Rouge Alternatives

Apps similar to Rouge include prism.js, which is free and open source. Other options are Pygments, highlight.js, Lolight and Bright. You can choose from more than 10 apps like Rouge for self-hosting, the web, Mac, Windows and Linux.

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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. Pygments icon
     3 likes

    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

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. highlight.js icon
     2 likes

    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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  4. Lolight icon
     1 like

    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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  5. Bright icon
     Like

    React Server Component for syntax highlighting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. Shiki icon
     Like

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

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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