Command-line tool

cli-highlight

npm/cli-highlight

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTC · Still published on npm

Syntax highlighting in your terminal terminal syntax highlight color cli ansi

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTC

Install it

Windows

npm install -g cli-highlight
scoop install highlight

macOS

npm install -g cli-highlight

Linux

npm install -g cli-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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