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 Mac, Web-based, Linux, Windows and Self-Hosted 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 termshot.

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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?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. Karbonized icon
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    Make awesome images of your code or your screenshots.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

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

    Web-based tool for generating customizable screenshots from source code, supporting syntax highlighting, dark and light modes, color and padding adjustments, high resolution, several export options, background transparency, and instant preview for sharing.

    21 Ray.so alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  4. CodeSnap.dev icon
     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. termshot icon
     1 like

    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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  6. 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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  7. Code Glory icon
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    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
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  8. 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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  9. CodeGraphics icon
     1 like

    Create and post your beautiful source code on socials.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. 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
    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU
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  11. Jarvis is a screen-aware desktop AI assistant that makes AI feel one shortcut away from whatever you are doing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. 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
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