Carbon Alternatives

Carbon is described as '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?' and is an website in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Carbon, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Carbon alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Carbon are Greenshot, GitHub Gist, Karbonized and Ray.so.

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  1. termshot icon
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    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
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  2. 10015.io icon
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    10015.io serves as an extensive digital toolbox, providing a wide range of tools accessible from a single online platform. It is designed with the objective of streamlining tasks across numerous categories via an elegant and intuitive interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  3. BinSHARE.net icon
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    BinShare.net is a website that provides a simple and intuitive platform to store and share any text or code snippets online. With BinShare.net, you can create beautifully formatted snippets and then share them with others either as an image or a link.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. GistPad.com icon
     1 like

    A privacy-focused pastebin and snippet manager built for developers, support teams, and anyone who needs to share, store, or version short pieces of text or code quickly and securely. It pairs a minimal, keyboard-friendly editor with fast permalink sharing, automatic syntax...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. 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
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  6. Kod.so icon
     3 likes

    A tool for converting code snippets into screenshots with API support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. FlyScreen icon
     1 like

    FlyScreen is a powerful screenshot manager for iOS. Search your screenshots, copy text and links, organize by tags, and more.

    137 FlyScreen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Codeimg icon
     2 likes

    Create and share beautiful images of your source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. 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
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  10. Marmoset icon
     6 likes

    Create gorgeous code snapshots with Marmoset for Google Chrome .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
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  11. 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)
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  12. CodeGraphics icon
     1 like

    Create and post your beautiful source code on socials.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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