Generate beautiful code screenshots similar to Carbon or Ray.so. Perfect for sharing code snippets on Twitter, LinkedIn, or documentation.
What is Code to Image?
Code-to-image tools create visual screenshots of code for social media, documentation, and presentations. Styled code snippets with syntax highlighting, custom backgrounds, and professional formatting make code shareable on Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs. This generator creates PNG images with customizable themes, fonts, and styling.
How to Use
- Paste code into the editor
- Select programming language for syntax hints
- Choose theme (Dark, Dracula, Monokai, etc.)
- Add optional title for context
- Configure font size, padding, line numbers
- Download PNG or copy image to clipboard
Why Use This Tool?
Tips & Best Practices
- Dark themes work best for Twitter/X
- Add title for code context
- Line numbers help when referencing code
- Shadow adds depth for social posts
- Keep font size readable (14-16px)
- Short snippets (10-30 lines) work best
Frequently Asked Questions
What themes are available?
8 themes: Default (white), Dark, Dracula (purple-accent), Monokai (yellow-green), Nord (blue-gray), Solarized (blue), GitHub (light), Panda (orange). Each has coordinated background, text, and accent colors for consistent styling.
Which languages have syntax highlighting?
12 languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Rust, CSS, HTML, JSON, SQL, Markdown, Bash. Keywords, comments, and strings receive basic highlighting based on language patterns.
How is syntax highlighting applied?
Keywords, comments, and strings receive color highlighting based on language rules. Numbers and special patterns also highlighted. This is simplified highlighting - use Carbon or Ray.so for advanced parsing.
Can I customize colors?
Themes provide preset color combinations. For custom colors, manually edit the CSS in your project. Theme selection covers common preferences: dark/light, warm/cool colors, minimal/vibrant styles.
What size should my code be?
10-30 lines works best for social media. Too long gets truncated on Twitter. Too short lacks context. Consider splitting large files into focused snippets highlighting specific functionality.
How do I share the image?
Download PNG saves to your device for upload anywhere. Copy Image puts directly in clipboard for pasting into tweets, Slack, emails. Both methods create identical images - choose based on your workflow.