URL-to-PNG
URL to PNG utility featuring parallel rendering using Playwright for screenshots and with storage caching via Local, S3, or CouchDB.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Aug 2026.
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
URL-to-PNG quick facts
- Health score
- 54/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 256
- Last commit
- 3 months ago (Aug 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.1.4, Apr 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A URL to PNG generator over HTTP with a fairly simple API accessed via query params passed to the server."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
URL-to-PNG scores 54/100, #64 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.1.4, 7 months ago) earns 24.3 of 25, 256 stars add 9.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 24.3 / 25
v2.1.4 released 7 months ago
- Stars 9.6 / 20
256 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 13
- Last 12 months
- 3 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #64 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Digicut (#63) and Digiface (#65) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.1.4 · 7 months ago |
| Stars | 256 |
| Open issues | 2 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | jasonraimondi/url-to-png ↗ |
URL-to-PNG vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with URL-to-PNG (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| Anubis | 98 | 24k | MIT | yesterday |
| Infisical Community Edition | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| Flyimg | 90 | 1.2k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| URL-to-PNG (this tool) | 54 | 256 | MIT | 3 months ago |
URL-to-PNG: common questions
Is URL-to-PNG still maintained?
URL-to-PNG had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 months ago; the latest tagged release, v2.1.4, is from 7 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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