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, Linux, Windows and Self-Hosted apps. The best Petrify alternative is Carbon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Petrify are Karbonized, Ray.so, Faux Code Generator and Codeimg.

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  1. 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?

    37 Carbon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Ray.so icon
     8 likes

    Web-based tool for generating customizable screenshots from source code, supporting syntax highlighting, dark and light modes, color and padding adjustments, high resolution, several export options, background transparency, and instant preview for sharing.

    21 Ray.so alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  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
     
  4. Codeimg icon
     2 likes

    Create and share beautiful images of your source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Code Glory icon
     2 likes

    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
     
  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)
     
  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
     
  8. CodeGraphics icon
     1 like

    Create and post your beautiful source code on socials.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. termshot icon
     Like

    Captures terminal output as high-fidelity images directly from the command line, interprets ANSI codes for accurate colors and styles, and produces UI-like PNG screenshots ideal for documentation, tutorials, or sharing CLI results on Unix-like systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  10. 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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