inky
An editor for ink: inkle's narrative scripting language (by inkle)
EJS
Embedded JavaScript templates -- http://ejs.co (by mde)
SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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| inky | EJS | |
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| 6 | 12 | |
| 2,320 | 7,569 | |
| 1.1% | - | |
| 0.0 | 3.3 | |
| 25 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| - | Apache License 2.0 |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
inky
Posts with mentions or reviews of inky.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-28.
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Ink for Game Design
At first glance, Ink looks like it's just a narrative design tool, something you would use to build multi-linear stories like the ones found in Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books. But because of its advanced scripting features, Ink can be used for game design as well! With support for functions, variables, sets, loops and more, it's possible to simulate various games purely in Ink.
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Inventory system
That said, you can export to HTML using Inky, and the files it generates can be used to build more advanced systems in HTML (which is great at displaying text and images) and Javascript. This is not something I'd recommend for beginners, but here's a quick rundown of the process:
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PSA - ESET exception needed
I'm a complete github n00b, so not entirely sure if I've downloaded / installed the right files even. I pulled the download from here.
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Vocabulary Suggestion is really bothersome. Any workarounds ?
Links to other threads, same topic. Nov 2018 , Feb 2021
- All-In-One Narrative Design Tool?
- How to run a file as a application?
EJS
Posts with mentions or reviews of EJS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-18.
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Building Secure Neon-Infused Web Apps with Auth0, Express, and EJS
Templating language - ejs
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Top 7 template engines for Node JS 2022
Its Github repository is https://github.com/mde/ejs and it Complies with the Express view system but along with pros there are some cons of EJS like it is very difficult to read its code, especially for designers and HTML people who don't focus on Backend languages and one more con is that it has no support for block by default.
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How to build a NestJS MVC application with YugabyteDB
With our Yugabyte database setup, let’s install the dependencies for our application. Install typeorm,pg, and ejs with the command below:
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Develop an OpenID server with Node.js & Typescript
We need a frontend client to interact with authorization server. For this purpose we are going to use koa and EJS in combination. EJS is a template engine. It gives us the ability to write HTML files with more flexibility.
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Developing a simple URL shortener with node, express, ejs and mysql
ejs to generate HTML template views
- Express.js Views Middleware
- How to restrict things to members in the back end
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A nascent text template processor with Deno
EJS: https://github.com/mde/ejs
- How to render 'views' + subfolder? [NodJS & Express & EJS]?
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yogini: Simple, prompt-driven scaffolding for continuously evolving boilerplates
You can use striate, a superset of ejs, to control which code gets generated within the files. The answers given to the prompts in yogini.json are available as variables within the scope of your template files.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing inky and EJS you can also consider the following projects:
handlebars.js - Minimal templating on steroids.
nunjucks - A powerful templating engine with inheritance, asynchronous control, and more (jinja2 inspired)
Jade - Pug – robust, elegant, feature rich template engine for Node.js
mustache.js - Minimal templating with {{mustaches}} in JavaScript
swig
marko - A declarative, HTML-based language that makes building web apps fun
express-react-views - This is an Express view engine which renders React components on server. It renders static markup and *does not* support mounting those views on the client.
doT - The fastest + concise javascript template engine for nodejs and browsers. Partials, custom delimiters and more.
hogan.js - A compiler for the Mustache templating language
eleventy 🕚⚡️ - A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.
eta (η) - Embedded JS template engine for Node, Deno, and the browser. Lighweight, fast, and pluggable. Written in TypeScript