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syntect

v5.3.0 Growing

library for high quality syntax highlighting and code intelligence using Sublime Text's grammars

MIT Edition 2021
Parsing toolsText processingParser implementations #syntax#parsing#highlighting#highlighter#colouring

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (5.x for 9+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (7.0K crates depend on it)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (23 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
13.0M
Dependents
7.0K
Releases
49
Size
833KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.9M downloads in the last 30 days (61.7K/day), up 80% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

7.0K crates depend on syntect. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Stable for 9+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 49 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Heavy dependency tree

23 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include miette, egui_extras, comrak, cosmic-text, bat. When high-quality crates choose syntect, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 19/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
39K/day avg+154%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v5.2.0
47%
v5.3.0
31%
v5.0.0
9%
v5.1.0
8%
v4.6.0
5%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["default-onig"]

htmlparsingmetadatadump-loadyaml-loadplist-loadregex-onigdump-createregex-fancydefault-onig*default-fancydefault-themesdefault-syntaxes

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
23
direct dependencies
Dependents
7.0K
crates depend on syntect

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