🆚 Highlight.js vs. Prism

📈 Highlight.js is as popular as Prism.
🌍 Highlight.js is more popular in Germany, Russia, and France.
🌎 Prism is more popular in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

Highlight.js

Prism

Type

JavaScript library

About

Highlight.js is an open-source JavaScript syntax highlighter with automatic language detection and zero dependencies for browser and server-side environments.

It supports more than 190 programming and markup languages and over 500 themes, provides selective language builds for smaller bundle sizes, and supports Node.js and Deno environments.

Prism is a lightweight, extensible syntax highlighter designed for fast client-side code highlighting in web pages and documentation systems.

It supports nearly 300 languages and includes plugins covering line numbering, line highlighting, automatic linking, code folding, copy-to-clipboard buttons, and customizable language definitions.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

highlightjs.org #656,024

prismjs.com #1,416,510

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Highlight.js JavaScript library is as popular as Prism.

Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Highlight.js is more popular in Germany, Russia, and France, while Prism is more popular in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

United States

Japan

Germany

Russia

United Kingdom

France

China

India

Netherlands

Spain

Awards

⬆️ 63rd most popular in Russia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 67th most popular in China in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 81st most popular in Ukraine in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 82nd most popular in Korea in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 90th most popular in Japan in the JavaScript Libraries category.

🔥 16th most popular in Tanzania in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 64th most popular in Japan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 82nd most popular in China in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 84th most popular in Taiwan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 85th most popular in Singapore in the JavaScript Libraries category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Highlight.js is more popular among sites focused on marketing and merchandising, technical, business forums, and entertainment, while Prism is more commonly used on business, Internet services, and blogs and wiki sites.

Business

Internet Services

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Software/Hardware

Education/Reference

Online Shopping

Technical/Business Forums

Health

Technical Information

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#101

#130

#301

#2,549

#2,649

Name

Rank

#16

#198

#312

#1,196

#1,639