Comparison of web template engines

The following table lists the various Web Template Engines used in Web template systems and a brief rundown of their features. The content here is a work in progress.

LEGEND:

• Engine (implementation) = engine name
• Languages = implementation language of the engine (not the template script language)
• License = Software license agreement
• Platform = Computing platform
• Variables = script language power to use variables
• Functions = script language power to use functions
• Includes = script language power include external files
• Conditional inclusion = script language power to conditional includes
• Looping = script language power to do loops (for, while) or recursion
• Evaluation (language) = script language power to do "eval command" (to the implementation language)
• Assignment = set names and references to sub-templates (?)
• Errors and exceptions = engine output script errors.
• i18n = Internationalization and localization feature
• Natural templates = the template can be a document as valid as the final result, the engine syntax doesn't break the document's structure
• Inheritance = Supports the ability to inherit a layout from a parent template, separately overriding arbitrary sections of the parent template's content.

For inclusion above

• Paperclip (JavaScript/DOM/Node template engine) - fast, reactive templates.
• Twirl (Scala: Template engine) - a clone of the Play Framework's template engine.
• Embedded Perl(Mojolicious: Embedded Perl) - Embedded Perl is a powerful templating engine for use with the Mojolicious Web Framework. It supports variables, functions, includes, conditional inclusion, looping, evaluation, assignment, exceptions, i18n, natural templates, and inheritance.^[4]
• erlydtl erlydtl django for erlang
• Latte, template engine originating from Nette Framework
• Foil
• PH7 Engine
• Haanga
• TPLN

See also

• Template processor
• Category:Template engines

References