Syntax highlighting in nano on Mac OS

install nano.sh

# Last updated May, 2024 for Apple silicon Macs
# Install Homebrew if you don't already have it: https://brew.sh

# install nano from homebrew
brew install nano nanorc

# update your nanorc file
echo 'include "'"$(brew --cellar nano)"'/*/share/nano/*.nanorc"' >> ~/.nanorc

# close and re-open your terminal and you'll have syntax highlighting

as of today, may 13th 2024, the following works without issues on sonoma 14.4.1 with and brew 4.2.21:

brew install nano
echo 'include "'"$(brew --cellar nano)"'/*/share/nano/*.nanorc"' >> ~/.nanorc

thanks everyone for keeping this going :)

Updated the gist thanks @tobsn