pillarjs/hbs
Express view engine wrapper for Handlebars observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 75
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 145
- age_days: 5820
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1686 stars · 198 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
hbs is an Express.js view engine wrapper for the Handlebars templating library. It lets Express apps render .hbs templates via res.render, with support for helpers, partials, and exposing locals as template data.
Use cases
- render handlebars templates in an express app
- set up a view engine for server-rendered html pages
- register handlebars helpers and partials in express
- load partials from a directory in an express project
- expose express locals as template data in views
When to choose
- you use Express and want Handlebars as your server-side template engine
- you need a minimal, battle-tested wrapper around handlebars.js for Node.js
- you want convenient directory-based partial registration in Express
When to avoid
- you use a framework other than Express
- you need client-side or isomorphic templating
- you prefer a different template language like EJS, Pug, or React SSR
Facets
library · maturity stable
templating web-framework web-development backend handlebars express view-engine server-side-templating nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pillarjs/hbs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 13d8cd7343b1
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/hbs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6892ae50537f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pillarjs/hbs | main | 91 |
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