The table below shows the full list of languages (and corresponding classes/aliases) supported by Highlight.js. Languages that list a Package below are 3rd party languages and are not bundled with the core library. You can find their repositories by following the links.
Note: The languages available will depend on how you've built or are included the library in your app. For example our default minified web build includes only ~40 popular languages. See Getting the Library and Importing the Library in the README for examples of how to load additional/specific languages.
| Language | Aliases | Package |
|---|---|---|
| 1C | 1c | |
| 4D | 4d | highlightjs-4d |
| ABAP | sap-abap, abap | highlight-sap-abap |
| Abc Notation | abc | highlightjs-abc |
| ABNF | abnf | |
| Access logs | accesslog | |
| ActionScript | actionscript, as | |
| Ada | ada | |
| Aiken | aiken, ak | highlightjs-aiken |
| Alan | ln | highlightjs-alan |
| Alan IF | alan, i | highlightjs-alan |
| AngelScript | angelscript, asc | |
| Apache | apache, apacheconf | |
| Apex | apex | highlightjs-apex |
| AppleScript | applescript, osascript | |
| Arcade | arcade | |
| Arduino (C++ w/Arduino libs) | arduino, ino | |
| ARM assembler | armasm, arm | |
| AsciiDoc | asciidoc, adoc | |
| AspectJ | aspectj | |
| Astro | astro, astrojs | highlightjs-astro |
| AutoHotkey | autohotkey, ahk | |
| AutoIt | autoit | |
| AVR assembler | avrasm | |
| Awk | awk | |
| Ballerina | ballerina, bal | highlightjs-ballerina |
| Bash | bash, sh, zsh | |
| BASIC | basic | |
| BBCode | bbcode | highlightjs-bbcode |
| Bicep | bicep | highlightjs-bicep |
| Blade (Laravel) | blade | highlightjs-blade |
| BNF | bnf | |
| BQN | bqn | highlightjs-bqn |
| Brainfuck | brainfuck, bf | |
| C | c, h | |
| C# | csharp, cs, c# | |
| C++ | cpp, hpp, cc, hh, c++, h++, cxx, hxx | |
| C/AL | cal | |
| C3 | c3 | highlightjs-c3 |
| Cache Object Script | cos, cls | |
| Candid | candid, did | highlightjs-motoko |
| Cap’n Proto | capnproto, capnp | |
| Cedar | cedar, cedarschema | highlightjs-cedar |
| Ceylon | ceylon | |
| Chaos | chaos, kaos | highlightjs-chaos |
| Chapel | chapel, chpl | highlightjs-chapel |
| Cisco CLI | cisco | highlightjs-cisco-cli |
| Clean | clean, icl, dcl | |
| Clojure | clojure, clj, edn | |
| Clojure REPL | clojure-repl | |
| CMake | cmake, cmake.in | |
| COBOL | cobol, standard-cobol | highlightjs-cobol |
| CODEOWNERS | codeowners | highlightjs-codeowners |
| CoffeeScript | coffeescript, coffee, cson, iced | |
| Coq | coq | |
| CpcdosC+ | cpc | highlightjs-cpcdos |
| Crmsh | crmsh, crm, pcmk | |
| Crystal | crystal, cr | |
| CSP | csp | |
| CSS | css | |
| cURL | curl | highlightjs-curl |
| Cypher (Neo4j) | cypher | highlightjs-cypher |
| D | d | |
| Dafny | dafny | highlightjs-dafny |
| Dart | dart | |
| DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) | dax | highlightjs-dax |
| Delphi | delphi, dpr, dfm, pas, pascal | |
| Diff | diff, patch | |
| Django | django, jinja | |
| DNS Zone file | dns, zone, bind | |
| Dockerfile | dockerfile, docker | |
| Djot | djot, dj | highlightjs-djot |
| DOS | dos, bat, batch, cmd | |
| dsconfig | dsconfig | |
| DTS (Device Tree) | dts | |
| Dust | dust, dst | |
| Dylan | dylan | highlightjs-dylan |
| EBNF | ebnf | |
| Elixir | elixir, ex, exs | |
| Elm | elm | |
| ERB | erb | |
| Erlang | erlang, erl | |
| Erlang REPL | erlang-repl | |
| ES|QL | esql | highlightjs-esql |
| Excel | excel, xls, xlsx | |
| Extempore | extempore, xtlang, xtm | highlightjs-xtlang |
| F# | fsharp, fs, f# | |
| FIX | fix | |
| Flix | flix | highlightjs-flix |
| Fortran | fortran, f90, f95 | |
| FreeDesktop config | freedesktop, desktop, systemd | |
| FunC | func | highlightjs-func |
| G-Code | gcode, nc | |
| GameMaker Language | gml | |
| Gams | gams, gms | |
| GAUSS | gauss, gss | |
| GDScript | godot, gdscript | highlightjs-gdscript |
| Gherkin | gherkin, feature | |
| Gleam | gleam | gleam-highlight.js |
| Glimmer and EmberJS | hbs, glimmer, html.hbs, html.handlebars, htmlbars | highlightjs-glimmer |
| GN for Ninja | gn, gni | highlightjs-GN |
| Go | go, golang | |
| Golo | golo | |
| Gradle | gradle | |
| Grammatical Framework | gf | highlightjs-gf |
| GraphQL | graphql, gql | |
| Groovy | groovy | |
| GSQL | gsql | highlightjs-gsql |
| Haml | haml | |
| Handlebars | handlebars, hbs, html.hbs, html.handlebars, htmlbars | |
| Haskell | haskell, hs | |
| Haxe | haxe, hx | |
| High-level shader language | hlsl | highlightjs-hlsl |
| HSP | hsp | |
| HTML, XML | xml, html, xhtml, rss, atom, xjb, xsd, xsl, plist, wsf, svg | |
| HTTP | http, https | |
| Hy | hy, hylang | |
| Inform7 | inform7, i7 | |
| Igor Pro | igor, igorpro, ipf | highlightjs-igor-pro |
| Ini, TOML | ini, toml | |
| Iptables | iptables | highlightjs-iptables |
| IRPF90 | irpf90 | |
| ISBL | isbl | |
| Jaiva | jaiva, jiv, jva | highlightjs-jaiva |
| Java | java, jsp | |
| JavaScript | javascript, js, jsx, mjs, cjs | |
| JBoss CLI | jboss-cli, wildfly-cli | |
| Jolie | jolie, iol, ol | highlightjs-jolie |
| JSON | json, jsonc, json5 | |
| JSONata | jsonata | highlightjs-jsonata |
| Julia | julia | |
| Julia REPL | julia-repl, jldoctest | |
| Kotlin | kotlin, kt, kts, ktm, ktx | |
| Kusto Query Language | kql, kusto | highlightjs-kql |
| L4 | l4, legal | highlightjs-l4 |
| Lang | highlightjs-lang | |
| Lasso | lasso, ls, lassoscript | |
| LaTeX | latex, tex | |
| LDIF | ldif | |
| Leaf | leaf | |
| Lean | lean | highlightjs-lean |
| Less | less | |
| Liquid | liquid | highlightjs-liquid |
| Liquidsoap | liq | highlightjs-liquidsoap |
| Lisp | lisp | |
| LiveCode Server | livecodeserver | |
| LiveScript | livescript, ls | |
| LLVM IR | llvm | |
| LookML | lookml | highlightjs-lookml |
| LSL (Linden Scripting Language) | lsl | |
| Lua | lua, pluto | |
| Luau | luau | highlightjs-luau |
| M (Power Query) | m, pq | highlightjs-m |
| Macaulay2 | macaulay2 | highlightjs-macaulay2 |
| Magik | magik | highlightjs-magik |
| Makefile | makefile, mk, mak, make | |
| Markdown | markdown, md, mkdown, mkd | |
| Mathematica | mathematica, mma, wl | |
| Matlab | matlab | |
| Maxima | maxima | |
| Maya Embedded Language | mel | |
| Mercury | mercury, m, moo | |
| MetaPost | metapost | highlightjs-metapost |
| MikroTik RouterOS script | routeros, mikrotik | |
| Mint | mint | highlightjs-mint |
| MIPS Assembler | mips, mipsasm | |
| mIRC Scripting Language | mirc, mrc | highlightjs-mirc |
| Mirth | mirth | highlightjs-mirth |
| Mizar | mizar | |
| MKB | mkb | highlightjs-mkb |
| MLIR | mlir | highlightjs-mlir |
| Mojolicious | mojolicious | |
| Monkey | monkey | |
| MoonBit | moonbit, mbt | highlightjs-moonbit |
| Moonscript | moonscript, moon | |
| Motoko | motoko, mo | highlightjs-motoko |
| N1QL | n1ql | |
| Nested Text | nestedtext, nt | |
| Never | never | highlightjs-never |
| Nginx | nginx, nginxconf | |
| Nim | nim | |
| Nix | nix, nixos | |
| Node REPL | node-repl | |
| NSIS | nsis | |
| Oak | oak | highlightjs-oak |
| Object Constraint Language | ocl | highlightjs-ocl |
| Objective C | objectivec, mm, objc, obj-c, obj-c++, objective-c++ | |
| OCaml | ocaml, ml | |
| Odin | odin, odinlang | |
| OpenGL Shading Language | glsl | |
| OpenSCAD | openscad, scad | |
| Oracle Rules Language | ruleslanguage | |
| Oxygene | oxygene | |
| Papyrus | papyrus, psc | highlightjs-papyrus |
| Parser3 | parser3 | |
| Perl | perl, pl, pm | |
| PF | pf, pf.conf | |
| Phix | phix | highlightjs-phix |
| PHP | php | |
| PHP template | php-template | |
| Pine Script | pine, pinescript | highlightjs-pine |
| Pkl | pkl | highlightjs-pkl |
| Plaintext | plaintext, txt, text | |
| Pony | pony | |
| PostgreSQL & PL/pgSQL | pgsql, postgres, postgresql | |
| PowerOn | poweron, po | highlightjs-poweron |
| PowerShell | powershell, ps, ps1, pwsh | |
| Prisma | prisma | highlightjs-prisma |
| Processing | processing, pde | |
| Prolog | prolog | |
| Properties | properties | |
| Protocol Buffers | proto, protobuf | |
| Puppet | puppet, pp | |
| PureBASIC | purebasic, pb, pbi | |
| Python | python, py, gyp, ipython | |
| Python profiler results | profile | |
| Python REPL | python-repl, pycon | |
| Q | q, k, kdb | |
| Q# | qsharp | highlightjs-qsharp |
| QML | qml, qt | |
| R | r | |
| Raku | raku, perl6, p6, pm6, rakumod | highlightjs-raku |
| RakuDoc | pod6, rakudoc | highlightjs-raku |
| RakuQuoting | rakuquoting | highlightjs-raku |
| RakuRegexe | rakuregexe | highlightjs-raku |
| RAScript | rascript | highlightjs-rascript |
| Razor CSHTML | cshtml, razor, razor-cshtml | highlightjs-cshtml-razor |
| ReasonML | reasonml, re | |
| Rebol & Red | redbol, rebol, red, red-system | highlightjs-redbol |
| RenderMan RIB | rib | |
| RenderMan RSL | rsl | |
| ReScript | rescript, res | highlightjs-rescript |
| RISC-V Assembly | riscv, riscvasm | highlightjs-riscvasm |
| RiScript | risc, riscript | highlightjs-riscript |
| Roboconf | roboconf, graph, instances | |
| Robot Framework | robot, rf | highlightjs-robot |
| RPM spec files | rpm-specfile, rpm, spec, rpm-spec, specfile | highlightjs-rpm-specfile |
| Ruby | ruby, rb, gemspec, podspec, thor, irb | |
| Rust | rust, rs | |
| RVT Script | rvt, rvt-script | highlightjs-rvt-script |
| SAS | sas | |
| Scala | scala | |
| Scheme | scheme, scm | |
| Scilab | scilab, sci | |
| SCSS | scss | |
| SFZ | sfz | highlightjs-sfz |
| Shape Expressions | shexc | highlightjs-shexc |
| Shell | shell, console, shellsession | |
| Smali | smali | |
| Smalltalk | smalltalk, st | |
| SML | sml, ml | |
| Solidity | solidity, sol | highlightjs-solidity |
| Splunk SPL | spl | highlightjs-spl |
| SQF | sqf | |
| SQL | sql | |
| Stan | stan, stanfuncs | |
| Stata | stata, do, ado | |
| STEP Part 21 | step21, p21, step, stp | |
| Structured Text | iecst, scl, stl, structured-text | highlightjs-structured-text |
| Stylus | stylus, styl | |
| SubUnit | subunit | |
| Supercollider | supercollider, sc | highlightjs-supercollider |
| Svelte | svelte | highlight.svelte |
| Swift | swift | |
| Tagger Script | taggerscript | |
| Tcl | tcl, tk | |
| Terraform (HCL) | terraform, tf, hcl | highlightjs-terraform |
| Test Anything Protocol | tap | |
| Thrift | thrift | |
| Toit | toit | toit-highlight |
| TP | tp | |
| Transact-SQL | tsql | highlightjs-tsql |
| TTCN-3 | ttcn, ttcnpp, ttcn3 | highlightjs-ttcn3 |
| Twig | twig, craftcms | |
| TypeScript | typescript, ts, tsx, mts, cts | |
| Unicorn Rails log | unicorn-rails-log | highlightjs-unicorn-rails-log |
| Unison | unison, u | highlightjs-unison |
| Vala | vala | |
| VB.Net | vbnet, vb | |
| VBA | vba | highlightjs-vba |
| VBScript | vbscript, vbs | |
| VBScript in HTML | vbscript-html | |
| Verilog | verilog, v, sv, svh | |
| Verse | verse | highlightjs-verse |
| Veryl | veryl | highlightjs-veryl |
| VHDL | vhdl | |
| Vim Script | vim | |
| VoltScript | voltscript, vss, lotusscript, lss | highlightjs-voltscript |
| WebAssembly | wasm | |
| WGSL | wgsl | highlightjs-wgsl |
| Why3 | whyml, mlw | highlightjs-why3 |
| Wren | wren | |
| X# | xsharp, xs, prg | highlightjs-xsharp |
| X++ | axapta, x++ | |
| x86 Assembly | x86asm | |
| x86 Assembly (AT&T) | x86asmatt | highlightjs-x86asmatt |
| XL | xl, tao | |
| Xojo | xojo | highlightjs-xojo |
| XQuery | xquery, xpath, xq, xqm | |
| YAML | yml, yaml | |
| ZenScript | zenscript, zs | highlightjs-zenscript |
| Zephir | zephir, zep | |
| Zig | zig | highlightjs-zig |
The following languages are included in the "common" subset:
Bash, C, C++, C#, CSS, Diff, Go, GraphQL, HTML (XML), Ini (TOML), Java, JavaScript, JSON, Kotlin, Less, Lua, Makefile, Markdown, Objective C, Perl, PHP, Plaintext, Python, Python REPL, R, Ruby, Rust, SCSS, Shell, SQL, Swift, TypeScript, VB.Net, WASM, YAML
If you are using either of these languages at the same time please be sure to use the full name and not the alias to avoid any ambiguity.
| Language | Overlap |
|---|---|
| Lasso | ls |
| LiveScript | ls |
| OCaml | ml |
| SML | ml |