Pygments
Syntax highlighting library for code in Python supporting hundreds of programming languages.
Used in agent projects
97
0.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#8 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
239M
PyPI, last 7 days, pygments
GitHub stars
2,213
last push Sep 27, 2026
How Pygments is used
Pygments is a dependency in 97 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.8%), #8 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use Requests (79.4%), Click (77.3%), packaging (76.3%).
Often used with Pygments
| Requests | 79.4% of Pygments projects · 14.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Click | 77.3% of Pygments projects · 44.0× more than average |
| packaging | 76.3% of Pygments projects · 67.3× more than average |
| urllib3 | 74.2% of Pygments projects · 48.8× more than average |
| AnyIO | 72.2% of Pygments projects · 49.3× more than average |
| charset-normalizer | 71.1% of Pygments projects · 57.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Pygments as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install pygments |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (93), Next.js (3), Other (1) |
| Example projects | twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, DelineaXPM/delinea-mcp, mikegianfelice/Hunter, everlastingsong/whirlpool-essentials, bloXroute-Labs/solana-trader-client-python |
Alternatives to Pygments
| 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 |
| Shiki npm Beautiful syntax highlighter powered by TextMate grammars with superior accuracy. |
89 (0.7%) | 24.9M | 13.9K | MIT |