What is Carbon?
Carbon creates beautiful images of your source code. Paste your code, pick a syntax theme, font and background, and export a polished image that looks great on social media, in slides or in documentation.
It supports most programming languages with automatic detection, and lets you adjust padding, window controls, line numbers and drop shadow.
Key features
- Dozens of syntax themes and fonts
- Automatic language detection
- Adjust padding, background and window style
- Export as PNG or SVG
Pros
- Gorgeous results in seconds
- Lots of customization
- Open source
Cons
- Images are not accessible as text
- Long code snippets get hard to read
Best for
Sharing code on social mediaCode in presentation slidesBlog post illustrations
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Carbon FAQ
Is Carbon free?
Carbon is free and open source with no account.
Do I need an account to use Carbon?
No. Carbon works without signing up, so you can open carbon.now.sh and start using it right away.
What are some alternatives to Carbon?
Similar free tools that also work without an account include Regex101, CyberChef, Crontab Guru, Transform, JSON Crack and Ray.so.