React Syntax Highlighter

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library 0.15.0 ·javascript maintenance
verified May 27, 2026

react-highlight is a React component designed to provide syntax highlighting for code snippets within web applications by integrating the `highlight.js` library. It allows developers to display formatted code by passing code strings as children to the `Highlight` component or by rendering pre-processed HTML containing multiple code blocks. The current stable version available on npm is `0.15.0`. However, the project's README specifies `0.11.1` as the 'latest version', which suggests potential documentation lag or an irregular release cadence. A key differentiator is its direct, minimalist wrapper around `highlight.js`, making it straightforward for both single-snippet and multi-snippet highlighting, especially useful when parsing markdown-generated content. Styling is handled externally via `highlight.js` CSS themes, requiring manual inclusion.

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