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Prism React Renderer

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Updated: 2 Jan 2025
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Renders highlighted Prism output to React (+ theming & vendored Prism)

Overview

Prism React Renderer is a library that allows you to render code highlighted using Prism in React. It provides a small render-props-driven component that works with React and React Native. It comes bundled with a modified version of Prism that does not pollute the global namespace. The library also includes its own theming format, allowing you to easily switch between different themes or create your own programmatically.

Features

  • Tokenizes code using Prism
  • Provides a render-props-driven component for quick rendering in React
  • Works with React Native
  • Modified version of Prism that does not pollute the global namespace
  • Includes a few common language syntaxes
  • Can use your own Prism setup if desired
  • Includes its own theming format, allowing for easy switching of themes

Installation

To install Prism React Renderer, you can use npm, which is bundled with Node.js:

npm install prism-react-renderer

Summary

Prism React Renderer is a library that simplifies the process of rendering syntax-highlighted code in React. It provides a convenient, render-props-driven component that works with both React and React Native. The library comes bundled with Prism, a syntax highlighter, and includes its own theming format for easy customization. With Prism React Renderer, you can efficiently render syntax-highlighted code in your React applications.