When you want to mention another video — in your content, on social media, or as an overlay in your edit — you need more than a raw link. You need something that looks good.

We built a free tool that generates YouTube-style video cards you can configure in full and export as PNG in one click.

**[Try the YouTube Video Card Generator →](/content/tools/youtube-video-card/index.html)**

## What a Video Card Is

A video card is the visual representation of a YouTube video: thumbnail, title, channel name, view count, duration badge, publish date. It's what YouTube itself shows when it recommends a video.

These are useful in a lot of contexts:

- **Social media posts** — Drop a card into a tweet, LinkedIn post, or Instagram story to reference a video without just pasting a URL.
- **Video editing b-roll** — Insert a video card as an overlay when you mention another video in your content. It looks clean and professional vs. a plain screen recording.
- **Thumbnails** — Use a card in your thumbnail design to create a "watch next" visual that stands out.
- **Presentations and docs** — Embed a proper-looking card instead of a screenshot.

## Everything Is Configurable

The tool gives you full control over every element of the card.

**Video data:**

- Thumbnail image URL
- Title
- Channel name and avatar
- View count
- Duration (shown as a badge over the thumbnail)
- Published date
- Progress bar position (0–100%) — useful for a "currently watching" look

**Theme:**

- Light or dark preset, or fully custom
- Card background and text colors
- Font size and spacing scale
- Border radius
- Duration badge colors
- Progress bar colors

**Display toggles:**

- Show or hide duration, views, published date, channel avatar, and channel title independently

You can combine these to match your brand, your video's style, or the platform you're posting to.

## One-Click Export

Once the card looks right, you get two export options:

- **Download PNG** — saves a clean image file to your computer
- **Copy to clipboard** — pastes directly into any design tool, editor, or chat

The exported card is the exact pixel-perfect version of what you see in the preview. No compression artifacts, no watermarks.

## Your Work Gets Saved

The tool remembers your last configuration in localStorage — so when you come back, your video data and theme are exactly where you left them. It also keeps a history of the last 10 cards you generated, so you can go back and re-export anything.

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## Try It Now — Free, No Signup

**[Open the YouTube Video Card Generator →](/content/tools/youtube-video-card/index.html)**

Paste your video details, adjust the style, and download. Takes about 30 seconds.

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Want to go further and generate entire YouTube thumbnails with AI? [See what Thumbfa.st can do](/content/site-root.html).

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