Create styled images of code snippets with syntax highlighting, backgrounds and padding for posts and documentation.
Free browser editor · No account needed for code images · MIT source · No published export quota found
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Turn source-code snippets into styled PNG or SVG images for tutorials, documentation and social posts.
What you can use it for
Turn source-code snippets into styled PNG or SVG images for tutorials, documentation and social posts.
- Import code by pasting, dropping a file or loading a GitHub gist.
- Customise syntax themes, backgrounds, window styling and padding.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes
Replace static syntax-highlighted code images for posts and documentation only. snappify also has a free plan; these alternatives do not replace its animated presentations, video exports or cloud collaboration.
Before you switch
Static code images only; does not replace animated presentations, video export or snappify cloud collaboration. Images are not copyable source text; include accessible plain code alongside them. Hosted-specific service terms and numeric export quotas were not established; MIT applies to source code.
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