Syntax Highlightings

Kate's highlighting is powered by the KSyntaxHighlighting framework and supports 335 different languages.

Below you can find a list of all supported languages together with example renderings of the highlighting both as light and dark theme HTML pages.

Submissions of new language definitions & examples are very welcome, head over to the KSyntaxHighlighting repository README for details.

Category	Language	Light & Dark Theme Examples
3D	G-Code	Light Theme	Dark Theme
3D	GLSL	Light Theme	Dark Theme
3D	OpenSCAD	Light Theme	Dark Theme
3D	PLY	Light Theme	Dark Theme
3D	POV-Ray	Light Theme	Dark Theme
3D	RenderMan RIB	Light Theme	Dark Theme
3D	STL	Light Theme	Dark Theme
3D	VRML	Light Theme	Dark Theme
3D	Wavefront OBJ	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	AVR Assembler	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	Asm6502	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	Common Intermediate Language (CIL)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	GNU Assembler	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	Intel x86 (FASM)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	Intel x86 (NASM)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	MIPS Assembler	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	Motorola 68k (VASM/Devpac)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	Motorola DSP56k	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Assembler	PicAsm	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	.desktop	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Adblock Plus	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Apache Configuration	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Cisco	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Doxyfile	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Git Ignore	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Gitolite	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	INI Files	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Kconfig	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Nagios	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	QDoc Configuration	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	TOML	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Varnish Configuration Language	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	Varnish Test Case language	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	WINE Config	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	fstab	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	kdesrc-buildrc	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	mergetag text	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	systemd unit	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Configuration	x.org Configuration	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Database	4GL	Submit Example
Database	4GL-PER	Submit Example
Database	LDIF	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Database	SQL	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Database	SQL (MySQL)	Submit Example
Database	SQL (Oracle)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Database	SQL (PostgreSQL)	Submit Example
Database	progress	Submit Example
Hardware	AHDL	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Hardware	Spice	Submit Example
Hardware	SystemC	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Hardware	SystemVerilog	Submit Example
Hardware	VHDL	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Hardware	Vera	Submit Example
Hardware	Verilog	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	ASN.1	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	ASP	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	AppArmor Security Profile	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	AsciiDoc	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	BibTeX	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	CSS	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	CartoCSS	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	CleanCSS	Submit Example
Markup	ColdFusion	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	ConTeXt	Submit Example
Markup	Cucumber Gherkin feature	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	DTD	Submit Example
Markup	Django HTML Template	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	Doxygen	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	DoxygenLua	Submit Example
Markup	FTL	Submit Example
Markup	GNU Gettext	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	GlossTex	Submit Example
Markup	HTML	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	Haml	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	Hamlet	Submit Example
Markup	JSON	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	JSP	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	Javadoc	Submit Example
Markup	Jira	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	LESSCSS	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	LaTeX	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	MAB-DB	Submit Example
Markup	Mako	Submit Example
Markup	Markdown	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	MediaWiki	Submit Example
Markup	Metapost/Metafont	Submit Example
Markup	Mustache/Handlebars (HTML)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	Pango	Submit Example
Markup	PostScript	Submit Example
Markup	PostScript Printer Description	Submit Example
Markup	Pug	Submit Example
Markup	R Markdown	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	R documentation	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	RELAX NG	Submit Example
Markup	RelaxNG-Compact	Submit Example
Markup	Rich Text Format	Submit Example
Markup	Roff	Submit Example
Markup	Ruby/Rails/RHTML	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	SASS	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	SCSS	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	SGML	Submit Example
Markup	SiSU	Submit Example
Markup	TT2	Submit Example
Markup	Texinfo	Submit Example
Markup	Textile	Submit Example
Markup	Troff Mandoc	Submit Example
Markup	Wesnoth Markup Language	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	XML	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	XML (Debug)	Submit Example
Markup	XUL	Submit Example
Markup	YAML	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	YANG	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	reStructuredText	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	txt2tags	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Markup	vCard, vCalendar, iCalendar	Submit Example
Markup	xslt	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	ABC	Submit Example
Other	Alerts	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	CMake	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	CSS/PHP	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	CUE Sheet	Submit Example
Other	ChangeLog	Submit Example
Other	Comments	Submit Example
Other	Debian Changelog	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Debian Control	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Diff	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Dockerfile	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Email	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	GDB	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	GDB Backtrace	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	GDB Init	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Git Rebase	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	GraphQL	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Hunspell Affix File	Submit Example
Other	Hunspell Dictionary File	Submit Example
Other	Hunspell Thesaurus File	Submit Example
Other	Hunspell Thesaurus Index File	Submit Example
Other	InnoSetup	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Intel HEX	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Jam	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Java Properties	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	JavaScript React (JSX)/PHP	Submit Example
Other	JavaScript/PHP	Submit Example
Other	LilyPond	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Logcat	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	M3U	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	MIB	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Makefile	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Meson	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Modelines	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Music Publisher	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Mustache/Handlebars (HTML)/PHP	Submit Example
Other	Ninja	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Overpass QL	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	PGN	Submit Example
Other	QMake	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	RPM Spec	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	SELinux File Contexts	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	SPDX-Comments	Submit Example
Other	Snort/Suricata	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	SubRip Subtitles	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Tiger	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	Todo.txt	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	TypeScript/PHP	Submit Example
Other	Valgrind Suppression	Submit Example
Other	Wayland Trace	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Other	YARA	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	Ansys	Submit Example
Scientific	B-Method	Submit Example
Scientific	FASTQ	Submit Example
Scientific	GAP	Submit Example
Scientific	GDL	Submit Example
Scientific	Gnuplot	Submit Example
Scientific	Magma	Submit Example
Scientific	Mathematica	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	Matlab	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	Maxima	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	Metamath	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	Octave	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	R Script	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	Replicode	Submit Example
Scientific	Stan	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	Stata	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	TI Basic	Submit Example
Scientific	dot	Submit Example
Scientific	scilab	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scientific	yacas	Submit Example
Scripts	4DOS BatchToMemory	Submit Example
Scripts	AMPLE	Submit Example
Scripts	AWK	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	AutoHotKey	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Bash	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	BrightScript	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	CLIST	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	CoffeeScript	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	CubeScript	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Erlang	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Euphoria	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Fish	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	GNU Linker Script	Submit Example
Scripts	J	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	JCL	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	JavaScript	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	JavaScript React (JSX)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	LSL	Submit Example
Scripts	Lua	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	MEL	Submit Example
Scripts	MS-DOS Batch	Submit Example
Scripts	Mason	Submit Example
Scripts	NSIS	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	PHP (HTML)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	PHP/PHP	Submit Example
Scripts	Perl	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Pig	Submit Example
Scripts	Pike	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	PowerShell	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Praat	Submit Example
Scripts	Puppet	Submit Example
Scripts	Python	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	QML	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Quake Script	Submit Example
Scripts	REXX	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Raku	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Ruby	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Scheme	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Sieve	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	TaskJuggler	Submit Example
Scripts	Tcl/Tk	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Tcsh	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	TypeScript	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	TypeScript React (TSX)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	UnrealScript	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	Velocity	Submit Example
Scripts	Xonotic Script	Submit Example
Scripts	Zsh	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Scripts	ferite	Submit Example
Scripts	k	Submit Example
Scripts	q	Submit Example
Scripts	sed	Submit Example
Sources	ABAP	Submit Example
Sources	ANS-Forth94	Submit Example
Sources	ANSI C89	Submit Example
Sources	ATS	Submit Example
Sources	ActionScript 2.0	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Ada	Submit Example
Sources	Agda	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Bitbake	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Boo	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	C	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	C#	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	C++	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	CGiS	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Cg	Submit Example
Sources	Clipper	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Clojure	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Common Lisp	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Component-Pascal	Submit Example
Sources	Crack	Submit Example
Sources	Curry	Submit Example
Sources	D	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	E Language	Submit Example
Sources	Eiffel	Submit Example
Sources	Elixir	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Elm	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	FSharp	Submit Example
Sources	FlatBuffers	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Fortran (Fixed Format)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Fortran (Free Format)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	FreeBASIC	Submit Example
Sources	GCCExtensions	Submit Example
Sources	GNU M4	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Go	Submit Example
Sources	Groovy	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Haskell	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Haxe	Submit Example
Sources	IDL	Submit Example
Sources	ILERPG	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	ISO C++	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Idris	Submit Example
Sources	Inform	Submit Example
Sources	Java	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Julia	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	KBasic	Submit Example
Sources	KDev-PG[-Qt] Grammar	Submit Example
Sources	Kotlin	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	LLVM	Submit Example
Sources	LPC	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Lex/Flex	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Literate Curry	Submit Example
Sources	Literate Haskell	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Logtalk	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Modelica	Submit Example
Sources	Modula-2	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Modula-2 (ISO only)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Modula-2 (PIM only)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Modula-2 (R10 only)	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Modula-3	Submit Example
Sources	MonoBasic	Submit Example
Sources	Nemerle	Submit Example
Sources	Nim	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	OORS	Submit Example
Sources	OPAL	Submit Example
Sources	Objective Caml	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Objective Caml Ocamllex	Submit Example
Sources	Objective Caml Ocamlyacc	Submit Example
Sources	Objective-C	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Objective-C++	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	OpenCL	Submit Example
Sources	PL/I	Submit Example
Sources	Pascal	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Pony	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Prolog	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Protobuf	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Pure	Submit Example
Sources	PureBasic	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	PureScript	Submit Example
Sources	RSI IDL	Submit Example
Sources	RapidQ	Submit Example
Sources	RenPy	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Rust	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	SELinux CIL Policy	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	SELinux Policy	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	SML	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Sather	Submit Example
Sources	Scala	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Smali	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Solidity	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	TADS 3	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Vala	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Varnish module spec file	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Yacc/Bison	Light Theme	Dark Theme
Sources	Zonnon	Submit Example
Sources	nesC	Submit Example
Sources	noweb	Submit Example
Sources	xHarbour	Submit Example