<p>I’m new to Craft and I’m surprised something bare bones like this doesn’t exist. At least I haven’t found anything yet. However, if I was to set out to create something like this I would use a stripped-down version of what is built in this awesome course at Mijingo. I’ve taken the course and it’s worth every penny.</p>

<p><a href="https://mijingo.com/products/screencasts/reusable-twig-templates-craft/" rel="noreferrer">https://mijingo.com/products/screencasts/reusable-twig-templates-craft/</a></p>

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2017-12-19T02:34:59.043Z
2017-12-19T02:34:59.043Z
Brian Larson
<p>Here's an example of how you can do it with Craft 3 and <code>composer create-project</code>: <a href="https://github.com/nystudio107/craft" rel="nofollow noreferrer">nystudio107/craft</a></p>

<p>This is discussed in the <a href="https://nystudio107.com/blog/setting-up-a-craft-cms-3-project" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Setting up a New Craft CMS 3 Project</a> article.</p>

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2017-12-06T01:54:56.767Z
2018-03-21T18:37:59.127Z
2018-03-21T18:37:59.127Z
andrew.welch
<p>You can try this one:
<a href="https://github.com/70kft/craft-instablog" rel="noreferrer">Instablog</a>
It could be a starting point.</p>

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2017-12-04T15:21:41.773Z
2017-12-04T15:21:41.773Z
Barbara Cinotti
<p>I don't think you will find downloadable templates like for Wordpress and co because the philosophy of Craft is customization and the freedom to do what you want and not just downloading ready to use themes. Since everyone can build his/her completely own structure it's literally useless to create downloadable templates. You should try to build your own: <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/templating-overview" rel="noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/docs/templating-overview</a></p>

<p>There are example templates which contain enough code to get you started in the templates folder <code>craft/templates</code> or <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/2387/whats-the-right-way-to-create-a-simple-blog-in-craft">here</a> as well.</p>

<p>If you don't want to have the freedom to customize everything you should search for another CMS.</p>

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2017-12-04T15:10:43.197Z
I'm not asking for theme, i'm asking for boilerplate.
I know philosophy of Craft about templating, however blog structure is something that can't be done in 1000 different ways. Having barebones starter with post list, post, pages, archives, author, tag pages would make life much simpler!
curious
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2017-12-04T15:00:51.530Z
2017-12-04T15:00:51.530Z
Robin Schambach
<p>Here is my take on starter/boilerplate theme for Craft CMS 3:</p>

<p><a href="http://craftsnippets.com/starter-theme-for-craft-cms?s=s" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://craftsnippets.com/starter-theme-for-craft-cms?s=s</a></p>

<p>This theme contains:</p>

<ul>
<li>Base Twig template structure and multiple useful snippets</li>
<li>Base CSS code (kinda opinionated)</li>
<li>Gulp config for compiling static assets and handling browsersync</li>
</ul>

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2019-07-22T21:52:56.490Z
2019-07-22T21:52:56.490Z
Piotr Pogorzelski
<p>I'd like to set-up quickly blog on Craft CMS and I wonder if there are any starter templates available? It would be really useful.</p>

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Does Craft CMS have skeletons/starter/boilerplate templates?
# Does Craft CMS have skeletons/starter/boilerplate templates?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-04)

I'd like to set-up quickly blog on Craft CMS and I wonder if there are any starter templates available? It would be really useful.

**Tags:** templating

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-19. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

I’m new to Craft and I’m surprised something bare bones like this doesn’t exist. At least I haven’t found anything yet. However, if I was to set out to create something like this I would use a stripped-down version of what is built in this awesome course at Mijingo. I’ve taken the course and it’s worth every penny.

<https://mijingo.com/products/screencasts/reusable-twig-templates-craft/>


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-12-06. Score: 6

Here's an example of how you can do it with Craft 3 and `composer create-project`: [nystudio107/craft](https://github.com/nystudio107/craft)

This is discussed in the [Setting up a New Craft CMS 3 Project](https://nystudio107.com/blog/setting-up-a-craft-cms-3-project) article.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-12-04. Score: 5

You can try this one:
[Instablog](https://github.com/70kft/craft-instablog)
It could be a starting point.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-12-04. Score: 5

I don't think you will find downloadable templates like for Wordpress and co because the philosophy of Craft is customization and the freedom to do what you want and not just downloading ready to use themes. Since everyone can build his/her completely own structure it's literally useless to create downloadable templates. You should try to build your own: <https://craftcms.com/docs/templating-overview>

There are example templates which contain enough code to get you started in the templates folder `craft/templates` or [here](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/2387/whats-the-right-way-to-create-a-simple-blog-in-craft) as well.

If you don't want to have the freedom to customize everything you should search for another CMS.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I'm not asking for theme, i'm asking for boilerplate. I know philosophy of Craft about templating, however blog structure is something that can't be done in 1000 different ways. Having barebones starter with post list, post, pages, archives, author, tag pages would make life much simpler!  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2019-07-22. Score: 2

Here is my take on starter/boilerplate theme for Craft CMS 3:

<http://craftsnippets.com/starter-theme-for-craft-cms?s=s>

This theme contains:

* Base Twig template structure and multiple useful snippets
* Base CSS code (kinda opinionated)
* Gulp config for compiling static assets and handling browsersync


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