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    copied!<p>I'm looking for a mature, easy-to-use, powerful, stand-alone, "beautiful" template system/language for Python. I'm primarily interested in generating (static) HTML from HTML sources (so Markdown/RST/Textile aren't relevant).</p> <p>There seems to be an array of choices (the Python wiki has <a href="http://wiki.python.org/moin/Templating" rel="nofollow">a very long list</a>), which makes selecting quite daunting. The following are the languages I've heard of or used, ranked by my personal level of familiarity.</p> <p>Feel free to make this into a community wiki, if there's interest.</p> <h1><a href="http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/templates/" rel="nofollow">Django</a></h1> <p>Pros:</p> <ul> <li>Familiar and easy syntax if you've used Django.</li> <li>Django's awesome documentation.</li> <li>Much separation from logic.</li> <li>Actively supported and maintained.</li> </ul> <p>Cons:</p> <ul> <li>Not really made to be used in stand-alone mode. I don't even know if loading template tag libraries work if you don't have any <code>INSTALLED_APPS</code>.</li> <li>Tied to the schedule of the entire Django project makes stand-alone usage fuzzy.</li> <li>Perhaps overly non-Pythonic syntax.</li> </ul> <h1><a href="http://jinja.pocoo.org/" rel="nofollow">Jinja2</a></h1> <p>Pros:</p> <ul> <li>Syntax is essentially Django++</li> <li>Configurable syntax</li> <li>Well-maintained</li> <li>Good documentation</li> </ul> <h1><a href="http://genshi.edgewall.org/" rel="nofollow">Genshi</a></h1> <ul> <li>XHTML:ish syntax (good or bad?)</li> <li>Therefore locked into generating XML based output?</li> <li>Possible to use Python directly in templates (<code>&lt;?python ... ?&gt;</code>)</li> </ul> <h1><a href="http://www.makotemplates.org/" rel="nofollow">Mako</a></h1> <p>Pros:</p> <ul> <li>Backed by Pylons, deployed on sites like reddit.com</li> </ul> <p>Cons:</p> <ul> <li>The syntax (from a quick glance) strikes me as a bit uneven. <code>&lt;%</code>, <code>%</code>, and <code>$</code>?</li> </ul> <p>Some things that I think are worth considering are also:</p> <ul> <li>Python 3 compatibility</li> <li>Editor support (Are there maintained TextMate bundles, for example?)</li> </ul> <hr> <p>I admit I don't know anything about the following, except that they have ugly websites.</p> <h1><a href="http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/" rel="nofollow">Cheetah</a></h1> <h1><a href="http://www.stringtemplate.org/" rel="nofollow">StringTemplate</a></h1>
 

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