CodeRay VS Highlight.js

Compare CodeRay vs Highlight.js and see what are their differences.

CodeRay

Fast and easy syntax highlighting for selected languages, written in Ruby. (by rubychan)

Highlight.js

JavaScript syntax highlighter with language auto-detection and zero dependencies. (by highlightjs)
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CodeRay Highlight.js
0 82
844 22,957
0.2% 1.1%
0.0 8.7
over 1 year ago 6 days ago
Ruby JavaScript
MIT License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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CodeRay

Posts with mentions or reviews of CodeRay. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning CodeRay yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Highlight.js

Posts with mentions or reviews of Highlight.js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-25.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CodeRay and Highlight.js you can also consider the following projects:

PrismJS - Lightweight, robust, elegant syntax highlighting.

Rouge - A pure Ruby code highlighter that is compatible with Pygments

Pygments

Javascript Left-Right Parser - Parser for JavaScript

tiptap - The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans.

quill - Quill is a modern WYSIWYG editor built for compatibility and extensibility.

kotlin-latex-listing - A syntax highlighting template for the Kotlin language in LaTeX listings.

linguist - Language Savant. If your repository's language is being reported incorrectly, send us a pull request!

shiki - A beautiful yet powerful syntax highlighter

pygments.rb - ๐Ÿ’Ž Ruby wrapper for Pygments syntax highlighter

markdown-it - Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed