linguist VS Pygments

Compare linguist vs Pygments and see what are their differences.

linguist

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linguist Pygments
40 0
11,725 -
1.4% -
8.7 -
1 day ago almost 8 years ago
Ruby
MIT License -
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linguist

Posts with mentions or reviews of linguist. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.

Pygments

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

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing linguist and Pygments you can also consider the following projects:

Highlight.js - JavaScript syntax highlighter with language auto-detection and zero dependencies.

PLY - Python Lex-Yacc

sqlparse - A non-validating SQL parser module for Python

pydantic - Data validation using Python type hints

pyparsing - Python library for creating PEG parsers [Moved to: https://github.com/pyparsing/pyparsing]

jellyfish - 🪼 a python library for doing approximate and phonetic matching of strings.

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

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

Lark - Lark is a parsing toolkit for Python, built with a focus on ergonomics, performance and modularity.

Python Left-Right Parser - Python Parser