[boringuser2]

The things you've described do not require react.

[8n4vidtmkvmk]

What's a good template engine that isn't string based? Jsx and Jade are the only 2 I know. I guess you can use jsx without React if you want.

[boringuser2]

Ejs.

[erhaetherth]

Ejs is very much string-based.