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shiki vs ngx-markdown

MarkdownPackage data 25 Sept 2026
shikiv4.4.3, 10 Aug 2026

A beautiful Syntax Highlighter.

$ npm install shiki
ngx-markdownv22.0.2, 29 Aug 2026

Angular library that uses marked to parse markdown to html combined with Prism.js for synthax highlights

$ npm install ngx-markdown
Metricshikingx-markdownDifference
Weekly downloads16,638,279293,714shiki 56.6x higher
12-month download growth+425%+32%shiki +393 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies81shiki 7 more
Unpacked size589 kB245 kBngx-markdown 2.4x smaller
Latest release4.4.3, 10 Aug 202622.0.2, 29 Aug 2026ngx-markdown 20 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months22--
First published7 May 2014--
GitHub stars13,8271,196shiki 11.6x higher
Open issues7728shiki 49 more
Open pull requests322shiki 30 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks14664shiki 2.3x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyESM onlySame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

shiki16.6m latest weekngx-markdown293.7k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

shiki

Major versions
  1. 0.0.17 May 2014
  2. 1.0.07 Feb 2024
  3. 2.0.020 Jan 2025
  4. 3.0.018 Feb 2025
  5. 4.0.027 Feb 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 4.4.310 Aug 2026
  2. 4.4.25 Aug 2026
  3. 4.4.131 Jul 2026
  4. 4.4.031 Jul 2026
  5. 4.3.13 Jul 2026
190 releases in total, 22 in the last 12 months

ngx-markdown

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
shiki

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ngx-markdown

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shiki

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ngx-markdown

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  • Module formatBoth ESM only
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementshiki: >=20; ngx-markdown: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasengx-markdown (22.0.2 on 29 Aug 2026 vs 4.4.3 on 10 Aug 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsshiki (16.6m vs 293.7k)

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Indexability: Indexed.