---
id: mako
version: "1.4.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# Mako — A super-fast templating language that borrows the best ideas from the existing templating languages.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install mako
uv add mako
poetry add mako

## Description

=========================
Mako Templates for Python
=========================

Mako is a template library written in Python. It provides a familiar, non-XML 
syntax which compiles into Python modules for maximum performance. Mako's 
syntax and API borrows from the best ideas of many others, including Django
templates, Cheetah, Myghty, and Genshi. Conceptually, Mako is an embedded 
Python (i.e. Python Server Page) language, which refines the familiar ideas
of componentized layout and inheritance to produce one of the most 
straightforward and flexible models available, while also maintaining close 
ties to Python calling and scoping semantics.

Nutshell
========

::

    <%inherit file="base.html"/>
    <%
        rows = [[v for v in range(0,10)] for row in range(0,10)]
    %>
    <table>
        % for row in rows:
            ${makerow(row)}
        % endfor
    </table>

    <%def name="makerow(row)">
        <tr>
        % for name in row:
            <td>${name}</td>\
        % endfor
        </tr>
    </%def>

Philosophy
===========

Python is a great scripting language. Don't reinvent the wheel...your templates can handle it !

Documentation
==============

See...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Mako is a Python templating engine that compiles templates into Python modules for high-performance rendering, supporting inheritance, embedded Python code, and a familiar non-XML syntax.

Verdict: Mako is a mature, actively maintained templating library with low install friction, permissive licensing, and no known vulnerabilities. It is well-suited for projects needing high-performance template rendering with embedded Python logic.

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