# paulhammond/webkit2png

png screenshots of webpages

Repository: https://github.com/paulhammond/webkit2png
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webkit2png
Homepage: https://paulhammond.org/webkit2png/
Language: Python
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-08-25T19:29:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 38, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6366, "days_push": 373, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: 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 1435, forks 190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.482873+00:00)

## What it is
webkit2png was a macOS command-line tool that captured full-page PNG screenshots of webpages using WebKit. It no longer works on recent macOS versions, which removed the underlying functionality, and the README recommends Playwright instead.

## Use cases
- take png screenshots of webpages from the command line
- capture full-page screenshots of a url on mac
- batch screenshot websites
- generate webpage thumbnails for previews
- automate website screenshot capture in scripts

## When to choose
- you are on an old macOS version where the tool still works and want a tiny single-purpose screenshot utility

## When to avoid
- you are on any recent version of macOS, as the tool no longer functions
- you need a maintained, cross-platform webpage screenshot solution - use Playwright or similar instead
- you need headless browser automation beyond simple screenshots

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: image-processing, cli
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cli, python
- tags: screenshots, web-capture, deprecated, webkit, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- paulhammond/webkit2png (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.482873+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 2026-08-30T04:36:52.407612+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/paulhammond/webkit2png (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.482873+00:00, sha 9303251c850e)
  - homepage: https://paulhammond.org/webkit2png/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:53.385671+00:00, sha 818d11afa864)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.