Carbon Alternatives

Carbon is described as 'You know all of those code screenshots you see on Twitter? Although the code's usually impressive, we saw room for improvement in the aesthetic department. Carbon is the easiest way to create beautiful images of your source code. So what are you waiting for?' and is an website in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Carbon, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Carbon alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Carbon are Greenshot, GitHub Gist, Karbonized and Ray.so.

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  1. GistPad.com icon
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    A privacy-focused pastebin and snippet manager built for developers, support teams, and anyone who needs to share, store, or version short pieces of text or code quickly and securely. It pairs a minimal, keyboard-friendly editor with fast permalink sharing, automatic syntax...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Kod.so icon
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    A tool for converting code snippets into screenshots with API support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Kod.so as an Alternative to Carbon
    Alexandre ZANNI
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    Kod has the ability to show line numbers, blur lines or to set a title which are missing from Carbon. However, Carbon has more editor controls and you are able to set a custom background when there are only presets on Kod.

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    • Kod.so is Free and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
    • Kod.so is CustomizableCarbon is not according to our users
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    Faux Code Generator lets you easily turn your code into faux code. Just post your code for free to GitHub Gist then paste the url in the app. A couple options let you specify dark or light theme and line end visual styling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about Faux Code Generator as an Alternative to Carbon
    Alexandre ZANNI
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    Faux code generates pseudo-code blury zones to make palceholders, it's not a code highlight picture maker

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    • Faux Code Generator is Free and Open SourceCarbon is also Free and Open Source
  4. FlyScreen icon
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    FlyScreen is a powerful screenshot manager for iOS. Search your screenshots, copy text and links, organize by tags, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • FlyScreen is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Carbon.

    • FlyScreen is Free and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
  5. Codeimg icon
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    Create and share beautiful images of your source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Codeimg as an Alternative to Carbon
    Alexandre ZANNI
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    Similar enough with Carbon, but I miss the one-dark theme and I find Codeimg a bit less ergonomic.

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    • Codeimg is Free and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
  6. Codepng icon
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    Codepng allows you to create awesome snapshots from your source code that you can share on social media. Choose between beautiful hand-selected background gradients and editor themes before exporting your code to PNG images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Comments about Codepng as an Alternative to Carbon
    Alexandre ZANNI
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    Carbon is far superior, Codepng has a very limited amount of languages supported and only 2 theme and mostly nothing is configurable.

    tangycandy
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    Although Codepng doesn't have nearly as many features and configurations as Carbon, it's gradient editor is better (if that's important to you)

    Max Wright
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    They both provide a very similar service.

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    • Codepng is Free and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
  7. Marmoset icon
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    Create gorgeous code snapshots with Marmoset for Google Chrome .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
  8. Silicon icon
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    Create a beautiful image of your source code. Silicon is a simple CLI (commandline) tool to create great looking code screenshots. Also available as a plugin for Vim and GNU Emacs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Silicon as an Alternative to Carbon
    Alexandre ZANNI
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    Very impressive CLI alternative. It supports a bit less theme but everything essential is there.

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    • Silicon is Free and Open SourceCarbon is also Free and Open Source
  9. CodeGraphics icon
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    Create and post your beautiful source code on socials.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • CodeGraphics is the most popular commercial alternative to Carbon.

    • CodeGraphics is Paid and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
  10. snappify icon
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    A powerful design tool for developers. Explain and share your code snippets with the rest of the world.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Comments about snappify as an Alternative to Carbon
    Alexandre ZANNI
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    Pretty neat but on the free version you can't remove the watermark.

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    • snappify is Freemium and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
  11. ScreenTray icon
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    A macOS app for capturing, annotating and sharing screenshots. Quickly add comments, highlight what matters or blur any sensitive content. Upload screenshots to Google Drive or Dropbox. Copy screenshots to the clipboard and paste them directly into Slack, Skype, Jira, Trello and...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. CodeKeep icon
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    Codekeep lets you store and share bits of code and text with other users. Snippets can be organized into folders/labels for instant reuse.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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