What is Pug? This project was formerly known as “Jade.” Pug is a high performance template engine heavily influenced by Haml and implemented with JavaScript for Node.

Is Jade now Pug?

This project was formerly known as “Jade.” However, it has been revealed to us that “Jade” is a registered trademark, and as a result a rename is needed. After some discussion among the maintainers, “Pug” has been chosen as the new name for this project. The next major version will carry “pug” as the package name.

What is Pug file type?

A PUG file is a template written in the Pug language, which is a shorthand HTML language that is used similarly to the Emmet and Markdown languages. … PUG files are commonly used to create dynamic webpages, whereas . HTML files generally produce static webpages.