Petrify Alternatives

Petrify is described as '(formerly Carbonize) converts your source code into beautiful shareable images through carbon.now.sh' and is an app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Petrify for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Self-Hosted, Linux and Windows apps. The best Petrify alternative is Karbonized, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Petrify are Carbon, Ray.so, Faux Code Generator and Codeimg.

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  1. Karbonized icon
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    Make awesome images of your code or your screenshots.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
    • Karbonized is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Petrify.

    • Karbonized is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Petrify.

    • Karbonized is Free and Open SourcePetrify is Paid and Proprietary
    • Karbonized is LightweightPetrify is not according to our users
  2. Carbon icon
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    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?

    32 Carbon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Ray.so icon
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    Ray.so lets coders easily create beautiful screenshots of source code through a fast web app with options for dark and light mode, color adjustments and padding.

    18 Ray.so alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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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
     
    • Faux Code Generator is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Petrify.

    • Faux Code Generator is Free and Open SourcePetrify is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Codeimg icon
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    Create and share beautiful images of your source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Code Glory icon
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    Code Glory (previously Code Glorify) is just a simple way to beautify code using CSS effects. It's built for GitHub Pages and relies heavily on GitHub Gist for code references as well as CSS customization and .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  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. 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)
     
    • Codepng is the most popular SaaS alternative to Petrify.

    • Codepng is Free and ProprietaryPetrify is Paid and Proprietary
  9. 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
     
  10. 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 Petrify.

    • CodeGraphics is Paid and ProprietaryPetrify is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Source Code Shots provides an easy and API-accessible way to generate great looking images of source code for sharing on social media or elsewhere.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Glorious Demo is an open source javascript library that exposes an easy API to create animations for your code samples. Projects like https://nodecron.com/ are already using it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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