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Code snippets on Asteroids

Make your code
look as good
as it runs.

Snipsco is a free, browser-based canvas tool for creating beautiful code snippet images. Combine syntax-highlighted code blocks with shapes, arrows, and text labels — on a gradient canvas.

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5 Code Themes

Your code, your palette

Every theme is hand-crafted with a distinct color identity. Pick the one that matches your vibe.

Slate
// cool navy
const x = 42
log("hello")
Ocean
// deep blue
const x = 42
log("hello")
Sunset
// warm ember
const x = 42
log("hello")
Forest
// lush green
const x = 42
log("hello")
Umber
// warm stone
const x = 42
log("hello")
Backgrounds

6 gradient workspaces

Set the perfect stage for your code.

Nebula
Ocean
Sunset
Forest
Graphite
Void
How it works

From paste to publish in seconds

1

Paste your code

Add a code block, pick a language, and paste. Syntax highlighting applies instantly with any of the 5 themes.

2

Style your canvas

Choose a gradient background. Add shapes, arrows, or text labels. Drag, resize, rotate anything freely.

3

Export & share

Click Export → PNG or copy to clipboard. Share on Twitter, Slack, your blog, or anywhere you need.

Canvas elements

More than a code screenshot tool

Snipsco's canvas lets you compose multiple elements — code blocks, shapes, arrows, and text — into a single image. Annotate, highlight, and connect concepts visually.

  • Code blocks — 5 themes, 100+ languages, auto-formatting via Prettier
  • Shapes & arrows — connectors snap to element edges automatically
  • Free-form canvas — drag, resize, rotate, and layer any element freely
Use cases

Built for everyone who loves clean code

Developers

Share code reviews, document APIs, and post polished snippets on GitHub, Slack, or developer forums.

Content Creators

Produce scroll-stopping code visuals for Twitter threads, YouTube thumbnails, and technical newsletters.

Educators

Create clear, legible code examples for courses, slides, and tutorials — without wrestling with screen capture.

The Story

Why Snipsco exists

Snipsco wasn't planned. It started as a weekend experiment to see if I could make a simple code snippet editor with AI. It's now a daily-use tool for me, and I'm happy to share it with you.

Made by me, Ion Prodan, I share code all the time — nice tricks, clever solutions, code that made me laugh and code that made me cry. And every time I wanted to make that snippet look good, the tools fell short.

I'm not an indie hacker, and I'm not a designer. I'm a developer who loves to code and share code, and all tools I tried before Snipsco fell short. 👇

The tools I tried before Snipsco

Snappify

Great for slides. But limited arrows on the free tier — paying for Pro just to add a few more connectors never made sense.

ray.so

Free and clean — but code-only. No shapes, no arrows, no way to compose and annotate a full canvas.

Carbon

Another solid free option, but the same limitation: a single code block with no extra canvas elements.

There was no plan to build anything. Then one day I asked Gemini Pro on Google AI Studio to prototype an idea using Angular — a language I know well — and it did a surprisingly good job.

"In a matter of seconds I understood — I can make this, and make it so much better than what we have."

I migrated the prototype into a real Angular application: rewrote it, fixed it, and used a mountain of AI assistance to rapidly add features and improvements. The domain was found through Vercel's domain explorer and registered on Cloudflare. What started as a weekend experiment became a daily-use tool.

AI let me ship faster than ever before. Snipsco is proof that a solo developer with the right tools — and a real itch to scratch — can build something genuinely useful.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes — completely free, forever. No paid plans, no credit card, no usage limits. Snipsco runs entirely in your browser.

No account needed. Open the editor and start immediately. Your canvas is auto-saved to your browser's local storage and persists across sessions.

Your canvas data lives only in your browser (localStorage) and is never sent to any server. The only server call is the optional Prettier formatting endpoint — code sent there is processed and immediately discarded. See our Privacy Policy.

Snipsco uses Prism.js for syntax highlighting, supporting 100+ languages — TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Rust, Go, Java, C#, CSS, HTML, SQL, Bash, GraphQL, Markdown, and more.

Absolutely. All images you create with Snipsco are yours to use in any context — blog posts, courses, marketing materials, client projects, or anything else.

Ready to make your code shine?

Open the editor, paste your snippet, pick a theme — and export a stunning screenshot in under a minute.

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