automation

laravel-screenshot: Automate Web Page Screenshots

Name: laravel-screenshot: Automate Web Page Screenshots
Author: spatie

Automate web page screenshots with laravel-screenshot.

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free (self-hosted)

86 stars3 forksPHPGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jun 6Updated 8/7/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Take screenshots of web pages automatically with a simple PHP script.

Real use case example

"A founder wanting to impress potential investors can use laravel-screenshot to take a high-quality screenshot of their online demo and send it with every pitch email they send."

Best insideClaude Desktop

When to use it

•Create product‑preview images for marketing emails or social posts automatically.
•Archive visual snapshots of competitor sites for weekly reporting.
•Build PDFs that embed live webpage renders (e.g., dashboards, invoices).

Ready-to-paste prompt

php artisan tinker --execute="Spatie\Screenshot\Screenshot::url('https://news.ycombinator.com')->save(public_path('hn.png'));"

Heads up: The package depends on a headless Chrome/Chromium binary; you must run `php artisan browsershot:install` (or have Chrome installed manually) before taking screenshots, otherwise you’ll see ‘Could not find Chrome binary’ errors.

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/laravel-screenshot && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/laravel-screenshot/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/laravel-screenshot/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How laravel-screenshot: Automate Web Page Screenshots works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Laravel-screenshot: Automate Web Page Screenshots is a small PHP project (~900 lines across 20 code files, plus 13 test files). Setup is light: install PHP, run one command. Last commit 2 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Small codebase

~900 lines · 20 code files · 7 min skim

Setup

Light setup

Install PHP, run one command.

Runs on

PHP

No API keys detected

PHP 100%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
composer.json
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
3
src/FakeQueuedScreenshotResponse.php
Inside src/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

src/Core code — the actual logic17 files

docs/Documentation21 files

workbench/Folder2 files

config/Configuration1 files

resources/Folder1 files

tests/Tests — proof it works13 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)6 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated 2 mo ago

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/laravel-screenshot && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/laravel-screenshot/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/laravel-screenshot/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

spatie

Language

PHP