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mstache, Mustache for Python

mstache is a Mustache template language implementation for Python, focused on high compatibility with mustache.js, with no dependencies other than the Python Standard Library.

Contents:

• License
• Readme
  • License
  • Installation
  • Usage
  • Highlights
  • Considerations
  • Syntax
• Templace cache
  • Pre-caching
  • Disabling cache
  • Key customization
• Lambdas
  • Lambda variables
  • Lambda blocks
  • Virtual properties
• Strict mode
  • Strict getter
• Non-HTML use-cases
  • JSON Template
  • Binary template
• Tips and tricks
  • Lambda examples
  • Streaming patterns
• Changelog
  • 0.4.0 - 2026-10-19
  • 0.3.0 - 2024-10-12
  • 0.2.0 - 2024-05-21
  • 0.1.5 - 2021-12-17
  • 0.1.4 - 2021-04-13
  • 0.1.3 - 2021-04-11
  • 0.1.2 - 2021-01-29
  • 0.1.1 - 2021-01-11
  • 0.1.0 - 2021-01-01
• API reference
  • PROTOCOL_VERSION
  • tokenize()
  • stream()
  • render()
  • cli()
  • TokenException
  • ClosingTokenException
  • SectionException
  • UnopenedSectionException
  • UnclosedSectionException
  • UnclosedTokenException
  • DelimiterTokenException
  • TemplateRecursionError
  • default_recursion_limit
  • default_resolver()
  • default_getter()
  • default_strict_getter()
  • default_getter_tuple
  • default_stringify()
  • default_escape()
  • default_strict_escape()
  • default_escape_tuple
  • default_lambda_render()
  • default_tags
  • default_cache
  • default_cache_make_key
  • default_virtuals
  • Buffer
  • TString
  • PartialResolver
  • PropertyGetter
  • PropertyGetterTuple
  • StringifyFunction
  • EscapeFunction
  • EscapeFunctionTuple
  • LambdaRenderFunctionConstructor
  • VirtualPropertyFunction
  • VirtualPropertyMapping
  • TagsTuple
  • TagsByteTuple
  • CompiledToken
  • CompiledTemplate
  • CompiledTemplateCache
  • CacheMakeKeyFunction
• External: Mustache manual

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