Hi PH! Solo builder here 👋

Shotium started from a personal itch: every side project needs OG images, but every solution I tried was either a heavyweight design tool or a DIY headless Chrome setup that somehow ate an entire weekend — zombie processes, missing fonts, broken emoji, SSRF protection… the whole thing.

So I built the API I wanted to use myself.

📸 Screenshots
Give Shotium a URL and get back a PNG, JPEG, or WebP. Full-page screenshots are supported, and results are cached for 24 hours.

🖼️ OG images
Choose from 5 typed templates, all rendered in a real browser instead of a limited JSX renderer. Generate them at build time via the API, or use signed URLs for dynamic images.

🔗 Signed URLs
Drop an HMAC-signed image URL directly into your img src. When the parameters change, the image regenerates automatically.

CDN edge hits are free and don’t count toward your render quota.

🤖 AI-agent friendly
After creating an API key, there’s a “Copy AI setup prompt” button. Paste it into Cursor or Claude Code, and your coding agent can wire up the integration for you.

The docs also include llms.txt and a one-click “Copy page as Markdown” option.

💰 Simple pricing
You get 100 free renders when you sign up — no credit card required.

After that, it’s $15/month for 2,000 renders.

And there are no surprise bills: if you hit your limit, requests simply return 429. Nothing gets auto-charged.

🛠️ The stack
Nuxt 4 + Playwright, running on a single ARM box.

Happy to answer anything about browser rendering, infra, the stack, pricing, or the business side.

Feedback repo: github.com/shotium/feedback