Getting started

Render your first code screenshot in under a minute.

Install

Same install paths as sss_cli — see install. Or from source:

cargo install --git https://github.com/SergioRibera/sss sss_code

Your first render

sss_code src/main.rs > main.png

The default theme is base16-ocean.dark, default background #323232. Line numbers on, tab width 4.

Pipe from stdin

cat src/main.rs | sss_code --extension rs > main.png

When piping you must hint the language with -e <ext> because the content has no filename.

Pick a theme

sss_code --theme base16-monokai.dark src/main.rs > main.png
sss_code --list-themes        # show every embedded theme
sss_code --list-file-types    # show every supported language

Highlight a code block

sss_code --lines 10..40 --highlight-lines 22..25 src/main.rs > snippet.png

--lines crops to that range. --highlight-lines keeps the cropped range but visually emphasises the inner range.

Where it saves

Stdout — pipe to a file or to wl-copy/xclip:

sss_code src/main.rs | wl-copy --type image/png

Next steps

• Flags — full CLI reference.
• Themes — built-in themes + how to import a vim color scheme.
• Examples — git diff renders, terminal sessions, multi-language galleries.