BenchRank
#8 in Design ToolsUpdated 2026-08

Code Images

by Ray.so · Turn code snippets into styled images

BenchRank score

42.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

Screenshots of Code Images

Homepage · Code Images

Homepage of Code Images

Overview

Code Images is a browser tool from Raycast that renders a code snippet as an image. You paste code, choose a theme and syntax colours, set padding, and toggle the background, dark mode and line numbers. The language is selected manually or detected automatically, and the result is exported as an image.

Best for
Developers who need a styled image of a code snippet to share or embed.
Pricing
The captured page shows no pricing information.
Runs on
macOSWindows

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

  • Theme and syntax colour choices, plus dark and light modes
  • Background, line numbers and padding are each adjustable
  • Language is auto-detected, with manual selection available
  • Exports the finished snippet as an image

Trade-offs

  • Captured page shows no pricing, plan or account details
  • Only an image export is shown on the page
  • Scope is limited to styling one code snippet at a time

Pricing

Published plans and prices from Code Images’s own pricing page.

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

  • MCP support

    Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.

  • API quality

    Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.

  • Documentation

    Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.

  • Agent friendliness

    How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.

  • Pricing transparency

    Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.

  • Changelog

    A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.

  • Marketing site structure

    Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.

  • Page speed

    How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.

  • Operational trust

    Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

  • Openness

    Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.

This doesn’t look right — report a problem with Code Images’s score

Where this comes from

The Code Images pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.

Alternatives in Design Tools

  • Ranked 1

    69.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Balsamiq

    Balsamiq Wireframes · Low-fidelity wireframing and prototyping for product teams

    Best for: Product teams and founders wanting fast low-fidelity wireframes and clickable prototypes

  • Ranked 2

    65.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Figma

    Figma · Shared canvas for product design, prototyping and developer handoff

    Best for: Product teams needing design, prototyping and developer handoff in one shared workspace

  • Ranked 3

    62.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Grida

    Grida · Open-source canvas and desktop workspace for design, SVG and decks

    Best for: Designers and developers wanting an open-source local canvas with AI-assisted SVG and decks

See all 17 alternatives to Code Images

Is this your product?

Claim Ray.so to manage its profile. Claiming lets you suggest edits to the descriptive fields — it never changes scores or rankings.

Claim this business

Report a problem with this page

Report an issue with Code Images