Top 8 Shell syntax-highlighting Projects

zsh-syntax-highlighting

72 19,001 5.9 Shell

Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Project mention: Setting up a MacBook for development in 2024 | dev.to | 2024-01-08

brew install fzf # for fuzzy find files, commands, etc brew install starship $(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting # syntax highlight for zsh git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions # smart autosuggestions for zsh echo 'eval "$(starship init zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc

ble.sh

52 2,067 9.1 Shell

Bash Line Editor―a line editor written in pure Bash with syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc. for Bash interactive sessions.

Project mention: ble.sh: Revolutionize the BASH user experience | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-11

WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
fast-syntax-highlighting

12 959 3.2 Shell

Feature-rich syntax highlighting for ZSH (by zdharma-continuum)

Project mention: fish-shell: the user-friendly command-line shell | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-26

Am i the only one who feels fish is not worth it despite of hype? Don't get me wrong. I think that fish is really good shell.
BUT...
After adding the following plugins to zsh(before you chime in, it's just adding these lines,not anything configuring much. also it auto bootstraps on new install), I found out that fish is no where near configured zsh.
1) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit (plugin manager)
2) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlightin...
3) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/history-search-multi-wo...
4) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
5) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions
6) https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
7) any good shell prompt generator like https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k
For example, I use fzf integration for tab completion. Fish's fzf integration is nowhere as good as that of zsh's. Also, posix compat and almost bash compat of zsh is plus.
I acknowledge that zsh isn't perfect shell either and I have tried and failed few times in past to switch to fish. If you provide me compelling reason/s to switch to fish, I am all ears.

F-Sy-H

2 147 3.5 Shell

⚙️ Feature-rich Syntax Highlighting for Zsh
gedit

4 71 1.9 Shell

An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant gedit syntax theme. (by nordtheme)
vimcat

2 15 0.0 Shell

cat files in style with vim
.dotfiles

1 10 7.0 Shell

Dotfiles for all my machines running Ubuntu or Manjaro with i3-gaps and polybar. (by iFreilicht)
InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
awkat

1 0 0.0 Shell

awkat is a bat imitation with shell awk and cat

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