Here’s the Deal
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When comparing JsRender vs swig, the Slant community recommends swig for most people. In the question“What are the best JavaScript templating engines?” swig is ranked 14th while JsRender is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose swig is:
Available for node.js and major web browsers
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Pros
Pro Clean syntax
JsRender's syntax is clean and intuitive. It's very similar to Handlebars with a lot of curly braces ({}).
Pro Works both on the client and on the server
Available for node.js and major web browsers
Pro Does not hide HTML
Swig does not abstract HTML syntax from you (like e.g. Jade does) giving a certain filling of control over the markup.
Cons
Con Lack of Documentation
The docs aren't updated and don't contain all the available functions that one could use.
Con No updates for at least 6 months
Swig has not received any new commits since June 25 2015.