JavaScript template engines
Explore Handlebars, Mustache, Twig.js, and other JavaScript template packages. Compare their published package specifications.
4 indexed packages. Inspect package specifications and compare alternatives according to their actual role in your application.
Packages in this category
- Mustache: Logic-less {{mustache}} templates with JavaScript
- Twig.js: JS port of the Twig templating language.
- JsRender/JsViews: Best-of-breed templating in browser or on Node.js (with Express 4, Hapi and Browserify integration)
- Handlebars: Handlebars provides the power necessary to let you build semantic templates effectively with no frustration
What to compare
- Decide whether templates are rendered on the server, in the browser, or through precompilation.
- Review escaping behavior and the documented trust assumptions for template data.
- Inspect runtime versus compiler entry points and any required integration package.
- Compare the exact released engine and declaration files that your application will install.
Example package specifications
mustache
| Latest version | 4.2.0 |
|---|---|
| Runtime dependencies | 0 |
| Bundled types | Not declared |
| Gzip measurement | 2.55 KiB |
Evidence and freshness
- https://registry.npmjs.org/mustache/4.2.0 — retrieved 2026-10-29T05:08:40.168Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/mustache/versions/4.2.0:dependencies — retrieved 2026-10-28T23:30:32.920Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/mustache/versions/4.2.0 — retrieved 2026-10-29T05:08:40.382Z
- https://bundlephobia.com/api/size?package=mustache%404.2.0 — retrieved 2026-10-28T23:30:33.181Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/projects/github.com%2Fjanl%2Fmustache.js — retrieved 2026-10-29T05:08:40.581Z
twig
| Latest version | 3.0.0 |
|---|---|
| Runtime dependencies | 4 |
| Bundled types | Not declared |
| Gzip measurement | 26.47 KiB |
Evidence and freshness
- https://registry.npmjs.org/twig/3.0.0 — retrieved 2026-10-29T01:43:20.212Z (stale snapshot; refresh pending)
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/twig/versions/3.0.0:dependencies — retrieved 2026-10-28T23:30:33.484Z
- https://bundlephobia.com/api/size?package=twig%403.0.0 — retrieved 2026-10-28T23:30:33.745Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/twig/versions/3.0.0 — retrieved 2026-10-29T01:43:20.375Z (stale snapshot; refresh pending)
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/projects/github.com%2Ftwigjs%2Ftwig.js — retrieved 2026-10-28T23:01:32.289Z (stale snapshot; refresh pending)