Re-Highlight Alternatives

Re-Highlight is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Re-Highlight for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Ruby, Web-based, Mac and Windows apps. The best Re-Highlight alternative is prism.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Re-Highlight are Pygments, highlight.js, Lolight and Inkjet (Syntax Highlighting).

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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 Re-Highlight.

    • prism.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Re-Highlight.

    • prism.js is Free and Open SourceRe-Highlight is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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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    • Pygments is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Re-Highlight.

    • Pygments is Free and Open SourceRe-Highlight is also Free and Open Source
  4. highlight.js icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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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. 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
     
  7. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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