This project provides a framework for running benchmarks against multiple templating engines under Node.js.
Note: I upgraded the benchmarks to use Squirrelly v8
Note: running tests will fail on Node.js 14. Consider using nvm to run Node 10.x for this project
- Clone this repository
npm installnpm test(ormake)
The following results were collected with the following setup:
- Node.js v10.19.0
- HP Notebook
- Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
- Memory: 8 GB
Higher numbers are better.
RUNTIME PERFORMANCE
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friends
✓ squirrelly » 14,744 op/s (fastest)
✗ marko » 2,884 op/s (80.44% slower)
✗ dust » 1,181 op/s (91.99% slower)
if-expression
✓ squirrelly » 709,853 op/s (fastest)
✗ pug » 678,205 op/s (4.46% slower)
✗ marko » 473,332 op/s (33.32% slower)
✗ jade » 104,658 op/s (85.26% slower)
projects-escaped
✓ squirrelly » 81,410 op/s (fastest)
✗ dust » 48,515 op/s (40.41% slower)
✗ handlebars » 34,581 op/s (57.52% slower)
✗ marko (native-for) » 26,817 op/s (67.06% slower)
✗ marko » 22,597 op/s (72.24% slower)
projects-unescaped
✓ squirrelly » 709,455 op/s (fastest)
✗ marko (native-for) » 286,252 op/s (59.65% slower)
✗ marko » 267,693 op/s (62.27% slower)
✗ dust » 123,871 op/s (82.54% slower)
✗ handlebars » 86,378 op/s (87.82% slower)
reverse-helper
✓ squirrelly » 727,126 op/s (fastest)
✗ marko » 635,958 op/s (12.54% slower)
✗ dust » 462,961 op/s (36.33% slower)
search-results
✓ squirrelly » 131,446 op/s (fastest)
✗ marko » 23,127 op/s (82.41% slower)
✗ dust » 16,620 op/s (87.36% slower)
simple-0
✓ squirrelly » 598,444 op/s (fastest)
✗ es6 » 573,611 op/s (4.15% slower)
✗ dot » 487,802 op/s (18.49% slower)
✗ marko » 446,177 op/s (25.44% slower)
✗ lodash » 329,820 op/s (44.89% slower)
✗ dust » 294,566 op/s (50.78% slower)
✗ handlebars » 155,717 op/s (73.98% slower)
simple-1
✓ squirrelly » 685,915 op/s (fastest)
✗ pug » 451,690 op/s (34.15% slower)
✗ dot » 342,055 op/s (50.13% slower)
✗ swig » 177,391 op/s (74.14% slower)
✗ marko » 166,729 op/s (75.69% slower)
✗ dust » 132,984 op/s (80.61% slower)
✗ jade » 101,031 op/s (85.27% slower)
✗ handlebars » 90,509 op/s (86.80% slower)
✗ nunjucks » 61,370 op/s (91.05% slower)
✗ vue » 32,549 op/s (95.25% slower)
✗ react » 5,847 op/s (99.15% slower)
simple-2
✓ squirrelly » 771,654 op/s (fastest)
✗ marko » 466,159 op/s (39.59% slower)
✗ dust » 181,763 op/s (76.45% slower)
Lower numbers are better.
COMPILED SIZE (gzipped/uncompressed)
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friends
✓ squirrelly » 452 bytes gzipped 1103 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) (smallest)
✗ dust » 488 bytes gzipped 1361 bytes uncompressed
7.38% larger 18.96% larger
✗ marko » 774 bytes gzipped 2291 bytes uncompressed
41.60% larger 51.86% larger
if-expression
✓ squirrelly » 296 bytes gzipped 543 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) (smallest)
✗ jade » 387 bytes gzipped 1049 bytes uncompressed
23.51% larger 48.24% larger
✗ marko » 457 bytes gzipped 1045 bytes uncompressed
35.23% larger 48.04% larger
✗ pug » 917 bytes gzipped 2194 bytes uncompressed
67.72% larger 75.25% larger
projects-escaped
✓ dust » 260 bytes gzipped 546 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) (smallest)
✗ squirrelly » 270 bytes gzipped 574 bytes uncompressed
3.70% larger 4.88% larger
✗ marko » 552 bytes gzipped 1636 bytes uncompressed
52.90% larger 66.63% larger
✗ marko (native-for) » 565 bytes gzipped 1632 bytes uncompressed
53.98% larger 66.54% larger
✗ handlebars » 717 bytes gzipped 2212 bytes uncompressed
63.74% larger 75.32% larger
projects-unescaped
✓ dust » 265 bytes gzipped 578 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) 13.15% larger
✗ squirrelly » 270 bytes gzipped 502 bytes uncompressed
1.85% larger (smallest)
✗ marko » 533 bytes gzipped 1564 bytes uncompressed
50.28% larger 67.90% larger
✗ marko (native-for) » 547 bytes gzipped 1560 bytes uncompressed
51.55% larger 67.82% larger
✗ handlebars » 720 bytes gzipped 2244 bytes uncompressed
63.19% larger 77.63% larger
reverse-helper
✓ squirrelly » 136 bytes gzipped 223 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) (smallest)
✗ dust » 146 bytes gzipped 310 bytes uncompressed
6.85% larger 28.06% larger
✗ marko » 330 bytes gzipped 781 bytes uncompressed
58.79% larger 71.45% larger
search-results
✓ dust » 543 bytes gzipped 1500 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) (smallest)
✗ squirrelly » 581 bytes gzipped 1766 bytes uncompressed
6.54% larger 15.06% larger
✗ marko » 733 bytes gzipped 1877 bytes uncompressed
25.92% larger 20.09% larger
simple-0
✓ squirrelly » 141 bytes gzipped 157 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) (smallest)
✗ dust » 170 bytes gzipped 232 bytes uncompressed
17.06% larger 32.33% larger
✗ dot » 262 bytes gzipped 356 bytes uncompressed
46.18% larger 55.90% larger
✗ marko » 295 bytes gzipped 590 bytes uncompressed
52.20% larger 73.39% larger
✗ handlebars » 428 bytes gzipped 919 bytes uncompressed
67.06% larger 82.92% larger
simple-1
✓ squirrelly » 384 bytes gzipped 715 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) (smallest)
✗ react » 392 bytes gzipped 842 bytes uncompressed
2.04% larger 15.08% larger
✗ dust » 409 bytes gzipped 867 bytes uncompressed
6.11% larger 17.53% larger
✗ dot » 491 bytes gzipped 783 bytes uncompressed
21.79% larger 8.68% larger
✗ jade » 522 bytes gzipped 1116 bytes uncompressed
26.44% larger 35.93% larger
✗ marko » 587 bytes gzipped 1369 bytes uncompressed
34.58% larger 47.77% larger
✗ nunjucks » 603 bytes gzipped 1361 bytes uncompressed
36.32% larger 47.47% larger
✗ swig » 765 bytes gzipped 3255 bytes uncompressed
49.80% larger 78.03% larger
✗ handlebars » 777 bytes gzipped 1999 bytes uncompressed
50.58% larger 64.23% larger
✗ pug » 1061 bytes gzipped 2359 bytes uncompressed
63.81% larger 69.69% larger
simple-2
✓ dust » 266 bytes gzipped 634 bytes uncompressed
(smallest) 11.36% larger
✗ squirrelly » 269 bytes gzipped 562 bytes uncompressed
1.12% larger (smallest)
✗ marko » 419 bytes gzipped 1041 bytes uncompressed
36.52% larger 46.01% larger
Each comparison group should contain a data file (either data.json or data.js) and a set of templates to compare. The file extension of the template will be used to determine which engine should be used. If the data file has the .js extension then it should be a JavaScript module that exports the data. A sample directory structure is shown below:
templates
├── group1
│ ├── data.js
│ ├── template.dust
│ └── template.marko
├── group2
│ ├── data.json
│ ├── template.dust
│ └── template.marko
├── group3
│ ├── data.json
│ ├── template.dust
│ ├── template.native-for.marko
│ └── template.marko
└── group4
├── data.json
├── template.dust
└── template.marko
To register a new templating engine, simply create a new module under the engines directory and it will automatically be loaded. See existing engine modules for supported methods and properties.
Pull Requests welcome!