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chroma

brew/chroma

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General purpose syntax highlighter in pure Go accessibility color 颜色 无障碍 color-blindness 色盲

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Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id Ubisoft.Chroma -e
scoop install chroma

macOS

brew install chroma

Linux

brew install chroma

Highlight source code from a file with the Python lexer and output to `stdout`

chroma -l python path/to/source_file.py

Highlight source code from a file with the Go lexer and output to an HTML file

chroma -l go -f html path/to/source_file.go > path/to/target_file.html

Highlight source code from `stdin` with the C++ lexer and output to an SVG file, using the Monokai style

command | chroma -l c++ -f svg -s monokai > path/to/target_file.svg

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