rehype-pretty/rehype-pretty-code

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1317 stars · 72 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Rehype plugin powered by the Shiki syntax highlighter that renders beautiful, editor-grade code blocks in Markdown or MDX. It supports VS Code themes, line and word highlighting, inline code highlighting, and ANSI output, working at build time or in the browser.

Use cases

• highlight code blocks in markdown docs
• add syntax highlighting to MDX blog posts
• use VS Code themes for code snippets in a static site
• highlight specific lines or words in code examples
• render ANSI terminal output in documentation
• avoid runtime syntax highlighting by highlighting at build time

When to choose

• you build docs or blogs with Markdown/MDX in SvelteKit, Astro, Next.js, or similar
• you want VS Code-accurate highlighting with any VS Code theme
• you need line/word/inline code highlighting features

When to avoid

• your content is not Markdown/MDX or not processed through the unified/Rehype pipeline
• you need highlighting in a non-JavaScript stack without Node.js
• you want a standalone highlighter library rather than a Rehype plugin

Facets

plugin · maturity active

markdown templating documentation web-development frontend documentation developer-tools browser rehype-plugin shiki mdx unified-ecosystem code-blocks vscode-themes syntax-highlighting nodejs web-server

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