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This page lists all available builtin lexers and the options they take.

Currently, all lexers support these options:

stripnl
Strip leading and trailing newlines from the input (default: True)
stripall
Strip all leading and trailing whitespace from the input (default: False).
ensurenl
Make sure that the input ends with a newline (default: True). This is required for some lexers that consume input linewise. New in Pygments 1.3.
tabsize
If given and greater than 0, expand tabs in the input (default: 0).
encoding

New in Pygments 0.6.

If given, must be an encoding name (such as "utf-8"). This encoding will be used to convert the input string to Unicode (if it is not already a Unicode string). The default is "latin1".

If this option is set to "guess", a simple UTF-8 vs. Latin-1 detection is used, if it is set to "chardet", the chardet library is used to guess the encoding of the input.

The "Short Names" field lists the identifiers that can be used with the get_lexer_by_name() function.

These lexers are builtin and can be imported from pygments.lexers:

Lexers for agile languages

ClojureLexer

Lexer for Clojure source code.

New in Pygments 0.11.

Short names:clojure, clj
Filename patterns:*.clj
Mimetypes:text/x-clojure, application/x-clojure

FactorLexer

Lexer for the Factor language.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:factor
Filename patterns:*.factor
Mimetypes:text/x-factor

IoLexer

For Io (a small, prototype-based programming language) source.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:io
Filename patterns:*.io
Mimetypes:text/x-iosrc

IokeLexer

For Ioke (a strongly typed, dynamic, prototype based programming language) source.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:ioke, ik
Filename patterns:*.ik
Mimetypes:text/x-iokesrc

LuaLexer

For Lua source code.

Additional options accepted:

func_name_highlighting
If given and True, highlight builtin function names (default: True).
disabled_modules

If given, must be a list of module names whose function names should not be highlighted. By default all modules are highlighted.

To get a list of allowed modules have a look into the _luabuiltins module:

>>> from pygments.lexers._luabuiltins import MODULES
>>> MODULES.keys()
['string', 'coroutine', 'modules', 'io', 'basic', ...]
Short names:lua
Filename patterns:*.lua, *.wlua
Mimetypes:text/x-lua, application/x-lua

MiniDLexer

For MiniD (a D-like scripting language) source.

Short names:minid
Filename patterns:*.md
Mimetypes:text/x-minidsrc

PerlLexer

For Perl source code.

Short names:perl, pl
Filename patterns:*.pl, *.pm
Mimetypes:text/x-perl, application/x-perl

Python3Lexer

For Python source code (version 3.0).

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:python3, py3
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/x-python3, application/x-python3

Python3TracebackLexer

For Python 3.0 tracebacks, with support for chained exceptions.

New in Pygments 1.0.

Short names:py3tb
Filename patterns:*.py3tb
Mimetypes:text/x-python3-traceback

PythonConsoleLexer

For Python console output or doctests, such as:

>>> a = 'foo'
>>> print a
foo
>>> 1 / 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero

Additional options:

python3
Use Python 3 lexer for code. Default is False. New in Pygments 1.0.
Short names:pycon
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/x-python-doctest

PythonLexer

For Python source code.

Short names:python, py
Filename patterns:*.py, *.pyw, *.sc, SConstruct, SConscript, *.tac
Mimetypes:text/x-python, application/x-python

PythonTracebackLexer

For Python tracebacks.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:pytb
Filename patterns:*.pytb
Mimetypes:text/x-python-traceback

RubyConsoleLexer

For Ruby interactive console (irb) output like:

irb(main):001:0> a = 1
=> 1
irb(main):002:0> puts a
1
=> nil
Short names:rbcon, irb
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/x-ruby-shellsession

RubyLexer

For Ruby source code.

Short names:rb, ruby, duby
Filename patterns:*.rb, *.rbw, Rakefile, *.rake, *.gemspec, *.rbx, *.duby
Mimetypes:text/x-ruby, application/x-ruby

TclLexer

For Tcl source code.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:tcl
Filename patterns:*.tcl
Mimetypes:text/x-tcl, text/x-script.tcl, application/x-tcl

Lexers for assembly languages

CObjdumpLexer

For the output of 'objdump -Sr on compiled C files'

Short names:c-objdump
Filename patterns:*.c-objdump
Mimetypes:text/x-c-objdump

CppObjdumpLexer

For the output of 'objdump -Sr on compiled C++ files'

Short names:cpp-objdump, c++-objdumb, cxx-objdump
Filename patterns:*.cpp-objdump, *.c++-objdump, *.cxx-objdump
Mimetypes:text/x-cpp-objdump

DObjdumpLexer

For the output of 'objdump -Sr on compiled D files'

Short names:d-objdump
Filename patterns:*.d-objdump
Mimetypes:text/x-d-objdump

GasLexer

For Gas (AT&T) assembly code.

Short names:gas
Filename patterns:*.s, *.S
Mimetypes:text/x-gas

LlvmLexer

For LLVM assembly code.

Short names:llvm
Filename patterns:*.ll
Mimetypes:text/x-llvm

NasmLexer

For Nasm (Intel) assembly code.

Short names:nasm
Filename patterns:*.asm, *.ASM
Mimetypes:text/x-nasm

ObjdumpLexer

For the output of 'objdump -dr'

Short names:objdump
Filename patterns:*.objdump
Mimetypes:text/x-objdump

Lexers for compiled languages

AdaLexer

For Ada source code.

New in Pygments 1.3.

Short names:ada, ada95ada2005
Filename patterns:*.adb, *.ads, *.ada
Mimetypes:text/x-ada

BlitzMaxLexer

For BlitzMax source code.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:blitzmax, bmax
Filename patterns:*.bmx
Mimetypes:text/x-bmx

CLexer

For C source code with preprocessor directives.

Short names:c
Filename patterns:*.c, *.h
Mimetypes:text/x-chdr, text/x-csrc

CppLexer

For C++ source code with preprocessor directives.

Short names:cpp, c++
Filename patterns:*.cpp, *.hpp, *.c++, *.h++, *.cc, *.hh, *.cxx, *.hxx
Mimetypes:text/x-c++hdr, text/x-c++src

CythonLexer

For Pyrex and Cython source code.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:cython, pyx
Filename patterns:*.pyx, *.pxd, *.pxi
Mimetypes:text/x-cython, application/x-cython

DLexer

For D source.

New in Pygments 1.2.

Short names:d
Filename patterns:*.d, *.di
Mimetypes:text/x-dsrc

DelphiLexer

For Delphi (Borland Object Pascal), Turbo Pascal and Free Pascal source code.

Additional options accepted:

turbopascal
Highlight Turbo Pascal specific keywords (default: True).
delphi
Highlight Borland Delphi specific keywords (default: True).
freepascal
Highlight Free Pascal specific keywords (default: True).
units
A list of units that should be considered builtin, supported are System, SysUtils, Classes and Math. Default is to consider all of them builtin.
Short names:delphi, pas, pascal, objectpascal
Filename patterns:*.pas
Mimetypes:text/x-pascal

DylanLexer

For the Dylan language.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:dylan
Filename patterns:*.dylan, *.dyl
Mimetypes:text/x-dylan

FelixLexer

For Felix source code.

New in Pygments 1.2.

Short names:felix, flx
Filename patterns:*.flx, *.flxh
Mimetypes:text/x-felix

FortranLexer

Lexer for FORTRAN 90 code.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:fortran
Filename patterns:*.f, *.f90
Mimetypes:text/x-fortran

GLShaderLexer

GLSL (OpenGL Shader) lexer.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:glsl
Filename patterns:*.vert, *.frag, *.geo
Mimetypes:text/x-glslsrc

GoLexer

For Go source.

Short names:go
Filename patterns:*.go
Mimetypes:text/x-gosrc

JavaLexer

For Java source code.

Short names:java
Filename patterns:*.java
Mimetypes:text/x-java

Modula2Lexer

For Modula-2 source code.

Additional options that determine which keywords are highlighted:

pim
Select PIM Modula-2 dialect (default: True).
iso
Select ISO Modula-2 dialect (default: False).
objm2
Select Objective Modula-2 dialect (default: False).
gm2ext
Also highlight GNU extensions (default: False).

New in Pygments 1.3.

Short names:modula2, m2
Filename patterns:*.def, *.mod
Mimetypes:text/x-modula2

ObjectiveCLexer

For Objective-C source code with preprocessor directives.

Short names:objective-c, objectivec, obj-c, objc
Filename patterns:*.m
Mimetypes:text/x-objective-c

OocLexer

For Ooc source code

New in Pygments 1.2.

Short names:ooc
Filename patterns:*.ooc
Mimetypes:text/x-ooc

PrologLexer

Lexer for Prolog files.

Short names:prolog
Filename patterns:*.prolog, *.pro, *.pl
Mimetypes:text/x-prolog

ScalaLexer

For Scala source code.

Short names:scala
Filename patterns:*.scala
Mimetypes:text/x-scala

ValaLexer

For Vala source code with preprocessor directives.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:vala, vapi
Filename patterns:*.vala, *.vapi
Mimetypes:text/x-vala

Lexers for .net languages

BooLexer

For Boo source code.

Short names:boo
Filename patterns:*.boo
Mimetypes:text/x-boo

CSharpAspxLexer

Lexer for highligting C# within ASP.NET pages.

Short names:aspx-cs
Filename patterns:*.aspx, *.asax, *.ascx, *.ashx, *.asmx, *.axd
Mimetypes:None

CSharpLexer

For C# source code.

Additional options accepted:

unicodelevel

Determines which Unicode characters this lexer allows for identifiers. The possible values are:

  • none -- only the ASCII letters and numbers are allowed. This is the fastest selection.
  • basic -- all Unicode characters from the specification except category Lo are allowed.
  • full -- all Unicode characters as specified in the C# specs are allowed. Note that this means a considerable slowdown since the Lo category has more than 40,000 characters in it!

The default value is basic.

New in Pygments 0.8.

Short names:csharp, c#
Filename patterns:*.cs
Mimetypes:text/x-csharp

VbNetAspxLexer

Lexer for highligting Visual Basic.net within ASP.NET pages.

Short names:aspx-vb
Filename patterns:*.aspx, *.asax, *.ascx, *.ashx, *.asmx, *.axd
Mimetypes:None

VbNetLexer

For Visual Basic.NET source code.

Short names:vb.net, vbnet
Filename patterns:*.vb, *.bas
Mimetypes:text/x-vbnet, text/x-vba

Lexers for functional languages

CommonLispLexer

A Common Lisp lexer.

New in Pygments 0.9.

Short names:common-lisp, cl
Filename patterns:*.cl, *.lisp, *.el
Mimetypes:text/x-common-lisp

ErlangLexer

For the Erlang functional programming language.

Blame Jeremy Thurgood (http://jerith.za.net/).

New in Pygments 0.9.

Short names:erlang
Filename patterns:*.erl, *.hrl
Mimetypes:text/x-erlang

ErlangShellLexer

Shell sessions in erl (for Erlang code).

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:erl
Filename patterns:*.erl-sh
Mimetypes:text/x-erl-shellsession

HaskellLexer

A Haskell lexer based on the lexemes defined in the Haskell 98 Report.

New in Pygments 0.8.

Short names:haskell, hs
Filename patterns:*.hs
Mimetypes:text/x-haskell

LiterateHaskellLexer

For Literate Haskell (Bird-style or LaTeX) source.

Additional options accepted:

litstyle
If given, must be "bird" or "latex". If not given, the style is autodetected: if the first non-whitespace character in the source is a backslash or percent character, LaTeX is assumed, else Bird.

New in Pygments 0.9.

Short names:lhs, literate-haskell
Filename patterns:*.lhs
Mimetypes:text/x-literate-haskell

OcamlLexer

For the OCaml language.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:ocaml
Filename patterns:*.ml, *.mli, *.mll, *.mly
Mimetypes:text/x-ocaml

SchemeLexer

A Scheme lexer, parsing a stream and outputting the tokens needed to highlight scheme code. This lexer could be most probably easily subclassed to parse other LISP-Dialects like Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp or AutoLisp.

This parser is checked with pastes from the LISP pastebin at http://paste.lisp.org/ to cover as much syntax as possible.

It supports the full Scheme syntax as defined in R5RS.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:scheme, scm
Filename patterns:*.scm
Mimetypes:text/x-scheme, application/x-scheme

Lexers for hardware descriptor languages

VerilogLexer

For verilog source code with preprocessor directives.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:v
Filename patterns:*.v, *.sv
Mimetypes:text/x-verilog

Lexers for math languages

MatlabLexer

For Matlab (or GNU Octave) source code. Contributed by Ken Schutte <kschutte@csail.mit.edu>.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:matlab, octave
Filename patterns:*.m
Mimetypes:text/matlab

MatlabSessionLexer

For Matlab (or GNU Octave) sessions. Modeled after PythonConsoleLexer. Contributed by Ken Schutte <kschutte@csail.mit.edu>.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:matlabsession
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:None

MuPADLexer

A MuPAD lexer. Contributed by Christopher Creutzig <christopher@creutzig.de>.

New in Pygments 0.8.

Short names:mupad
Filename patterns:*.mu
Mimetypes:None

NumPyLexer

A Python lexer recognizing Numerical Python builtins.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:numpy
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:None

RConsoleLexer

For R console transcripts or R CMD BATCH output files.

Short names:rconsole, rout
Filename patterns:*.Rout
Mimetypes:None

SLexer

For S, S-plus, and R source code.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:splus, s, r
Filename patterns:*.S, *.R
Mimetypes:text/S-plus, text/S, text/R

Lexers for other languages

ABAPLexer

Lexer for ABAP, SAP's integrated language.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:abap
Filename patterns:*.abap
Mimetypes:text/x-abap

AppleScriptLexer

For AppleScript source code, including AppleScript Studio. Contributed by Andreas Amann <aamann@mac.com>.

Short names:applescript
Filename patterns:*.applescript
Mimetypes:None

AsymptoteLexer

For Asymptote source code.

New in Pygments 1.2.

Short names:asy, asymptote
Filename patterns:*.asy
Mimetypes:text/x-asymptote

AutohotkeyLexer

For autohotkey source code.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:ahk
Filename patterns:*.ahk, *.ahkl
Mimetypes:text/x-autohotkey

BashLexer

Lexer for (ba|k|)sh shell scripts.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:bash, sh, ksh
Filename patterns:*.sh, *.ksh, *.bash, *.ebuild, *.eclass
Mimetypes:application/x-sh, application/x-shellscript

BashSessionLexer

Lexer for simplistic shell sessions.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:console
Filename patterns:*.sh-session
Mimetypes:application/x-shell-session

BatchLexer

Lexer for the DOS/Windows Batch file format.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:bat
Filename patterns:*.bat, *.cmd
Mimetypes:application/x-dos-batch

BefungeLexer

Lexer for the esoteric Befunge language.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:befunge
Filename patterns:*.befunge
Mimetypes:application/x-befunge

BrainfuckLexer

Lexer for the esoteric BrainFuck language.

Short names:brainfuck, bf
Filename patterns:*.bf, *.b
Mimetypes:application/x-brainfuck

GherkinLexer

For Gherkin <http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/gherkin/> syntax.

New in Pygments 1.2.

Short names:Cucumber, cucumber, Gherkin, gherkin
Filename patterns:*.feature
Mimetypes:text/x-gherkin

GnuplotLexer

For Gnuplot plotting scripts.

New in Pygments 0.11.

Short names:gnuplot
Filename patterns:*.plot, *.plt
Mimetypes:text/x-gnuplot

GoodDataCLLexer

Lexer for GoodData-CL script files.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:gooddata-cl
Filename patterns:*.gdc
Mimetypes:text/x-gooddata-cl

HybrisLexer

For Hybris source code.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:hybris, hy
Filename patterns:*.hy, *.hyb
Mimetypes:text/x-hybris, application/x-hybris

LogtalkLexer

For Logtalk source code.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:logtalk
Filename patterns:*.lgt
Mimetypes:text/x-logtalk

MOOCodeLexer

For MOOCode (the MOO scripting language).

New in Pygments 0.9.

Short names:moocode
Filename patterns:*.moo
Mimetypes:text/x-moocode

MaqlLexer

Lexer for GoodData MAQL scripts.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:maql
Filename patterns:*.maql
Mimetypes:text/x-gooddata-maql, application/x-gooddata-maql

ModelicaLexer

For Modelica source code.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:modelica
Filename patterns:*.mo
Mimetypes:text/x-modelica

MySqlLexer

Special lexer for MySQL.

Short names:mysql
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/x-mysql

NewspeakLexer

For Newspeak <http://newspeaklanguage.org/> syntax.

Short names:newspeak
Filename patterns:*.ns2
Mimetypes:text/x-newspeak

PostScriptLexer

Lexer for PostScript files.

The PostScript Language Reference published by Adobe at <http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/PLRM.pdf> is the authority for this.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:postscript
Filename patterns:*.ps, *.eps
Mimetypes:application/postscript

PovrayLexer

For Persistence of Vision Raytracer files.

New in Pygments 0.11.

Short names:pov
Filename patterns:*.pov, *.inc
Mimetypes:text/x-povray

ProtoBufLexer

Lexer for Protocol Buffer definition files.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:protobuf
Filename patterns:*.proto
Mimetypes:None

RebolLexer

A REBOL lexer.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:rebol
Filename patterns:*.r, *.r3
Mimetypes:text/x-rebol

RedcodeLexer

A simple Redcode lexer based on ICWS'94. Contributed by Adam Blinkinsop <blinks@acm.org>.

New in Pygments 0.8.

Short names:redcode
Filename patterns:*.cw
Mimetypes:None

SmalltalkLexer

For Smalltalk syntax. Contributed by Stefan Matthias Aust. Rewritten by Nils Winter.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:smalltalk, squeak
Filename patterns:*.st
Mimetypes:text/x-smalltalk

SqlLexer

Lexer for Structured Query Language. Currently, this lexer does not recognize any special syntax except ANSI SQL.

Short names:sql
Filename patterns:*.sql
Mimetypes:text/x-sql

SqliteConsoleLexer

Lexer for example sessions using sqlite3.

New in Pygments 0.11.

Short names:sqlite3
Filename patterns:*.sqlite3-console
Mimetypes:text/x-sqlite3-console

TcshLexer

Lexer for tcsh scripts.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:tcsh, csh
Filename patterns:*.tcsh, *.csh
Mimetypes:application/x-csh

Lexers for parser generators

AntlrActionScriptLexer

ANTLR with ActionScript Target

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:antlr-as, antlr-actionscript
Filename patterns:*.G, *.g
Mimetypes:None

AntlrCSharpLexer

ANTLR with C# Target

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:antlr-csharp, antlr-c#
Filename patterns:*.G, *.g
Mimetypes:None

AntlrCppLexer

ANTLR with CPP Target

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:antlr-cpp
Filename patterns:*.G, *.g
Mimetypes:None

AntlrJavaLexer

ANTLR with Java Target

New in Pygments 1.1

Short names:antlr-java
Filename patterns:*.G, *.g
Mimetypes:None

AntlrLexer

Generic ANTLR Lexer. Should not be called directly, instead use DelegatingLexer for your target language.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:antlr
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:None

AntlrObjectiveCLexer

ANTLR with Objective-C Target

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:antlr-objc
Filename patterns:*.G, *.g
Mimetypes:None

AntlrPerlLexer

ANTLR with Perl Target

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:antlr-perl
Filename patterns:*.G, *.g
Mimetypes:None

AntlrPythonLexer

ANTLR with Python Target

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:antlr-python
Filename patterns:*.G, *.g
Mimetypes:None

AntlrRubyLexer

ANTLR with Ruby Target

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:antlr-ruby, antlr-rb
Filename patterns:*.G, *.g
Mimetypes:None

RagelCLexer

A lexer for Ragel in a C host file.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:ragel-c
Filename patterns:*.rl
Mimetypes:None

RagelCppLexer

A lexer for Ragel in a CPP host file.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:ragel-cpp
Filename patterns:*.rl
Mimetypes:None

RagelDLexer

A lexer for Ragel in a D host file.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:ragel-d
Filename patterns:*.rl
Mimetypes:None

RagelEmbeddedLexer

A lexer for Ragel embedded in a host language file.

This will only highlight Ragel statements. If you want host language highlighting then call the language-specific Ragel lexer.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:ragel-em
Filename patterns:*.rl
Mimetypes:None

RagelJavaLexer

A lexer for Ragel in a Java host file.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:ragel-java
Filename patterns:*.rl
Mimetypes:None

RagelLexer

A pure Ragel lexer. Use this for fragments of Ragel. For .rl files, use RagelEmbeddedLexer instead (or one of the language-specific subclasses).

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:ragel
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:None

RagelObjectiveCLexer

A lexer for Ragel in an Objective C host file.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:ragel-objc
Filename patterns:*.rl
Mimetypes:None

RagelRubyLexer

A lexer for Ragel in a Ruby host file.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:ragel-ruby, ragel-rb
Filename patterns:*.rl
Mimetypes:None

Special lexers

RawTokenLexer

Recreate a token stream formatted with the RawTokenFormatter. This lexer raises exceptions during parsing if the token stream in the file is malformed.

Additional options accepted:

compress
If set to "gz" or "bz2", decompress the token stream with the given compression algorithm before lexing (default: "").
Short names:raw
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-pygments-tokens

TextLexer

"Null" lexer, doesn't highlight anything.

Short names:text
Filename patterns:*.txt
Mimetypes:text/plain

Lexers for various template engines' markup

CheetahHtmlLexer

Subclass of the CheetahLexer that highlights unlexer data with the HtmlLexer.

Short names:html+cheetah, html+spitfire
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/html+cheetah, text/html+spitfire

CheetahJavascriptLexer

Subclass of the CheetahLexer that highlights unlexer data with the JavascriptLexer.

Short names:js+cheetah, javascript+cheetah, js+spitfire, javascript+spitfire
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-javascript+cheetah, text/x-javascript+cheetah, text/javascript+cheetah, application/x-javascript+spitfire, text/x-javascript+spitfire, text/javascript+spitfire

CheetahLexer

Generic cheetah templates lexer. Code that isn't Cheetah markup is yielded as Token.Other. This also works for spitfire templates which use the same syntax.

Short names:cheetah, spitfire
Filename patterns:*.tmpl, *.spt
Mimetypes:application/x-cheetah, application/x-spitfire

CheetahXmlLexer

Subclass of the CheetahLexer that highlights unlexer data with the XmlLexer.

Short names:xml+cheetah, xml+spitfire
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/xml+cheetah, application/xml+spitfire

ColdfusionHtmlLexer

Coldfusion markup in html

Short names:cfm
Filename patterns:*.cfm, *.cfml, *.cfc
Mimetypes:application/x-coldfusion

ColdfusionLexer

Coldfusion statements

Short names:cfs
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:None

CssDjangoLexer

Subclass of the DjangoLexer that highlights unlexed data with the CssLexer.

Short names:css+django, css+jinja
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/css+django, text/css+jinja

CssErbLexer

Subclass of ErbLexer which highlights unlexed data with the CssLexer.

Short names:css+erb, css+ruby
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/css+ruby

CssGenshiLexer

A lexer that highlights CSS definitions in genshi text templates.

Short names:css+genshitext, css+genshi
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/css+genshi

CssPhpLexer

Subclass of PhpLexer which highlights unmatched data with the CssLexer.

Short names:css+php
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/css+php

CssSmartyLexer

Subclass of the SmartyLexer that highlights unlexed data with the CssLexer.

Short names:css+smarty
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/css+smarty

DjangoLexer

Generic django and jinja template lexer.

It just highlights django/jinja code between the preprocessor directives, other data is left untouched by the lexer.

Short names:django, jinja
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-django-templating, application/x-jinja

ErbLexer

Generic ERB (Ruby Templating) lexer.

Just highlights ruby code between the preprocessor directives, other data is left untouched by the lexer.

All options are also forwarded to the RubyLexer.

Short names:erb
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-ruby-templating

EvoqueHtmlLexer

Subclass of the EvoqueLexer that highlights unlexed data with the HtmlLexer.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:html+evoque
Filename patterns:*.html
Mimetypes:text/html+evoque

EvoqueLexer

For files using the Evoque templating system.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:evoque
Filename patterns:*.evoque
Mimetypes:application/x-evoque

EvoqueXmlLexer

Subclass of the EvoqueLexer that highlights unlexed data with the XmlLexer.

New in Pygments 1.1.

Short names:xml+evoque
Filename patterns:*.xml
Mimetypes:application/xml+evoque

GenshiLexer

A lexer that highlights genshi and kid kid XML templates.

Short names:genshi, kid, xml+genshi, xml+kid
Filename patterns:*.kid
Mimetypes:application/x-genshi, application/x-kid

GenshiTextLexer

A lexer that highlights genshi text templates.

Short names:genshitext
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-genshi-text, text/x-genshi

HtmlDjangoLexer

Subclass of the DjangoLexer that highighlights unlexed data with the HtmlLexer.

Nested Javascript and CSS is highlighted too.

Short names:html+django, html+jinja
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/html+django, text/html+jinja

HtmlGenshiLexer

A lexer that highlights genshi and kid kid HTML templates.

Short names:html+genshi, html+kid
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/html+genshi

HtmlPhpLexer

Subclass of PhpLexer that highlights unhandled data with the HtmlLexer.

Nested Javascript and CSS is highlighted too.

Short names:html+php
Filename patterns:*.phtml
Mimetypes:application/x-php, application/x-httpd-php, application/x-httpd-php3, application/x-httpd-php4, application/x-httpd-php5

HtmlSmartyLexer

Subclass of the SmartyLexer that highighlights unlexed data with the HtmlLexer.

Nested Javascript and CSS is highlighted too.

Short names:html+smarty
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/html+smarty

JavascriptDjangoLexer

Subclass of the DjangoLexer that highlights unlexed data with the JavascriptLexer.

Short names:js+django, javascript+django, js+jinja, javascript+jinja
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-javascript+django, application/x-javascript+jinja, text/x-javascript+django, text/x-javascript+jinja, text/javascript+django, text/javascript+jinja

JavascriptErbLexer

Subclass of ErbLexer which highlights unlexed data with the JavascriptLexer.

Short names:js+erb, javascript+erb, js+ruby, javascript+ruby
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-javascript+ruby, text/x-javascript+ruby, text/javascript+ruby

JavascriptGenshiLexer

A lexer that highlights javascript code in genshi text templates.

Short names:js+genshitext, js+genshi, javascript+genshitext, javascript+genshi
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-javascript+genshi, text/x-javascript+genshi, text/javascript+genshi

JavascriptPhpLexer

Subclass of PhpLexer which highlights unmatched data with the JavascriptLexer.

Short names:js+php, javascript+php
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-javascript+php, text/x-javascript+php, text/javascript+php

JavascriptSmartyLexer

Subclass of the SmartyLexer that highlights unlexed data with the JavascriptLexer.

Short names:js+smarty, javascript+smarty
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-javascript+smarty, text/x-javascript+smarty, text/javascript+smarty

JspLexer

Lexer for Java Server Pages.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:jsp
Filename patterns:*.jsp
Mimetypes:application/x-jsp

MakoCssLexer

Subclass of the MakoLexer that highlights unlexer data with the CssLexer.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:css+mako
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/css+mako

MakoHtmlLexer

Subclass of the MakoLexer that highlights unlexed data with the HtmlLexer.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:html+mako
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/html+mako

MakoJavascriptLexer

Subclass of the MakoLexer that highlights unlexer data with the JavascriptLexer.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:js+mako, javascript+mako
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-javascript+mako, text/x-javascript+mako, text/javascript+mako

MakoLexer

Generic mako templates lexer. Code that isn't Mako markup is yielded as Token.Other.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:mako
Filename patterns:*.mao
Mimetypes:application/x-mako

MakoXmlLexer

Subclass of the MakoLexer that highlights unlexer data with the XmlLexer.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:xml+mako
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/xml+mako

MasonLexer

Generic mason templates lexer. Stolen from Myghty lexer. Code that isn't Mason markup is HTML.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:mason
Filename patterns:*.m, *.mhtml, *.mc, *.mi, autohandler, dhandler
Mimetypes:application/x-mason

MyghtyCssLexer

Subclass of the MyghtyLexer that highlights unlexer data with the CssLexer.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:css+myghty
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/css+myghty

MyghtyHtmlLexer

Subclass of the MyghtyLexer that highlights unlexer data with the HtmlLexer.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:html+myghty
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/html+myghty

MyghtyJavascriptLexer

Subclass of the MyghtyLexer that highlights unlexer data with the JavascriptLexer.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:js+myghty, javascript+myghty
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/x-javascript+myghty, text/x-javascript+myghty, text/javascript+mygthy

MyghtyLexer

Generic myghty templates lexer. Code that isn't Myghty markup is yielded as Token.Other.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:myghty
Filename patterns:*.myt, autodelegate
Mimetypes:application/x-myghty

MyghtyXmlLexer

Subclass of the MyghtyLexer that highlights unlexer data with the XmlLexer.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:xml+myghty
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/xml+myghty

RhtmlLexer

Subclass of the ERB lexer that highlights the unlexed data with the html lexer.

Nested Javascript and CSS is highlighted too.

Short names:rhtml, html+erb, html+ruby
Filename patterns:*.rhtml
Mimetypes:text/html+ruby

SmartyLexer

Generic Smarty template lexer.

Just highlights smarty code between the preprocessor directives, other data is left untouched by the lexer.

Short names:smarty
Filename patterns:*.tpl
Mimetypes:application/x-smarty

SspLexer

Lexer for Scalate Server Pages.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:ssp
Filename patterns:*.ssp
Mimetypes:application/x-ssp

VelocityHtmlLexer

Subclass of the VelocityLexer that highlights unlexer data with the HtmlLexer.

Short names:html+velocity
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/html+velocity

VelocityLexer

Generic Velocity template lexer.

Just highlights velocity directives and variable references, other data is left untouched by the lexer.

Short names:velocity
Filename patterns:*.vm, *.fhtml
Mimetypes:None

VelocityXmlLexer

Subclass of the VelocityLexer that highlights unlexer data with the XmlLexer.

Short names:xml+velocity
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/xml+velocity

XmlDjangoLexer

Subclass of the DjangoLexer that highlights unlexed data with the XmlLexer.

Short names:xml+django, xml+jinja
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/xml+django, application/xml+jinja

XmlErbLexer

Subclass of ErbLexer which highlights data outside preprocessor directives with the XmlLexer.

Short names:xml+erb, xml+ruby
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/xml+ruby

XmlPhpLexer

Subclass of PhpLexer that higlights unhandled data with the XmlLexer.

Short names:xml+php
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/xml+php

XmlSmartyLexer

Subclass of the SmartyLexer that highlights unlexed data with the XmlLexer.

Short names:xml+smarty
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:application/xml+smarty

Lexers for non-source code file types

ApacheConfLexer

Lexer for configuration files following the Apache config file format.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:apacheconf, aconf, apache
Filename patterns:.htaccess, apache.conf, apache2.conf
Mimetypes:text/x-apacheconf

BBCodeLexer

A lexer that highlights BBCode(-like) syntax.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:bbcode
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/x-bbcode

BaseMakefileLexer

Lexer for simple Makefiles (no preprocessing).

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:basemake
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:None

CMakeLexer

Lexer for CMake files.

New in Pygments 1.2.

Short names:cmake
Filename patterns:*.cmake, CMakeLists.txt
Mimetypes:text/x-cmake

DarcsPatchLexer

DarcsPatchLexer is a lexer for the various versions of the darcs patch format. Examples of this format are derived by commands such as darcs annotate --patch and darcs send.

New in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:dpatch
Filename patterns:*.dpatch, *.darcspatch
Mimetypes:None

DebianControlLexer

Lexer for Debian control files and apt-cache show <pkg> outputs.

New in Pygments 0.9.

Short names:control
Filename patterns:control
Mimetypes:None

DiffLexer

Lexer for unified or context-style diffs or patches.

Short names:diff, udiff
Filename patterns:*.diff, *.patch
Mimetypes:text/x-diff, text/x-patch

GettextLexer

Lexer for Gettext catalog files.

New in Pygments 0.9.

Short names:pot, po
Filename patterns:*.pot, *.po
Mimetypes:application/x-gettext, text/x-gettext, text/gettext

GroffLexer

Lexer for the (g)roff typesetting language, supporting groff extensions. Mainly useful for highlighting manpage sources.

New in Pygments 0.6.

Short names:groff, nroff, man
Filename patterns:*.[1234567], *.man
Mimetypes:application/x-troff, text/troff

IniLexer

Lexer for configuration files in INI style.

Short names:ini, cfg
Filename patterns:*.ini, *.cfg
Mimetypes:text/x-ini

IrcLogsLexer

Lexer for IRC logs in irssi, xchat or weechat style.

Short names:irc
Filename patterns:*.weechatlog
Mimetypes:text/x-irclog

LighttpdConfLexer

Lexer for Lighttpd configuration files.

New in Pygments 0.11.

Short names:lighty, lighttpd
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/x-lighttpd-conf

MakefileLexer

Lexer for BSD and GNU make extensions (lenient enough to handle both in the same file even).

Rewritten in Pygments 0.10.

Short names:make, makefile, mf, bsdmake
Filename patterns:*.mak, Makefile, makefile, Makefile.*, GNUmakefile
Mimetypes:text/x-makefile

MoinWikiLexer

For MoinMoin (and Trac) Wiki markup.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:trac-wiki, moin
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/x-trac-wiki

NginxConfLexer

Lexer for Nginx configuration files.

New in Pygments 0.11.

Short names:nginx
Filename patterns:None
Mimetypes:text/x-nginx-conf

PropertiesLexer

Lexer for configuration files in Java's properties format.

New in Pygments 1.4.

Short names:properties
Filename patterns:*.properties
Mimetypes:text/x-java-properties

RstLexer

For reStructuredText markup.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Additional options accepted:

handlecodeblocks
Highlight the contents of .. sourcecode:: langauge and .. code:: language directives with a lexer for the given language (default: True). New in Pygments 0.8.
Short names:rst, rest, restructuredtext
Filename patterns:*.rst, *.rest
Mimetypes:text/x-rst, text/prs.fallenstein.rst

SourcesListLexer

Lexer that highlights debian sources.list files.

New in Pygments 0.7.

Short names:sourceslist, sources.list
Filename patterns:sources.list
Mimetypes:None

SquidConfLexer

Lexer for squid configuration files.

New in Pygments 0.9.

Short names:squidconf, squid.conf, squid
Filename patterns:squid.conf
Mimetypes:text/x-squidconf

TexLexer

Lexer for the TeX and LaTeX typesetting languages.

Short names:tex, latex
Filename patterns:*.tex, *.aux, *.toc
Mimetypes:text/x-tex, text/x-latex

VimLexer

Lexer for VimL script files.

New in Pygments 0.8.

Short names:vim
Filename patterns:*.vim, .vimrc
Mimetypes:text/x-vim

YamlLexer

Lexer for YAML, a human-friendly data serialization language.

New in Pygments 0.11.

Short names:yaml
Filename patterns:*.yaml, *.yml
Mimetypes:text/x-yaml

Iterating over all lexers

New in Pygments 0.6.

To get all lexers (both the builtin and the plugin ones), you can use the get_all_lexers() function from the pygments.lexers module:

>>> from pygments.lexers import get_all_lexers
>>> i = get_all_lexers()
>>> i.next()
('Diff', ('diff',), ('*.diff', '*.patch'), ('text/x-diff', 'text/x-patch'))
>>> i.next()
('Delphi', ('delphi', 'objectpascal', 'pas', 'pascal'), ('*.pas',), ('text/x-pascal',))
>>> i.next()
('XML+Ruby', ('xml+erb', 'xml+ruby'), (), ())

As you can see, the return value is an iterator which yields tuples in the form (name, aliases, filetypes, mimetypes).