Highlight.js is a syntax highlighter written in JavaScript. It works in the browser as well as on the server. It can work with pretty much any markup, doesn’t depend on any other frameworks, and has automatic language detection.

For an introduction and basic usage, see our README. For detailed documentation and reference see our documentation.

Interesting places to see on our wiki:

• Grammar Requests
• Useful Plugins
• "One of your code blocks includes unescaped HTML"
• Adding keywords to a language at startup