Prism is a lightweight, extensible syntax highlighter, built with modern web standards in mind. It’s used in millions of websites, including some of those you visit daily.
Amazing Features of Prism
- Dead simpleInclude prism.css and prism.js, use proper HTML5 code tags (
code.language-xxxx), done! - IntuitiveLanguage classes are inherited so you can only define the language once for multiple code snippets.
- Light as a featherThe core is 2KB minified & gzipped. Languages add 0.3-0.5KB each, themes are around 1KB.
- Blazing fastSupports parallelism with Web Workers, if available.
- ExtensibleDefine new languages or extend existing ones. Add new features thanks to Prism’s plugin architecture.
- Easy stylingAll styling is done through CSS, with sensible class names like
.comment,.string,.propertyetc
Supported Languages Prism Code Highlighter
The table below shows the complete list of supported languages for Prism Code Highlighter. If a language is missing, or if the list is not up-to-date, please contact me.
Syntax Example: <pre><code class=”language-python”> Your Code </code></pre>
| Language | Key | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Markup | markup | language-markup |
| CSS | css | language-css |
| C-like | clike | language-clike |
| JavaScript | javascript | language-javascript |
| ABAP | abap | language-abap |
| ActionScript | actionscript | language-actionscript |
| Ada | ada | language-ada |
| Apache Configuration | apacheconf | language-apacheconf |
| APL | apl | language-apl |
| AppleScript | applescript | language-applescript |
| Arduino | arduino | language-arduino |
| ARFF | arff | language-arff |
| AsciiDoc | asciidoc | language-asciidoc |
| 6502 Assembly | asm6502 | language-asm6502 |
| ASP.NET (C#) | aspnet | language-aspnet |
| AutoHotkey | autohotkey | language-autohotkey |
| AutoIt | autoit | language-autoit |
| Bash | bash | language-bash |
| BASIC | basic | language-basic |
| Batch | batch | language-batch |
| Bison | bison | language-bison |
| Brainfuck | brainfuck | language-brainfuck |
| Bro | bro | language-bro |
| C | c | language-c |
| C# | csharp | language-csharp |
| C++ | cpp | language-cpp |
| CoffeeScript | coffeescript | language-coffeescript |
| Clojure | clojure | language-clojure |
| Crystal | crystal | language-crystal |
| Content-Security-Policy | csp | language-csp |
| CSS Extras | css-extras | language-css-extras |
| D | d | language-d |
| Dart | dart | language-dart |
| Diff | diff | language-diff |
| Django/Jinja2 | django | language-django |
| Docker | docker | language-docker |
| Eiffel | eiffel | language-eiffel |
| Elixir | elixir | language-elixir |
| Elm | elm | language-elm |
| ERB | erb | language-erb |
| Erlang | erlang | language-erlang |
| F# | fsharp | language-fsharp |
| Flow | flow | language-flow |
| Fortran | fortran | language-fortran |
| GEDCOM | gedcom | language-gedcom |
| Gherkin | gherkin | language-gherkin |
| Git | git | language-git |
| GLSL | glsl | language-glsl |
| GameMaker Language | gml | language-gml |
| Go | go | language-go |
| GraphQL | graphql | language-graphql |
| Groovy | groovy | language-groovy |
| Haml | haml | language-haml |
| Handlebars | handlebars | language-handlebars |
| Haskell | haskell | language-haskell |
| Haxe | haxe | language-haxe |
| HTTP | http | language-http |
| HTTP Public-Key-Pins | hpkp | language-hpkp |
| HTTP Strict-Transport-Security | hsts | language-hsts |
| IchigoJam | ichigojam | language-ichigojam |
| Icon | icon | language-icon |
| Inform 7 | inform7 | language-inform7 |
| Ini | ini | language-ini |
| Io | io | language-io |
| J | j | language-j |
| Java | java | language-java |
| Jolie | jolie | language-jolie |
| JSON | json | language-json |
| Julia | julia | language-julia |
| Keyman | keyman | language-keyman |
| Kotlin | kotlin | language-kotlin |
| LaTeX | latex | language-latex |
| Less | less | language-less |
| Liquid | liquid | language-liquid |
| Lisp | lisp | language-lisp |
| LiveScript | livescript | language-livescript |
| LOLCODE | lolcode | language-lolcode |
| Lua | lua | language-lua |
| Makefile | makefile | language-makefile |
| Markdown | markdown | language-markdown |
| Markup templating | markup-templating | language-markup-templating |
| MATLAB | matlab | language-matlab |
| MEL | mel | language-mel |
| Mizar | mizar | language-mizar |
| Monkey | monkey | language-monkey |
| N4JS | n4js | language-n4js |
| NASM | nasm | language-nasm |
| nginx | nginx | language-nginx |
| Nim | nim | language-nim |
| Nix | nix | language-nix |
| NSIS | nsis | language-nsis |
| Objective-C | objectivec | language-objectivec |
| OCaml | ocaml | language-ocaml |
| OpenCL | opencl | language-opencl |
| Oz | oz | language-oz |
| PARI/GP | parigp | language-parigp |
| Parser | parser | language-parser |
| Pascal | pascal | language-pascal |
| Perl | perl | language-perl |
| PHP | php | language-php |
| PHP Extras | php-extras | language-php-extras |
| PL/SQL | plsql | language-plsql |
| PowerShell | powershell | language-powershell |
| Processing | processing | language-processing |
| Prolog | prolog | language-prolog |
| .properties | properties | language-properties |
| Protocol Buffers | protobuf | language-protobuf |
| Pug | pug | language-pug |
| Puppet | puppet | language-puppet |
| Pure | pure | language-pure |
| Python | python | language-python |
| Q (kdb+ database) | q | language-q |
| Qore | qore | language-qore |
| R | r | language-r |
| React JSX | jsx | language-jsx |
| React TSX | tsx | language-tsx |
| Ren’py | renpy | language-renpy |
| Reason | reason | language-reason |
| reST (reStructuredText) | rest | language-rest |
| Rip | rip | language-rip |
| Roboconf | roboconf | language-roboconf |
| Ruby | ruby | language-ruby |
| Rust | rust | language-rust |
| SAS | sas | language-sas |
| Sass (Sass) | sass | language-sass |
| Sass (Scss) | scss | language-scss |
| Scala | scala | language-scala |
| Scheme | scheme | language-scheme |
| Smalltalk | smalltalk | language-smalltalk |
| Smarty | smarty | language-smarty |
| SQL | sql | language-sql |
| Soy (Closure Template) | soy | language-soy |
| Stylus | stylus | language-stylus |
| Swift | swift | language-swift |
| TAP | tap | language-tap |
| Tcl | tcl | language-tcl |
| Textile | textile | language-textile |
| Template Toolkit 2 | tt2 | language-tt2 |
| Twig | twig | language-twig |
| TypeScript | typescript | language-typescript |
| VB.Net | vbnet | language-vbnet |
| Velocity | velocity | language-velocity |
| Verilog | verilog | language-verilog |
| VHDL | vhdl | language-vhdl |
| vim | vim | language-vim |
| Visual Basic | visual-basic | language-visual-basic |
| WebAssembly | wasm | language-wasm |
| Wiki markup | wiki | language-wiki |
| Xeora | xeora | language-xeora |
| Xojo (REALbasic) | xojo | language-xojo |
| XQuery | xquery | language-xquery |
| YAML | yaml | language-yaml |
