Getting Started

A minimal walkthrough to render your first MARGARITA template.

1. Create a template file greeting.marg:

Hello, {{name}}!

1. Provide a context (JSON) either inline or in a file greeting.json:

{"name": "Alice"}

1. Render the template with the CLI:

margarita render greeting.marg -f greeting.json

Rendered result

Using the template and context above the output will be:

Hello, Alice!

Alternate options

• Pass context as a JSON string: -c '{"name": "Bob"}'
• Render a directory of .marg files: margarita render templates/ -o output/
• Inspect template metadata before rendering: margarita render template.marg --show-metadata

Tip: When rendering a single file, MARGARITA will auto-detect a same-name .json file (e.g. greeting.json) if no context is supplied.