Install

$ npm i src2img-cli

Install

$ npm i src2img-cli -g

If you encounter permission errors run the following instead:

$ sudo npm i src2img-cli -g --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root

The permission errors are related to puppeteer. See this issue.

Usage

Display the help information:

$ src2img

Output:

Usage: src2img [options] [command]

Options:
  -h, --help                       display help for command

Commands:
  render [options] <filenames...>  converts source code to high quality images
  presets                          lists saved presets
  open                             opens the presets file
  help [command]                   display help for command

Display the render help information:

$ src2img help render

Output:

Usage: src2img render [options] <filenames...>

converts source code to high quality images

Options:
  -o, --out <dir>      specifies an output directory (default: ".")
  -t, --type <type>    specifies an output file type (png or jpeg)
                       (default: "png")
  -n, --port <number>  specifies a port number (default: 8888)
  -p, --preset <name>  uses a preset
  -h, --help           display help for command

Simple rendering example:

$ src2img render myfile.js

Follow the prompts as they pop up and feel free to save a preset! You can reuse a saved preset using the -p or --preset flag as shown above.

Note that the best way to increase the resolution of the rendered image is to choose a high font size in the prompts.

Some rendered code:

Related

• filename2prism
• src2img

Contributing

Stars are always welcome!

For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

License

MIT © Tomer Aberbach