Silicon Alternatives

Silicon is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Silicon for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Self-Hosted, SaaS and Windows apps. The best Silicon alternative is Carbon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Silicon are Karbonized, Ray.so, CodeSnap.dev and Faux Code Generator.

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  1. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Karbonized icon
     14 likes

    Make awesome images of your code or your screenshots.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
  3. Ray.so icon
     8 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. CodeSnap.dev icon
     1 like

    An image editor for developers, who want to share beautiful images of their code.

    12 CodeSnap.dev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  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
     
  6. Code Glory icon
     2 likes

    Code Glory (previously Code Glorify) is just a simple way to beautify code using CSS effects. It's built for GitHub Pages and relies heavily on GitHub Gist for code references as well as CSS customization and .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Marmoset icon
     6 likes

    Create gorgeous code snapshots with Marmoset for Google Chrome .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
  8. CodeGraphics icon
     1 like

    Create and post your beautiful source code on socials.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Petrify icon
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    Petrify (formerly Carbonize) converts your source code into beautiful shareable images through carbon.now.sh.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Source Code Shots provides an easy and API-accessible way to generate great looking images of source code for sharing on social media or elsewhere.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. snappify icon
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    A powerful design tool for developers. Explain and share your code snippets with the rest of the world.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. The ultimate VS Code extension for sharing, discovering, and managing code snippets. Boost your productivity with seamless snippet collaboration across your team.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
     
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