I built a VS Code extension to capture terminal output as styled screenshots

Ever tried sharing terminal output with someone? You've got two bad options:

Copy-paste - and watch your perfectly aligned table turn into a mess. Paste into WhatsApp, Slack, Google Docs, or Word and the columns misalign, box-drawing characters break, and structured output becomes an unreadable wall of text.

Screenshot - but your platform's screenshot tool only captures what's on screen. If your table or log extends beyond the viewport, you're stitching multiple screenshots or just giving up.

I kept hitting both problems, so I built TermSnap.

What is TermSnap?

A VS Code extension that lets you select terminal text - no matter how long - press Cmd+Shift+S, and get a single Carbon-style screenshot of the entire output.

Features

• One shortcut - Select text in terminal, press Cmd+Shift+S (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+S (Windows/Linux)

• Full selection capture - Even hundreds of lines that don't fit on screen

• Carbon-style rendering - Rounded window frame, macOS dots, shadow, themed background

• 11 built-in themes - Dracula, Tokyo Night, Nord, Monokai, GitHub Dark, Catppuccin Mocha, and more

• Custom themes - Define your own colors in VS Code settings

• Live preview - Adjust theme, font size, padding, line numbers, window chrome in real time

• Export options - Save as PNG, copy image to clipboard, or copy raw text

Works great for

• Tables, ASCII art, mermaid diagrams, flowcharts

• Deployment logs and CLI output (kubectl, docker, aws cli, firebase)

• Documentation, presentations, slides, blog posts

• Anywhere plain text loses formatting when pasted

How to use

• Open terminal in VS Code

• Run your commands

• Select the output

• Press Cmd+Shift+S

• Adjust theme and settings in the preview panel

• Click Save as PNG, Copy Image, or Copy Text

Custom themes

Don't like the built-in themes? Define your own:

{  "termsnap.theme": "custom",  "termsnap.customBackground": "#1a1a2e",  "termsnap.customTextColor": "#e0e0e0",  "termsnap.customTitleBarColor": "#16213e" }

{  "termsnap.theme": "custom",  "termsnap.customBackground": "#1a1a2e",  "termsnap.customTextColor": "#e0e0e0",  "termsnap.customTitleBarColor": "#16213e" }

Enter fullscreen mode

Exit fullscreen mode

Install

• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=KushakJafry.termsnap

• https://open-vsx.org/extension/kushakjafry/termsnap (for Cursor, VSCodium, etc.)

• https://github.com/kushakjafry/termsnap

It's free and open source (MIT). Would love to hear what features or themes you'd want to see - drop a comment or open a GitHub issue!