Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Glow is a syntax highlighting tool designed for Clojure source code. It helps developers read and write Clojure by applying color and formatting to different elements of the code, making the structure and syntax… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Glow – Syntax highlighting for Clojure source code launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Nightlight, an editor that runs inside Clojure projects▲195

   An embedded editor for Clojure. Contribute to oakes/Nightlight development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Glow▲92

   Read markdown on your CLI…with pizzazz!

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Rust▲261

   A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, rg --json, and blame output - dandavison/delta

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Sketch Syntax Highlighter▲195

   Highlight the syntax of any code snippet in Sketch

   2017 · danielguillan.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Glowby Genius by Glowbom▲141

   Draw-to-code

   2024 · glowbom.com · its alternatives →

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   Rich-CLI – A CLI toolbox for highlighting, Markdown, JSON and rich text▲126

   Rich-cli is a command line toolbox for fancy output in the terminal - Textualize/rich-cli

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7NT
   Nightcode, the Clojure IDE, just hit 0.1.0▲68

   2013 · nightcode.info · its alternatives →

8. 8JS
   Joyride: script VSCode like Emacs but using Clojure▲211

   Together with PEZ (Peter Strömberg) I made a VSCode extension that allows you to script VSCode using Clojure (interpreted CLJS). The repo: https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/joyride Introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1oTf-1EchU See examples directory: https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/joyride/tree/master/ex... See animated gifs and news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/vsjoyride?src=hashtag_click&f=li...

   2022 · its alternatives →

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   hue.tools – open-source toolbox for colors▲481

   hue.tools was created after spending way to much time trying to find the right tools when working with colors. It's an attempt to create a simple but useful toolbox for common color related tasks and problems. While it's in no way perfect or provides the tools for every use case, it has served me well in the last few months and I hope it will be useful for some of you as well.

   2022 · hue.tools · its alternatives →

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    We’re open-sourcing our session replay tool▲408

    Hey HN! We’re open-sourcing highlight.io (https://github.com/highlight/highlight), a session replay and error monitoring tool. Highlight.io gives you a high-precision video-like replay of what users are doing when an error or exception occurs in your web app, along with a full-fledged error monitoring experience (similar to bugsnag, rollbar, etc..). The main value prop of highlight.io is that we help you understand the full context surrounding an error and allow you to drill down to the code path that a user invoked (i.e user clicked button X, sent network request Y, and…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ghostwheel – easy spec, side effect detection and tracing for Clojure▲64

    Hassle-free inline clojure.spec with semi-automatic generative testing and side effect detection - gnl/ghostwheel

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Framer Studio: Code Highlighting▲121

    A new way to inspect and navigate your prototyping code

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13ES
    English syntax highlighter using part-of-speech tagging▲147

    2016 · english.edward.io · its alternatives →

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    Lit – a modern literate programming tool▲95

    A modern tool for literate programming. Contribute to cdosborn/lit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    hue.tools▲120

    Intuitive open source toolbox for colors

    2022 · hue.tools · its alternatives →

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    Glowbom 2.0▲122

    Create amazing apps and games without knowing how to code

    2022 · glowbom.com · its alternatives →

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    Pigment▲258

    A unique way to explore color using lighting and pigment

    2018 · pigment.shapefactory.co · its alternatives →

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    Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting▲118

    Use Markdown and React to build rich content websites. Documentation, tutorials, blogs, videos, interactive walkthroughs, and more.

    2021 · codehike.org · its alternatives →

19. 19CI
    Clojure in the Open – simple tasks from open-source projects▲81

    2014 · longstorm.org · its alternatives →

20. 20LL
    Lolight – Lightweight Syntax Highlighter▲11

    2019 · larsjung.de · its alternatives →

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    Grammar Glow▲5

    glow with grammar

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Grasp – grep Clojure code using clojure.spec regexes▲123

    Grep Clojure code using clojure.spec regexes. Contribute to borkdude/grasp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Clojure game library▲93

    A Clojure game library. Contribute to oakes/play-clj development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    microlight.js▲117

    Improves readability of code by highlighting

    2016 · asvd.github.io · its alternatives →

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