# octref/polacode

📸 Polaroid for your code

Repository: https://github.com/octref/polacode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/polacode
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pnp.polacode
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: screenshot, snippets, vscode, visual-studio-code
Last push: 2022-08-24T11:09:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3127, "days_push": 1470, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6840, forks 180 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:50.539834+00:00)

## What it is
Polacode is a VS Code extension that turns code snippets into beautiful, shareable screenshot images using your existing editor theme, grammar, and font. It renders the snippet in a polaroid-style frame and lets you export it as a PNG.

## Use cases
- take pretty screenshots of code snippets
- share code on social media or blogs as images
- create code images matching my VS Code theme and font
- generate polaroid-style code images with shadows and transparent backgrounds
- capture a snippet from the editor without leaving VS Code

## When to choose
- you already use VS Code and want code screenshots that match your theme and font
- you want a fast, offline alternative to web tools like Carbon
- you need customizable image appearance (shadow, background, transparency)

## When to avoid
- you don't use VS Code
- you need a web-based tool or non-PNG export formats
- you need actively developed features - the project sees little maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, image-processing
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: vscode-extension, code-screenshot, syntax-highlighting, polaroid

## Member repositories
- octref/polacode (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:50.539834+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 2026-08-29T17:41:51.984064+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/octref/polacode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:50.539834+00:00, sha 5c4c170cc3c9)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pnp.polacode (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:10.460500+00:00, sha 5bff3ddf853d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.