# highlight.js

JavaScript syntax highlighter with automatic language detection that runs in the browser and on Node.js.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/highlightjs/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-09
Listed since: 2026-11-09

## Record

### Links

- home: https://highlightjs.org/
- repository: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js
- docs: https://highlightjs.readthedocs.io/
- discord: https://discord.gg/M24EbU7ja9

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Ivan Sagalaev
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 11
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-12

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 25014
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 52954629
- contributors: 415
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 29401
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 700734
- dependentPackages: 11299

### Sources

- urls: https://highlightjs.org/ (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/highlightjs/highlight.js (read 2026-11-09)
- urls: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/highlightjs/highlight.js/commits/e0b98f5087cbbac029c75fe36eb8b35ab792ec45 (read 2026-11-09)
- maintainer: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-09)
- category: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/highlightjs/highlight.js (read 2026-11-09)
- runtime: https://highlightjs.org/ (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- installMethod: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-09)
- license: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-09)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/highlightjs/highlight.js/releases/tags/11.12.0 (read 2026-11-09)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/highlightjs/highlight.js/releases/tags/11.12.0 (read 2026-11-09)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/highlightjs/highlight.js (read 2026-11-09)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/highlightjs/highlight.js/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-09)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-11-01:2026-11-07/highlight.js (read 2026-11-09)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/highlight.js (read 2026-11-09)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/highlight.js (read 2026-11-09)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-11-09)

## Notes

highlight.js is a JavaScript syntax highlighter that works in the browser and on Node.js. A page can install it from npm, load it from a CDN, or use a custom bundle generated on the project's download page. The [documentation](https://highlightjs.readthedocs.io/) describes its API. The copyright line names Ivan Sagalaev, and the repository lists a core team and contributors.

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