# TweetPik Alternative for Twitter Screenshot API

> TweetPik is shutting down. Discover Orshot's Twitter Screenshot API - a powerful alternative with better customization, integrations and free plan

- **Author**: Rishi Mohan
- **Published**: 2025-07-23
- **Updated**: 2025-12-11
- **Tags**: Alternative, Templates
- **Read time**: 3 min read
- **URL**: https://orshot.com/blog/tweetpik-api-alternative

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So TweetPik is shutting down and if you're their user, you might already know about it. If you've been using their API to generate Twitter screenshots, you're probably scrambling to find a replacement

Good news — [Orshot's Twitter Screenshot API](https://orshot.com/templates/tweet-image) is not just an alternative, it's actually better

**Relevant** → [Automatically Post Tweets to Instagram](https://orshot.com/blog/automate-tweet-to-instagram)

## What Made TweetPik Popular

TweetPik was great for taking clean Twitter screenshots with their API. Simple REST calls, decent customization, and Zapier integration. But they're done maintaining it and pointing people to TweetHunter instead

## Why Orshot is Better

While TweetPik gave you basic styling, Orshot lets you customize everything:

- **Google Fonts support** - Use any Google Font for tweet text
- **Font sizes** and colors
- **Background colors** or images
- **Hide/show** metrics, verified icons, quoted tweets, media, header, date/time
- **Show replied-to tweets** - Display the original tweet being replied to
- **Custom padding** and image dimensions
- **Shadow effects**
- **Tweet text color** customization

### Better Integration Support

Orshot works with way more platforms:

- **Zapier** (like TweetPik)
- **Make** for visual automation
- **n8n** for advanced workflows
- **Pipedream** for serverless automation
- **Airtable** for database triggers
- **MCP Server** for AI workflows
- **Orshot CLI** for terminal-based generation
- **Dynamic/Signed URLs** for no-code image generation
- **Direct API** with SDKs for Node, Python, Ruby, PHP

### Multiple Output Formats

- **Supports multiple formats**: PNG, JPG, WEBP, AVIF, PDF
- **Supports different types**: URL, Binary, base64

### Simple API Migration```javascript
// Old TweetPik approach
const response = await fetch("tweetpik-api-url", {
  // their params
});

// New Orshot approach
const response = await fetch("https://api.orshot.com/v1/generate/images", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: "Bearer <ORSHOT_API_KEY>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    templateId: "tweet-image",
    modifications: {
      tweetUrl: "https://x.com/user/status/123",
      backgroundColor: "#ffffff",
      tweetBackgroundColor: "#fff",
      tweetTextColor: "#111",
      googleFont: "Inter",
      hideMetrics: false,
      hideHeader: false,
      hideDateTime: false,
      hideShadow: false,
    },
    response: {
      format: "png",
      type: "url",
    },
  }),
});
```## Quick Comparison

| Feature              | Orshot                                            | TweetPik    |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| Tweet Screenshots    | Yes                                               | Yes         |
| Rest API             | Yes                                               | Yes         |
| Custom Themes        | Yes                                               | Limited     |
| No-Code Integrations | Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream, Airtable            | Zapier only |
| Background Images    | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Quote Tweets         | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Replied to tweets    | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Google Fonts Support | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Font Customization   | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Text Color Control   | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Hide/Show Header     | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Hide/Show DateTime   | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| MCP Server           | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| CLI Tool             | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Signed URLs          | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Still Maintained     | Yes                                               | ❌          |
| Output Formats       | PNG, JPG, WEBP, AVIF, PDF                         | PNG         |
| Social Publishing    | [Yes — 13+ platforms](https://orshot.com/docs/publish/introduction) | ❌          |

## Getting Started

1. Sign up at [Orshot](https://orshot.com)
2. Check out the [Twitter Screenshot Template](https://orshot.com/templates/tweet-image)
3. Test it in the [playground](https://orshot.com/templates/tweet-image/generate) first
4. Grab your API key from Settings → API Keys and start making calls
5. Use Zapier, Make or your preferred integration to start automating
6. You can [find the integration guides here](https://orshot.com/integrations)

![](https://orshot.com/blog/twitter-image-template-playground.png)

## The Bottom Line

TweetPik served its purpose, but Orshot gives you more control, better integrations, and active development. Plus, you can try it free to see if it fits your workflow

No need to panic about the TweetPik shutdown - this is actually an upgrade