Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I made 1M (!) syntax highlighting themes launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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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   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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   English syntax highlighter using part-of-speech tagging▲147

   2016 · english.edward.io · its alternatives →

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   English Syntax Highlighter▲94

   Highlights English syntax like it's code

   2016 · english.edward.io · its alternatives →

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   New Syntax Highlighter Plugin for DokuWiki▲5

   2015 · dokuwiki.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hasty▲160

   A fast code snippet generator for WordPress

   2017 · wp-hasty.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Syntax-highlighting with accessible color contrast▲7

   Needed a syntax-highlighting theme for displaying code samples on our company blog, but found my favourite editor themes did not have WCAG-conformant color contrast. And the accessibility-focused themes I found didn't fit well with our site aesthetic. I'm sure there are such themes out there, but for our use I built these Measured Light & Dark schemes. Pleased with the results, so have open-sourced them and made them available to the base16 ecosystem. Happy theming!

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Themery▲86

   Build beautiful IDE color themes with AI. Fine-tune colors, syntax highlighting, and typography. Export to VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Helix, Zed, and more.

   Apr 2026 · themery.dev · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Sweet Themes▲99

   Color Themes for Slack

   2015 · sweetthemesaremadeofthe.se · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Framer Studio: Code Highlighting▲121

    A new way to inspect and navigate your prototyping code

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Medium Code Highlighter▲67

    Simple & easy syntax highlighting for Medium articles.

    2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Framer Syntax Theme▲145

    A beautiful VSCode & Atom theme, inspired by our code editor

    2018 · framer.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CodeLook▲96

    Quick Look code previews with 700+ editor themes

    Sep 2026 · codelook.app · 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 →

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    Slack Themes▲73

    A collection of Slack themes in a single repo.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Weekend project - VS2010 CoffeeScript syntax highlighting▲39

    CoffeeScript syntax highlighting for Visual Studio 2010 - chrisdunelm/CoffeeLite

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hueflake▲77

    Easily build your ideal code editor theme in minutes

    2022 · hueflake.dev · its alternatives →

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    Mojo Language Syntax Highlighting for Vim▲32

    Mojo 🔥 Language Syntax Highlighting for Vim. Contribute to ovikrai/mojo-syntax development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    SimpleSyntaxJs▲5

    A lightweight syntax highlighting JS library for textareas

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Glow – Syntax highlighting for Clojure source code▲29

    2015 · blog.venanti.us · its alternatives →

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    I made a beautiful purple theme for Jupyter Notebooks▲7

    Beautiful Data Science

    2020 · datacrayon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Syntax Highlight for your github diffs▲18

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    CodeThemes▲10

    Color themes for Xcode, TextMate and Termianl

    2017 · codethemes.net · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →