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Code to Image Converter

Details

How to use Code to Image Converter

What the tool does, how to run it, and what to expect from the result.

How to turn a code snippet into a shareable PNG

Paste your code, pick a background and padding, and the tool redraws a macOS-style window on a canvas on every keystroke. The syntax tint is optional and is a light-touch tokenizer rather than a real highlighter.

When the preview looks right, the download button exports the canvas at 2x scale as a PNG named after your window title.

  • Paste the snippet into the Code box, keeping lines short so the image does not become too wide.
  • Type a window title such as greet.js, or clear it if you want a title-free card.
  • Choose one of the six gradient backgrounds and a padding of 32, 48, 64, or 96 pixels.
  • Set Syntax tint to Off if the tokenizer mis-colours your language.
  • Click Download PNG to save the 2x-scale image to your device.
Tips

Getting a better result out of Code to Image Converter

Specific settings and thresholds, not general advice.

  • The canvas renders at 2x scale, so a snippet that measures 800 by 400 CSS pixels downloads as a 1600 by 800 PNG. That is sharp on a Retina screen and on Twitter or LinkedIn, where the image is displayed at half size.
  • The syntax tint is a single-regex tokenizer with a hardcoded list of about 25 keywords (function, const, let, return, class, import, async, def, print, public, void and friends). It is language-agnostic tinting, not a parser, so it will mis-colour anything exotic.
  • Anything after // or # on a line is coloured as a comment, whichever comes first. That means a URL such as https://example.com inside a string turns comment-grey from the // onwards, and a CSS hex like #fff greys the rest of the line.
  • Canvas width is driven by your longest line, so one 200-character line makes a very wide image that is unreadable in a social feed. Wrap or shorten long lines before you export, or take the screenshot of a smaller excerpt.
  • Padding is fixed to 32, 48, 64, or 96 pixels and the window title is centred in the chrome bar. If you leave the title blank the dots stay but the title text is skipped, which is often the cleaner look for a code card.
Limits

What Code to Image Converter does not do

The honest boundary, so you do not lose time finding it yourself.

  • PNG only, no SVG, JPEG, or copy-to-clipboard as an image.
  • No real language parser, no per-language grammar, and no theme picker beyond the fixed dark window.
  • No line numbers, no line highlighting, and no font size or font family control.
  • Six fixed gradient backgrounds, no custom color or transparent background.
Reference

Terms used on this page

Short, plain-language definitions for the formats and settings above.

At a glance

Who Code to Image Converter is for

A quick way to understand who this helps, what it solves, and where it connects next.

Best fit

Developers sharing code snippets as images.

Ideal for

Using the code to image converter without installing anything or signing up.

FAQ

Common questions

Short answers for the questions people usually have before trying a utility like this.

Why is part of my line grey when there is no comment there?

The tokenizer treats the first // or # on a line as the start of a comment and greys out everything after it. A URL inside a string, a CSS hex color, or a Python f-string with a hash will all trip this. Switch the syntax tint to Off if the mis-colouring is worse than plain text.

What resolution is the exported PNG?

The canvas is drawn at 2x device scale, so the file is twice the on-screen dimensions in both directions. The width follows your longest line of code plus the window and outer padding, and the height follows the line count at 26 pixels per line, so the exact pixel size changes with your snippet.

Can I use my own theme or brand color for the background?

No. There are six preset gradients (Indigo, Sunset, Ocean, Forest, Slate, Candy) and one fixed dark window at #0d1117 in a GitHub-dark-style palette. If you need a brand background, export the PNG and composite it in your design tool.

Does my code get uploaded to make the image?

No. The image is drawn on an HTML canvas inside your tab and exported with canvas.toBlob, so the snippet never leaves your machine. That matters if you are screenshotting code that contains internal names, keys, or unreleased work.

Why does the image look so wide?

The window is sized to fit your longest line without wrapping. A single long line, such as a minified import or a long string literal, stretches the whole canvas. Break the line, trim the snippet, or accept an image that will be scaled down to illegibility in most feeds.

Are tabs preserved?

No. Every tab character is replaced with two spaces before rendering, so a tab-indented file will render with a narrower indent than you see in your editor. Convert to your preferred space width in the textarea first if the indentation matters.

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