Inkjet (Syntax Highlighting) Alternatives

Apps similar to Inkjet (Syntax Highlighting) include prism.js, which is free and open source. Other options are highlight.js, Lolight, Torchlight.dev and Shiki. You can choose from more than 10 apps like Inkjet (Syntax Highlighting) for self-hosting and the web.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. highlight.js icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Lolight icon
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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

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  4. 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
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Shiki icon
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    A beautiful syntax highlighter based on TextMate grammar, accurate and powerful.

    12 Shiki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. 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 (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
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  7. Chroma takes source code and other structured text and converts it into syntax highlighted HTML, ANSI-coloured text, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
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  8. Bright icon
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    React Server Component for syntax highlighting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Re-Highlight is a powerful syntax highlighter, which is a sub-module of the Reqable project. Re-Highlight can highlight a text by simply defining a syntax file. And Re-Highlight has built-in syntax highlighting rules for dozens of programming languages, it is easy to make your...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  10. CodeRay icon
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    Fast and easy syntax highlighting for selected languages, written in Ruby.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
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  11. Rouge icon
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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

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Ruby
    • Self-Hosted
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