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tree-sitter-highlight

v0.26.7 Growing

Library for performing syntax highlighting with Tree-sitter

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.84
Parsing toolsText editors #syntax#parsing#highlighting#incremental

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 13d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.0K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (3 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
3.1M
Dependents
1.0K
Releases
47
Size
19KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

112.9K downloads in the last 30 days, down 47% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Widely adopted

1.0K crates depend on tree-sitter-highlight. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, tree-sitter-highlight hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 19KB, tree-sitter-highlight is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tree-sitter-loader, tree-sitter-cli, komac, hi-doc, gitu. When high-quality crates choose tree-sitter-highlight, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 19/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
5K/day avg-27%
05K10K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.20.1
73%
v0.25.10
19%
v0.23.0
3%
v0.24.7
3%
v0.22.5
2%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
4
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.0K
crates depend on tree-sitter-highlight

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