Turn editor screenshots into share-ready code cards. Your syntax highlighting is preserved — no fake browser chrome added.
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or click to upload (Paste also works)
Files are processed locally and never uploaded.
Screenshot your code in your own editor (VS Code, JetBrains, Zed) so the syntax highlighting you love is in the image.
Paste it into the tool above (Ctrl/Cmd+V works) — this page starts with window chrome hidden so nothing covers your code.
Pick a gradient background and padding, then download the 2x PNG and post it anywhere.
A wall of monospaced text in a post is work to read; a crisp, colorful code card is an invitation. On X, in launch threads, and in dev blogs, code screenshots consistently earn more stops, saves, and shares than pasted text blocks — because syntax highlighting lets a reader grasp the shape of the code before reading a single line. Color does the parsing work that formatting alone cannot.
There is a trust angle too. A code screenshot looks like something you actually ran, not something you typed into a composer. For tutorials, release notes, and "today I learned" posts, that visual proof of real code in a real editor carries weight that a fenced code block never will.
Code screenshots have one big aesthetic trap: the fake browser window. Traffic-light dots and a URL bar look clever on a landing page, but draped over source code they read as decoration pretending to be context — your code was never in a browser, and viewers can tell. This page opens with window chrome turned off, so the composition is just your code, a soft gradient, generous padding, and a shadow.
Everything else still applies: pick a background that flatters your editor theme (dark themes glow against deep gradients like Midnight or Minimal Slate; light themes breathe on pastels like Peach Flow), add enough padding that the code doesn't touch the edges, and let the default shadow lift the card off the background. Minimal, honest, readable.
The tool preserves whatever is in your screenshot, so the quality of the capture is the quality of the card. Zoom your editor font up a couple of steps before capturing — code that is comfortable at your desk is microscopic in a social feed. Hide the sidebar, minimap, and panel clutter, and frame the interesting 10–30 lines rather than the whole file; a tight crop on one function beats a full-file panorama every time.
Theme choice matters more than people think. High-contrast themes with distinct colors for keywords, strings, and comments photograph best; low-contrast "aesthetic" themes can turn to mush after a platform recompresses the image. When in doubt, capture in the theme you actually code in — authenticity beats art direction.
Code is the least forgiving subject for image compression: small glyphs, thin strokes, and sharp color edges all degrade visibly when an image is downscaled or saved as a low-quality JPG. This tool exports PNG at 2x resolution specifically so your code stays razor-sharp on retina displays and survives the recompression that X, LinkedIn, and dev.to apply on upload.
Start with a high-resolution capture (your display's native resolution, not a scaled-down window) and never upscale a small screenshot to fake sharpness — beautification can't invent pixels. Capture big, export at 2x, post the PNG, and your code will look as good in the feed as it does in your editor.
No — and that's by design. Capture the code in your own editor (VS Code, JetBrains, Sublime) where your theme and highlighting already look the way you like, then paste the screenshot here. The tool preserves your highlighting exactly and wraps it in a polished card.
Because fake browser chrome looks wrong on source code — your code lives in an editor, not a browser tab. This page presets window chrome to "none" so the card is just your code on a gradient. You can re-enable mac or Windows chrome in the sidebar if you ever want it.
Capture at your display's native resolution with the editor font zoomed up 1–2 steps. The tool exports at 2x, so a big, crisp source becomes a crisp card. Small, downscaled screenshots will look soft no matter what the tool does.
Yes. Everything you export is yours — use it in documentation, paid courses, books, and marketing with no attribution required and no watermark. Just make sure the code itself is yours to publish, and scrub any secrets first.