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+Introduction
+============
+
+Jinja is a fast, expressive, extensible templating engine. Special
+placeholders in the template allow writing code similar to Python
+syntax. Then the template is passed data to render the final document.
+
+It includes:
+
+-   Template inheritance and inclusion.
+-   Define and import macros within templates.
+-   HTML templates can use autoescaping to prevent XSS from untrusted
+    user input.
+-   A sandboxed environment can safely render untrusted templates.
+-   Async support for generating templates that automatically handle
+    sync and async functions without extra syntax.
+-   I18N support with Babel.
+-   Templates are compiled to optimized Python code just-in-time and
+    cached, or can be compiled ahead-of-time.
+-   Exceptions point to the correct line in templates to make debugging
+    easier.
+-   Extensible filters, tests, functions, and even syntax.
+
+Jinja's philosophy is that while application logic belongs in Python if
+possible, it shouldn't make the template designer's job difficult by
+restricting functionality too much.
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+We recommend using the latest version of Python. Jinja supports Python
+3.7 and newer. We also recommend using a `virtual environment`_ in order
+to isolate your project dependencies from other projects and the system.
+
+.. _virtual environment: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#creating-virtual-environments
+
+Install the most recent Jinja version using pip:
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+    $ pip install Jinja2
+
+
+Dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These will be installed automatically when installing Jinja.
+
+-   `MarkupSafe`_ escapes untrusted input when rendering templates to
+    avoid injection attacks.
+
+.. _MarkupSafe: https://markupsafe.palletsprojects.com/
+
+
+Optional Dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These distributions will not be installed automatically.
+
+-   `Babel`_ provides translation support in templates.
+
+.. _Babel: https://babel.pocoo.org/