Codye allows you to enter and edit a snippet of code, controlling lots of aspects of its appearance, including:
- Theme: Use over 100 built-in themes, import from Xcode, or even create your own hand-picked themes.
- Background: Select a solid, gradient, blurred, or image background to frame your code.
- Window options: use solid or blur style, and customize the window buttons, padding, and margin.
Codye offers a variety of export formats:
- PNG & JPG: Best for presentations and social media
- RTF: Best for presentations. This is ideal for creating animated transitions in Keynote.
The tool also automates the creation of screenshots via Shortcuts. This makes it compatible as a system action, via the command line, or even based on other triggers.
Key Features
- Lots of built-in options
- Theme customisation
- Automation
Pros & Cons
| Pros | Cons |
| Codye has 180 languages, 100 built-in themes, and 12 fonts, making it easy to integrate into your projects without lots of effort. | This is a native macOS app, which comes with advantages but is also not available on other operating systems. Other alternatives are web-based, so they do offer this option. |
| The app allows you to customize any of the built-in themes to create new code themes. | Codye is best for 1-200 line code snippets. However, its editor is quite limited regarding larger snippets of code. |
| Thanks to its Shortcuts integration, users can automate their tasks in a variety of ways. This includes command line tools, system services, and Finder Quick actions. | Performance can be bad, and there is no support for automatic indentation or multiple cursors, which are expected in other code editors. |
Pricing & Plans
Right now, the app is free. But that’s only for a little while. A little bit later it’s going to be a one-time purchase of $18.99 (and equivalent in other currencies).
Conclusion
Codye is a native macOS app that makes creating beautiful, shareable code snippets easy and flexible. With 100+ themes, extensive customization, and automation via Shortcuts, it’s a practical option for developers, designers, and presenters who want more control than web tools like ray.so or Snappify offer.
While it’s Mac-only and best suited for shorter snippets, Codye’s one-time purchase keeps things simple — no subscriptions, no fuss. If you want polished, personalized code visuals with native performance and workflow automation, Codye is a solid choice for your toolkit.
