silicon ☆
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Description:
Create beautiful image of your source code
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: rust screenshot developer-tools syntax-highlighting cli
Install: brew install silicon
About:
Silicon is a command-line tool written in Rust that renders beautiful, high-quality images of source code. It supports syntax highlighting for over 100 programming languages and offers extensive customization for fonts, colors, and shadows. The tool leverages the GPU for fast rendering and can output to clipboard or image files.
Key Features:
  • GPU-accelerated rendering for high performance
  • Supports over 100 programming languages with syntax highlighting
  • Highly customizable themes, fonts, and padding
  • Can render code from clipboard or files directly
  • Outputs to PNG, SVG, or clipboard
Use Cases:
  • Creating visually appealing code snippets for social media sharing
  • Generating documentation images for technical blogs or tutorials
  • Adding code screenshots to presentations or slides
Alternatives:
  • Carbon – Carbon is a web-based tool, whereas Silicon is a fast, offline native application.
  • Pygments – Pygments is a Python library primarily for web highlighting, while Silicon focuses on standalone image generation.
Version History
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Sep 15, 2025 9:58am 0 VERSION_BUMP 150fa9ed
Sep 26, 2024 8:07am 0 VERSION_BUMP 79ca2644
Sep 26, 2024 6:46am 0 VERSION_BUMP abbe4789
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