title: SimpleTAL
subject: Welcome to SimpleTAL

SimpleTAL is a stand alone Python implementation of the TAL, TALES and <a href="http://www.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/METAL%20Specification%201.0">METAL</a> <a href="http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/AppendixC.stx">specifications</a> used in Zope to power HTML and XML templates. SimpleTAL is an independent implementation of TAL; there are no dependencies on Zope nor is any of the Zope work re-used.

<ul class="linkList">
<li><a href="api.html">API Documentation</a>  Documentation on the SimpleTAL API.</li>
<li><a href="notes.html">Notes on SimpleTAL</a>  Notes, known limitations, and differences between SimpleTAL and Zope's ZPT</li>
<li><a href="tal-guide.html">TAL Guide</a>  A quick reference guide to TAL/TALES/METAL.</li>
</ul>

Feedback, feature enhancements and bug fixes will all be gladly received! 
