Comparison of web template engines
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The following table lists the various web template engines used in Web template systems and a brief rundown of their features.
| 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 | No | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| CheetahTemplate | Python | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 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 | No | Yes | No |
| Django | Python | BSD-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Epsilon Generation Language[1] | Java | Eclipse Public License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| EJS | JavaScript | Various | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| eRuby | Ruby | GNU GPL / Ruby License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| FreeMarker | Java | Apache | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Genshi | Python | BSD-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 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 | Yes | No | No |
| Hamlets | Java | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| JavaServer Pages | Java | CDDL + GNU GPL [2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Jinja | Python | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Jinja2 | Python | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Tera[3] | Rust | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Kid | Python | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Lucee | CFML | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (CFML) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mako | Python | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Python) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 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 | No | Yes | Yes |
| PHP | PHP | PHP License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Pug[4] | JavaScript | MIT [5] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (JavaScript) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| 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 | No | Yes |
| Slim[6] | Ruby | MIT [7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Template Attribute Language | Various | open source | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| Template Toolkit | Perl, Python | Perl | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Perl) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Thymeleaf | Java | Apache | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Twig | PHP | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| 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]
|
See also
[edit ]- Template processor
- Web template system
- JavaScript templating
- Category:Template engines
- Java template engine performance report in spring boot
Notes
[edit ]- ^ a b Engine (implementation) : engine name
- ^ a b Languages : implementation language of the engine (not the template script language)
- ^ a b License : Software license agreement
- ^ a b Variables : script language power to use variables
- ^ a b Functions : script language power to use functions
- ^ a b Includes : script language power include external files
- ^ a b Conditional inclusion : script language power to conditional includes
- ^ a b Looping : script language power to do loops (for, while) or recursion
- ^ a b Evaluation (language) : script language power to do "eval command" (to the implementation language)
- ^ a b Assignment : set names and references to sub-templates (?)
- ^ a b Errors and exceptions : engine output script errors.
- ^ a b i18n : Internationalization and localization feature
- ^ a b Natural templates : the template can be a document as valid as the final result, the engine syntax doesn't break the document's structure
- ^ a b Inheritance : Supports the ability to inherit a layout from a parent template, separately overriding arbitrary sections of the parent template's content.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Code Generation (EGL) - Epsilon". eclipse.dev. Retrieved 2025年11月07日.
- ^ JavaServer(TM) Pages Implementation
- ^ "Tera". keats.github.io. Retrieved 2025年11月07日.
- ^ "Getting Started". pugjs.org. Retrieved 2025年11月07日.
- ^ "pugjs/pug". GitHub. Retrieved 2021年05月17日.
- ^ "Slim - A Fast, Lightweight Template Engine for Ruby". slim-template.github.io. Retrieved 2025年11月07日.
- ^ "slim-template/slim". Github. Retrieved 2021年05月17日.