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silicon for Mac

Create beautiful image of your source code

Quick answer: silicon is a design tool for macOS. Install it with brew install silicon. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 83 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What silicon is

silicon is a design tool for macOS: create beautiful image of your source code.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/Aloxaf/silicon/.

How to install silicon

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install silicon.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install silicon on Mac?

Run brew install silicon in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is silicon open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does silicon run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is silicon?

It was installed 83 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #3750 in this catalogue.

What version of silicon is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.5.3.