chroma

A general-purpose syntax highlighter. The --lexer option is usually unnecessary, as it will be automatically determined based on the file extension. More information: <https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/chroma.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install chroma
Ubuntu
apt-get install chroma
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install chroma
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chroma
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/chroma

A general-purpose syntax highlighter. The --lexer option is usually unnecessary, as it will be automatically determined based on the file extension. More information: <https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma>.

  • Highlight source code from a file with the Python lexer and output to `stdout`:
    chroma --lexer python path/to/source_file.py
  • Highlight source code from a file with the Go lexer and output to an HTML file:
    chroma --lexer go --formatter html path/to/source_file.go > path/to/target_file.html
  • Highlight source code from `stdin` with the C++ lexer and output to an SVG file, using the Monokai style:
    command | chroma --lexer c++ --formatter svg --style monokai > path/to/target_file.svg
  • List available lexers, styles and formatters:
    chroma --list

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