Hackreels turns code snippets into animated HD videos with diffing, themes and 4K or ProRes export. Free plan available, paid plans from $9/month.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Hackreels is a web app that turns code snippets into animated videos. A user enters a series of snippets, adds each one as a frame on a timeline, and the tool animates the transitions between them. The result is a styled code animation made for tutorials, social posts and other developer content.
The product is aimed at developers and content creators who explain code on video. Posts on the homepage come from people making coding tutorials, a security write-up and an AI and machine learning tutorial, and one describes it as great for content creators.
The workflow starts with typing or pasting code. Each snippet becomes a frame on a timeline, and Hackreels detects the changes between frames and animates them automatically. Users then adjust the scene, choosing a theme, wallpaper, gradient, font family, padding, border radius and shadow to match their style.
When the animation looks right, it is rendered and exported. Output can be 4K video, a ProRes file, a GIF or a transparent video, in 16:9, 1:1 or 9:16. Each plan includes a monthly allowance of render minutes, so render time is the main resource users manage.
The core feature is automatic code diffing, which animates edits between snippets without manual keyframing. Syntax highlighting covers popular languages, with React, Python, Solidity, CSS, Rust, Astro and Vue shown on the homepage. Hand-crafted themes, wallpapers and gradients, plus custom gradients, set the look of each scene.
Control and output options round out the tool. Fine-grained settings cover padding, border radius, shadow and fonts. Three aspect ratios support different platforms, and transparent videos let users place code animations over other footage. Fast exports, 4K, ProRes, GIF output and a compression level setting are also listed.
Hackreels is a web app that creates animated videos from code snippets. Users enter snippets, add them as frames on a timeline, and the tool animates the changes with syntax highlighting and themes.
Hackreels has a free plan at $0 per month, Basic at $9, Standard at $19 and Premium at $59. Plans differ mainly in monthly render minutes and maximum video length.
Yes. The Free plan costs $0 per month and includes 1 minute of renders per month and a 10 second video limit.
The site lists 4K video, ProRes files, GIFs, WebM and transparent videos, plus 720p and 1080p exports. The pricing text does not make clear which plans include each format.
Hackreels supports 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16 resolutions, which cover widescreen video, square posts and vertical short-form formats.
The homepage shows syntax highlighting examples for React, Python, Solidity, CSS, Rust, Astro and Vue, and describes support for popular languages generally.
It suits developers, educators and content creators who publish code tutorials or social clips. Users cited on the homepage include people making tutorials and technical posts.
The source pages name no integrations. Users can export files such as ProRes and transparent videos and use them in other media.