http://ruty.rubyforge.org/ http://ruty.rubyforge.org/ Ruty hasn't really been maintained, but it is pretty close to Django's templating system. Apparently, th

http://ruty.rubyforge.org/ http://ruty.rubyforge.org/ Ruty hasn't really been maintained, but it is pretty close to Django's templating system. Apparently, there's even been a little work to get it together with Sinatra (http://github.com/eladmeidar/sinatra-mvc/blob/master/app/helpers/ruty.rb http://github.com/eladmeidar/sinatra-mvc/blob/master/app/hel...). I haven't used Sinatra, but I have played with Ruty and it's pretty nice and supports things like Django-style inheritance. It's a pity it never took off and this isn't a complete answer to your desire, but it might be an interesting place to look around.