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Welcome to Templify - a powerful tool for creating dynamic Word (.docx) and LibreOffice / OpenDocument (.odt) documents from templates with placeholders, conditionals, and loops.

👥 Choose Your Path

📝 I Create Word Templates

I design Word documents and want to add dynamic placeholders.

I work with Word documents and need to create templates with placeholders like {{CustomerName}} that get filled in with data. I don't need to write code - I just need to know how to structure my templates and data.

→ Get Started as a Template Author

Quick Links: - JSON Basics - Understanding your data format - Template Syntax Reference - Complete syntax guide - Examples Gallery - Real-world templates - Best Practices - Tips for great templates - LibreOffice / OpenDocument - Templates written in LibreOffice Writer (.odt, .ott)

💻 I'm a Developer

I'm integrating Templify into my .NET application.

I'm a software developer who wants to use the Templify library in my C# application to programmatically generate Word documents from templates.

→ Get Started as a Developer

Quick Links: - Developer Quick Start - Installation, API overview, options - OpenDocument (.odt) - OdtTemplateProcessor and the format-detecting TemplateProcessor - Processing Warnings - Missing variables, loop and expression warnings - Text Template Processing - Templates for plain text and emails - Condition Evaluation - Evaluate conditions without a document - Code Examples - Extensive C# samples (GitHub) - Architecture Overview - How the library works internally (GitHub)

What is Templify?

Templify lets you create Word document templates with special placeholders that get replaced with actual data. Perfect for generating:

  • Invoices & Receipts - Customer invoices with line items
  • Reports - Formatted reports from database data
  • Contracts - Contracts with dynamic clauses
  • Letters - Mail merge for personalized letters
  • Certificates - Batch-generated certificates

Key Features

✨ Simple Placeholders - {{VariableName}} syntax 🔁 Loops - Repeat sections with {{#foreach}}...{{/foreach}} ⚡ Conditionals - Dynamic content with {{#if}}...{{#else}}...{{/if}} 📊 Table Support - Loop through table rows 📄 Word and LibreOffice - .docx templates from Word and .odt/.ott templates from LibreOffice Writer 🎨 Formatting - Preserves Word styling, supports markdown and format specifiers 🚀 No Office Required - Processing needs neither Word nor LibreOffice (template authors still use them to create templates)

Quick Example

Template (in Word):

Invoice for {{CustomerName}}
Date: {{InvoiceDate}}

Items:
{{#foreach Items}}
- {{Product}}: {{Price}}
{{/foreach}}

Data (JSON):

{
  "CustomerName": "John Doe",
  "InvoiceDate": "2024-01-15",
  "Items": [
    { "Product": "Service A", "Price": "$100" },
    { "Product": "Service B", "Price": "$200" }
  ]
}

Output:

Invoice for John Doe
Date: 2024-01-15

Items:
- Service A: $100
- Service B: $200

Additional Resources

❓ FAQ

Common questions and troubleshooting tips

🎓 Tutorials

Step-by-step guides from the basics to a complete invoice generator

Open Source

Templify is open source and licensed under the MIT License.

Support & Community