Command-line tool

pygments

brew/pygments

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Generic syntax highlighter

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install pygments

macOS

brew install pygments
pipx install pygments

Linux

pipx install pygments

Highlight file syntax and print to `stdout` (language is inferred from the file extension)

pygmentize file.py

Explicitly set the language for syntax highlighting

pygmentize -l javascript input_file

List available lexers (processors for input languages)

pygmentize -L lexers

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