Show HN: Linkshot – Auto-generate OG images from your live site via API

Category: devtools

Tags: og-images, screenshot-api, social-media, tailwind-css

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 5, Documentation: 4, Utility: 7)

Linkshot is an API service that automatically generates Open Graph (OG) images by taking screenshots of live web pages and applying custom Tailwind CSS modifications before capture. It's interesting because it uses a 'linkshot:' CSS modifier to selectively hide or modify page elements (like navigation bars or cookie banners) specifically for the screenshot, ensuring clean social media previews that match the actual site content.

Target audience: backend devs, frontend devs, marketing teams

Repository: https://uselinkshot.com

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