The best Shiki alternatives
3 tools that do a similar job to Shiki, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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ShikiA syntax highlighter for code, based on TextMate grammars, published as an npm package.
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Prism
Open source · MIT · ★ 13.1k
A small JavaScript library that colors source code syntax on web pages.
Best for: Web developers who want to show code snippets on a website; Documentation writers who need readable code blocks
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Rich
Open source · MIT · ★ 57.7k
A Python library for colorful, formatted text, tables and progress bars in the terminal.
Best for: Python developers who write command-line scripts and want clearer output; People building logging or debugging output for long-running Python programs
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Linguist
Open source · MIT · ★ 13.8k
Ruby library that detects a code file's language and reports language breakdowns for a Git repository.
Best for: Developers who want a language breakdown of a Git repository from the command line; Maintainers who need to fix how GitHub labels their repository's languages
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Shiki. We don't take payment for placement.