# cardkit

**Repository Path**: mirrors_Financial-Times/cardkit

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: cardkit
- **Description**: A simple, configurable, web based image creation tool
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-09-24
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-18

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# CardKit

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## Version 1.0.0

### 2015 [Chris Hutchinson](http://www.github.com/chrishutchinson) for The [Times and Sunday Times](http://www.github.com/times)

CardKit is flexible, SVG image / card creation tool, with simple configuration options, which is easy to extend.

![CardKit Usage](http://fat.gfycat.com/FoolhardyGaseousCockroach.gif)

CardKit is aimed at newsrooms, however has many potential uses that extend beyond that:

- Coupon and offer images
- Templated asset generation
- Video preview images (e.g. 16:9)
- Educational resources
- Marketing and promotion
- Personal branding

## Twitter

Follow [@CardKit](http://www.twitter.com/cardkit) on Twitter for the latest news, updates and tutorials.

## Project origins

You can find out more about the origins of CardKit [here](https://medium.com/digital-times/how-we-used-an-open-source-meme-generator-to-promote-our-journalism-a0f963aa7465).

## Roadmap

See `ROADMAP.md`.

## Setup, configuration and deployment

See the [CardKit Wiki](https://github.com/times/cardkit/wiki) for guides on how to build with CardKit

### Troubleshooting
- Use node version 2
`nvm use 2.0`
- Install Compass
`Sudo gem install compass` or `Sudo gem install -n /user/local/bin compass`
- Update Gems and retry the above
`Sudo gem update --system`

#### Push to `gh-pages`

If you want to use [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com/) to host your build of CardKit, follow this to push your `/dist` folder: https://gist.github.com/cobyism/4730490