# screenshot-to-code
This simple app converts a screenshot to code (HTML/Tailwind CSS, or React or Bootstrap or Vue). It uses GPT-4 Vision (or Claude 3) to generate the code and DALL-E 3 to generate similar-looking images. You can now also enter a URL to clone a live website.
🆕 Now, supporting Claude 3!
https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code/assets/23818/6cebadae-2fe3-4986-ac6a-8fb9db030045
See the [Examples](#-examples) section below for more demos.
[Follow me on Twitter for updates](https://twitter.com/_abi_).
## 🚀 Try It Out!
🆕 [Try it here](https://screenshottocode.com) (bring your own OpenAI key - **your key must have access to GPT-4 Vision. See [FAQ](#%EF%B8%8F-faqs) section below for details**). Or see [Getting Started](#-getting-started) below for local install instructions.
## 🌟 Recent Updates
- Mar 8 - 🔥🎉🎁 Video-to-app: turn videos/screen recordings into functional apps
- Mar 5 - Added support for Claude Sonnet 3 (as capable as or better than GPT-4 Vision, and faster!)
## 🛠 Getting Started
The app has a React/Vite frontend and a FastAPI backend. You will need an OpenAI API key with access to the GPT-4 Vision API or an Anthropic key if you want to use Claude Sonnet, or for experimental video support.
Run the backend (I use Poetry for package management - `pip install poetry` if you don't have it):
```bash
cd backend
echo "OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-key" > .env
poetry install
poetry shell
poetry run uvicorn main:app --reload --port 7001
```
If you want to use Anthropic, add the `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` to `backend/.env` with your API key from Anthropic.
Run the frontend:
```bash
cd frontend
yarn
yarn dev
```
Open http://localhost:5173 to use the app.
If you prefer to run the backend on a different port, update VITE_WS_BACKEND_URL in `frontend/.env.local`
For debugging purposes, if you don't want to waste GPT4-Vision credits, you can run the backend in mock mode (which streams a pre-recorded response):
```bash
MOCK=true poetry run uvicorn main:app --reload --port 7001
```
## Screen Recording to prototype (experimental)
https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code/assets/23818/1468bef4-164f-4046-a6c8-4cfc40a5cdff
Record yourself using any website or app or even a Figma prototype, drag & drop in a video and in a few minutes, get a functional, similar-looking app.
[You need an Anthropic API key for this functionality. Follow instructions here.](https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code/blob/main/blog/video-to-app.md)
## Docker
If you have Docker installed on your system, in the root directory, run:
```bash
echo "OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-key" > .env
docker-compose up -d --build
```
The app will be up and running at http://localhost:5173. Note that you can't develop the application with this setup as the file changes won't trigger a rebuild.
## 🙋♂️ FAQs
- **I'm running into an error when setting up the backend. How can I fix it?** [Try this](https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code/issues/3#issuecomment-1814777959). If that still doesn't work, open an issue.
- **How do I get an OpenAI API key?** See https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code/blob/main/Troubleshooting.md
- **How can I configure an OpenAI proxy?** - you can configure the OpenAI base URL if you need to use a proxy: Set OPENAI_BASE_URL in the `backend/.env` or directly in the UI in the settings dialog
- **How can I provide feedback?** For feedback, feature requests and bug reports, open an issue or ping me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/_abi_).
## 📚 Examples
**NYTimes**
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**Instagram page (with not Taylor Swift pics)**
https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code/assets/23818/503eb86a-356e-4dfc-926a-dabdb1ac7ba1
**Hacker News** but it gets the colors wrong at first so we nudge it
https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code/assets/23818/3fec0f77-44e8-4fb3-a769-ac7410315e5d
## 🌍 Hosted Version
🆕 [Try it here](https://screenshottocode.com) (bring your own OpenAI key - **your key must have access to GPT-4 Vision. See [FAQ](#%EF%B8%8F-faqs) section for details**). Or see [Getting Started](#-getting-started) for local install instructions.
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