Top 6 JavaScript Highlighting Projects

Highlight.js

83 23,051 8.7 JavaScript

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

Project mention: Vala Programming Language | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-08

> it was designed to resemble C#
I actually first heard of Vala just a few days ago when I was looking at a C#-related PR[1] for highlight.js:
> This fails the tests as the Vala default.txt is recognized now as C#. However, Vala is very close in syntax to C#, and the default.txt also seems to be valid C# so not sure what to do about this.
[1] https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/pull/3906

starry-night

2 1,332 7.8 JavaScript

Syntax highlighting, like GitHub

Project mention: Astro Markdoc: Readable, Declarative MDX Alternative | dev.to | 2023-11-15

See starry-night docs for more details on how it works. Some interesting points to note in the starry-night setup here are:

SurveyJS

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Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
react-native-walkthrough-tooltip

2 584 2.9 JavaScript

An inline wrapper for calling out React Native components via tooltip
remark-highlight.js

1 69 0.0 JavaScript

Legacy plugin to highlight code blocks with highlight.js — please use `rehype-highlight` instead
netStack.js

1 10 4.4 JavaScript

A simple and easy jQuery plugin for highlighting .NET stack traces
next-mdx-prism-example

1 1 0.0 JavaScript

A Next.js project with MDX and Prism code highlighting

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