# fzaninotto/screenshot-as-a-service

Website screenshot service powered by node.js and phantomjs

Repository: https://github.com/fzaninotto/screenshot-as-a-service
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/screenshot-as-a-service
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-07-10T19:02:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5269, "days_push": 3706, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1096, forks 232 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:34.448225+00:00)

## What it is
A self-hosted Node.js web service that renders PNG screenshots of websites using PhantomJS behind an Express HTTP API. It supports custom viewports, user agents, clipping, delays, HTTP auth, and callback-based async capture.

## Use cases
- take a screenshot of a website via an HTTP request
- generate PNG thumbnails of web pages
- capture screenshots with a custom viewport size or user agent
- render page screenshots without JavaScript
- clip a screenshot to a specific region of a page
- get notified via callback when a screenshot is ready

## When to choose
- you need a simple self-hosted URL-to-PNG screenshot API
- you want query-parameter-driven screenshot options like viewport, delay, and clipping
- you're maintaining a legacy Node.js stack that already uses PhantomJS

## When to avoid
- you need modern browser rendering - PhantomJS is unmaintained and lacks modern CSS/JS support
- you need an actively maintained project - the last release was 2016
- you need high-throughput or sandboxed screenshot rendering

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-server, image-processing, web-scraping, caching
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: screenshot, phantomjs, express, headless-browser, png, automation, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- fzaninotto/screenshot-as-a-service (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.448225+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 2026-08-30T06:47:10.785704+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fzaninotto/screenshot-as-a-service (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.448225+00:00, sha d8b2fb2c9717)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.