML, and CSS. It highlights keywords, strings, comments, numbers, function calls, and HTML tags/attributes using regex-based tokenization.
Is this a free alternative to Carbon?
Yes. This tool provides similar functionality to carbon.now.sh but runs entirely in your browser with no account required. It supports multiple themes (Dark, Light, Monokai, Dracula), gradient backgrounds, macOS window controls, line numbers, and high-resolution PNG export.
What image quality is the output?
The tool renders at 2x resolution (Retina) for crisp, high-quality output. The exported PNG is sharp on all displays, making it ideal for presentations, blog posts, social media, and documentation.
Does my code get sent to a server?
No. Everything happens in your browser using the Canvas API. Your code never leaves your device. The image is generated locally and downloaded directly to your machine.

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