diff --git a/.changeset/png-screenshots.md b/.changeset/png-screenshots.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5379894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/png-screenshots.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"sideshow": minor
+---
+
+Screenshot surfaces as PNG by appending `.png` to any surface URL (e.g. `/s/:id.png`). Uses Cloudflare Browser Rendering to capture the rendered page. Supports `?mode=dark|light`, `?theme=`, `?w=` (width), and `?nocache` params. The viewer persists the user's OS color-scheme in a cookie so screenshots automatically match their light/dark preference.
diff --git a/viewer/src/theme.ts b/viewer/src/theme.ts
index 74ca0c6..b6d9b8e 100644
--- a/viewer/src/theme.ts
+++ b/viewer/src/theme.ts
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ const darkQuery =
 const [prefersDark, setPrefersDark] = createSignal(!!darkQuery?.matches);
 // On an OS light/dark flip the resolved palette changes without a theme change,
 // so re-push it to the host (below) after updating the mode signal.
+function syncModeCookie() {
+  document.cookie = `sideshow_mode=${prefersDark() ? "dark" : "light"};path=/;max-age=31536000;SameSite=Lax`;
+}
+syncModeCookie();
 darkQuery?.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
   setPrefersDark(e.matches);
+  syncModeCookie();
   emitThemeTokens();
 });
 export const resolvedMode = (): Mode => (prefersDark() ? "dark" : "light");
diff --git a/workers/index.ts b/workers/index.ts
index 9308e29..c5051b8 100644
--- a/workers/index.ts
+++ b/workers/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { SqlStore } from "./sqlStore.ts";
 
 interface Env {
   BOARD: DurableObjectNamespace<SideshowBoard>;
+  BROWSER: BrowserRun;
   SIDESHOW_TOKEN?: string;
   SIDESHOW_PUBLIC_READ?: string;
 }
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export class SideshowBoard extends DurableObject<Env> {
 }
 
 export default {
-  fetch(request: Request, env: Env) {
+  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env) {
     if (!env.SIDESHOW_TOKEN) {
       return new Response(
         "sideshow is not configured: set a token first —\n\n  wrangler secret put SIDESHOW_TOKEN\n",
@@ -50,6 +51,52 @@ export default {
       );
     }
     const board = env.BOARD.get(env.BOARD.idFromName("default"));
-    return board.fetch(request);
+
+    // Screenshot: GET /s/:id.png → PNG of the rendered surface page.
+    // Auth is decided by the app — we forward the user's credentials to the DO
+    // and only proceed if it returns 200.
+    const url = new URL(request.url);
+    const pngMatch = request.method === "GET" && url.pathname.match(/^\/s\/([a-z0-9]+)\.png$/);
+    if (!pngMatch) return board.fetch(request);
+
+    // Let the app decide auth: forward the request (with user cookies/headers)
+    // to the real /s/:id route. We pass theme/mode so the rendered page matches
+    // what the viewer shows; the width is configurable via ?w= (default 800).
+    const width = Math.min(Math.max(Number(url.searchParams.get("w")) || 800, 320), 1920);
+    const theme = url.searchParams.get("theme");
+    const modeParam = url.searchParams.get("mode");
+    const modeCookie = request.headers.get("cookie")?.match(/sideshow_mode=(light|dark)/)?.[1];
+    const mode =
+      modeParam === "dark" || modeParam === "light"
+        ? modeParam
+        : (modeCookie as "light" | "dark" | undefined);
+    const noCache = url.searchParams.has("nocache");
+
+    const checkUrl = new URL(url);
+    checkUrl.pathname = `/s/${pngMatch[1]}`;
+    checkUrl.search = ""; // clear .png query params
+    checkUrl.searchParams.set("part", "0");
+    if (theme) checkUrl.searchParams.set("theme", theme);
+    if (mode) checkUrl.searchParams.set("mode", mode);
+    const checkRes = await board.fetch(new Request(checkUrl, { headers: request.headers }));
+    if (!checkRes.ok) return checkRes;
+    // Auth passed and surface exists — discard the HTML, take a screenshot.
+    await checkRes.arrayBuffer();
+
+    const target = checkUrl.toString();
+    const screenshot = await env.BROWSER.quickAction("screenshot", {
+      url: target,
+      viewport: { width, height: 800 },
+      screenshotOptions: { fullPage: true },
+      gotoOptions: { waitUntil: "networkidle0", timeout: 15000 },
+      cacheTTL: 0,
+      cookies: [{ name: "sideshow_key", value: env.SIDESHOW_TOKEN, domain: url.hostname }],
+    });
+    return new Response(await screenshot.arrayBuffer(), {
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "image/png",
+        "Cache-Control": noCache ? "no-store" : "public, max-age=300",
+      },
+    });
   },
 } satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
diff --git a/wrangler.jsonc b/wrangler.jsonc
index f1f60bd..4d80c9b 100644
--- a/wrangler.jsonc
+++ b/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
     "bindings": [{ "name": "BOARD", "class_name": "SideshowBoard" }],
   },
   "migrations": [{ "tag": "v1", "new_sqlite_classes": ["SideshowBoard"] }],
+  "browser": { "binding": "BROWSER" },
   "observability": { "enabled": true },
 }