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nunjucks vs dot

TemplatingPackage data 25 Sept 2026

The two packages

nunjucksv3.2.4, 13 Apr 2023

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

$ npm install nunjucks
dotv1.1.3, 7 Dec 2019

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

$ npm install dot

At a glance

MetricnunjucksdotDifference
Weekly downloads2,577,398573,105nunjucks 4.5x higher
12-month download growth+116%+22%nunjucks +93 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies30nunjucks 3 more
Unpacked size1.7 MB72 kBdot 24.0x smaller
Latest release3.2.4, 13 Apr 20231.1.3, 7 Dec 2019nunjucks 3.3 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months00Same
First published16 Aug 201215 Feb 2011dot 18 months earlier
GitHub stars8,9995,037nunjucks 1.8x higher
Open issues28824nunjucks 264 more
Open pull requests787nunjucks 71 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks10nunjucks higher
TypeScript typesNoneNoneSame
Module formatCommonJSCommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseMITDiffers

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

Downloads over 52 weeks

nunjucks2.6m latest weekdot571.8k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

Release history

nunjucks

Major versions
  1. 0.1.019 Sept 2012
  2. 1.0.024 Oct 2013
  3. 2.0.028 Aug 2015
  4. 3.0.05 Nov 2016
Last 5 releases
  1. 3.2.413 Apr 2023
  2. 3.2.315 Feb 2021
  3. 3.2.220 Jul 2020
  4. 3.2.117 Mar 2020
  5. 3.2.05 Mar 2019
49 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

dot

Major versions
  1. 0.1.015 Feb 2011
  2. 1.0.024 Dec 2012
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.1.37 Dec 2019
  2. 1.1.222 May 2017
  3. 1.1.16 Nov 2016
  4. 1.1.04 Nov 2016
  5. 1.0.32 Dec 2014
23 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

API style

nunjucks

-

dot

-

Notes

nunjucks

-

dot

-

Which one fits

  • Need no runtime dependenciesdot (nunjucks has 3, dot has 0)
  • Module formatBoth CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfNeither (nunjucks: None; dot: None)
  • Node.js version requirementnunjucks: >= 6.9.0; dot: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasenunjucks (3.2.4 on 13 Apr 2023 vs 1.1.3 on 7 Dec 2019)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsnunjucks (2.6m vs 573.1k)
  • Licensenunjucks: BSD-2-Clause; dot: MIT

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Sources

nunjucks: nunjucks npm registry, nunjucks npm downloads, nunjucks GitHub, nunjucks jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
dot: dot npm registry, dot npm downloads, dot GitHub, dot jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.