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 Stencil
 =======
+
+Stencil is a simple and powerful template language for Swift. It provides a
+syntax similar to Django and Jinja2.
+
+### Example
+
+```html+django
+There are {{ articles.count }} articles.
+
+{% for article in articles %}
+  - {{ article.title }} by {{ article.author }}.
+{% endfor %}
+```
+
+```swift
+let context = Context(dictionary: [
+    "articles": [
+        [ "title": "Migrating from OCUnit to XCTest", "author": "Kyle Fuller" ],
+        [ "title": "Memory Management with ARC", "author": "Kyle Fuller" ],
+    ]
+])
+
+let template = Template(path:"template.stencil")
+let result = template.render(context)
+
+if let error = result.error {
+    println("There was a syntax error parsing your template (\(error)).")
+}
+
+println("\(result.string)")
+```
+
+## License
+
+Stencil is licensed under the BSD license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more
+info.
+