A curated list of template engines across all programming languages with repository activity stats.
Summary of (8 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DotLiquid | A .Net port of the popular Liquid templating language written in Ruby | 1066⭐ | 296 | 2025-01-14 | 🟢 |
| Fluid | An open-source .NET template engine based on the Liquid template language | 1500⭐ | 181 | 2025-02-14 | 🟢 |
| Handlebars.Net | A port of Handlebars.js to .NET that compiles templates directly to IL bytecode | 1298⭐ | 222 | 2024-04-03 | 🟢 |
| MJML.Net | A fast port of MJML 4 to .NET 6 & 7 | 168⭐ | 15 | 2025-01-09 | 🟢 |
| RazorLight | Template engine for building templates from Files outside of ASP.NET MVC | 1551⭐ | 259 | 2024-07-06 | 🟢 |
| Scriban | Fast and lightweight scripting language for .NET with liquid compatibility mode | 3336⭐ | 362 | 2024-12-18 | 🟢 |
| Spark | View engine for ASP.NET MVC with syntax inspired by Jade/Haml | 259⭐ | 86 | 2025-01-03 | 🟢 |
| Stubble | Trimmed down {{mustache}} templates in .NET | 417⭐ | 59 | 2023-07-19 | 🔴 |
Summary of (4 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inja | Template engine inspired by Jinja for modern C++ | 1729⭐ | 210 | 2025-02-11 | 🟢 |
| Jinja2Cpp | C++ implementation of Python Jinja2 template engine | 525⭐ | 90 | 2024-11-22 | 🟢 |
| mstch | Complete implementation of mustache templates in C++ | 572⭐ | 87 | 2021-08-19 | 🔴 |
| Qentem | Lightweight template engine for C++/C/Java projects and WASM | 9⭐ | 4 | 2025-01-21 | 🟢 |
Summary of (1 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DocPad | Streamlined web development using CoffeeScript | 3055⭐ | 240 | 2024-02-11 | 🔴 |
Summary of (12 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace | HTML template engine inspired by Slim and Jade | 836⭐ | 49 | 2018-06-17 | 🔴 |
| Amber | Template engine inspired from HAML and Jade | 913⭐ | 63 | 2020-10-13 | 🔴 |
| Ego | ERB style templating language that transpiles to Go | 582⭐ | 41 | 2023-03-15 | 🔴 |
| GoRazor | Go port of the Razor view engine | 863⭐ | 91 | 2024-11-04 | 🟢 |
| Hero | Fast template engine that pre-compiles to Go code | 1567⭐ | 94 | 2020-01-09 | 🔴 |
| Jade | Implementation of Jade/Pug templates in Go | 356⭐ | 36 | 2023-12-25 | 🔴 |
| Jet | Fast and dynamic template engine with Django-like syntax | 1288⭐ | 110 | 2024-12-16 | 🟢 |
| Mustache.go | Go implementation of Mustache templates | 1106⭐ | 226 | 2024-04-28 | 🟢 |
| Pongo2 | Django-syntax templating for Go | 2913⭐ | 275 | 2024-08-14 | 🟢 |
| QuickTemplate | Fast template engine inspired by Mako | 3169⭐ | 149 | 2024-07-21 | 🟢 |
| Raymond | Go port of Handlebars.js | 616⭐ | 105 | 2024-08-10 | 🟢 |
| Soy | Go implementation of Google Closure Templates | 173⭐ | 41 | 2024-03-19 | 🟢 |
Summary of (1 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins Templating Engine | A plugin enabling Jenkins pipeline templating and governance, bringing Template Method Design Pattern to pipelines | 170⭐ | 60 | 2024-02-12 | 🔴 |
Summary of (17 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache FreeMarker | A Java template engine that can be used to generate text output based on templates | 1008⭐ | 271 | 2025-01-14 | 🟢 |
| Apache Velocity | A Java based template engine | 382⭐ | 131 | 2024-11-04 | 🟢 |
| Blade | A simple open source web framework that helps quickly build web applications | 5857⭐ | 1173 | 2025-02-11 | 🟢 |
| Closure-Templates | A client and server-side templating system for dynamically building reusable HTML and UI elements | 651⭐ | 194 | 2025-02-22 | 🟢 |
| Handlebars.java | A Java port of the Handlebars template engine following Mustache template | 1487⭐ | 385 | 2024-09-30 | 🟢 |
| HtmlFlow | A Java DSL to write typesafe HTML in a fluent style | 162⭐ | 28 | 2025-01-27 | 🟢 |
| JinJava | Java-based template engine based on django template syntax, adapted to render jinja templates | 715⭐ | 171 | 2025-01-15 | 🟢 |
| JMustache | A Java implementation of Mustache specification template engine | 849⭐ | 128 | 2024-06-03 | 🟢 |
| JStachio | A Mustache compatible type-safe Java templating engine | 280⭐ | 10 | 2024-12-19 | 🟢 |
| JTE | Lightweight template engine for Java and Kotlin with productive and typesafe experience | 905⭐ | 69 | 2025-01-13 | 🟢 |
| ManTL | A lightweight & type-safe template engine integrated with the Java compiler using Manifold | 2477⭐ | 125 | 2025-02-13 | 🟢 |
| Mustache.java | A derivative template engine of mustache.js with its own parser written in Java | 1909⭐ | 285 | 2024-09-19 | 🟢 |
| Pebble | A template engine inspired from Twig with syntax similar to Jinja featuring template inheritance | 1124⭐ | 168 | 2025-02-04 | 🟢 |
| Pug4J | A Java implementation of the Pug templating language | 63⭐ | 14 | 2025-01-28 | 🟢 |
| Rocker | An intuitive, tagless syntax template engine with standard Java expressions | 759⭐ | 90 | 2025-01-23 | 🟢 |
| Thymeleaf | A server-side Java template engine for both web and standalone environments | 2845⭐ | 507 | 2024-12-16 | 🟢 |
| Trimou | A Mustache spec implementation with helpers inspired from Handlebars.js | 81⭐ | 17 | 2023-10-10 | 🔴 |
Summary of (20 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .Dom | A template engine replicating re-usable component and virtual DOM within 512 bytes | 808⭐ | 45 | 2021-09-23 | 🔴 |
| Art-template | A fast templating engine that optimizes template rendering speed by scope pre-declared technique | 9867⭐ | 2677 | 2024-12-07 | 🟢 |
| Carbone | A mustache-like template engine and open source document generator | 1392⭐ | 198 | 2025-02-19 | 🟢 |
| Consolidate.js | A library that consolidates most known template engines implemented in JS | 3480⭐ | 354 | 2024-12-21 | 🟢 |
| doT | A fastest JavaScript templating function with emphasis on performance under V8 and nodejs | 5025⭐ | 1017 | 2023-11-02 | 🔴 |
| DustJS | An asynchronous Javascript templating engine developed by LinkedIn | 2912⭐ | 479 | 2023-10-24 | 🔴 |
| ECT | Performance focused JavaScript template engine with embedded CoffeeScript syntax | 622⭐ | 69 | 2016-09-26 | 🔴 |
| EJS | Embedded JavaScript templates designed to be flexible and easy-to-write | 7852⭐ | 846 | 2024-08-06 | 🟢 |
| Handlebars.js | A template engine extending Mustache templating with additional features | 18132⭐ | 2044 | 2024-09-03 | 🟢 |
| Hogan.js | A compiler for the Mustache templating language with separate scanning, parsing and code generation phases | 5140⭐ | 427 | 2023-04-10 | 🔴 |
| Lodash | A utility library for working with arrays, numbers, objects, strings, and creating composite functions | 60171⭐ | 7057 | 2024-12-12 | 🟢 |
| Marko | HTML reimagined as a language for building dynamic and reactive user interfaces | 13518⭐ | 648 | 2025-02-22 | 🟢 |
| MJML | A markup language designed to reduce the pain of coding responsive email | 17262⭐ | 968 | 2025-02-20 | 🟢 |
| Nunjucks | A templating engine heavily inspired from Jinja2 with template inheritance & asynchronous control | 8635⭐ | 643 | 2024-07-08 | 🟢 |
| Mustache.js | A JavaScript implementation of the mustache logic-less templates | 16571⭐ | 2384 | 2024-06-14 | 🟢 |
| Pug | A high-performance template engine influenced by Haml for Node.js and browsers | 21764⭐ | 1953 | 2024-07-10 | 🟢 |
| Rivets | A lightweight data binding and template engine specializing in building data-driven views | 3222⭐ | 310 | 2020-04-06 | 🔴 |
| Swig | A simple, Django/Jinja-like template engine for node.js | 3109⭐ | 440 | 2017-06-13 | 🔴 |
| Twig.js | A pure JavaScript implementation of the Twig PHP templating language | 1898⭐ | 275 | 2025-02-18 | 🟢 |
| Velocity.js | A port of Apache velocity template engine in JavaScript using Jison library parser | 606⭐ | 143 | 2024-06-18 | 🟢 |
Summary of (1 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barber | A type safe Kotlin JVM library for building up templates | 171⭐ | 22 | 2024-04-03 | 🟢 |
Summary of (2 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lua Resty Template | A compiling template engine for Lua and OpenResty | 915⭐ | 205 | 2023-07-21 | 🔴 |
| Lustache | Lua implementation of Mustache template engine | 241⭐ | 32 | 2022-08-16 | 🔴 |
Summary of (15 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blade | The simple yet powerful templating engine provided with Laravel | 33166⭐ | 11224 | 2025-02-21 | 🟢 |
| Blade One | A standalone version of Laravel's Blade templating engine for use outside of Laravel | 786⭐ | 121 | 2025-02-22 | 🟢 |
| Dwoo | A PHP5/PHP7 template engine which follows Smarty's footsteps | 166⭐ | 58 | 2019-10-11 | 🔴 |
| Fenom | A fast template engine for PHP with syntax similar to Smarty | 446⭐ | 108 | 2024-09-08 | 🟢 |
| Laravel Blade | The official Blade templating engine integrated with Laravel framework | 0⭐ | 0 | N/A | 🔴 |
| Latte | A secure template engine for PHP with protection against vulnerabilities | 1166⭐ | 110 | 2025-01-16 | 🟢 |
| Mustache.php | A Mustache implementation in PHP | 3245⭐ | 426 | 2024-08-13 | 🟢 |
| PHP Text Template | A simple template engine for text output in PHP applications | 7393⭐ | 30 | 2025-02-07 | 🟢 |
| Plates | A native PHP template system inspired by Twig | 1493⭐ | 180 | 2024-11-04 | 🟢 |
| RainTPL 3 | An easy template engine for PHP that loads HTML templates | 258⭐ | 57 | 2022-12-26 | 🔴 |
| Savant | A powerful but lightweight object-oriented template system for PHP | 18⭐ | 15 | 2016-11-30 | 🔴 |
| Smarty | A template engine for PHP using variables, modifiers, functions and comments | 2292⭐ | 718 | 2025-02-13 | 🟢 |
| TinyButStrong | A PHP template engine enabling W3C compliant templates | 61⭐ | 18 | 2024-05-08 | 🟢 |
| Twig | A flexible, fast, and secure template language for PHP inspired by Django and Jinja | 8255⭐ | 1265 | 2025-02-22 | 🟢 |
| Volt | An ultra-fast and designer-friendly templating engine written in C for PHP | 10⭐ | 2 | 2025-02-17 | 🟢 |
Summary of (10 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chameleon | An HTML/XML template engine generation library in Python | 179⭐ | 64 | 2025-01-10 | 🟢 |
| Cheetah3 | A template engine for Python that allows full integration with existing Python code | 145⭐ | 37 | 2025-01-13 | 🟢 |
| Chevron | A fast Python implementation of Mustache template engine | 516⭐ | 55 | 2023-08-24 | 🔴 |
| Genshi | A Python template engine that provides XML-based template language | 90⭐ | 36 | 2024-11-16 | 🟢 |
| Jinja | A fast, expressive, extensible templating engine with Python-like syntax | 10608⭐ | 1634 | 2025-01-14 | 🟢 |
| Jsonnet | A configuration language for app and tool developers | 7118⭐ | 447 | 2025-02-22 | 🟢 |
| Kajiki | A fast Python template engine with XML/HTML output inspired by Genshi | 47⭐ | 16 | 2025-02-15 | 🟢 |
| Mako | A template library written in Python inspired by Django, Jinja2, Cheetah, and Genshi | 382⭐ | 63 | 2025-02-04 | 🟢 |
| Pystache | A Python implementation of Mustache template engine | 1308⭐ | 309 | 2021-09-30 | 🔴 |
| Unprompted | A powerful templating language for Stable Diffusion workflows | 795⭐ | 70 | 2024-07-29 | 🟢 |
Summary of (1 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whisker | A Mustache implementation in R confirming to its specification | 212⭐ | 19 | 2022-11-09 | 🔴 |
Summary of (7 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERB | A built-in Ruby templating engine that allows embedding Ruby code in documents | 0⭐ | 0 | N/A | 🔴 |
| Haml | A templating engine designed for elegant HTML document generation | 3771⭐ | 575 | 2024-12-28 | 🟢 |
| Hamlit | A high performance implementation of Haml | 981⭐ | 59 | 2023-08-02 | 🔴 |
| Jb | A simpler and faster alternative to JBuilder | 1295⭐ | 42 | 2025-01-16 | 🟢 |
| JBuilder | A DSL for declaring JSON structures in Ruby | 4360⭐ | 440 | 2024-09-15 | 🟢 |
| Liquid | A secure, non-evaluating template engine with separate compile and render steps | 11247⭐ | 1423 | 2025-02-20 | 🟢 |
| Mustache | A framework-agnostic way to render logic-free views in Ruby | 3043⭐ | 267 | 2024-07-09 | 🟢 |
Summary of (6 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handlebars-rust | A Rust port of Handlebars template engine | 1337⭐ | 144 | 2025-02-09 | 🟢 |
| Liquid-rust | A port of Liquid templating engine in Rust | 492⭐ | 79 | 2025-02-20 | 🟢 |
| Maud | An HTML template engine implemented as a Rust macro | 2260⭐ | 159 | 2025-02-04 | 🟢 |
| Rust-Mustache | A Rust implementation of Mustache specification | 207⭐ | 63 | 2023-11-26 | 🔴 |
| SailFish | A simple template engine with EJS-like syntax and built-in filters | 856⭐ | 55 | 2025-02-13 | 🟢 |
| Tera | A template engine inspired by Jinja2 and Django template language | 3701⭐ | 300 | 2024-07-25 | 🟢 |
Summary of (7 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beard | A logic-less templating engine inspired by Mustache using ANTLR for parsing | 120⭐ | 28 | 2023-11-13 | 🔴 |
| Handlebars.scala | A Scala implementation of Handlebars template engine | 111⭐ | 40 | 2023-11-20 | 🔴 |
| Hepek | A Scala-based tool for generating typesafe and flexible HTML | 108⭐ | 10 | 2024-10-09 | 🟢 |
| ScalaTags | A small and fast XML/HTML/CSS construction library for Scala | 759⭐ | 117 | 2025-01-14 | 🟢 |
| Scalate | A template engine supporting multiple syntax styles including HAML, Mustache, and JSP | 607⭐ | 105 | 2025-02-15 | 🟢 |
| Thera | A template engine for building static websites in Scala | 52⭐ | 3 | 2020-11-26 | 🔴 |
| Twirl | A Scala-based template engine inspired by ASP.NET Razor | 555⭐ | 111 | 2025-02-22 | 🟢 |
Summary of (2 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRMustache.swift | An extended implementation of Mustache templates with additional functions | 613⭐ | 155 | 2024-10-28 | 🟢 |
| Stencil | A simple template language with Django and Mustache-like syntax | 2358⭐ | 225 | 2024-12-22 | 🟢 |
Summary of (3 template engines)
| Engine | Description | Stars | Forks | Last Update | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eta | A lightweight templating engine for Node and Deno with small bundle size | 1460⭐ | 65 | 2024-08-26 | 🟢 |
| LiquidJS | A port of Shopify Liquid template engine compatible with Github Pages | 1597⭐ | 237 | 2025-02-09 | 🟢 |
| Squirrelly | A modern template engine with Nunjucks-like power and EJS-like simplicity | 651⭐ | 83 | 2024-07-02 | 🟢 |
The benchmarks.md file contains template-engine benchmarks in popular programming languages.
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Stats
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- Last updated: 2025-02-23