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Top 23 syntax-highlighting Open-Source Projects
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Project mention: Man pages are great, man readers are the problem | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-09
I page man (and many other things) through bat[0] which improves my experience.
[0]: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
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Project mention: 🚀 Launching a High-Performance DistilBERT-Based Sentiment Analysis Model for Steam Reviews 🎮🤖 | dev.to | 2024-12-16
rich: Enhances the command-line interface with rich text formatting.
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Every time a request come in, we forward it to the pkg.go.dev server, then append the highlight.js script to the response before sending it back to the client.
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# https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/blob/master/docs/highlighters.md
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linguist
Language Savant. If your repository's language is being reported incorrectly, send us a pull request!
1. linguist
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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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This clarity makes examples more readable and easier to adapt—increasing the chances developers will implement your API correctly the first time. We use Shiki for our syntax highlighting.
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dunovank/jupyter-themes - Custom Jupyter Notebook Themes
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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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Nord is a beloved color palette derived from the icy blues, snowy tones of the Arctic and the mesmerizing hues of the Aurora Borealis. Designed for optimal readability and minimal eye strain, it blends Nordic aesthetics with cool, calming, and balanced dimmed pastel tones making it a ideal choice for a modern and elegant UI.
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remarkable
Markdown parser, done right. Commonmark support, extensions, syntax plugins, high speed - all in one. Gulp and metalsmith plugins available. Used by Facebook, Docusaurus and many others! Use https://github.com/breakdance/breakdance for HTML-to-markdown conversion. Use https://github.com/jonschlinkert/markdown-toc to generate a table of contents.
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Notepad3
Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code. Notepad3 based on code from Notepad2 and MiniPath on code from metapath. Download Notepad3:
Project mention: Notepad3: Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-12 -
kanagawa.nvim
NeoVim dark colorscheme inspired by the colors of the famous painting by Katsushika Hokusai.
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Project mention: Comparing the copyToClipboard implementations in Shadcn-ui/ui and Codehike. | dev.to | 2024-08-07
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NoteHighlight2016
Source code syntax highlighting for OneNote 2016 and OneNote for O365 . NoteHighlight 2013 port for OneNote 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)
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notepad4
Notepad4 (Notepad2⨯2, Notepad2++) is a light-weight Scintilla based text editor for Windows with syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion and API list for many programming languages and documents, bundled with file browser plugin matepath.
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Project mention: Kaskade (TUI for Kafka) protobuf support is out | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-14
We featured kaskade on Terminal Trove as tool of the week and looks really cool and useful.
https://terminaltrove.com/kaskade/
For those interested, kaskade is made with the Textual TUI framework.
https://www.textualize.io/
Thanks for making this sauljp.
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ble.sh
Bash Line Editor―a line editor written in pure Bash with syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc. for Bash interactive sessions.
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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).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source syntax-highlighting projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | bat | 52,559 |
| 2 | rich | 52,042 |
| 3 | DevToys | 28,861 |
| 4 | Highlight.js | 24,340 |
| 5 | zsh-syntax-highlighting | 21,128 |
| 6 | linguist | 12,714 |
| 7 | gdb-dashboard | 11,706 |
| 8 | mycli | 11,636 |
| 9 | shiki | 11,500 |
| 10 | jupyter-themes | 9,825 |
| 11 | HTTP Prompt | 9,038 |
| 12 | nord | 6,399 |
| 13 | tailspin | 6,298 |
| 14 | remarkable | 5,800 |
| 15 | Notepad3 | 5,562 |
| 16 | kanagawa.nvim | 5,121 |
| 17 | codehike | 5,108 |
| 18 | vim-markdown | 4,743 |
| 19 | NoteHighlight2016 | 3,911 |
| 20 | notepad4 | 3,786 |
| 21 | Rouge | 3,370 |
| 22 | rich-cli | 3,250 |
| 23 | ble.sh | 3,229 |
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