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The following table lists the various web template engines used in [[Web template system]]s and a brief rundown of their features.
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! Engine (implementation){{efn|name=Engi}} || Languages{{efn|name=Lang}}|| License{{efn|name=Lice}}|| {{verth|Variables{{efn|name=Vari}}}}|| {{verth|Functions{{efn|name=Func}}}}|| {{verth|Includes{{efn|name=Incl}}}}|| {{verth|Conditional<br/>inclusion{{efn|name=Cond}}}}|| Looping{{efn|name=Loop}}|| Evaluation<br/>(language){{efn|name=Eval}} || {{verth|Assignment{{efn|name=Assi}}}}|| {{verth|Errors and<br/>exceptions{{efn|name=Erro}}}}|| {{verth|i18n{{efn|name=i18n}}}} || {{verth|Natural<br/>templates{{efn|name=Natu}}}}|| {{verth|Inheritance{{efn|name=Inhe}}}}
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| [[Apache Velocity]] || [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] || {{Free|[[Apache License|Apache]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| [[ASP.NET]] (Microsoft) || [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[VB.NET]] || {{Proprietary}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Dunno}}
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| [[ASP.NET]] (Mono) || [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] || {{Free|[[GNU LGPL|LGPL]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Dunno}}
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| [[Laravel]] Blade || [[PHP]] || {{Free|[[MIT License|MIT]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}  || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[CheetahTemplate]] || [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|[[MIT License|MIT]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[CodeCharge Studio]] || [[Classic ASP]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[VB.NET]], [[PHP]], [[Perl]], [[Java (programming language)|Java/JSP]], [[ColdFusion]] || {{Proprietary}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}   || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Dunno}}
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| [[ColdFusion]] || [[CFML]], [[CFScript]] || {{Proprietary}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
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| CTPP || [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Perl]], [[PHP]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|BSD-like}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
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| [[Django (web framework)|Django]] || [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|BSD-like}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes }} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [https://eclipse.org/epsilon/doc/egl Epsilon Generation Language] || [[Java (programming language)|Java]] || {{Free|[[Eclipse Public License]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
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| EJS || [[JavaScript]] || {{varies|Various}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[eRuby]] || [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] || {{Free|[[GNU GPL]] / [[Ruby License]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
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| [[FreeMarker]] || [[Java (programming language)|Java]] || {{Free|[[Apache License|Apache]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| [[Genshi (templating language)|Genshi]] || [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|BSD-like}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[Python (programming language)|Python]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
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| [[Go (programming language)|Go]] templates ||[[Go (programming language)|Go]] || {{Free|[[BSD License|BSD]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
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| [[Haml]] || [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[PHP]] (WIP) || {{Free|[[MIT License|MIT]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| Hamlets || [[Java (programming language)|Java]] || {{Free|[[BSD licenses|BSD]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Dunno}}
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| [[JavaServer Pages]] || [[Java (programming language)|Java]] || {{Free|CDDL + [[GNU GPL]]<ref>[http://jsp.java.net/ ''JavaServer(TM) Pages Implementation'']</ref>}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Yes}} || {{Dunno}}
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| [[Jinja (template engine)|Jinja]] || [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|[[BSD licenses|BSD]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[Python (programming language)|Python]]) || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[Jinja2 (template engine)|Jinja2]] || [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|[[BSD licenses|BSD]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[Python (programming language)|Python]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [https://keats.github.io/tera/ Tera] || [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]] || {{Free|[[MIT license|MIT]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| [[Kid (templating language)|Kid]] || [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|[[MIT License|MIT]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[Python (programming language)|Python]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
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| [[Lucee]] || [[CFML]] || {{Free|[[GNU LGPL|LGPL]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[CFML]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[Mako (template engine)|Mako]] || [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|[[MIT License|MIT]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[Python (programming language)|Python]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[Mustache (template system)|Mustache]] || {{varies|30+ languages}} || {{Free|[[MIT License|MIT]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}<br/>({{mono|foreach}}) || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
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| [[Open Power Template]] || [[PHP]] 5 || {{Free|BSD-like}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[PHP]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[PHP]] || [[PHP]] || {{Free|[[PHP License]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
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| [https://pugjs.org Pug] || [[JavaScript]] || {{Free|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=pugjs/pug|url=https://github.com/pugjs/pug|access-date=2021-05-17|website=GitHub|language=en}}</ref> || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[JavaScript]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[ASP.NET Razor|Razor]] || [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[F Sharp (programming language)|F#]], [[VB.NET]] || {{Free|[[Apache License|Apache]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[Smarty (template engine)|Smarty]] || [[PHP]] || {{Free|[[GNU LGPL|LGPL]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[PHP]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}? || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [https://slim-template.github.io/ Slim] || Ruby || {{Free|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=slim-template/slim|url=https://github.com/slim-template/slim/blob/master/LICENSE|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Github|language=en}}</ref> || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[Template Attribute Language]] || {{varies|Various}} || {{free|open source}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Dunno}}
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| [[Template Toolkit]] || [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{free|[[Artistic License|Perl]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ([[Perl]]) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[Thymeleaf]] || [[Java (programming language)|Java]] || {{Free|[[Apache License|Apache]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}  ||  {{Yes}}  || {{No}}
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| [[Twig (template engine)|Twig]] || [[PHP]] || {{Free|[[BSD licenses|BSD]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[web2py]] || [[Python (programming language)|Python]] || {{Free|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL3]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
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| [[WebMacro]] || [[Java (programming language)|Java]] || {{Free|[[Apache License|Apache]], [[GNU GPL]]}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Dunno}} || {{Dunno}}
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! Engine (implementation){{efn|name=Engi}} || Languages{{efn|name=Lang}}|| License{{efn|name=Lice}}|| {{verth|Variables{{efn|name=Vari}}}}|| {{verth|Functions{{efn|name=Func}}}}|| {{verth|Includes{{efn|name=Incl}}}}|| {{verth|Conditional<br/>inclusion{{efn|name=Cond}}}}|| Looping{{efn|name=Loop}}|| Evaluation<br/>(language){{efn|name=Eval}} || {{verth|Assignment{{efn|name=Assi}}}}|| {{verth|Errors and<br/>exceptions{{efn|name=Erro}}}}|| {{verth|i18n{{efn|name=i18n}}}} || {{verth|Natural<br/>templates{{efn|name=Natu}}}}|| {{verth|Inheritance{{efn|name=Inhe}}}}
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==See also==
* [[Template processor]]
* [[Web template system]]
* [[JavaScript templating]]
* [[:Category:Template engines]]
* [https://ozkanpakdil.github.io/spring-comparing-template-engines/ Java template engine performance report in spring boot]

== Notes ==
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{{efn|name=Engi|Engine (implementation) : engine name}}
{{efn|name=Lang|Languages : implementation language of the engine (not the template script language)}}
{{efn|name=Lice|License : [[Software license agreement]]}}
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{{efn|name=Vari|Variables : script language power to use variables}}
{{efn|name=Func|Functions : script language power to use functions}}
{{efn|name=Incl|Includes : script language power include external files}}
{{efn|name=Cond|Conditional inclusion : script language power to conditional includes}}
{{efn|name=Loop|Looping : script language power to do loops (for, while) or recursion}}
{{efn|name=Eval|Evaluation (language) : script language power to do "eval command" (to the implementation language)}}
{{efn|name=Assi|Assignment : set names and references to sub-templates (?)}}
{{efn|name=Erro|Errors and exceptions : engine output script errors.}}
{{efn|name=i18n|i18n : [[Internationalization and localization]] feature}}
{{efn|name=Natu|Natural templates : the template can be a document as valid as the final result, the engine syntax doesn't break the document's structure}}
{{efn|name=Inhe|Inheritance : Supports the ability to inherit a layout from a parent template, separately overriding arbitrary sections of the parent template's content.}}
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== References ==
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