What are the best syntax highlighters?

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What are the best syntax highlighters?

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Best syntax highlighters	Price	License	Languages
-- Rainbow	-	MIT	C++; C#; Lua
-- Google Code Prettify	-	-	-
-- highlight.js	-	-	-
-- Pygments	-	-	-

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Rainbow

Languages:C++; C#; Lua

Dev platforms:Linux; macOS; Windows

Desktop targets:Linux; macOS; Windows

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Google Code Prettify

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highlight.js

Answer 4

Pygments

Top Pro

Supports multiple output formats

Supports many different output formats including HTML, LaTeX, and ANSI sequences. See More

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Supports a large number of programming languages

Pygments provides syntax highlighting for over 300 programming languages. See More

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What are the best syntax highlighters?

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Rainbow

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Google Code Prettify

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highlight.js

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Pygments

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My Recommendation for Pygments

Supports multiple output formats

Supports a large number of programming languages

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