Command-line tool

highlight

brew/highlight

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Convert source code to formatted text with syntax highlighting

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install highlight

Linux

brew install highlight

Produce a complete HTML document from a source code file

highlight -o html -s theme_name -S language path/to/source_code

Produce an HTML fragment, suitable for inclusion in a larger document

highlight -o html -f -S language source_file

Inline the CSS styling in every tag

highlight -o html --inline-css -S language source_file

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