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---
title: Alternative Templating Languages
linktitle: Alternative Templating
description: In addition to Go templates, Hugo supports the powerful Ace templating from @yosssi and Amber templating from @eknkc.
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-20
categories: [templates]
keywords: [amber,ace,templating languages]
menu:
docs:
parent: "templates"
weight: 170
weight: 170
sections_weight: 170
draft: false
aliases: [/templates/ace/,/templates/amber/]
toc: true
---
## Ace Templates
For template documentation, follow the links from the [Ace project](https://github.com/yosssi/ace).
* Ace templates must be named with the ace-suffix; e.g., `list.ace`
* It's possible to use both Go templates and Ace templates side by side and even include one into the other
* Full Go template syntax support, including all the useful helper [template functions][]
* Partials can be included both with the Ace and the Go template syntax. For example, the following two will have the same output in Ace:
* `= include partials/foo.html .`
* `{{ partial "foo" . }}`
One noticeable difference between Ace and the other templating engines in Hugo is [Ace's inheritance support through base and inner templates][aceinheritance].
In Hugo, the Ace base template will be chosen with the same rule set as for [Go base templates][].
```
.:
index.ace
./blog:
single.ace
baseof.ace
./_default:
baseof.ace list.ace single.ace single-baseof.ace
```
{{% note %}}
Note that the `html` suffix is needed even if the filename is suffixed `ace`. This does not work from inside a theme ([issue #763](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/763)).
{{% /note %}}
Some examples for the layout files above:
* Home page: `./index.ace` + `./_default/baseof.ace`
* Single page in the `blog` section: `./blog/single.ace` + `./blog/baseof.ace`
* Single page in another section: `./_default/single.ace` + `./_default/single-baseof.ace`
* Taxonomy page in any section: `./_default/list.ace` + `./_default/baseof.ace`
{{% note %}}
In most cases, one `baseof.ace` in `_default` will suffice. An Ace template without a reference to a base section (e.g., `= content`) will be handled as a standalone template.
{{% /note %}}
## Amber Templates
For Amber template documentation, follow the links from the [Amber project][].
* Amber templates must be named with the Amber suffix; e.g., `list.amber`
* Partials in Amber or HTML can be included with the Amber template syntax:
* `import ../partials/test.html `
* `import ../partials/test_a.amber `
[aceinheritance]: https://github.com/yosssi/ace/tree/master/examples/base_inner_template
[Amber Project]: https://github.com/eknkc/amber
[template functions]: /functions/
[Go templates]: /templates/introduction/
[Go base templates]: /templates/base/