Codepng Alternatives

Codepng is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Codepng for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Self-Hosted, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Codepng alternative is GitHub Gist, which is free. Other great apps like Codepng are Carbon, Karbonized, Ray.so and Opengist.

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  1. GitHub Gist icon
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    Gist is a simple way to share snippets and pastes with others. All gists are git repositories, so they are automatically versioned, forkable and usable as a git repository.

    85 GitHub Gist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • GitHub Gist is the most popular Web-based alternative to Codepng.

    • GitHub Gist is the most popular free alternative to Codepng.

    • GitHub Gist is Free and ProprietaryCodepng is also Free and Proprietary
    • GitHub Gist is LightweightCodepng 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
     
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    Carbon is a superior option, hands-down. It has more export options, allows image backgrounds, has more fonts, etc., with the added bonus of being open-source.

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    • Carbon is the most popular Open Source alternative to Codepng.

    • Carbon is Free and Open SourceCodepng is Free and Proprietary
  3. 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 Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Codepng.

    • Karbonized is Free and Open SourceCodepng is Free and Proprietary
    • Karbonized is LightweightCodepng is not according to our users
  4. 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
     
  5. Opengist icon
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    Opengist is a self-hosted pastebin powered by Git. All snippets are stored in a Git repository and can be

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Opengist is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Codepng.

    • Opengist is Free and Open SourceCodepng is Free and Proprietary
  6. CodeSnap.dev icon
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    An image editor for developers, who want to share beautiful images of their code.

    12 CodeSnap.dev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • CodeSnap.dev is the most popular SaaS alternative to Codepng.

    • CodeSnap.dev is Freemium and ProprietaryCodepng is Free and Proprietary
  7. Drift icon
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    Drift is a self-hostable clone of GitHub Gist .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Codeimg icon
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    Create and share beautiful images of your source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  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 Codepng.

    • CodeGraphics is Paid and ProprietaryCodepng is Free and Proprietary
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    Snippet is a developer tool for sharing code images. It offers customization options for window, text editor, background, and aspect ratio. You can customize the title, icon, appearance, controls, opacity, and padding.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. AnsiLove icon
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    ANSI and ASCII art to PNG converter in C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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