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InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install highlight

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install highlight

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/highlight/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add highlight

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · highlight · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install highlight

Debian stable package indexes · highlight · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install highlight

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · highlight · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#highlight

nixpkgs package indexes · highlight · Quelle: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S highlight

Arch Linux sync databases · highlight · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install highlight

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · highlight · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverifiziert · 92%
choco install highlight

Chocolatey community package catalog · highlight · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/highlight

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/highlight.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Convert source code to formatted text with syntax highlighting

Befehle und Aliase

  • highlight

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

highlight, by André Simon, converts source code into syntax-highlighted output for formats such as HTML, XHTML, RTF, ODT, TeX, LaTeX, SVG, BBCode, Pango markup, and terminal color escape sequences.

Its long-running appeal is that language definitions, themes, and plug-ins are data-driven Lua scripts rather than hardcoded syntax tables, making it useful both as a CLI converter and as a document-generation component.

Projektgeschichte

The changelog traces the project back to `src2css` 0.1 in April 2002, followed by `highlight` 0.1 in July 2002 and `highlight` 1.0 in August 2002. Early releases added batch conversion, XHTML, RTF, TeX/LaTeX output, and more language definitions.

The 2.x line expanded output formats, language coverage, shared-library targets, filetype mapping, compatibility options for GNU source-highlight, and a rewritten Qt GUI. In 2009, the changelog records a license move from GPLv2 to GPLv3.

The 3.0 beta in June 2010 was a structural change: language definitions, themes, and filetype configuration were converted to Lua scripts, and a plug-in option was added. The 4.x line continued the Lua-script model while adding service-mode, LSP-related improvements, more languages, CMake/Meson work, and C++17 refactoring.

Adoptionsgeschichte

highlight spread through Unix package managers because it is useful in documentation pipelines, static-site generation, editor/tool integrations, and terminal workflows. The input package map lists Alpine, Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and openSUSE-style packages.

Official extras also show integration beyond one-off CLI use. The Pandoc example demonstrates using highlight as an external highlighter inside document preprocessing, including importing external source files and inline themes.

Wie es verwendet wird

Common use is `highlight -i main.cpp -o main.cpp.html` for HTML, `highlight < main.cpp > main.cpp.html --syntax cpp` for standard-input workflows, or `highlight -O latex` for TeX/LaTeX output. Batch and recursive options let it process trees of source files.

Users customize behavior through language definitions, themes, plug-ins, file mappings, and output-format flags. The manual documents terminal truecolor and xterm256 output as well as document formats, making the tool relevant both on the command line and in generated artifacts.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

highlight is package-nerd material because it is old-school Unix plumbing that still tracks new languages and output targets. It can sit behind manpage/documentation generation, static websites, code samples, and terminal previews without forcing a runtime-heavy web stack.

Its Lua-definition architecture is also useful for downstreams: language and theme behavior can be patched or extended as data files, which fits distribution packaging better than editing core parser code for every syntax tweak.

Zeitleiste

  • 2002: src2css 0.1 appears, followed by highlight 0.1 and highlight 1.0.
  • 2008: 2.6-14 adds GNU source-highlight compatibility options.
  • 2009: 2.10 changes the project license from GPLv2 to GPLv3.
  • 2010: 3.0 beta converts language definitions, themes, and filetype data to Lua scripts.
  • 2021: 4.0 starts the 4.x line.
  • 2023: 4.6 adds service-mode support.
  • 2026: 4.20 records C++17 refactoring and more language/build-system updates.

Related projects

  • GNU source-highlight is a related converter; highlight explicitly added compatibility options for some of its CLI behavior.
  • Artistic Style is bundled or updated through the changelog for source-code reformatting features.
  • Pandoc is a documented integration target via highlight's extras, where highlight can provide external code highlighting in document workflows.

Quellen

  • Changelog: https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight/-/blob/master/ChangeLog.adoc
  • Language list: https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight/-/blob/master/README_LANGLIST.adoc
  • Manual: http://andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.php
  • Pandoc extra: https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight/-/blob/master/extras/pandoc/README.html
  • README: https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight#readme

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

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Risikoklassifikator

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Warum

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Signale

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
highlightcliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-10
Manager-Version4.20
Manager aktualisiert2026-05-24
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

http://andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.php

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:highlight
Version4.20
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/highlight
Homepagehttp://andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.php
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight
Upstream-Dokumentationhttp://andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.php
LizenzGPL-3.0-or-later
Quellarchivhttps://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight/-/archive/v4.20/highlight-v4.20.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-05-24T11:59:53Z
Pulseupdated
Abhängigkeitenlua
Build-Abhängigkeitenboost, pkgconf
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namehighlight
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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Debian apt95%

highlight 4.10-1+b2

Universal source code to formatted text converter

http://www.andre-simon.de

sudo apt install highlight
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • 5 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: highlight from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

highlight-common 4.10-1

source code to formatted text converter (architecture independent files)

http://www.andre-simon.de

sudo apt install highlight-common
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: highlight
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: highlight-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libhighlight-perl 4.10-1+b2

perl bindings for highlight source code to formatted text converter

http://www.andre-simon.de

sudo apt install libhighlight-perl
  • Section: perl
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • 7 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libhighlight-perl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

highlight

nix profile install nixpkgs#highlight
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: highlight from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

highlight 4.10-1build2

Universal source code to formatted text converter

http://www.andre-simon.de

sudo apt install highlight
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 5 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: highlight from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

highlight-common 4.10-1build2

source code to formatted text converter (architecture independent files)

http://www.andre-simon.de

sudo apt install highlight-common
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: highlight
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: highlight-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libhighlight-perl 4.10-1build2

perl bindings for highlight source code to formatted text converter

http://www.andre-simon.de

sudo apt install libhighlight-perl
  • Section: universe/perl
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • 7 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libhighlight-perl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

highlight 4.19-r0

Fast and flexible source code highlighter

http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.html

sudo apk add highlight
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: highlight from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

highlight-bash-completion 4.19-r0

Bash completions for highlight

http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.html

sudo apk add highlight-bash-completion
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: highlight-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

highlight-doc 4.19-r0

Fast and flexible source code highlighter (documentation)

http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.html

sudo apk add highlight-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: highlight-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

highlight-fish-completion 4.19-r0

Fish completions for highlight

http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.html

sudo apk add highlight-fish-completion
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: highlight-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

highlight-zsh-completion 4.19-r0

Zsh completions for highlight

http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.html

sudo apk add highlight-zsh-completion
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: highlight-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

highlight 4.20-4.fc45

Universal source code to formatted text converter

http://www.andre-simon.de/

sudo dnf install highlight
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • 6 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: highlight from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

highlight-gui 4.20-4.fc45

GUI for the highlight source code formatter

http://www.andre-simon.de/

sudo dnf install highlight-gui
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • 11 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: highlight-gui from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

highlight 4.20-1

Fast and flexible source code highlighter - CLI version

http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.html

sudo pacman -S highlight
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: highlight from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

highlight 4.18-1.4

Universal Source Code to Formatted Text Converter

http://www.andre-simon.de/

sudo zypper install highlight
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Development/Tools/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: highlight
  • 6 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Highlight
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: highlight from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Verwandte Tools

  • luaRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Gleicher Workflow

  • source-highlightShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, source-code, syntax-highlighting.
  • ccatShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, syntax-highlighting.
  • chromaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, syntax-highlighting.
  • pygmentsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, syntax-highlighting.
  • shikiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, syntax-highlighting.
  • skylightingShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, syntax-highlighting.

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