Effortlessly transform any text into high-quality PNG images.

Perfect for displaying code, terminal outputs, or command results in presentations and articles.

Preserve text styles, colors with ANSI sequence compatibility.

🚀 Key Features

  • Social Media Sharing

    Create shareable snippets of code, logs, or formatted text for platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn.

  • Ideal for Self-Publishing

    Embed beautifully rendered text snippets in eBooks, blogs, and technical manuals.

  • Seamless Integration

    Use the tool to convert outputs from kubectl , curl , jq , bat and other CLI tools into polished visuals.

  • Multi-Language and Unicode Support

    Render text in any language, including special characters and emoji.

  • Cross-Platform Compatibility

    Available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

  • Output Customization

    Adjust margins, line spacing, and background transparency for precise layouts.

  • Portable and Lightweight

    Small footprint for fast installations and minimal system resource usage.

📥 Download and Install

You can install the tool in one of the following ways:

Manual Installation

  • Download the zip file, extract it to a folder of your choice, and start using the tool.
  • For convenience, you can add its path to the PATH environment variable.

Choose your platform to start using txtimg:

Apple macOS (ARM64)
macOS 11 or later, Apple 64-bit processor
Apple macOS (X86-64)
macOS 11 or later, Intel 64-bit processor
Linux
Linux 2.6.32 or later, Intel 64-bit processor
Windows
Windows 10 or later, Intel 64-bit processor

Using a Package Manager

» macOS, linux » Homebrew 

brew tap lucasepe/cli-tools
brew install txtimg

⚙️ USAGE

txtimg <ACTION> [FLAGS]

ACTIONS

Action Description
-R Render text as image
-L List of all available themes
-h,–help Display this help and exit
-v,–version Output version information and exit

FLAGS

Flag Description Default
-i <file> input file with the text to render stdin
-o <file> output file for the rendered PNG output.png
-b <hex color> background color #fafafa00
-c <hex color> text color #023020ff
-t <string> preset colors theme bold
-m <integer> outer space surrounding text 8
-s <integer> font height in pixels 14
-l <float> vertical space between text lines 1

📚 EXAMPLES

» Render a text file as PNG (use default options):

txtimg -R -i document.txt

» Render a text file as PNG (use a theme):

txtimg -R -i document.txt -t majestic

» Render piped text content as PNG:

tree | txtimg -R -s 30 -o tree.png

bat main.py --color=always --plain --wrap=never | txtimg -R

👍 SUPPORT

All tools are completely free to use, with every feature fully unlocked and accessible.

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Every bit of support makes a meaningful difference and allows me to focus on building more tools that solve real-world challenges.

Thank you for your generosity and for being part of this journey!