PrismJS
Lightweight syntax highlighter library supporting 600+ languages for code display.
Markdown, editors and content npm MIT
Used in agent projects
30
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#36 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
33.4M
npm, last 7 days, prismjs
GitHub stars
13K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How PrismJS is used
PrismJS is a dependency in 30 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #36 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use Vitest (50.0%), ESLint (83.3%), jsdom (43.3%).
Often used with PrismJS
| Vitest | 50.0% of PrismJS projects · 4.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| ESLint | 83.3% of PrismJS projects · 2.2× more than average |
| jsdom | 43.3% of PrismJS projects · 8.1× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 76.7% of PrismJS projects · 2.2× more than average |
| TypeScript | 93.3% of PrismJS projects · 1.7× more than average |
| Vite | 56.7% of PrismJS projects · 2.5× more than average |
| Testing Library | 33.3% of PrismJS projects · 4.6× more than average |
| React Icons | 30.0% of PrismJS projects · 5.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list PrismJS as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install prismjs |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (14), TypeScript / JavaScript (13), PHP (3) |
| Example projects | NG-ZORRO/ng-zorro-antd, fountain-ink/app, AmadeusITGroup/otter, iflabx/agentifui, johnlindquist/script-generator |
Alternatives to PrismJS
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| react-markdown npm React component for rendering markdown with customizable component handling. |
360 (2.8%) | 37.2M | 15.9K | MIT |
| remark-gfm npm Remark plugin adding GitHub Flavored Markdown support for tables and strikethrough. |
288 (2.3%) | 44.5M | 1,249 | MIT |
| Jinja2 pypi Fast and expressive template engine for Python with powerful flexibility. |
175 (1.4%) | 145M | 11.8K | — |
| Marked npm Fast, efficient markdown parser for converting markdown to HTML. |
148 (1.2%) | 83.8M | 37.2K | MIT |
| React Syntax Highlighter npm React component for syntax highlighting code with Prism.js or Highlight.js. |
110 (0.9%) | 7.8M | 4,674 | MIT |
| gray-matter npm Parser extracting YAML/JSON front matter from markdown and text files. |
106 (0.8%) | 10.6M | 4,490 | MIT |
| Tiptap npm Headless Vue/React rich text editor framework with customizable extensions. |
105 (0.8%) | 18.7M | 38.7K | MIT |
| Pygments pypi Syntax highlighting library for code in Python supporting hundreds of programming languages. |
97 (0.8%) | 239M | 2,213 | — |