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Ask HN: Any Pygments (code syntax highlighter) alternatives?

1 points by rampatra ↗ HN
I want a Java library that will do code syntax highlighting just like Pygments does. I am not using Pygments because it's written in Python and I want a Java library. I know that Pygment can be used in Java (with the help of Jython) but still curious to know whether there are any alternatives.

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verdverm
Where do you want syntax highlighting to be visible?
rampatra
On the UI, of course. Do you mean to say that I can use some js libraries and do the highlighting on the client-side?
verdverm
Yea, highlight.js is awesome and it's pretty easy to add new languages. Your code still looks like code, highlight handles breaking it down into html
rampatra
Yes, if I don't get any good options in Java then I would go with either codemirror (used in the dev console in many browsers) or highlight.js