Though I personally can tolerate JSX, maybe you like SGML templating [1] which uses native markup mechanisms such as entity references for fully HTML-aware and

Though I personally can tolerate JSX, maybe you like SGML templating [1] which uses native markup mechanisms such as entity references for fully HTML-aware and injection-free templating. [1]: http://sgmljs.net/docs/templating.html http://sgmljs.net/docs/templating.html Disclaimer: my project, and SGML is most certainly not a "lightweight template engine" by any measure