# goofychris/art-template

High performance JavaScript templating engine

Repository: https://github.com/goofychris/art-template
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/art-template
Homepage: https://goofychris.github.io/art-template/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: template-engine, javascript, nodejs, koa, express, webpack
Last push: 2026-07-13T02:00:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5204, "days_push": 52, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9850, forks 2643 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:37.481301+00:00)

## What it is
art-template is a high-performance JavaScript templating engine for Node.js and the browser, using scope pre-declaration to achieve near-limit rendering speed. It integrates with Express, Koa, and Webpack, supports template inheritance, and offers friendly debugging with line-accurate error reporting.

## Use cases
- render html templates in an express app
- fast server-side templating in nodejs
- compile templates with webpack
- lightweight client-side template engine for the browser
- template inheritance and partials in javascript

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy project already using art-template
- you need a tiny 6KB browser template engine and accept unmaintained status

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - it is officially unmaintained since July 2026 with no security patches
- production systems requiring ongoing bug fixes or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: templating, web-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend
- platform: browser
- tags: template-engine, express, koa, webpack-loader, server-side-rendering, no-longer-maintained, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- goofychris/art-template (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.481301+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 2026-08-29T17:20:54.012270+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/goofychris/art-template (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.481301+00:00, sha fae3ddf46b0d)
  - homepage: https://goofychris.github.io/art-template/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:38.422076+00:00, sha 00a6889fe76b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/art-template (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:38.431184+00:00, sha 529c1f01eee2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.