# Pull Request: Github + Save as PNG

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/pull-request-github-save-as-png/42034>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [February 9, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/pull-request-github-save-as-png/42034 "2026-02-09T04:39:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kikketer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/kikketer/32/16551_2.png) [@Kikketer](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kikketer)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/pull-request-github-save-as-png/42034/1 "2026-02-09T04:39:30Z")

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Just wanted to draw attention to another pull request I’ve started around the ability to save the application as a PNG and also have it a Github repo.

 ![SCR-20260207-jmkp](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/9/e/9e0bce15ef06e51f0dfffdb1cb93a91a8b911a0c.png)

Many MANY times I’m working on a game using github for version control, history, hosting, etc etc… but then I want to be able to easily share it with friends/students. PNG works great for simple sharing vs a raw github link (also makes a solid snapshot in time… oh and did I mention it’s just super cool to distribute games via a “loaded” image).

@richard - I don’t like at-mentioning you too often, I swear I’ll limit to no more than once per week 🙂 Let me know if you’d like me to calm down with that or have another way to draw attention to feature/pr requests.

> <https://github.com/microsoft/pxt/pull/11094>
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> A simple modification and cleanup to allow saving as PNG and Github at the same …time.
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> More than once I'd had a situation where I keep an application in github for version control, publishing, etc. but then also need the ease of sharing the PNG file for others to import and learn from.
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> \<img width="421" height="187" alt="SCR-20260207-jmkp" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/49952dde-e9ed-47d1-b1a7-3bbb6bef03c0" /\>
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> \<img width="1010" height="222" alt="SCR-20260207-iucc" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e69aa865-9386-46f4-a096-9f785c2cf89c" /\>
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> \*\*Note\*\*: I don't see the whole picture, this modifies the root pxt framework so I would understand if this doesn't jive well with the other dependencies.
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> \*\*Note Note\*\*: I wasn't able to test this locally due to \`localhost\` and the github key handling where I'm not able to link github with localhost, I'm sure this path is possible to test but I'm not aware of how.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/pull-request-github-save-as-png/42034/2 "2026-02-09T04:41:53Z")

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The snapshot tool beneath the simulator still works, GitHub project or not.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/b/2/b25571d5b58bece68c79045b7d5e437ab497bc65.png)

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**Author:** ![Kikketer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/kikketer/32/16551_2.png) [@Kikketer](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kikketer)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/pull-request-github-save-as-png/42034/3 "2026-02-09T17:42:34Z")

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Sweet thanks for that I guess I always assumed that button was just to get a screenshot, not the full game as a png.

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/pull-request-github-save-as-png/42034/4 "2026-02-09T17:43:41Z")

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@Kikketer no worries! Feel free to ping me. And sorry, we’ve been a little underwater recently working on the new arcade release that will be coming out soon. I’ll take a look at this before end of week!