# Pygments rather than highlight.js for syntax highlighting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pygments-rather-than-highlight-js-for-syntax-highlighting/391544
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** code
**Created:** [December 17, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pygments-rather-than-highlight-js-for-syntax-highlighting/391544 "2025-12-17T10:56:35Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pygments-rather-than-highlight-js-for-syntax-highlighting/391544/4 "2025-12-17T13:16:56Z")

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Maybe a different theme from highlight.js would improve the colors too?

You can try them at [Demo - highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org/demo) and there is a component to change it  
[Codeblock Theme Picker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codeblock-theme-picker/146396)

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