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README.md

clojure-template-benchmarks

I decided to do some decent Clojure templating benchmarks:

Test results are avg / standard deviation.

Data

The unit 'us' is microseconds. Typical bullshit "ran this on my macbook" arrangement. Run it on your own thing if you care.

<tr>
  <th>Template Engine</th>
  <th>Simple Data Injection</th>
  <th>Small List (50 items)</th>
  <th>Big List (1000 items)</th>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>str</td>
  <td>0.365 us / 0.002 us</td>
  <td>29 us / 0.220 us</td>
  <td>572 us / 2 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>hiccup</td>
  <td>0.673 us / 0.006 us</td>
  <td>35 us / 1 us</td>
  <td>682 us / 3 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>hiccup (type-hinted)</td>
  <td>Identical to or slower than non-type-hinted hiccup.</td>
  <!-- <td>0.335 us / 0.013 us</td>
  <td>25 us / 0.431 us</td>
  <td>498 us / 6.2 us</td> -->
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>clabango (string)</td>
  <td>544 us / 6.7 us</td>
  <td>2452 us / 17 us</td>
  <td>30,000 us / 193 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>clabango (files)</td>
  <td>665 us / 8.7 us</td>
  <td>2,617 us / 22 us</td>
  <td>30,450 us / 390 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>stencil (string)</td>
  <td>90 us / 0.5 us</td>
  <td>290 us / 2.7 us</td>
  <td>1,300 us / 13 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>stencil (file)</td>
  <td>2.2 us / 0.019 us</td>
  <td>58 us / 0.465 us</td>
  <td>1,148 us / 10 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>mustache.clj (file)</td>
  <td>0.947 us / 0.006 us</td>
  <td>26 us / 0.206 us</td>
  <td>541 us / 4.7 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>tinsel</td>
  <td>0.678 us / 0.006 us</td>
  <td>34 us / 0.175 us</td>
  <td>679 us / 7.1 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>laser</td>
  <td>404 us / 9.4 us</td>
  <td>3,770 us / 26 us</td>
  <td>68,000 us / 925 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>laser (type-hinted)</td>
  <td>401 us / 3.1 us</td>
  <td>3,764 us / 18 us</td>
  <td>69,408 us / 1,028 us</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>enlive</td>
  <td>47 us / 0.397 us</td>
  <td>385 us / 8.5 us</td>
  <td>6,800 us / 51 us</td>
</tr>

Conclusions

(str ...), Mustache.clj, Tinsel, and Hiccup are all fast.
Raynes refactored huge parts of Laser and will probably look into improving performance.
Enlive hasn't changed at all.
Stencil seems less impressive than it used to, but it's still faster than most options.
Clabango has gotten worse.