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Sling Scripting allows the easy development and usage of different scripting (aka templating) engines.

The script engines are managed in `SlingScriptEngineManager` ([Scripting Core](https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-scripting-core)).

# Sling Scripting Engines

* [Freemarker](https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-scripting-freemarker)
* [Groovy](https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-scripting-groovy)
* [HTL](/documentation/bundles/scripting/scripting-htl.html)
* [Java](https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-scripting-java)
* [JavaScript](https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-scripting-javascript)
* [JSP](/documentation/bundles/scripting/scripting-jsp.html)
* JST
* Python
* Ruby
* Scala
* [Thymeleaf](/documentation/bundles/scripting/scripting-thymeleaf.html)
* Velocity
* XProc

See also [Scripting variables](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SLING/Scripting+variables) and [Adding New Scripting Variables](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SLING/Adding+New+Scripting+Variables).