site.js vs doT

site.js

[Moved to Codeberg] Develop, test, and deploy your secure static or dynamic personal web site with zero configuration. (by small-tech)

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The fastest + concise javascript template engine for nodejs and browsers. Partials, custom delimiters and more. (by olado)

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site.js		doT
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2	Mentions	1
474	Stars	4,987
-	Growth	-
8.0	Activity	0.0
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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site.js

Posts with mentions or reviews of site.js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-23.

Site.js – Develop, test, sync, and deploy (using a single binary)
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Jan 2021
Site.js: Small Web construction set
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Jan 2021

In a way you're right, there are a bunch of commands. However, they are pretty straight-forward and simple. And that's only required for the initial setup.
Your comment already assumes that just because a person can type in commands on a terminal, they need to know about version management, nginx configuration and letsencrypt setup.
If you look at the site docs [0], it further syncs from local to remote.
Also, in many cases all the overhead that we, as software developers assume we should have for everything, need not be the case for just a simple website.
[0]: https://github.com/small-tech/site.js/blob/master/README.md

doT

Posts with mentions or reviews of doT. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-23.

Site.js: Small Web construction set
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Jan 2021

https://github.com/olado/doT is what they are talking about I think.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing site.js and doT you can also consider the following projects:

dotjs - ~/.js

handlebars.js - Minimal templating on steroids.

EJS - Embedded JavaScript templates -- http://ejs.co

mustache.js - Minimal templating with {{mustaches}} in JavaScript

marko - A declarative, HTML-based language that makes building web apps fun

Jade - Pug – robust, elegant, feature rich template engine for Node.js

squirrelly - Semi-embedded JS template engine that supports helpers, filters, partials, and template inheritance. 4KB minzipped, written in TypeScript ⛺

PowJS

eta (η) - Embedded JS template engine for Node, Deno, and the browser. Lighweight, fast, and pluggable. Written in TypeScript

swig

Inky - Convert a simple HTML syntax into tables compatible with Foundation for Emails.

mailgo - 💌 mailgo, a new concept of mailto and tel links [deprecated]