diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b95bab7a5..0cf31d687 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 name: Release
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+on: workflow_dispatch
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
diff --git a/src/builtin/tags/break.ts b/src/builtin/tags/break.ts
index c224f3899..bfa8450c9 100644
--- a/src/builtin/tags/break.ts
+++ b/src/builtin/tags/break.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ import { Emitter, Context } from '../../types'
 
 export default {
   render: function (ctx: Context, emitter: Emitter) {
-    emitter.break = true
+    emitter['break'] = true
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/builtin/tags/continue.ts b/src/builtin/tags/continue.ts
index 89450340e..1f5b28cd7 100644
--- a/src/builtin/tags/continue.ts
+++ b/src/builtin/tags/continue.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ import { Emitter, Context } from '../../types'
 
 export default {
   render: function (ctx: Context, emitter: Emitter) {
-    emitter.continue = true
+    emitter['continue'] = true
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/builtin/tags/for.ts b/src/builtin/tags/for.ts
index e477b579a..3f1000d33 100644
--- a/src/builtin/tags/for.ts
+++ b/src/builtin/tags/for.ts
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ export default {
     for (const item of collection) {
       scope[this.variable] = item
       yield r.renderTemplates(this.templates, ctx, emitter)
-      if (emitter.break) {
-        emitter.break = false
+      if (emitter['break']) {
+        emitter['break'] = false
         break
       }
-      emitter.continue = false
+      emitter['continue'] = false
       scope.forloop.next()
     }
     ctx.pop()
diff --git a/src/emitters/emitter.ts b/src/emitters/emitter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..381141d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emitters/emitter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export interface Emitter {
+  write (html: any): void;
+  end (): void;
+}
diff --git a/src/emitters/keeping-type-emitter.ts b/src/emitters/keeping-type-emitter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac488ffd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emitters/keeping-type-emitter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { stringify, toValue } from '../util/underscore'
+
+export class KeepingTypeEmitter {
+  public html: any = '';
+
+  public write (html: any) {
+    html = toValue(html)
+    // This will only preserve the type if the value is isolated.
+    // I.E:
+    // {{ my-port }} -> 42
+    // {{ my-host }}:{{ my-port }} -> 'host:42'
+    if (typeof html !== 'string' && this.html === '') {
+      this.html = html
+    } else {
+      this.html = stringify(this.html) + stringify(html)
+    }
+  }
+
+  public end () {
+    return this.html
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/emitters/simple-emitter.ts b/src/emitters/simple-emitter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f96265b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emitters/simple-emitter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { stringify } from '../util/underscore'
+import { Emitter } from './emitter'
+
+export class SimpleEmitter implements Emitter {
+  public html: any = '';
+
+  public write (html: any) {
+    this.html += stringify(html)
+  }
+
+  public end () {
+    return this.html
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/emitters/streamed-emitter.ts b/src/emitters/streamed-emitter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fb9fb72e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emitters/streamed-emitter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { stringify } from '../util/underscore'
+
+export class StreamedEmitter {
+  public html: any = '';
+  public stream = new (require('stream').PassThrough)()
+  public write (html: any) {
+    this.stream.write(stringify(html))
+  }
+  public end () {
+    this.stream.end()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/liquid-options.ts b/src/liquid-options.ts
index 5a9eee705..f65905065 100644
--- a/src/liquid-options.ts
+++ b/src/liquid-options.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export interface LiquidOptions {
   fs?: FS;
   /** the global environment passed down to all partial templates, i.e. templates included by `include`, `layout` and `render` tags. */
   globals?: object;
-  /** Whether or not to keep value type when writing the Output. Defaults to `false`. */
+  /** Whether or not to keep value type when writing the Output, not working for streamed rendering. Defaults to `false`. */
   keepOutputType?: boolean;
   /** An object of operators for conditional statements. Defaults to the regular Liquid operators. */
   operators?: Operators;
diff --git a/src/liquid.ts b/src/liquid.ts
index af5b1e43f..975d3ddf3 100644
--- a/src/liquid.ts
+++ b/src/liquid.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { FilterMap } from './template/filter/filter-map'
 import { LiquidOptions, normalizeStringArray, NormalizedFullOptions, applyDefault, normalize } from './liquid-options'
 import { FilterImplOptions } from './template/filter/filter-impl-options'
 import { toPromise, toValue } from './util/async'
-import { Emitter } from './render/emitter'
 
 export * from './util/error'
 export * from './types'
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ export class Liquid {
   public parser: Parser
   public filters: FilterMap
   public tags: TagMap
-  private parseFileImpl: (file: string, sync?: boolean) => Iterator<Template[]>
+  public parseFileImpl: (file: string, sync?: boolean) => Iterator<Template[]>
 
   public constructor (opts: LiquidOptions = {}) {
     this.options = applyDefault(normalize(opts))
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ export class Liquid {
 
   public _render (tpl: Template[], scope?: object, sync?: boolean): IterableIterator<any> {
     const ctx = new Context(scope, this.options, sync)
-    const emitter = new Emitter(this.options.keepOutputType)
-    return this.renderer.renderTemplates(tpl, ctx, emitter)
+    return this.renderer.renderTemplates(tpl, ctx)
   }
   public async render (tpl: Template[], scope?: object): Promise<any> {
     return toPromise(this._render(tpl, scope, false))
@@ -54,6 +52,10 @@ export class Liquid {
   public renderSync (tpl: Template[], scope?: object): any {
     return toValue(this._render(tpl, scope, true))
   }
+  public renderToNodeStream (tpl: Template[], scope?: object): NodeJS.ReadableStream {
+    const ctx = new Context(scope, this.options)
+    return this.renderer.renderTemplatesToNodeStream(tpl, ctx)
+  }
 
   public _parseAndRender (html: string, scope?: object, sync?: boolean): IterableIterator<any> {
     const tpl = this.parse(html)
diff --git a/src/render/emitter.ts b/src/render/emitter.ts
index 2f0eea09b..40ddece04 100644
--- a/src/render/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/render/emitter.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,15 @@
-import { stringify, toValue } from '../util/underscore'
-
-export class Emitter {
-  public html: any = '';
-  public break = false;
-  public continue = false;
-  private keepOutputType? = false;
-
-  constructor (keepOutputType: boolean|undefined) {
-    this.keepOutputType = keepOutputType
-  }
-
-  public write (html: any) {
-    if (this.keepOutputType === true) {
-      html = toValue(html)
-    } else {
-      html = stringify(html)
-    }
-    // This will only preserve the type if the value is isolated.
-    // I.E:
-    // {{ my-port }} -> 42
-    // {{ my-host }}:{{ my-port }} -> 'host:42'
-    if (this.keepOutputType === true && typeof html !== 'string' && this.html === '') {
-      this.html = html
-    } else {
-      this.html = stringify(this.html) + stringify(html)
-    }
-  }
+export interface Emitter {
+  /**
+   * Write a html value into emitter
+   * @param html string, Drop or other primitive value
+   */
+  write (html: any): void;
+  /**
+   * Notify the emitter render has ended
+   */
+  end (): void;
+  /**
+   * Collect rendered string value immediately
+   */
+  collect (): string;
 }
diff --git a/src/render/render.ts b/src/render/render.ts
index 3fa32cd99..5a452cfd6 100644
--- a/src/render/render.ts
+++ b/src/render/render.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,34 @@
 import { RenderError } from '../util/error'
 import { Context } from '../context/context'
 import { Template } from '../template/template'
-import { Emitter } from './emitter'
+import { Emitter } from '../emitters/emitter'
+import { SimpleEmitter } from '../emitters/simple-emitter'
+import { StreamedEmitter } from '../emitters/streamed-emitter'
+import { toThenable } from '../util/async'
+import { KeepingTypeEmitter } from '../emitters/keeping-type-emitter'
 
 export class Render {
+  public renderTemplatesToNodeStream (templates: Template[], ctx: Context): NodeJS.ReadableStream {
+    const emitter = new StreamedEmitter()
+    toThenable(this.renderTemplates(templates, ctx, emitter))
+    return emitter.stream
+  }
   public * renderTemplates (templates: Template[], ctx: Context, emitter?: Emitter): IterableIterator<any> {
     if (!emitter) {
-      emitter = new Emitter(ctx.opts.keepOutputType)
+      emitter = ctx.opts.keepOutputType ? new KeepingTypeEmitter() : new SimpleEmitter()
     }
     for (const tpl of templates) {
       try {
+        // if tpl.render supports emitter, it'll return empty `html`
         const html = yield tpl.render(ctx, emitter)
+        // if not, it'll return an `html`, write to the emitter for it
         html && emitter.write(html)
-        if (emitter.break || emitter.continue) break
+        if (emitter['break'] || emitter['continue']) break
       } catch (e) {
         const err = RenderError.is(e) ? e : new RenderError(e, tpl)
         throw err
       }
     }
-    return emitter.html
+    return emitter.end()
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/template/html.ts b/src/template/html.ts
index faf0d2266..50cfdb8b1 100644
--- a/src/template/html.ts
+++ b/src/template/html.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { TemplateImpl } from '../template/template-impl'
 import { Template } from '../template/template'
 import { HTMLToken } from '../tokens/html-token'
 import { Context } from '../context/context'
-import { Emitter } from '../render/emitter'
+import { Emitter } from '../emitters/emitter'
 
 export class HTML extends TemplateImpl<HTMLToken> implements Template {
   private str: string
diff --git a/src/template/output.ts b/src/template/output.ts
index 1622f862b..9b7eed85f 100644
--- a/src/template/output.ts
+++ b/src/template/output.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Value } from './value'
 import { TemplateImpl } from '../template/template-impl'
 import { Template } from '../template/template'
 import { Context } from '../context/context'
-import { Emitter } from '../render/emitter'
+import { Emitter } from '../emitters/emitter'
 import { OutputToken } from '../tokens/output-token'
 import { Liquid } from '../liquid'
 
diff --git a/src/template/tag/tag-impl-options.ts b/src/template/tag/tag-impl-options.ts
index 432db1372..7a826b5e0 100644
--- a/src/template/tag/tag-impl-options.ts
+++ b/src/template/tag/tag-impl-options.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { TagToken } from '../../tokens/tag-token'
 import { TopLevelToken } from '../../tokens/toplevel-token'
 import { TagImpl } from './tag-impl'
 import { Hash } from '../../template/tag/hash'
-import { Emitter } from '../../render/emitter'
+import { Emitter } from '../../emitters/emitter'
 
 export interface TagImplOptions {
   parse?: (this: TagImpl, token: TagToken, remainingTokens: TopLevelToken[]) => void;
diff --git a/src/template/template.ts b/src/template/template.ts
index 1764c5877..f210ba704 100644
--- a/src/template/template.ts
+++ b/src/template/template.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Context } from '../context/context'
 import { Token } from '../tokens/token'
-import { Emitter } from '../render/emitter'
+import { Emitter } from '../emitters/emitter'
 
 export interface Template {
   token: Token;
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index eec43dae9..dbe2b1deb 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export { TypeGuards }
 export { ParseError, TokenizationError, AssertionError } from './util/error'
 export { assert } from './util/assert'
 export { Drop } from './drop/drop'
-export { Emitter } from './render/emitter'
+export { Emitter } from './emitters/emitter'
 export { Expression } from './render/expression'
 export { isFalsy, isTruthy } from './render/boolean'
 export { TagToken } from './tokens/tag-token'
diff --git a/test/unit/render/render.ts b/test/unit/render/render.ts
index 4dfef1eaf..ee4316a59 100644
--- a/test/unit/render/render.ts
+++ b/test/unit/render/render.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import { Context } from '../../../src/context/context'
 import { HTMLToken } from '../../../src/tokens/html-token'
 import { Render } from '../../../src/render/render'
 import { HTML } from '../../../src/template/html'
-import { Emitter } from '../../../src/render/emitter'
+import { SimpleEmitter } from '../../../src/emitters/simple-emitter'
 import { toThenable } from '../../../src/util/async'
+import { Tag } from '../../../src/template/tag/tag'
+import { TagToken } from '../../../src/types'
 
 describe('render', function () {
   let render: Render
@@ -16,8 +18,52 @@ describe('render', function () {
     it('should render html', async function () {
       const scope = new Context()
       const token = { getContent: () => '<p>' } as HTMLToken
-      const html = await toThenable(render.renderTemplates([new HTML(token)], scope, new Emitter(scope.opts.keepOutputType)))
+      const html = await toThenable(render.renderTemplates([new HTML(token)], scope, new SimpleEmitter()))
       return expect(html).to.equal('<p>')
     })
   })
+
+  describe('.renderTemplatesToNodeStream()', function () {
+    it('should render to html stream', function (done) {
+      const scope = new Context()
+      const tpls = [
+        new HTML({ getContent: () => '<p>' } as HTMLToken),
+        new HTML({ getContent: () => '</p>' } as HTMLToken)
+      ]
+      const stream = render.renderTemplatesToNodeStream(tpls, scope)
+      let result = ''
+      stream.on('data', (data) => {
+        result += data
+      })
+      stream.on('end', () => {
+        expect(result).to.equal('<p></p>')
+        done()
+      })
+    })
+    it('should render to html stream asyncly', function (done) {
+      const scope = new Context()
+      const tpls = [
+        new HTML({ getContent: () => '<p>' } as HTMLToken),
+        new Tag({ content: 'foo', args: '', name: 'foo' } as TagToken, [], {
+          tags: {
+            get: () => ({
+              render: () => new Promise(
+                resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve('async tag'), 10)
+              )
+            })
+          }
+        } as any),
+        new HTML({ getContent: () => '</p>' } as HTMLToken)
+      ]
+      const stream = render.renderTemplatesToNodeStream(tpls, scope)
+      let result = ''
+      stream.on('data', (data) => {
+        result += data
+      })
+      stream.on('end', () => {
+        expect(result).to.equal('<p>async tag</p>')
+        done()
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })