# Idered/chalk.ist

📷 Create beautiful images of your source code

Repository: https://github.com/Idered/chalk.ist
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chalkist
Homepage: https://chalk.ist
Language: Vue
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-07T17:18:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 61, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1639, "days_push": 238, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1840, forks 150 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:42.999627+00:00)

## What it is
Chalk.ist is a web application for creating beautiful images of source code, similar to tools like Carbon. Users paste code, customize the theme and styling, and export it as a shareable image.

## Use cases
- create pretty code screenshots for blog posts
- share code snippets as images on social media
- generate code images for presentations and slides
- make syntax-highlighted code cards with custom themes
- export source code as PNG for documentation

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source alternative to Carbon or ray.so for code screenshots
- you need customizable themes and styling for code images
- you want a browser-based tool with no installation

## When to avoid
- you need programmatic or CLI-based code image generation in a pipeline
- you need full IDE screenshot capture rather than pasted snippets
- you need offline usage without self-hosting the app

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, developer-tools, templating
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: code-screenshot, syntax-highlighting, vue, social-media-images, web

## Member repositories
- Idered/chalk.ist (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.999627+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:18:02.694188+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Idered/chalk.ist (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.999627+00:00, sha 41781556c5f9)
  - homepage: https://chalk.ist (fetched 2026-08-29T10:57:10.748693+00:00, sha 0b8183a4aee4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.