tldr/pages/common/silicon.md

silicon

Create an image of source code. More information: https://github.com/Aloxaf/silicon.

• Generate an image from a specific source file:

silicon {{path/to/source_file}} --output {{path/to/output_image}}

• Generate an image from a source file with a specific programming language syntax highlighting (e.g. rust, py, js, etc.):

silicon {{path/to/source_file}} --output {{path/to/output_image}} --language {{language|extension}}

• Generate an image from stdin:

{{command}} | silicon --output {{path/to/output_image}}