template — independent software & tools

46 independent template listings the big search engines bury.

• codex-safe-starter

  github · Free · by KevinBigham

  Safe repo-local starter template for Codex guidance, skills, read-only agents, conservative config, and no-key validation.

• claude-code-life

  github · Free · by takotyan00

  An AI-native template for running your life as one Git repo with Claude Code — designed so the primary reader is the AI, not humans.

• @angular-devkit/schematics

  npm · Free · by google-wombot

  Angular Schematics - Library

• create-arkstack

  npm · Free · by 3m1n3nc3

  Create new Arkstack framework applications on Express or H3 runtime drivers

• create-obsidian-arrow

  npm · Free · by kylebrodeur

  Scaffold an Obsidian-styled Arrow.js UI sandbox (pnpm create obsidian-arrow <dir>).

• degit

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  Straightforward project scaffolding

• docxtemplater

  npm · Free · by edi9999

  Generate docx, pptx, and xlsx from templates (Word, Powerpoint and Excel documents), from Node.js, the Browser and the command line

• ejs

  npm · Free · by mde

  Embedded JavaScript templates

• @fastify/view

  npm · Free · by fdawgs

  Template plugin for Fastify

• govuk-frontend

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  GOV.UK Frontend contains the code you need to start building a user interface for government platforms and services.

• grapesjs

  npm · Free · by artf

  Free and Open Source Web Builder Framework

• @html-eslint/template-syntax-parser

  npm · Free · by yeonjuan-joah

  Parse template syntax

• @paypal/sdk-constants

  npm · Free · by sdk-integrations-npm

  Utilities.

• startup365

  github · Free · by harshkkamdar26

  🚀 Launch your startup with Startup365: a free, open-source Next.js template featuring essential components and pages for your business or SaaS.

• template-pandoc-tectonic

  github · Free · by sosiristseng

  Compile Markdown files to beautiful PDF documents by pandoc and tectonic.

• chalk-template

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Terminal string styling with tagged template literals

• consolidate

  npm · Free · by titanism

  Modern and maintained fork of the template engine consolidation library. Maintained and supported by Forward Email <https://forwardemail.net>, the 100% open-source and privacy-focused email service.

• cra-template

  npm · Free · by rickhanlonii

  The base template for Create React App.

• dot

  npm · Free · by esp

  Concise and fast javascript templating compatible with nodejs and other javascript environments

• ejs-loader

  npm · Free · by difelice

  EJS (Underscore/LoDash Templates) loader for webpack

• escape-goat

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Escape a string for use in HTML or the inverse

• expand-template

  npm · Free · by ralphtheninja

  Expand placeholders in a template string

• handlebars

  npm · Free · by jaylinski

  Handlebars provides the power necessary to let you build semantic templates effectively with no frustration

• hogan.js

  npm · Free · by sayrer

  A mustache compiler.

• htmlescape

  npm · Free · by zertosh

  Properly escape JSON for usage as an object literal inside of a `<script>` tag

• hygen

  npm · Free · by jondot

  The scalable code generator that saves you time.

• i18n

  npm · Free · by mashpie

  lightweight translation module with dynamic json storage

• input-format

  npm · Free · by catamphetamine

  Formatting user's text input on-the-fly

• jsox

  npm · Free · by d3x0r

  Java Script Object eXchange.

• jss-plugin-template

  npm · Free · by kof

  JSS plugin enables string templates

• maxstache

  npm · Free · by yoshuawuyts

  Minimalist mustache template replacement

• maxstache-stream

  npm · Free · by yoshuawuyts

  Maxstache transform stream

• mustache

  npm · Free · by flipp

  Logic-less {{mustache}} templates with JavaScript

• nunjucks

  npm · Free · by fdintino

  A powerful templating engine with inheritance, asynchronous control, and more (jinja2 inspired)

• outdent

  npm · Free · by cspotcode

  Remove leading indentation from ES6 template literals.

• @plasmohq/consolidate

  npm · Free · by louisgv

  Template engine consolidation library

• preserve

  npm · Free · by jonschlinkert

  Temporarily substitute tokens in the given `string` with placeholders, then put them back after transforming the string.

• @profoundlogic/hogan

  npm · Free · by profoundlogic

  A maintained fork of Hogan.js by Profound Logic. Removes deprecated mkdirp usage and ensures compatibility with modern Node.js.

• pug

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  A clean, whitespace-sensitive template language for writing HTML

• pupa

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Simple micro templating

• simple-fmt

  npm · Free · by olov

  maximally minimal string formatting library

• string-template

  npm · Free · by mattesch

  A simple string template function based on named or indexed arguments

• ultrahtml

  npm · Free · by natemoo-re

  A 1.75kB library for enhancing `html`. `ultrahtml` has zero dependencies and is compatible with any JavaScript runtime.

• uri-template-matcher

  npm · Free · by pablopang

  A lightweight URI template matcher based on RFC 6570

• uri-templates

  npm · Free · by geraintluff

  URI Templates (RFC6570) including de-substitution

• xlsx-populate

  npm · Free · by dtjohnson

  Excel XLSX parser/generator written in JavaScript with Node.js and browser support, jQuery/d3-style method chaining, and a focus on keeping existing workbook features and styles in tact.