# prismjs > Lightweight, robust, elegant syntax highlighting. A spin-off project from Dabblet. Latest version **1.30.0** (published 2025-03-10) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install prismjs pnpm add prismjs yarn add prismjs bun add prismjs ``` ## Health **Score 53/100 (C)** — status: stable. Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo. Warnings: low downloads; no esm support. Negative: stale. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 1.30.0 | | Published | 2025-03-10 | | First published | 2015-05-13 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | separate (@types/prismjs) | | Module format | CommonJS | | Node | >=6 | | Dependencies | 0 | | Unpacked size | 2 MB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 13039 | | Author | Lea Verou | | Maintainers | leaverou, rdy, vinsonchuong, gpleiss, jamesdigioia, golmote, rundevelopment, dmitrysharabin | | Keywords | prism, highlight | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/prismjs - Repository: https://github.com/PrismJS/prism - Homepage: https://github.com/PrismJS/prism#readme - Issues: https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/prismjs ## Alternatives - [@oh-my-pi/pi-natives](https://npm.io/package/@oh-my-pi/pi-natives.md) — 51.8K weekly downloads - [@capgo/capacitor-light-sensor](https://npm.io/package/@capgo/capacitor-light-sensor.md) — 3.0K weekly downloads - [@heyhuynhgiabuu/pi-diff](https://npm.io/package/@heyhuynhgiabuu/pi-diff.md) — 492 weekly downloads - [@lotsa/verdant-lang-asm](https://npm.io/package/@lotsa/verdant-lang-asm.md) — 38 weekly downloads - [new-era-syntax](https://npm.io/package/new-era-syntax.md) — 20 weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 1.30.0 (latest) — 2025-03-10 - 2.0.0-alpha.1 (alpha) — 2026-09-08 - 1.29.0 — 2022-08-23 - 1.28.0 — 2022-04-17 - 1.27.0 — 2022-02-17 - 1.26.0 — 2022-01-06 - 1.25.0 — 2021-09-16 - 1.24.1 — 2021-07-03 - 1.24.0 — 2021-06-27 - 1.23.0 — 2020-12-31 - 1.22.0 — 2020-10-10 - 1.21.0 — 2020-08-06 - 1.20.0 — 2020-04-04 - 1.19.0 — 2020-01-13 - 1.18.0 — 2020-01-04 - … 24 more at https://npm.io/package/prismjs/versions ## README # [Prism](https://prismjs.com/) [![Build Status](https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/actions) [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/prismjs.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/prismjs) Prism is a lightweight, robust, and elegant syntax highlighting library. It's a spin-off project from [Dabblet](https://dabblet.com/). You can learn more on [prismjs.com](https://prismjs.com/). [Why another syntax highlighter?](https://lea.verou.me/2012/07/introducing-prism-an-awesome-new-syntax-highlighter/#more-1841) [More themes for Prism!](https://github.com/PrismJS/prism-themes) ## Contribute to Prism! ### **Important Notice** We are currently working on [Prism v2](https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/discussions/3531) and will only accept security-relevant PRs for the time being. Once work on Prism v2 is sufficiently advanced, we will accept PRs again. This will be announced on our [Discussion](https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/discussions) page and mentioned in the [roadmap discussion](https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/discussions/3531).
Prism v1 contributing notes Prism depends on community contributions to expand and cover a wider array of use cases. If you like it, consider giving back by sending a pull request. Here are a few tips: - Read the [documentation](https://prismjs.com/extending.html). Prism was designed to be extensible. - Do not edit `prism.js`, it’s just the version of Prism used by the Prism website and is built automatically. Limit your changes to the unminified files in the `components/` folder. `prism.js` and all minified files are generated by our build system (see below). - Use `npm ci` to install Prism's dependencies. Do not use `npm install` because it will cause non-deterministic builds. - The build system uses [gulp](https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp) to minify the files and build `prism.js`. With all of Prism's dependencies installed, you just need to run the command `npm run build`. - Please follow the code conventions used in the files already. For example, I use [tabs for indentation and spaces for alignment](http://lea.verou.me/2012/01/why-tabs-are-clearly-superior/). Opening braces are on the same line, closing braces on their own line regardless of construct. There is a space before the opening brace. etc etc. - Please try to err towards more smaller PRs rather than a few huge PRs. If a PR includes changes that I want to merge and also changes that I don't, handling it becomes difficult. - My time is very limited these days, so it might take a long time to review bigger PRs (small ones are usually merged very quickly), especially those modifying the Prism Core. This doesn't mean your PR is rejected. - If you contribute a new language definition, you will be responsible for handling bug reports about that language definition. - If you [add a new language definition](https://prismjs.com/extending.html#creating-a-new-language-definition) or plugin, you need to add it to `components.json` as well and rebuild Prism by running `npm run build`, so that it becomes available to the download build page. For new languages, please also add a few [tests](https://prismjs.com/test-suite.html) and an example in the `examples/` folder. - Go to [prism-themes](https://github.com/PrismJS/prism-themes) if you want to add a new theme. Thank you so much for contributing!! ### Software requirements Prism will run on [almost any browser](https://prismjs.com/#features-full) and Node.js version but you need the following software to contribute: - Node.js >= 10.x - npm >= 6.x
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