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🎨 Beautiful images of your code — from right inside your terminal.
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# [![Carbon CLI](static/banner.png)](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli)



> 🎨 Beautiful images of your code — from right inside your terminal.



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## Table of Contents



- [Description](#description)

- [Features](#features)

- [Installation](#installation)

- [Usage](#usage)

- [Presets](#presets)

- [License](#license)

- [Examples](#examples)



## Description



`carbon-now-cli` brings the power of [Carbon](https://carbon.now.sh/) directly to your terminal. ⚡️



Generate beautiful images of your code with a single command.



Want to customize *everything* before generating the image? Run it in `--interactive` mode. 💅



![Basic example](static/demo.gif)



## Features



- 🖼 Downloads the real, high-quality image (no DOM screenshots)

- ✨ Detects file type automatically

- 🗂 Supports all languages & [covers extra ground](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli/blob/master/src/helpers/cli/extensions-map.helper.ts)

- ⚡️ [Interactive mode](#fully-customized) via `--interactive`

- 🎒 [Presets](#presets) via `--preset` to save and re-use your favorite settings

- 🖱 [Selective processing](#selective) via `--start` and `--end`

- 📎 [Copies image to clipboard](#copying-to-clipboard) via `--to-clipboard` (cross-OS 😱)

- 📚 Accepts [file, `stdin`, or clipboard content](#input-sources) as input

- 🖋️ Supports [custom theme colors](#custom-theme-colors)

- 🥞 Supports concurrency for easier batch processing

- 👀 Saves to [given location](#full-example) or [opens in browser](#full-example) for manual finish

- 🐶 Displays image directly in supported terminals

- 🌈 Supports different export types (`png`, `svg`)

- 📏 Supports different resolutions (`1x`, `2x`, `4x`)

- ⏱ Reports each step and therefore shortens the wait

- ✅ Heavily tested

- ⛏ Actively maintained

- 🧺 …[and](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli/issues/50) [more](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli/issues/70)!



## Installation



### Bun



```

bun i -g carbon-now-cli

```



### pnpm



```

pnpm i -g carbon-now-cli

```



### npx



```

npx carbon-now-cli 

```



### npm



```

npm i -g carbon-now-cli

```



### yarn



```

yarn global add carbon-now-cli

```



#### Requirements



[![Requirements](https://img.shields.io/node/v/carbon-now-cli?label=Node&color=limegreen)](https://img.shields.io/node/v/carbon-now-cli)



## Usage



```

Beautiful images of your code — from right inside your terminal.



Usage

  $ carbon-now 

  $ pbpaste | carbon-now

  $ carbon-now --from-clipboard



Options

  --start, -s          Starting line of input

  --end, -e            Ending line of input

  --interactive, -i    Interactive mode

  --preset, -p         Apply an existing preset

  --save-to            Image save location, default: cwd

  --save-as            Image name without extension, default: original-hash

  --from-clipboard     Read input from clipboard instead of file

  --to-clipboard       Copy image to clipboard instead of saving

  --open-in-browser    Open in browser instead of saving

  --config             Use a different, local config (read-only)

  --settings           Override specific settings for this run

  --disable-headless   Run Playwright in headful mode

  --engine             Use different rendering engine, default: `chromium`

                       Options: `chromium`, `firefox`, `webkit`

  --skip-display       Don’t display the image in the terminal



Examples

  See: https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli#examples

```



## Presets



### Creating a Preset



Running the `carbon-now` command generates a `~/.carbon-now.json` config file.



Presets are stored in this file and consist of [available settings](#settings). You can create presets either manually or automatically via the `--interactive` flag. When prompted, answer the following:



![Presets 1](static/presets-1.png)



For example, naming the preset `presentation` will add it to `~/.carbon-now.json` like this:



```ts

{

  "latest-preset": {

    // Equal to `presentation` below

  },

  "presentation": {

    "theme": "base16-light",

    "backgroundColor": "white",

    "windowTheme": "none",

    "windowControls": true,

    "fontFamily": "Space Mono",

    "fontSize": "18px",

    "lineNumbers": false,

    "firstLineNumber": 1,

    "selectedLines": "*",

    "dropShadow": false,

    "dropShadowOffsetY": "20px",

    "dropShadowBlurRadius": "68px",

    "widthAdjustment": true,

    "width": "20000px",

    "lineHeight": "140%",

    "paddingVertical": "35px",

    "paddingHorizontal": "35px",

    "squaredImage": false,

    "watermark": false,

    "exportSize": "2x",

    "type": "png"

  }

}

```



`latest-preset` will be overwritten after each run, while `presentation` remains until manually deleted.



### Using a saved preset



To use a saved preset, simply run:



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --preset 

```



If the preset or `~/.carbon-now.json` does not exist, `carbon-now-cli` will fall back to the [default settings](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli/blob/master/src/config/cli/default-settings.config.ts) and be [smart about the rest](#re-using-settings).



**Result**:



![Presets 1](static/presets-2.png)



### Settings



```ts

interface CarbonCLIPresetInterface {

  backgroundColor: string;

  dropShadow: boolean;

  dropShadowBlurRadius: string;

  dropShadowOffsetY: string;

  exportSize: '1x' | '2x' | '4x';

  firstLineNumber: number;

  fontFamily: CarbonFontFamilyType;

  fontSize: string;

  lineHeight: string;

  lineNumbers: boolean;

  paddingHorizontal: string;

  paddingVertical: string;

  selectedLines: string; // All: "*"; Lines 3-6: "3,4,5,6", etc.

  squaredImage: boolean;

  theme: CarbonThemeType;

  type: 'png' | 'svg';

  watermark: boolean;

  widthAdjustment: boolean;

  windowControls: boolean;

  windowTheme: 'none' | 'sharp' | 'bw';

  custom?: CarbonThemeHighlightsInterface;

  width?: string;

  // Below are detected automatically, and not persisted as keys

  language?: string;

  titleBar?: string;

}

```



Also see [`CarbonFontFamilyType`](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli/blob/master/src/types/carbon/global.d.ts), [`CarbonThemeType`](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli/blob/master/src/types/carbon/global.d.ts) & [`CarbonThemeHighlightsInterface`](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli/blob/master/src/types/carbon/global.d.ts)



### Re-using settings



#### *It just works.* ™



`carbon-now` automatically reuses settings from previous runs, so you don’t need to worry about manually reconfiguring them.



![Presets 3](static/presets-3.png)



### Custom theme colors



From `v2.0`, `carbon-now-cli` supports custom theme colors for detailed styling. Define a `custom` key inside a preset that complies to the following type:



```ts

interface CarbonThemeHighlightsInterface {

  background?: string;

  text?: string;

  variable?: string;

  variable2?: string;

  variable3?: string;

  attribute?: string;

  definition?: string;

  keyword?: string;

  operator?: string;

  property?: string;

  number?: string;

  string?: string;

  comment?: string;

  meta?: string;

  tag?: string;

}

```



Example  `~/.carbon-now.json` with custom theme colors:



```ts

{

  "hacker": {

    "backgroundColor": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

    "windowTheme": "bw",

    "windowControls": true,

    "fontFamily": "Anonymous Pro",

    "fontSize": "18px",

    "lineNumbers": false,

    "firstLineNumber": 1,

    "dropShadow": false,

    "selectedLines": "*",

    "dropShadowOffsetY": "20px",

    "dropShadowBlurRadius": "68px",

    "widthAdjustment": true,

    "lineHeight": "133%",

    "paddingVertical": "30px",

    "paddingHorizontal": "30px",

    "squaredImage": false,

    "watermark": false,

    "exportSize": "2x",

    "type": "png",

    "custom": {

      "background": "rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)",

      "text": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "variable": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "variable2": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "attribute": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "definition": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "keyword": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "operator": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "property": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "number": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "string": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "comment": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "meta": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)",

      "tag": "rgba(0, 255, 0, 1)"

    }

  }

}

```



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --preset hacker

```



### Result:



![Presets 3](static/presets-4.png)



### Limitations



Please note that custom theme colors aren’t applied with `--open-in-browser` because they aren’t query string parameters but instead use `localStorage`, which is solely set inside the Playwright instance.



## Local configs



Use the `--config` flag for local configuration files. This is helpful for sharing presets across users in a project.



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --config local-config.json --preset dark

```



Local configs are **read-only** and differ from `~/.carbon-now.json` in that:



1. `local-config.json` won’t be created if it doesn’t exist.

2. `latest-preset` is not written to `local-config.json`.



## Examples



Assuming you have a file `_unfold.js` with this content:



```javascript

// Example from https://carbon.now.sh/

const unfold = (f, seed) => {

  const go = (f, seed, acc) => {

    const res = f(seed)

    return res ? go(f, res[1], acc.concat([res[0]])) : acc

  }

  return go(f, seed, [])

};

```



### Basic



```

carbon-now _unfold.js

```



Uses [default settings](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli/blob/master/src/config/cli/default-settings.config.ts) and saves the image as `.png` in your `cwd`.



**Result**:



![Basic example](static/example-1.png)



### Fully customized



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --interactive

```



Launches interactive mode to customize every aspect, like theme, `font-family`, `padding`, etc.



**Input**:



![Example 2, Input](static/example-2-1.png)



**Result**:



![Example 2, Output](static/example-2-2.png)



### Selective



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --start 3 --end 6

```



Generates an image for lines `3` to `6`. Will throw an error if `--start` > `--end`.



**Result**:



![Example 3](static/example-3.png)



### Copying to clipboard



![Copying to Clipboard](static/clipboard-demo.gif)



Copies the image to clipboard instead of saving it. Requires `xclip` on Linux.



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --to-clipboard

```



#### Linux



[`xclip`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/xclip) is required. Install with



```

sudo apt-get install xclip

```



#### Windows & macOS



*It just works.* ™



### Input Sources



In addition to files, input from `stdin` or the clipboard is also supported.



#### `stdin`



```

pbpaste | carbon-now

echo '
Hi
' | carbon-now

```



#### Clipboard



```

carbon-now --from-clipboard

```



### Overrides



You can override settings on a per-run basis.



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --preset presentation --settings '{"theme": "nord", "titleBar": "custom-title.js"}'

```



**Result**:



![Example 4](static/example-4.png)



### Full Example



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --start 3 --end 6 --save-to ~/Desktop --save-as example-23 --interactive

```



Saves an image of lines `3`-`6` to `~/Desktop/example-23.png` with custom settings.



To preview in the browser instead of saving, do



```

carbon-now _unfold.js --start 3 --end 6 --interactive --open-in-browser

```



## License



MIT © [Miloš Sutanovac](https://twitter.com/mixn)