Node.JS template engines benchmark

Engines

• CoffeeKup v0.3.1 (website)
• doT v1.0.3 (website)
• Dust v1.2.1 (website)
• Eco v1.1.0-rc-3
• ECT v0.5.9 (website)
• EJS v1.0.0
• Fest v0.8.2
• Gaikan v2.0.2
• Handlebars.js v2.0.0 (website)
• Hogan.js v3.0.2 (website)
• Jade v1.9.2 (website)
• Slm v0.4.1
• Swig v1.4.2
• Underscore v1.8.3 (website)

Test environment

• CPU: 2,7 GHz Intel Core i7
• OS: OS X 10.10
• io.js version: v2.0.0

Results

Rendering 100000 templates:

Slm
  Escaped   : 1169ms
  Unescaped : 46ms
  Total     : 1215ms

ECT
  Escaped   : 1202ms
  Unescaped : 71ms
  Total     : 1273ms

Dust
  Escaped   : 1586ms
  Unescaped : 293ms
  Total     : 1879ms

Hogan.js
  Escaped   : 1513ms
  Unescaped : 205ms
  Total     : 1718ms

Gaikan
  Escaped   : 1419ms
  Unescaped : 46ms
  Total     : 1465ms

Fest
  Escaped   : 1884ms
  Unescaped : 199ms
  Total     : 2083ms

EJS without `with`
  Escaped   : 2567ms
  Unescaped : 653ms
  Total     : 3220ms

doT
  Escaped   : 2267ms
  Unescaped : 40ms
  Total     : 2307ms

Swig
  Escaped   : 3682ms
  Unescaped : 689ms
  Total     : 4371ms

Underscore
  Escaped   : 2275ms
  Unescaped : 1541ms
  Total     : 3816ms

EJS
  Escaped   : 5419ms
  Unescaped : 2795ms
  Total     : 8214ms

Eco
  Escaped   : 3879ms
  Unescaped : 793ms
  Total     : 4672ms

Handlebars.js
  Escaped   : 2227ms
  Unescaped : 300ms
  Total     : 2527ms

Jade without `with`
  Escaped   : 2434ms
  Unescaped : 679ms
  Total     : 3113ms

CoffeeKup
  Escaped   : 3960ms
  Unescaped : 6202ms
  Total     : 10162ms

Jade
  Escaped   : 8085ms
  Unescaped : 5389ms
  Total     : 13474ms

Usage

git clone git://github.com/baryshev/template-benchmark.git
cd template-benchmark
npm install
node ./benchmark.js