Every website needs Open Graph images for social sharing. But generating them is a pain:
Puppeteer/Playwright: Spin up a headless browser, render HTML, screenshot it. Slow (~2-5 seconds), heavy (200MB+ Chrome binary), expensive to host.
Canvas libraries: Write imperative drawing code. No hot reload, no component reuse, painful text layout.
Manual design: Open Figma for each page. Doesn't scale past 10 pages.
I wanted something simpler. So I built OGPix — an API that generates beautiful OG images from URL parameters in ~50ms.
How It Works
Your og:image meta tag becomes a URL:
That's it. When anyone shares your link on Twitter, LinkedIn, Slack, or Discord — they see a beautiful preview image generated on the fly.
8 Themes
Gradient — Bold purple gradient
Minimal — Clean white background
Dark — Sleek dark mode
Sunset — Warm orange tones
Ocean — Deep blue
Forest — Nature green
Mono — High contrast black & white
Branded — Your custom colors
Try them all in the interactive playground.
The Tech
Satori (not Puppeteer) renders React components to SVG, then to PNG
Runs on Vercel Edge Functions — no cold starts, globally distributed
Images are CDN cached — same parameters = instant response
Built with Next.js + Supabase + Stripe
Next.js Example
// app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
export async function generateMetadata( params )
const post = await getPost(params.slug);
const ogUrl = new URL("https://ogpix-pi.vercel.app/api/og");
ogUrl.searchParams.set("title", post.title);
ogUrl.searchParams.set("description", post.excerpt);
ogUrl.searchParams.set("theme", "dark");
ogUrl.searchParams.set("key", process.env.OGPIX_KEY);
return
openGraph:
images: [ url: ogUrl.toString(), width: 1200, height: 630 ],
,
;
Works With Everything
It's just a URL, so it works with any framework:
Next.js — generateMetadata
Astro — frontmatter + layout
Hugo — partial template
WordPress — wp_head hook
Plain HTML — tag
Pricing
Free: 100 images/month (with watermark)
Starter: $9/mo — 5,000 images, no watermark
Pro: $29/mo — 50,000 images
Most personal sites never leave the free tier.
Try It
? Playground — design your image live
? Docs — full API reference
? Get API Key — free, 30 seconds
Would love feedback on what themes or features you'd want. What does your ideal OG image look like?
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