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Top 19 Python syntax-highlighting Projects
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Project mention: The Python Learning Journey: From Beginner Confusion to Advanced Mastery | dev.to | 2025-08-18
Code Reading: Study repositories like Flask, Requests, or Rich on GitHub. Notice how they handle imports, error cases, and API design. Reading production code reveals patterns you won't find in tutorials.
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Project mention: SQLiteStudio: Create, edit, browse SQLite databases | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-24
One day I set out to resolve this, though I can not find in my notes' files what the solution was (for MySQL). It might have been to simply use MyCLI instead of the standard MySQL CLI. Have you tried it?
https://github.com/dbcli/mycli
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HTTP Prompt
An interactive command-line HTTP and API testing client built on top of HTTPie featuring autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and more. https://twitter.com/httpie
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Project mention: Litecli: CLI for SQLite Databases with auto-completion and syntax highlighting | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-08
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Sevalla
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rainbow_csv
🌈Rainbow CSV - Vim plugin: Highlight columns in CSV and TSV files and run queries in SQL-like language
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Aura-Text
Aura Text is a versatile and powerful text editor powered by QScintilla that provides all the necessary tools for developers. It is build using PyQt6 and Python.
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syntax-highlighting
A fork of Tiago Barroso's Syntax Highlighting add-on with support for Anki 2.1 (by glutanimate)
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quo
🚦🛠️⚙️Quo, a toolkit for writing Command-Line Interface applications and a Text User Interface framework for Python.
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Python syntax-highlighting discussion
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Ask HN: Programmers and Technologists in Scotland
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does someone use anki for learning programming?
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Syntax Highlighting for Code add-on and dark mode
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A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
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Index
What are some of the best open-source syntax-highlighting projects in Python? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | rich | 53,492 |
| 2 | gdb-dashboard | 11,878 |
| 3 | mycli | 11,686 |
| 4 | HTTP Prompt | 9,056 |
| 5 | rich-cli | 3,368 |
| 6 | litecli | 3,080 |
| 7 | pygments | 2,027 |
| 8 | pdbpp | 1,387 |
| 9 | semshi | 1,036 |
| 10 | rainbow_csv | 672 |
| 11 | MatchTagAlways | 541 |
| 12 | Aura-Text | 318 |
| 13 | rich-argparse | 174 |
| 14 | rainbow_csv.nvim | 120 |
| 15 | syntax-highlighting | 118 |
| 16 | anki-code-highlighter | 87 |
| 17 | NimPlus | 41 |
| 18 | quo | 36 |
| 19 | xit-sublime | 19 |
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