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# Shiki

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 1 min read · 259 upvotes · 10 comments

## Summary

Accurate & Beautiful. TextMate grammar powered, same engine as your VS Code. Improves with VS Code.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://shiki.style/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@atinux** · 4 upvotes

> You can read about the story behind Shiki v1 on https://nuxt.com/blog/shiki-v1

**@rumncode** · 1 upvotes

> @AntFu is amazing. Crazy how many packages he makes, and how amazing all of them truly are. I have been making some Qwik Comparison videos using [sli.dev](https://sli.dev), also made by AntFu using Shiki.
>
> [Check It Out](https://youtu.be/MiesyWeIyUg?si=xVls0aY0j_UxTdP-)
>
> I also [posted the first one here](https://dly.to/pxQm6h6hVFt), would appreciate the upvote/comment. I cant post the 2nd one as somehow i lost points
>
> if you are interested in learning more about Qwik, trying to make a [Qwik Squad](https://dly.to/RDJNhpUPjd1)

**@abdelghanihamaz** · 0 upvotes

> If someone needed here is the documentation : https://nuxt.com/blog/shiki-v1

**@ryuo9918** · 0 upvotes

> Do you know if this can be integrated in like Obsidian software as a plugin or whatever

**@andycinquin** · 0 upvotes

> what's the difference with https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js ? it's better to use shiki or highlightjs ?

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