muffn 🧁

Tiny template engine for baking HTML in the browser and on the server

Features

• Tiny (<1kb minified + gzipped)
• No dependencies
• Works in the browser and on the server
• Just enough templating: Variables, conditionals, and loops
• Written in TypeScript

Why?

I needed a lightweight, dependency-free template engine that works in the browser and on the server. I couldn't find one, so I made one.

It's just 50 lines of vanilla JavaScript ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 🍨🟨

Installation

npm install muffn

// or

yarn add muffn

// or

pnpm add muffn

Usage

import muffin from 'muffn';

const template = `
<div>
  <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  <p>{{ description }}</p>
</div>
`;

const data = {
  title: 'Hello World',
  description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.'
};

const html = muffin(template, data);

Template Syntax

Variables

<div>
  <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  <p>{{ description }}</p>
</div>

Conditionals

<div>
  {@if title}
  <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  {/if}
</div>

<div>
  {@if title}
  <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  {else}
  <h1>Default Title</h1>
  {/if}
</div>

Loops

<div>
  {@each person in people}
  <p>{{ person }}</p>
  {/each}
</div>

Dot Notation Access

<div>
  <h1>{{ person.name }}</h1>
  <p>{{ person.age }}</p>
</div>

License

MIT © yatharth