Pygments Alternatives

Pygments is described as 'Generic syntax highlighter suitable for use in code hosting, forums, wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pygments for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac, Windows and Web-based apps. The best Pygments alternative is Pandoc, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pygments are Rich-CLI, prism.js, highlight.js and Lolight.

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Pygments alternatives page was last updated Dec 16, 2024
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  1. Pandoc icon

    Pandoc

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    Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library.

    16 Pandoc alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Pandoc screenshot 1

    Pandoc Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Convert MarkDown/Word to Ebook
    6.  File conversion
    7.  Export to PDF
    8.  Convert Word documents to PDF
    9.  Convert HTML pages to PDF

    Pandoc VS Pygments

     
    Comments about Pandoc as an Alternative to Pygments
    Alexandre ZANNI
    Negative Sep 12, 2024
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    They have nothing in common.

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    • Pandoc is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Pygments.

    • Pandoc is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pygments.

    • Pandoc is Free and Open SourcePygments is also Free and Open Source

  2. Rich-CLI

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    Rich-CLI is a command line toolbox for fancy output in the terminal, built with Rich.

    7 Rich-CLI alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    Rich-CLI screenshot 1

    Rich-CLI Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    Rich-CLI VS Pygments

     
  4. prism.js icon

    prism.js

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

    13 prism.js alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    css highlight themes

    prism.js Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    prism.js VS Pygments

     

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

    • prism.js is Free and Open SourcePygments is also Free and Open Source
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    highlight.js

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    highlight.js screenshot 1

    highlight.js Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    highlight.js VS Pygments

     
  6. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Lolight screenshot 1

    Lolight Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  MIT License

    Lolight VS Pygments

     
  7. gnu source-highlight icon

    gnu source-highlight

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    gnu source-highlight is a command line program that can be used to highlight source code, it supports output to many formats including html, ODF, ANSI and groff.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux

    gnu source-highlight Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Support for MarkDown

    gnu source-highlight VS Pygments

     

  9. Speed-highlight JS

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    A lightweight syntax highlighter written in JavaScript.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    Speed-highlight JS screenshot 1

    Speed-highlight JS Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    Speed-highlight JS VS Pygments

     

  10. MarkItDown

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    The MarkItDown library is a utility tool for converting various files to Markdown (e.g., for indexing, text analysis, etc.).

    18 MarkItDown alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python

    MarkItDown Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Python-based

    MarkItDown VS Pygments

     
  11. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Ruby
    • Self-Hosted
    Rouge screenshot 1

    Rouge Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

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  12. Re-Highlight

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    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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Re-Highlight screenshot 1

    Re-Highlight Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    Re-Highlight VS Pygments

     
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