# Code Highlighter

> An open-source extension that uses highlight.js for syntax highlighting for code on all websites with a 'pre' and 'code' tags. You can find the source code here

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/code-highlighter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/code-highlighter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `code-highlighter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** fides
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-28
- **First published:** 2023-04-28
- **Size:** 104 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-22
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/code-highlighter/)

## Description

Code Highlighter is an open-source Firefox add-on that allows syntax highlighting for code on websites with 'pre' and 'code' tags. It utilizes highlight.js library for this purpose.

## Rankings

- #79,776 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/code-highlighter)