ASP.NET Razor
Ranked 3 of 6 template engines by recommenders
Mature, feature-rich ASP.NET template syntax that mixes HTML and C# freely and runs fast.
Mature, feature-rich ASP.NET template syntax that mixes HTML and C# freely and runs fast.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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Other template engines people recommend
The four most recommended other template engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jinja | 14 | 7 | 67% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Templ | 9 | 3 | 75% | 4 | — | — |
| ASP.NET RazorThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 5 | — | — |
| Pug template engine | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
| Gsxui | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Razor .cshtml to rock my 2026 mistersoft web stack”
“the ASP.NET Razor syntax allows HTML and C# code to be interspersed surprisingly freely”
“that style of thrash metal was already being done on a much more advanced level by bands like Razor”
“The Razor syntax is among the better somewhat type-safe template languages in the wild”
“It's mature, has tons of features, and it's very fast.”
“Razor works great as does MVC WebAPI”
“Most other template languages hits serious limitations really fast.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.