highlight.js Alternatives

highlight.js is described as 'Highlight.js is a client-side Syntax Highlighting library in Javascript.It can be used in Pastebin Services or in Code Examples.Because of running on client side,it needs less bandwidth than server-side Syntax Highlighting libraries' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to highlight.js for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Ruby, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best highlight.js alternative is prism.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like highlight.js are Zsh Syntax Highlighting, Pygments, Lolight and Bright.

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  1. prism.js icon

    prism.js

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    Prism is a lightweight, extensible syntax highlighter, built with modern web standards in mind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • prism.js is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to highlight.js.

    • prism.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to highlight.js.

    • prism.js is Free and Open Sourcehighlight.js is also Free and Open Source

  2. Zsh Syntax Highlighting

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    This package provides syntax highlighting for the shell zsh. It enables highlighting of commands whilst they are typed at a zsh prompt into an interactive terminal. This helps in reviewing commands before running them, particularly in catching syntax errors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • zsh
     

    • Zsh Syntax Highlighting is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to highlight.js.

    • Zsh Syntax Highlighting is Free and Open Sourcehighlight.js is also Free and Open Source
  4. Pygments icon

    Pygments

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    Generic syntax highlighter suitable for use in code hosting, forums, wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Lolight icon

    Lolight

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    Lolight is a 3kB tokenizer and syntax highlighter. No language specific syntax support, just a CSS stylable breakdown into tokens. Default styles included.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Bright icon

    Bright

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    React Server Component for syntax highlighting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Shiki icon

    Shiki

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    A beautiful syntax highlighter based on TextMate grammar, accurate and powerful.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Torchlight.dev icon

    Torchlight.dev

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    Torchlight is a VS Code-compatible syntax highlighter that requires no JavaScript, supports every language, every VS Code theme, line highlighting, git diffing, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  10. CodeRay icon

    CodeRay

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    Fast and easy syntax highlighting for selected languages, written in Ruby.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
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  11. starry-night

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    This package is an open source version of GitHub’s closed-source PrettyLights project (more on that later). It supports 600+ grammars and its extremely high quality. It uses TextMate grammars which are also used in popular editors (SublimeText, Atom, VS Code, &c).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
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  12. Rouge icon

    Rouge

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    Rouge is a pure Ruby syntax highlighter. It can highlight over 200 different languages, and output HTML or ANSI 256-color text. Its HTML output is compatible with stylesheets designed for Pygments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Ruby
    • Self-Hosted
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  13. code-prettify icon

    code-prettify

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    code-prettify is a syntax-coloring script to make source-code snippets in HTML prettier.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  14. Inkjet (Syntax Highlighting) icon

    Inkjet (Syntax Highlighting)

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    A batteries-included syntax highlighting library for Rust, based on tree-sitter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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