Mako
Mako Templates is a high-performance, lightweight, and extensible templating system for Python, renowned for its speed and flexible syntax that allows embedding full Python expressions directly within template logic. It compiles templates into Python bytecode, offering excellent runtime…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2007
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Mako was created to address the need for a Python templating engine that combined high performance with a flexible, expressive syntax, capable of handling complex application logic without sacrificing speed. Existing template engines often presented a trade-off between power/flexibility and execution speed, or enforced overly restrictive template logic. Mako aimed to overcome these limitations by compiling templates to Python bytecode, offering a 'best of both worlds' solution.
- Platforms
- Any platform supporting Python (Linux, macOS, Windows, etc.)
Related technologies
Notable users
- Internal tools and report generation systems
- Organizations with legacy Python applications requiring high-performance templating
- Companies using Pylons framework
- Companies using Pyramid framework