highlight-syntax

highlight source code syntax with html

Works in node and the browser. Supported languages:

• javascript
• bash
• c

Very small:

$ browserify . | uglifyjs -cm 2>/dev/null | gzip | wc -c
1776
$ browserify all.js | uglifyjs -cm 2>/dev/null | gzip | wc -c
3391

example

• example output with dark theme
• example output with light theme

all languages

You can load all the languages:

var highlight = require('highlight-syntax/all')
var fs = require('fs')
var src = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[3],'utf8')
console.log(highlight(src, { lang: process.argv[2] }))

subset of languages

Or you can load a subset of languages. This will make the bundle you deliver to the browser smaller.

var highlight = require('highlight-syntax')([
  require('highlight-syntax/c'), require('highlight-syntax/sh')
])
var fs = require('fs')
var src = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[3],'utf8')
console.log(highlight(src, { lang: process.argv[2] }))

example with marked

You can pass this module to marked to highlight code in a markdown file:

var highlight = require('highlight-syntax/all')
var marked = require('marked')
var fs = require('fs')
var src = fs.readFileSync('readme.md','utf8')
console.log(marked(src, { highlight: highlight }))

api

var highlighter = require('highlight-syntax')
var highlight = require('highlight-syntax/all')

The css files in this distribution are:

• highlight-syntax/dark.css - combined dark themes for all languages
• highlight-syntax/light.css - combined linght themes for all languages

var highlight = highlighter(rules)

Create a highlighter function from an array of rules. You can load the rules explicitly from:

• require('highlight-syntax/c') - c
• require('highlight-syntax/sh') - bash
• require('highlight-syntax/js') - javascript

var html = highlight(src, opts)

Turn a string of code src written in opts.lang to a syntax-highlighted string of html. If opts is a string, it is interpreted as the opts.lang.

• opts.lang - string language name or file extension

usage

highlight-syntax FILES... {OPTIONS}
  -o --outfile  Write output to a file. Default: - (stdout)
  -l --lang     Set a language explicitly for stdin input.
  -t --theme    Include an inline css theme. Example: dark

install

To get the library:

npm install highlight-syntax

To get the command:

npm install -g highlight-syntax

license

BSD