Minimal::Template is an experimental, minimalistic templating engine inspired by Markaby & Erector but much smaller (~55 loc) and targeted at Rails 3.
# views/foo/bar.rb module Foo class Bar < Minimal::Template def to_html html do head body do h1 'plain' p local end end end end end # somewhere else view = ActionView::Base.new('path/to/your/views') view.render(:file => 'foo/bar', :locals => { :local => 'local' }) # => '<html><head></head><body><h1>plain</h1><p>local</p></body></html>'