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Syntax highlight comparison

Last updated 2026-09-10 · benchmark measured 2026-09-10 — deterministic & reproducible

A 12.7 kB WebAssembly module that syntax-highlights JavaScript to HTML.

Is Syntax highlight comparison production-ready?

Legit.Show scores Syntax highlight comparison 65 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Syntax highlight comparison (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Reliability; its weakest is Privacy. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.

The 7 Frames

• Performance — 79/100
• Accessibility — 88/100
• Security — 35/100
• Privacy — 25/100
• Reliability — 100/100
• Standards — 92/100
• Discoverability — 37/100

What we measured

• Security headers present: X-Content-Type-Options.
• No Content-Security-Policy and no HSTS.
• Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
• Real Lighthouse performance run — 132 ms to first byte.
• Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
• 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
• No privacy policy found.
• Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.

Who it's for

JavaScript developers · Performance-focused teams · WebAssembly users · Library evaluators

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