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24 alternatives to HighlightedTextEditor, a SwiftUI view with live syntax highlighting

A SwiftUI view for dynamically highlighting user input - kyle-n/HighlightedTextEditor

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HighlightedTextEditor, a SwiftUI view with live syntax highlighting launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Sketch Syntax Highlighter▲195
Highlight the syntax of any code snippet in Sketch
2017 · danielguillan.github.io · its alternatives →
2ES
English syntax highlighter using part-of-speech tagging▲147
2016 · english.edward.io · its alternatives →
3
English Syntax Highlighter▲94
Highlights English syntax like it's code
2016 · english.edward.io · its alternatives →
4
Highly for iOS▲573
Medium-style highlighting in every app and website. 🖌
2016 · its alternatives →
5
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 →
6
TypeSnippets▲89
Keyboard that types for you. Text snippets for iOS.
2015 · typesnippets.com · its alternatives →
7
Highlight▲318
See and act on your webapp's issues and interactions
2021 · launchdarkly.com · its alternatives →
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kiUi – Lightweight auto-layout stylable UI toolkit▲136
2015 · novembermonk.github.io · its alternatives →
9
Swype for iOS▲115
A faster and easier way to input text on any screen.
2014 · swype.com · its alternatives →
10
txt.edit▲109
The missing text editor for iPhone & iPad
2020 · txtedit.dev · its alternatives →
11
TextExpander for iPhone▲144
Snippets that expand to phrases (keyboard for iOS 8)
2014 · textexpander.com · its alternatives →
12
Macaw▲90
A simple code editor for Swift
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
13
Framer Studio: Code Highlighting▲121
A new way to inspect and navigate your prototyping code
2015 · its alternatives →
14
CodeEdit▲157
Elevate your code editing experience
2024 · codeedit.app · its alternatives →
15
Squire▲123
The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.
2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →
16
Copy any code to clipboard in OS X, adding proper syntax highlighting▲55
Copy Syntax Highlight for OS X is an OS X service which copies the selected text to the clipboard, with proper syntax highlighting for the given language. - GitHub - minimaxir/copy-syntax-highlight-osx: Copy Syntax Highlight for OS X is an OS X service which copies the selected text to the clipboard
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Typed▲104
New Markdown Editor for Mac by Realmac Software (pre-launch)
2014 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →
18
TOAST UI Editor▲119
Markdown WYSIWYG editor
2018 · its alternatives →
19
SwiftUI Inspector▲139
Export your designs to SwiftUI code
2020 · swiftui.ai · its alternatives →
20
Ki Editor – Multicursor syntactical editor▲138
Hi everyone, I have been developing this editor, Ki, for over a year, and have employed it substantially in all kinds of development (including Ki itself) for at least 3 months. I think it is mostly crystallized, thus I'm happy to share it with you today. Its main strength is first-class multi-cursor and structural (syntax) editing, which is a rare combination in the realm of editors (TUI or GUI alike). Hope you'll enjoy it!
2024 · ki-editor.github.io · its alternatives →
21
WordBox▲60
Beautiful iOS text editor with fleksy keyboard
2014 · wordboxapp.com · its alternatives →
22
MiaoYan▲67
Lightweight Markdown app to help you write great sentences.
2022 · miaoyan.app · its alternatives →
23ED
Espanso: detect a typed keyword and replace it while you're typing▲127
2021 · espanso.org · its alternatives →
24
HighlightGPT▲112
Highlight in ChatGPT, ask GPT in a side panel
Jan 2026 · highlight.jiqiren.ai · its alternatives →

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