Documentation/Language Support

Language Support

Snippet Manager supports 16+ programming languages with advanced syntax highlighting and intelligent features.

Supported Languages

Popular Languages

Most Used
🟨

JavaScript

.js, .jsx, .mjs

🔷

TypeScript

.ts, .tsx

🐍

Python

.py, .pyw

Java

.java

C++

.cpp, .cc, .cxx

🔶

C#

.cs

🐘

PHP

.php

🗄️

SQL

.sql

🌐

HTML

.html, .htm

🎨

CSS

.css, .scss, .sass

Additional Languages

🐹

Go

.go

🦀

Rust

.rs

💎

Ruby

.rb

🐦

Swift

.swift

🎯

Kotlin

.kt, .kts

🐚

Shell

.sh, .bash

Request a Language

Don't see your favorite language? We're constantly adding support for new languages.

Syntax Highlighting

Advanced Highlighting Features

Language-Specific Features

  • • Keyword highlighting
  • • String and comment recognition
  • • Operator and symbol highlighting
  • • Bracket and parentheses matching
  • • Indentation guides

Theme Options

  • • Light and dark themes
  • • High contrast modes
  • • Custom color schemes
  • • Popular editor themes (VS Code, Sublime)
  • • Accessibility-friendly options

Syntax Highlighting Example

JavaScript ExampleES6+
// Async function with error handling
async function fetchUserData(userId) {
  try {
    const response = await fetch(`/api/users/${userId}`);
    
    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error('Failed to fetch user data');
    }
    
    const userData = await response.json();
    return userData;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
    return null;
  }
}
Auto-Detection

Intelligent Language Detection

Snippet Manager automatically detects the programming language of your code snippets using advanced pattern recognition.

Detection Methods

  • • File extension analysis
  • • Syntax pattern matching
  • • Keyword frequency analysis
  • • Structure recognition
  • • Machine learning models

Accuracy Stats

Popular languages99.2%
All supported languages96.8%
Mixed content89.1%

Manual Override

You can always manually set or change the language for any snippet.

Language:Auto-detected
Custom Languages

Add Custom Language Support

For specialized or proprietary languages, you can define custom syntax highlighting rules.

Custom Language Configuration

{
  "name": "MyLang",
  "extensions": [".mylang", ".ml"],
  "keywords": ["function", "if", "else", "return"],
  "operators": ["+", "-", "*", "/", "="],
  "strings": {
    "single": "'",
    "double": "\"",
    "multiline": "`"
  },
  "comments": {
    "line": "//",
    "block": ["/*", "*/"]
  }
}

Enterprise Features

Domain-Specific Languages

Support for DSLs, configuration files, and specialized formats.

Team Language Definitions

Share custom language definitions across your organization.

Pro Feature

Custom language support is available for Pro and Team plans.