carbon-now

Generate image from file

$ carbon-now [file.js]

$ carbon-now [file.py] --interactive

$ carbon-now [file.rs] --save-to [~/images]

$ carbon-now [file.go] --save-as [my-code]

$ carbon-now --from-clipboard

$ carbon-now [file.ts] --to-clipboard

$ carbon-now [file.js] --preset [my-preset]

$ carbon-now [file.py] --start [5] --end [15]

carbon-now file [options]
carbon-now --from-clipboard [options]

carbon-now creates beautiful images of source code from the terminal using the Carbon service (carbon.now.sh). It renders code with syntax highlighting, customizable themes, and professional styling suitable for presentations, documentation, and social media.
The tool uses a headless browser (Playwright) to render images through the Carbon web service. It supports reading from files, clipboard, or stdin, and can output to files or clipboard. Interactive mode allows customizing appearance settings before generating the image. Presets save frequently used configurations for consistent styling.

-i, --interactive

Customize settings before generating

Starting line of input

Ending line of input

Apply existing preset

Image save location (default: cwd)

Image filename without extension

Read input from clipboard

Copy image to clipboard

Open in browser instead of saving

Use different config file

Override specific settings

Run browser in headful mode

Rendering engine (default: chromium)

~/.carbon-now.json

Saved settings and presets. Previous settings are reused automatically.

Requires Node.js and npm. Uses headless browser (Playwright) for rendering. Internet connection required for Carbon service.

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