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Mustache

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Eleventy Short Name File Extension npm Package
mustache .mustache mustache.js

You can override a .mustache file’s template engine. Read more at Changing a Template’s Rendering Engine.

Installation

The ejs templating language was moved out of Eleventy core in v3 and now requires a plugin installation.

npm install @11ty/eleventy-plugin-mustache

Add to your configuration file:

eleventy.config.js
import mustachePlugin from "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-mustache";

export default function (eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.addPlugin(mustachePlugin);
}
const mustachePlugin = require("@11ty/eleventy-plugin-mustache");

module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.addPlugin(mustachePlugin);
}

Use more options:

eleventy.config.js
import mustache from "mustache";
import mustachePlugin from "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-mustache";

export default function (eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.addPlugin(mustachePlugin, {
// Override the `mustache` library instance
eleventyLibraryOverride: mustache,
});
}
const mustache = require("mustache");
const mustachePlugin = require("@11ty/eleventy-plugin-mustache");

module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.addPlugin(mustachePlugin, {
// Override the `mustache` library instance
eleventyLibraryOverride: mustache,
});
}

Supported Features

Feature Syntax
✅ Partials {{> user}} looks for _includes/user.mustache. Does not process front matter in the include file.
🚫 Partials (Relative Path) Not yet supported: {{> ./user}} looks for user.mustache in the template’s current directory.

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