Templ
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5recommend
0warn against
Nov 27, 2025first mention
Oct 6, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Datastar + Templ + Go is a highly effective combination.”
“I pair it with a-h/templ for a bit more type safety on the template, components and partials.”
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“Try using it with Templ and server-side rendering (SSR)”
Caveats and dissent
“Templ tries to stay simple, but it sacrificies ergonomics for simplicity and verbosity.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- How I use HTMX with Go 3 mentions
- Vibecoding isn't as fun as writing code by hand 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) 1 mention
- Gsx: JSX-Like Template for Go 1 mention
- Just Fucking Use Go 1 mention
- Show HN: Go language extension with HTML templates 1 mention
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“create me a golang web application which uses htmx/templ/modernc sqlite about XYZ”
“Datastar + Templ + Go is a highly effective combination.”
“Templ is great, but the ergonomics is not great.”
Lately I'm really liking jet[1] for typesafe SQL. It requires a live DB to generate the code, but I see that as a positive as well, since you are forced to apply migrations before writing code. [1] https://github.com/go-jet/jet
“I pair it with a-h/templ for a bit more type safety on the template, components and partials.”
“Templ tries to stay simple, but it sacrificies ergonomics for simplicity and verbosity.”
“so Go + Templ + HTMX (aka the GOTH stack)”
“5-10x LOC less then templ, but it's difficult to compare because structure differences”
“the website is just using go standard library and templ”
“Uses Go, Templ, and Mithril.js”
“Try using it with Templ and server-side rendering (SSR)”