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Code Screenshot

Turn code into a beautiful shareable image — themes, window styles, export PNG.

  • 🎨 Design Tool
  • ✓ Free
  • ✓ No sign-up
  • ✓ Private — runs in your browser
  • ✓ Any device

Padding
Font size
Corner radius
Outer padding

100% client-side — your code never leaves your browser. Syntax highlighting and PNG rendering run locally. You've exported screenshots. ✨

Why you’ll love Code Screenshot

Instant & freeNo signup, no paywall, no limits — Code Screenshot works the moment the page loads.
Completely privateEverything runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is ever uploaded or stored on a server.
Works on any deviceFully responsive and touch-friendly — use it on your phone, tablet or desktop.
Copy & exportGrab the CSS, SVG or a PNG in one click and drop it into your project.

How to use it

  1. 01

    Open it

    No download and no login — the tool is ready right at the top of this page.

  2. 02

    Use it

    Enter your details or start interacting. Everything updates live as you go.

  3. 03

    Get your result

    Copy, download or share your result in a single tap. That’s it.

About Code Screenshot

This code screenshot generator runs 100% in your browser — the snippet you paste is highlighted and rendered to PNG on your own device, and never touches a server. That makes it safe for proprietary code, API keys you forgot to strip, or anything under NDA: nothing is uploaded, logged or stored.

Pick from eight hand-tuned editor themes (Night Owl, Dracula, Tokyo Night, GitHub Dark, Monokai, Synthwave, Nord and a clean light theme), then frame the code in a macOS-style window with an editable filename, a plain title bar, or no chrome at all. Backgrounds range from ten curated gradients to any solid colour or full transparency, and sliders control padding, font size, corner radius and the outer margin. Language detection is automatic, with a manual override across 21 languages from TypeScript and Python to SQL and YAML, plus optional line numbers.

When the preview looks right, download the PNG at 1×, 2× (retina) or 3× resolution, or copy the image straight to your clipboard and paste it into Slack, Notion or a tweet. Your theme and layout choices are remembered locally, so your next screenshot starts exactly where the last one left off.

Popular uses

  • ✦ Share a syntax-highlighted snippet on X/Twitter or LinkedIn where code blocks are not supported
  • ✦ Create hero images for dev blog posts on Hashnode, dev.to or Medium
  • ✦ Drop clean code visuals into slide decks, workshops and video tutorials
  • ✦ Paste readable code images into Slack, Discord or Notion via clipboard copy
  • ✦ Make before/after refactoring comparisons for code review discussions

Frequently asked questions

How does the automatic language detection work, and can I override it?
The tool uses highlight.js, which scores your snippet against the grammars of common languages (JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, Go, Rust, SQL and more) and picks the best match — the detected language is shown under the editor. If it guesses wrong, choose one of the 21 languages from the dropdown, or select Plain text to disable colouring entirely.
Which export resolution should I choose?
Use 2× (retina) for almost everything — tweets, blog posts and documentation stay sharp on high-DPI screens without huge files. Choose 3× when the image will be zoomed or projected, such as slide decks and video thumbnails, and 1× only when file size matters more than crispness, like email signatures.
Can I export a code screenshot with a transparent background?
Yes. Select the transparent background option (the checkered swatch) and the exported PNG keeps its alpha channel, so only the code window itself is opaque. That lets you drop the snippet onto your own slide background, banner artwork or dark-mode blog without a clashing gradient behind it.
Why would I use the Copy image button instead of downloading?
Copy image renders the same PNG but places it on your clipboard, so you can paste directly into Slack, Discord, Notion, Google Docs or a tweet composer without a download-then-drag round trip. It relies on the browser clipboard image API, so on browsers that lack it the button is disabled and the Download PNG button is the way to go.
Is Code Screenshot free to use?
Code Screenshot is 100% free — no signup, no watermarks and no usage limits. It’s one of 200+ free tools we build and give away.
Can I use the output commercially?
Yes — copy the code or download the image and use it freely in personal and commercial projects.

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