---
id: pygments
version: "2.20.0"
license: BSD-2-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# Pygments — Pygments is a syntax highlighting package written in Python.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 100 on PyPI

## Install

pip install pygments
uv add pygments
poetry add pygments

## Description

Pygments
~~~~~~~~

Pygments is a syntax highlighting package written in Python.

It is a generic syntax highlighter suitable for use in code hosting, forums,
wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code.  Highlights
are:

* a wide range of over 500 languages and other text formats is supported
* special attention is paid to details, increasing quality by a fair amount
* support for new languages and formats are added easily
* a number of output formats, presently HTML, LaTeX, RTF, SVG, all image
  formats that PIL supports and ANSI sequences
* it is usable as a command-line tool and as a library

Copyright 2006-present by the Pygments team, see ``AUTHORS``.
Licensed under the BSD, see ``LICENSE`` for details.

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Pygments is a syntax highlighter that colorizes source code in over 500 languages and formats, outputting to HTML, LaTeX, RTF, SVG, images, or ANSI sequences for use in code hosting, wikis, forums, or as a command-line tool.

Verdict: Pygments is a mature, actively maintained syntax highlighter with no dependencies, permissive licensing, and zero known vulnerabilities. It is well-suited for any application needing code colorization across a broad range of languages and output formats.

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