highlight.js
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highlight.js last released 11.12.0 on 2026-08-12. Its latest version requires Node.js >=12.0.0.
Facts
- Latest release
- 11.12.0, (2 months ago)
- First published
- (15 years ago)
- Releases in the last 12 months
- 2
- Median days between releases
- 11
- Median days between major versions
- 583
- Monthly downloads
- 123,794,519
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Repository
- github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js
- Homepage
- highlightjs.org
- Source
- registry.npmjs.org (checked 2026-10-19)
Major versions
6 major versions have been published.
| Major | First version | First released | Latest version | Latest released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 11.0.0 | 2021-05-30 | 11.12.0 | 2026-08-12 |
| 10 | 10.0.0 | 2020-04-21 | 10.7.3 | 2021-06-04 |
| 9 | 9.0.0 | 2015-12-02 | 9.18.5 | 2020-11-19 |
| 8 | 8.0.0 | 2014-01-09 | 8.9.1 | 2015-10-19 |
| 7 | 7.0.1 | 2012-06-04 | 7.5.0 | 2013-11-20 |
| 1 | 1.0.0 | 2011-07-15 | 1.2.0 | 2012-04-24 |
Runtime requirements
The latest version of highlight.js declares these runtime constraints.
| Runtime | Constraint | Minimum version | Since version | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | >=12.0.0 | 12.0.0 | 11.0.0 | 2021-05-30 |
Supported runtimes
The latest version of highlight.js runs on 15 tracked runtime releases.
| Runtime | Cycle | Released | End of life | LTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | 26 | 2026-05-05 | 2029-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 25 | 2025-10-15 | 2026-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 24 | 2025-05-06 | 2028-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 23 | 2024-10-16 | 2025-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 22 | 2024-04-24 | 2027-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 21 | 2023-10-17 | 2024-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 20 | 2023-04-18 | 2026-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 19 | 2022-10-18 | 2023-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 18 | 2022-04-19 | 2025-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 17 | 2021-10-19 | 2022-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 16 | 2021-04-20 | 2023-09-11 | yes |
| Node.js | 15 | 2020-10-20 | 2021-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 14 | 2020-04-21 | 2023-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 13 | 2019-10-22 | 2020-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 12 | 2019-04-23 | 2022-04-30 | yes |
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