This is a list of template engines and languages which are similar to, or inspired by, the Django Template Language. Some of them can be used in Django as a substitute for DTL, others are listed mostly for the cross-pollination value.

​Jinja2

Inspired by DTL, has some different properties. Allows logic to be expressed in templates more easily (many see this as a bad thing).

​Angular

Angular's use of {{ var | filter }} syntax seems to be taken from Django templates. I (Shai) have seen no acknowledgment of this, but I haven't looked very hard.

​Synth

Synth is a C++ template engine, which includes an implementation of DTL. It can by used from Django by way of ​django-synth; See small discussion about it, including some promising performance comparisons, ​here.

​Grantlee

Grantlee is an older C++ implementation of DTL, for use in C++ (and specifically, ​Qt-based programs). Does not appear to be usable from Django in particular or Python in general.

Of specific interest: A list of ​differences from Django.

​Twig

A django-like templating engine for PHP.

​Nunjucks

Mozilla's implementation of Jinja in Javascript.

​Liquid templating language

Ruby templating library, extracted from Shopify. The syntax for tags, variables, and filters is the same as Django's.