# akdubya/dustjs

Asynchronous templates for the browser and node.js

Repository: https://github.com/akdubya/dustjs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/akdubya-dustjs
Homepage: http://akdubya.github.com/dustjs/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-01-25T13:28:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5791, "days_push": 951, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1436, forks 123 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.574330+00:00)

## What it is
Dust is an asynchronous JavaScript templating engine for the browser and Node.js with an extended Mustache/ctemplate syntax. It supports async/streaming rendering, composable templates, and a clean low-level API.

## Use cases
- render asynchronous templates in node.js
- stream html templates to the browser
- compose reusable template layouts with inheritance
- use mustache-like syntax with extra features
- share templates between server and client

## When to choose
- you need async or streaming template rendering
- you want composable templates with blocks and partials
- you need the same templates in browser and node

## When to avoid
- you want a modern, actively developed templating engine
- you need synchronous rendering only
- your stack uses newer frameworks with built-in templating

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: templating, web-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend
- platform: browser
- tags: mustache-like, async-templates, streaming-templates, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- akdubya/dustjs (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.574330+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:46.495070+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/akdubya/dustjs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.574330+00:00, sha c5581edc03a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.