There is pijul.

1. Pijul’s defining feature is its innovative algebra of patches model for version control, allowing changes to be applied in any order without creating conflicts, thus simplifying collaborative work.
2. It efficiently handles branches and merges, with its patch theory often enabling it to automatically resolve conflicts, eliminating much of the headache typically associated with merge conflicts.
3. Pijul is also free and open-source

Check this out: https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/05/23/for-those-who-just-dont-git-it-ep-573/

Check out these benchmarks. https://github.com/rosetta-rs/template-benchmarks-rs

Particularly the implementation of the benchmark for each crate.

When you say “best in class performance”, do you have particular benchmarks in mind?

I only found this one: https://github.com/rosetta-rs/template-benchmarks-rs

Askama was neither fastest not slowest. Purely based on benchmarks sailfish seems to be interesting as well