Basic

Basic Code Screenshot Generator

Turn Basic snippets into images worth sharing, without leaving your Mac.

Classic BASIC turns up in retro computing posts, where the numbered lines are half the appeal and the reason people share it as a picture.

Codeshot detects Basic from the code you paste, so there is no language picker to get wrong. Here is the same snippet in three of the 30 themes it ships with, rendered with the app's own stylesheets.

10 PRINT "CODESHOT"
20 FOR I = 1 TO 3
30   PRINT "SCALE "; I; "X"
40 NEXT I
50 END

GitHub · dark

10 PRINT "CODESHOT"
20 FOR I = 1 TO 3
30   PRINT "SCALE "; I; "X"
40 NEXT I
50 END

iA · dark

10 PRINT "CODESHOT"
20 FOR I = 1 TO 3
30   PRINT "SCALE "; I; "X"
40 NEXT I
50 END

Solarized · dark

Choosing a theme for Basic

Line numbers are part of the source here, not a display option. Leave the app's own line numbering off so they are not doubled up.

Getting the size right

Let the image follow your content, or lock it to a ratio — 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16, 2:3, or 3:4 — then export at 1×, 2×, or 3× so it stays sharp on a retina display. Copy it straight to the clipboard with ⌘⇧C, or save with ⌘S.

See all 30 themes side by side, or read the full workflow.

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