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is a pure-Python module providing a very simple template engine withminimum syntax. It supports variable expansion, flow control and embedding ofPython code.{{}}
and follow the same syntax rules as Pythonvariables; e.g.:%
sign and must be closed by a %end<statement>
tag; e.g.:<%
and %>
is considered Python code; you can use thebuiltin echo()
function to output some text from within Python code blocks;e.g.:isdef()
to perform some actions only if aname is defined in the template namespace; e.g.:setopt()
function allows you to enable options that modify the templateoutput; the only supported option is 'strip', which removes leading/trailingwhitespace, contiguous whitespace and empty lines and defaults to true; e.g.:Template
objectcreation; e.g.:python setup.py test
.Engine (implementation)[a] | Languages[b] | License[c] | Variables[d] | Functions[e] | Includes[f] | Conditional inclusion[g] | Looping[h] | Evaluation (language)[i] | Assignment[j] | Errors and exceptions[k] | i18n[l] | Natural templates[m] | Inheritance[n] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apache Velocity | Java, C# | Apache | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No |
ASP.NET (Microsoft) | C#, VB.NET | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
ASP.NET (Mono) | C# | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Laravel Blade | PHP | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Latte | PHP | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
CheetahTemplate | Python | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
CodeCharge Studio | Classic ASP, C#, VB.NET, PHP, Perl, Java/JSP, ColdFusion | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
ColdFusion | CFML, CFScript | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CTPP | C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python | BSD-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Django | Python | BSD-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
eRuby | Ruby | GNU GPL / Ruby License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |
FreeMarker | Java | Apache | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Genshi (templating language) | Python | BSD-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
Go templates | Go | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Haml | Ruby, PHP (WIP) | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Ruby) | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Hamlets | Java | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
JavaServer Pages | Java | CDDL + GNU GPL[1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Jinja | Python | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
Jinja2 | Python | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kid (templating language) | Python | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Lucee | CFML | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (CFML) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mustache | 30+ languages | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (foreach) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open Power Template | PHP 5 | BSD-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (PHP) | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Pebble | Java | BSD-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PHP | PHP | PHP License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Razor | C#, F#, VB.NET | Apache | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Smarty | PHP | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (PHP) | Yes | Yes? | Yes | ? | Yes |
Squirrelly | JS | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Template Attribute Language | Various | open source | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Template Toolkit | Perl, Python | open source | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Perl) | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Thymeleaf | Java | Apache | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
TinyButStrong | PHP | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Twig | PHP | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
vlibTemplate | PHP | Artistic License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
web2py | Python | LGPL3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WebMacro | Java | Apache, GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Engine (implementation)[a] | Languages[b] | License[c] | Variables[d] | Functions[e] | Includes[f] | Conditional inclusion[g] | Looping[h] | Evaluation (language)[i] | Assignment[j] | Errors and exceptions[k] | i18n[l] | Natural templates[m] | Inheritance[n] |