# charmbracelet/freeze

Generate images of code and terminal output 📸

Repository: https://github.com/charmbracelet/freeze
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freeze
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-13T12:39:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 40, longevity 69
- inputs: {"age_days": 967, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 519, "gap_med": 4.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4799, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:00.172297+00:00)

## What it is
Freeze is a Go CLI tool that generates PNG, SVG, and WebP images of code snippets and terminal output. It supports syntax highlighting, ANSI capture via --execute, extensive customization flags, and an interactive TUI.

## Use cases
- generate an image of a code snippet for a blog post
- create a screenshot of terminal command output
- convert source code to a shareable PNG or SVG
- capture ANSI-colored CLI output as an image
- make pretty code cards for social media or docs

## When to choose
- you want polished code screenshots without an editor or manual screenshotting
- you need to capture colored terminal output as an image
- you want scriptable, repeatable code image generation in CI or docs pipelines

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI screenshot tool for full windows or webpages
- you want live editing of code images rather than one-shot generation

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, image-processing, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, graphics
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: code-screenshots, syntax-highlighting, ansi, png, svg, terminal-output, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- charmbracelet/freeze (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.172297+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 2026-08-29T18:18:38.261740+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/charmbracelet/freeze (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.172297+00:00, sha 228db3c59d32)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.