How to turn code into an image
A raw screenshot of your editor rarely looks good: the line is too wide, the colors are off, and there is a sidebar in the corner. Turning code into a purpose-built image fixes all of that — clean framing, readable highlighting, and a size that fits the feed you are posting to. Here is how to do it in a few seconds.
Step 1: Paste your code
Open the editor and paste a snippet. The language is detected automatically, so a Python function is highlighted as Python and a CSS rule as CSS. Keep it short — a focused 5 to 15 lines reads far better as an image than a whole file.
Step 2: Style it
Pick a theme, a background, and a window style until it looks right. A few things that help: turn on line numbers when the snippet references specific lines, add a drop shadow to lift the card off the background, and choose an aspect ratio that matches where it is going — 1:1 or 4:5 for social, 16:9 for slides.
Step 3: Export
Download a high-resolution PNG or copy the image straight to your clipboard and paste it wherever you need it. There is no watermark and no sign-up required to export.
A note on privacy
gilika is built to run in your browser, so the image is rendered on the page and your code is not uploaded to a server. If you are curious how that works — and how to confirm it yourself — read how it works.
Try it with your language
Want a ready-made starting point? Open an example for your language and replace the code with your own: