Shiki – powerful syntax highlighter

Shiki is a powerful syntax highlighter that uses TextMate grammars and themes—the same technology used by Visual Studio Code—to produce accurate highlighting for a wide range of programming languages.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Provides accurate syntax highlighting using TextMate grammars and themes.
• Supports a broad range of programming languages and Visual Studio Code themes.
• Lazy-loads languages, themes and WebAssembly components on demand.
• Runs in modern JavaScript environments without relying on Node.js or filesystem APIs.
• Offers fine-grained bundles for including only the required languages and themes.
• Supports separate light and dark themes.
• Provides APIs for transformers, decorations and HAST output.
• Integrates with TypeScript Twoslash, Markdown-it, Rehype and Monaco Editor.
• Offers both JavaScript and Oniguruma-based regular-expression engines.

Website: github.com/shikijs/shiki
Support:
Developer: Pine Wu and Anthony Fu
License: MIT License

Shiki is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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