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pkg vs Google Code Prettify: What are the differences?
What is pkg? Package your Node.js project into an executable. This command line interface enables you to package your Node.js project into an executable that can be run even on devices without Node.js installed.
What is Google Code Prettify? An embeddable script that makes source-code snippets in HTML prettier. It is an embeddable script that makes source-code snippets in HTML prettier.It works on HTML pages. It is widely used with good cross-browser support.
pkg and Google Code Prettify belong to "Javascript Utilities & Libraries" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by pkg are:
- Make a commercial version of your application without sources
- Make a demo/evaluation/trial version of your app without sources
- Instantly make executables for other platforms (cross-compilation)
On the other hand, Google Code Prettify provides the following key features:
- Lightweights: small download and does not block page from loading while running
- Customizable styles via CSS
- Supports all C-like, Bash-like, and XML-like languages. No need to specify the language
pkg and Google Code Prettify are both open source tools. pkg with 14.3K GitHub stars and 545 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Google Code Prettify with 4.93K GitHub stars and 821 GitHub forks.
