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24 alternatives to ClipText

Share text as a image to get around that 140 character limit

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ClipText launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Share-this: Medium-like text sharing▲72

   2017 · maxart2501.github.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Plain Clip▲135

   Remove the formatting from copied text.

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3CE
   Copyfish – Extract text from images, videos or PDF▲292

   2017 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →

4. 4CA
   Cliptext, a tool for sharing pre-selected text as images on Twitter▲19

   2015 · cliptext.co · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The #AskGaryVee Show - 147: Twitter's 140 character limit▲57

   Why is there a limit? Should there be?

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   TwLng▲87

   Tweet longer than 140 characters

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Share As Image▲131

   Create micro-content, add text and your logo to any image

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8TI
   Texttop – Interactive desktop rendered in TTY with ASCII▲114

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Happytext▲79

   A daily shot of happiness via SMS in 160 characters ☺️

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10AC
    Alter – convert text/code to an image▲76

    2016 · alter.cf · its alternatives →

11. 11PT
    Plain text for the web▲151

    2016 · saola.in · its alternatives →

12. 12CP
    Choose Photo. Make Ascii▲116

    2012 · dchang.mit.edu · its alternatives →

13. 13PF
    Pinterest for text▲115

    2013 · quotered.com · its alternatives →

14. 142B
    ~200 byte in-browser, no JS, private notepad▲133

    2018 · jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Thought▲77

    Express yourself beyond 140 characters

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16GG
    Gif2txt – Gif Image to Ascii Text▲20

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17PH
    Pasteboard - HTML5 Web App for Quick & Easy Image Sharing (Open Source)▲64

    2012 · pasteboard.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Quick▲70

    Add text to photos fast

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Tweet in 280 characters▲20

    Easy peasy, no fiddling with code.

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20CE
    clip – Embeddable, composable [c]ommand [l]ine [i]nterface [p]arsing▲26

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21CT
    Convert text to PNG▲5

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Monodraw (Beta)▲42

    Create beautiful ASCII text art

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23AN
    A new image sharing service▲42

    2016 · itsosticky.com · its alternatives →

24. 24AS
    A simple web app to extract text found in the image▲9

    2018 · image-to-text.edgardev.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →