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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Kod.so icon
     3 likes

    A tool for converting code snippets into screenshots with API support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Kod.so vs Carbon Comments
    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.

    • Kod.so is Free and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
    • Kod.so is CustomizableCarbon is not according to our users
  3. 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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    Faux Code Generator vs Carbon Comments
    Alexandre ZANNI
    Negative
    0

    Faux code generates pseudo-code blury zones to make palceholders, it's not a code highlight picture maker

    • Faux Code Generator is Free and Open SourceCarbon is also Free and Open Source
  4. FlyScreen icon
     1 like

    FlyScreen is a powerful screenshot manager for iOS. Search your screenshots, copy text and links, organize by tags, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. Codeimg icon
     2 likes

    Create and share beautiful images of your source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Codeimg vs Carbon Comments
    Alexandre ZANNI
    0

    Similar enough with Carbon, but I miss the one-dark theme and I find Codeimg a bit less ergonomic.

    • Codeimg is Free and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
  6. Codepng icon
     3 likes

    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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    Codepng vs Carbon Comments
    Alexandre ZANNI
    Negative
    0

    Carbon is far superior, Codepng has a very limited amount of languages supported and only 2 theme and mostly nothing is configurable.

    tangycandy
    Positive
    0

    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
    Positive
    0

    They both provide a very similar service.

    • Codepng is Free and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
  7. Silicon icon
     1 like

    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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Silicon vs Carbon Comments
    Alexandre ZANNI
    Positive
    0

    Very impressive CLI alternative. It supports a bit less theme but everything essential is there.

    • Silicon is Free and Open SourceCarbon is also Free and Open Source
  8. CodeGraphics icon
     1 like

    Create and post your beautiful source code on socials.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. snappify icon
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    A powerful design tool for developers. Explain and share your code snippets with the rest of the world.

    15 snappify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    snappify vs Carbon Comments
    Alexandre ZANNI
    0

    Pretty neat but on the free version you can't remove the watermark.

    • snappify is Freemium and ProprietaryCarbon is Free and Open Source
  10. ScreenTray icon
     2 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. CodeKeep icon
     1 like

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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