diff --git a/LANGUAGES.md b/LANGUAGES.md
index 1cd38edd..4c8ddd15 100644
--- a/LANGUAGES.md
+++ b/LANGUAGES.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ Happy (y,ly)
 Haskell (hs)
 Haxe (hx)
 HEX (hex)
+hoon (hoon)
 HTML (html,htm)
 IDL (idl,webidl,widl)
 Idris (idr,lidr)
diff --git a/languages.json b/languages.json
index 0e7f34a7..d2a6f09e 100644
--- a/languages.json
+++ b/languages.json
@@ -2999,6 +2999,72 @@
       }
     ]
   },
+  "hoon": {
+    "complexitychecks": [
+      "%+  turn",
+      "(turn ",
+      "%+  roll",
+      "(roll ",
+      "%+  reel",
+      "(reel ",
+      "|.  ",
+      "|.(",
+      "|-  ",
+      "|-(",
+      "|?  ",
+      "|?(",
+      "?|  ",
+      "?|(",
+      "|(",
+      "?-  ",
+      "?-(",
+      "?:  ",
+      "?:(",
+      "?.  ",
+      "?.(",
+      "?^  ",
+      "?^(",
+      "?<  ",
+      "?<(",
+      "?>  ",
+      "?>(",
+      "?+  ",
+      "?+(",
+      "?&  ",
+      "?&(",
+      "&(",
+      "?@  ",
+      "?@(",
+      "?~  ",
+      "?~(",
+      "?=  ",
+      "?=(",
+      ".=  ",
+      "=(",
+      "!=("
+    ],
+    "extensions": [
+      "hoon"
+    ],
+    "line_comment": [
+      "::"
+    ],
+    "multi_line": [],
+    "quotes": [
+      {
+        "end": "\"",
+        "start": "\""
+      },
+      {
+        "end": "'",
+        "start": "'"
+      },
+      {
+        "end": "```",
+        "start": "```"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   "IDL": {
     "complexitychecks": [
       "for ",