@shikijs/langs

What is @shikijs/langs?

@shikijs/langs is a package that provides language definitions for syntax highlighting in the Shiki code highlighter. It allows users to add support for various programming languages to be highlighted in their applications.

What are @shikijs/langs's main functionalities?

Language Support

This feature allows users to specify which languages they want to support for syntax highlighting. The code sample demonstrates how to use the Shiki highlighter with the @shikijs/langs package to highlight JavaScript code.

const { getHighlighter } = require('shiki');

async function highlightCode() {
  const highlighter = await getHighlighter({
    langs: ['javascript', 'python']
  });
  const code = 'console.log("Hello, world!")';
  const highlightedCode = highlighter.codeToHtml(code, { lang: 'javascript' });
  console.log(highlightedCode);
}

highlightCode();

Other packages similar to @shikijs/langs

highlight.js

highlight.js is a popular library for syntax highlighting that supports a wide range of languages. It automatically detects the language of the code and applies the appropriate highlighting. Compared to @shikijs/langs, highlight.js is more established and widely used, but Shiki offers more customization and is based on VS Code's syntax highlighting.

Prism

Prism is a lightweight, extensible syntax highlighter. It is designed to be easy to customize and extend, with a focus on performance. While @shikijs/langs is used with Shiki for VS Code-like highlighting, Prism is often used for web applications and offers a variety of plugins for additional functionality.

README

@shikijs/langs

TextMate grammars for Shiki.

License

MIT