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24 alternatives to Carbon

Create and share beautiful images of your source code.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Carbon launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Carbon▲24
Create and share beautiful images of your source code
2017 · carbon.now.sh · its alternatives →
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Carbon▲10
Create and share beautiful images of your source code
2018 · carbon.now.sh · its alternatives →
3
Carbon▲7
Create and share beautiful images of your source code.
2021 · carbon.now.sh · its alternatives →
4
Carbon Slack▲73
Create beautiful images of your code directly from slack
2021 · slack.com · its alternatives →
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Codeimg.io▲227
Create and share images of your source code
2019 · codeimg.io · its alternatives →
6
Carbone▲100
Generate and convert any document efficiently
2023 · carbone.io · its alternatives →
7
Carbide▲164
A new kind of programming environment
2016 · alpha.trycarbide.com · its alternatives →
8
Carbon for Slack V2▲76
Carbon for Slack, now faster and better!
2021 · its alternatives →
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Carbon▲209
A directory theme built with Astro, Tailwind CSS & MDX
2023 · lexingtonthemes.com · its alternatives →
10
Carbonize▲180
Beautiful images of code by Carbon, natively on your Mac
2019 · dangercove.com · its alternatives →
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CodeZen▲221
Generate shareable and elegant image from your source code.
2018 · codezen.rishimohan.me · its alternatives →
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Graphite, a Blender-inspired 2D procedural design Rust app▲785
For the past three years I've been building what I hope will be the next Blender, tackling the lack of any good 2D design or image editing tools outside the Adobe monopoly. This was our first year participating in Google Summer of Code and this Q3 update includes the big payoff from that, covering the most progress we've made so far as a project. If you're a Rust dev, consider getting involved as we apply for the next GSoC in the new year— you could be our intern next summer :) Q3 progress report: https://graphite.rs/blog/graphite-progress-report-q3-2024/
2024 · graphite.rs · its alternatives →
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Carbon - Screenshot Editor▲6
Share Beautiful Screenshots
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
Carbon Now CLI▲8
Beautiful images of your code from your command line
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
15
I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years▲322
Carbon is an open source ERP, MES and QMS for manufacturing. Perfect for complex assembly, contract manufacturing, high volume, and configure to order manufacturing. - crbnos/carbon
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Image Carbon▲87
Carbon calculator for website images
2023 · imagecarbon.com · its alternatives →
17
CodeGraphics▲213
Create and post your beautiful source code on socials.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Macro▲149
A super focused image editor for the Mac
2017 · macroapp.co · its alternatives →
19
Cycles▲179
Visual feedback and approvals for web development
2016 · cycleshq.com · its alternatives →
20
Github▲216
Build software better, together.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BeautifulCode, generate beautiful images of your source code▲54
2020 · beautifulcodes.in · its alternatives →
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Codify▲160
Create & share aesthetic images of your source code
2023 · prediksihkresmi.com · its alternatives →
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Chalk.ist▲149
Create beautiful images of your source code
2022 · chalk.ist · its alternatives →
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Carbon▲8
Discover which of your ideas are worth pursuing.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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