snapDOM – serious alternative to html2canvas

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SnapDOM is a next-generation DOM Capture Engine β€” ultra-fast, modular, and extensible. It converts any DOM subtree into a self-contained representation that can be exported to SVG, PNG, JPG, WebP, Canvas, Blob, or any custom format through plugins.

🏁 Benchmark: snapDOM vs html2canvas

Each library will capture the same DOM element to canvas 5 times. We'll calculate average speed and show the winner.

This is the benchmark test element to be captured by both libraries.

πŸ“¦ Basic

Hello SnapDOM!

Transforms & Shadows

Transformed + Shadow

Capture it just with outerTransforms / outerShadows.

πŸ…°οΈ ASCII Plugin

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πŸ•’ Timestamp Plugin

πŸš€ Fun Transition

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I'm dancing and changing color!

Orbit CSS toolkit - Go to repo

πŸ”€ Google Fonts

Unique Typography!

Google Fonts with embedFonts: true.

🧱 Shadow DOM

🎨 Canvas

πŸ“ Export Formats

πŸ“€ Export as
PNG, JPG & WebP.

✨ Pseudo Elements

This element has pseudo-elements.

βœ‚οΈ Clip-Path Demo

This shape uses clip-path

πŸŒ€ Mix Blend Mode

Blended content

🧩 Iframe (same-origin)

⌨️ Inputs & Textarea

🎭 Masking Effects

🌐 CORS Proxy (useProxy)

Image preview (background)

🧾 Full Page Capture