# Kida 0.1.0

URL: /releases/0.1.0/
Section: releases
Tags: release, changelog, initial
Date: 2026-01-04

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v0.1.0 Released: January 2026 Initial public release of Kida. Highlights 🚀 AST-native compilation — Templates compile to Python AST directly )彡 Free-threading ready — PEP 703 compliant for Python 3.14t 🎯 Zero dependencies — Pure Python with built-in Markup class ✨ Modern syntax — Unified &#123;% end %&#125;, pattern matching, pipelines Features Core Environment class for template configuration Template class with sync and async rendering FileSystemLoader for filesystem templates DictLoader for in-memory templates Template caching with LRU eviction Bytecode cache for cold-start performance Fragment caching with &#123;% cache %&#125; directive Syntax Variable output: &#123;&#123; expression &#125;&#125; Control flow: &#123;% if %&#125;, &#123;% for %&#125;, &#123;% match %&#125; Unified block endings: &#123;% end %&#125; Template inheritance: &#123;% extends %&#125;, &#123;% block %&#125; Includes: &#123;% include %&#125; Functions/macros: &#123;% def %&#125;, &#123;% macro %&#125; Pipeline operator: &#123;&#123; x |> filter1 |> filter2 &#125;&#125; Filters 50+ built-in filters including: String: upper, lower, trim, truncate, replace Collections: first, last, sort, unique, groupby HTML: escape, safe, striptags Numbers: abs, round, filesizeformat Utility: default, tojson, debug Tests 20+ built-in tests including: Type: defined, string, number, sequence, mapping Boolean: true, false Number: odd, even, divisibleby Comparison: eq, lt, gt, in Error Handling TemplateError — Base exception TemplateSyntaxError — Parse errors with line numbers TemplateNotFoundError — Missing templates UndefinedError — Undefined variables Requirements Python 3.14+ No runtime dependencies Installation pip install kida Getting Started from kida import Environment env = Environment() template = env.from_string(&quot;Hello, {{ name }}!&quot;) print(template.render(name=&quot;World&quot;)) # Output: Hello, World! Links PyPI GitHub Documentation

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