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[logo]: https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-10-orange.svg "Number of contributors on All-Contributors" [![GitHub package.json version (main)](https://img.shields.io/github/package-json/v/eta-dev/eta/main?label=current%20version)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/eta) [![GitHub Actions Status](https://github.com/eta-dev/eta/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/eta-dev/eta/actions) [![All Contributors][logo]](#contributors-) [![Coveralls](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/eta-dev/eta.svg?branch=main)](https://coveralls.io/github/eta-dev/eta?branch=main) [![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/donate-paypal-blue.svg)](https://paypal.me/bengubler) **You're viewing the source for Eta v3, which we just released! For v2, visit [the old branch](https://github.com/eta-dev/eta/tree/v2).** ## Summary Eta is a lightweight and blazing fast embedded JS templating engine that works inside Node, Deno, and the browser. It's written in TypeScript and emphasizes great performance, configurability, and small bundle size. ### 🌟 Features - 📦 0 dependencies - 💡 Only ~3.5 KB minzipped - ⚡️ Written in TypeScript - ✨ Deno support (+ Node and browser) - 🚀 Super Fast - 🔧 Configurable - Plugins, custom delimiters, caching - 🔨 Powerful - Precompilation, partials, async - **Layout support**! - 🔥 Reliable - Better quotes/comments support - _ex._ `<%= someval + "string %>" %>` compiles correctly, while it fails with doT or EJS - Great error reporting - ⚡️ Exports ES Modules as well as UMD - 📝 Easy template syntax ## Get Started _For more thorough documentation, visit [https://eta.js.org](https://eta.js.org)_ Install Eta ```bash npm install eta ``` In the root of your project, create `templates/simple.eta` ```eta Hi <%= it.name %>! ``` Then, in your JS file: ```js import { Eta } from "eta"; // import { Eta } from "https://deno.land/x/eta@v3.1.0/src/index.ts"; const eta = new Eta({ views: path.join(__dirname, "templates") }); // Render a template const res = eta.render("./simple", { name: "Ben" }); console.log(res); // Hi Ben! ``` ## FAQs

Where did Eta's name come from?

"Eta" means tiny in Esperanto. Plus, it can be used as an acronym for all sorts of cool phrases: "ECMAScript Template Awesomeness", "Embedded Templating Alternative", etc.... Additionally, Eta is a letter of the Greek alphabet (it stands for all sorts of cool things in various mathematical fields, including efficiency) and is three letters long (perfect for a file extension).

## Integrations

Visual Studio Code

[@shadowtime2000](https://github.com/shadowtime2000) created [eta-vscode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=shadowtime2000.eta-vscode).

ESLint

[eslint-plugin-eta](https://github.com/eta-dev/eslint-plugin-eta) was created to provide an ESLint processor so you can lint your Eta templates.

Webpack

Currently there is no official Webpack integration but [@clshortfuse](https://github.com/clshortfuse) shared the loader he uses: ```javascript { loader: 'html-loader', options: { preprocessor(content, loaderContext) { return eta.render(content, {}, { filename: loaderContext.resourcePath }); }, }, } ```

Node-RED

To operate with Eta templates in Node-RED: [@ralphwetzel/node-red-contrib-eta](https://flows.nodered.org/node/@ralphwetzel/node-red-contrib-eta)

## Projects using `eta` - [Docusaurus v2](https://v2.docusaurus.io): open-source documentation framework that uses Eta to generate a SSR build - [swagger-typescript-api](https://github.com/acacode/swagger-typescript-api): Open source typescript api codegenerator from Swagger. Uses Eta as codegenerator by templates - [html-bundler-webpack-plugin](https://github.com/webdiscus/html-bundler-webpack-plugin): Webpack plugin make easily to bundle HTML pages from templates, source styles and scripts - [SmartDeno](https://github.com/guildenstern70/SmartDeno): SmartDeno is an easy to setup web template using Deno & Oak - [Add yours!](https://github.com/eta-dev/eta/edit/master/README.md) ## Contributors Made with ❤ by [@nebrelbug](https://github.com/eta-dev) and all these wonderful contributors ([emoji key](https://github.com/kentcdodds/all-contributors#emoji-key)):

_{Ben Gubler} 💻 💬 📖 ⚠️	_{Clite Tailor} 🤔 💻	_{Ioan CHIRIAC} 💻 🤔	_{Craig Morten} 💻	_{Rajan Tiwari} 💡	_{shadowtime2000} 💻 🤔 ⚠️	_{Hamza Hamidi} 📖
_{Calum Knott} 🤔	_nhaef 💻	_Gün 💻

This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/kentcdodds/all-contributors) specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome! ## Credits - Async support, file handling, and error formatting were based on code from [EJS](https://github.com/mde/ejs), which is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license. Code was modified and refactored to some extent. - Syntax and some parts of compilation are heavily based off EJS, Nunjucks, and doT.

	Stars	Issues	Version	Updated	Created
eta	1,306	15	3.4.0	2 months ago	11 years ago
liquidjs	1,420	14	10.13.0	6 days ago	7 years ago
marko	13,187	52	5.34.5	3 days ago	10 years ago
nunjucks	8,450	331	3.2.4	a year ago	12 years ago
twig	1,874	56	1.17.1	6 months ago	13 years ago

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