# Install skylighting with Homebrew, apt

Flexible syntax highlighter using KDE XML syntax descriptions. Version 0.14.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install skylighting.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:skylighting
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install skylighting
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install skylighting
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: skylighting from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:skylighting
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.14.7
- **Source summary:** Flexible syntax highlighter using KDE XML syntax descriptions
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jgm/skylighting>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T13:44:55Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- skylighting (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.14.7

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - skylighting - 0.14.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: skylighting from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | syntax highlighting tool | https://github.com/jgm/skylighting
- Ubuntu apt - skylighting - 0.13.4.1-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: skylighting from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | syntax highlighting tool | https://github.com/jgm/skylighting


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/skylighting.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/skylighting.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph