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Top 23 syntax-highlighting Open-Source Projects

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  1. bat

    A cat(1) clone with wings.

    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

  2. InfluxDB

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  3. rich

    Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal.

    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.

  4. DevToys

    A Swiss Army knife for developers.

    Project mention: DevToys: A Swiss Army knife for developers | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-09
  5. Highlight.js

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

    Project mention: A better pkg.go.dev | dev.to | 2025-02-16

    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.

  6. zsh-syntax-highlighting

    Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

    Project mention: Better Shell History Search | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-25

    # https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/blob/master/docs/highlighters.md

  7. linguist

    Language Savant. If your repository's language is being reported incorrectly, send us a pull request!

    Project mention: How to detect code language in browser | dev.to | 2024-11-21

    1. linguist

  8. gdb-dashboard

    Modular visual interface for GDB in Python

  9. SaaSHub

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  10. mycli

    A Terminal Client for MySQL with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

    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

  11. shiki

    A beautiful yet powerful syntax highlighter

    Project mention: Efficiently Document APIs with Markdown: A Developer’s Guide | dev.to | 2025-04-29

    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.

  12. jupyter-themes

    Custom Jupyter Notebook Themes

    Project mention: List of awesome CSS frameworks, libraries and software | dev.to | 2024-05-28

    dunovank/jupyter-themes - Custom Jupyter Notebook Themes

  13. 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

  14. nord

    An arctic, north-bluish color palette.

    Project mention: Arctic Nord Theme for Filament PHP | dev.to | 2025-02-09

    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.

  15. tailspin

    🌀 A log file highlighter

  16. 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.

  17. 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
  18. kanagawa.nvim

    NeoVim dark colorscheme inspired by the colors of the famous painting by Katsushika Hokusai.

  19. codehike

    Build rich content websites with Markdown and React

    Project mention: Comparing the copyToClipboard implementations in Shadcn-ui/ui and Codehike. | dev.to | 2024-08-07
  20. vim-markdown

    Markdown Vim Mode

  21. NoteHighlight2016

    Source code syntax highlighting for OneNote 2016 and OneNote for O365 . NoteHighlight 2013 port for OneNote 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  22. 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.

  23. Rouge

    A pure Ruby code highlighter that is compatible with Pygments

  24. rich-cli

    Rich-cli is a command line toolbox for fancy output in the terminal

    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.

  25. ble.sh

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

  26. 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).

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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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