🆚 Highlight.js vs. Prism

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

Statistics based on 3.8M+ 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 Prism JavaScript library is 1.1 times more popular than Highlight.js.

Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

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

United States

Japan

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Russia

China

India

Spain

Netherlands

Awards

⬆️ 58th most popular in China in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 80th most popular in Korea in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 89th most popular in Russia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 92nd most popular in Japan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 94th most popular in Taiwan in the JavaScript Libraries category.

⬆️ 64th most popular in Japan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 73rd most popular in China in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 83rd most popular in Taiwan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 96th most popular in Singapore in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 103rd most popular in Korea in the JavaScript Libraries category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

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

Business

Internet Services

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Education/Reference

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Technical/Business Forums

Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#101

#130

#2,549

#2,616

#2,837

Name

Rank

#16

#104

#198

#626

#848