# The `stack templates` command ~~~text stack templates ~~~ `stack templates` provides information about how to find templates available for `stack new`. Stack provides multiple templates to start a new project from. You can specify one of these templates following your project name in the `stack new` command: ~~~text stack new my-rio-project rio Downloading template "rio" to create project "my-rio-project" in my-rio-project/ ... Looking for .cabal or package.yaml files to use to init the project. Using cabal packages: - my-rio-project/ Selecting the best among 18 snapshots... * Matches ... Selected resolver: ... Initialising configuration using resolver: ... Total number of user packages considered: 1 Writing configuration to file: my-rio-project/stack.yaml All done. \templates\rio.hsfiles: 10.10 KiB downloaded... ~~~ The default templates repository is https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack-templates. You can download templates from a different GitHub user by prefixing the username and a slash. Command: ~~~text stack new my-yesod-project yesodweb/simple ~~~ Then template file `simple.hsfiles` would be downloaded from GitHub repository `yesodweb/stack-templates`. You can even download templates from a service other that GitHub, such as [GitLab](https://gitlab.com) or [Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.com). For example, command: ~~~text stack new my-project gitlab:user29/foo ~~~ Template file `foo.hsfiles` would be downloaded from GitLab, user account `user29`, repository `stack-templates`. If you need more flexibility, you can specify the full URL of the template. Command: ~~~text stack new my-project https://my-site.com/content/template9.hsfiles ~~~ (The `.hsfiles` extension is optional; it will be added if it's not specified.) Alternatively you can use a local template by specifying the path. Command: ~~~text stack new project /template.hsfiles ~~~ As a starting point for creating your own templates, you can use the ["simple" template](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack-templates/blob/master/simple.hsfiles). The [stack-templates repository](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack-templates#readme) provides an introduction into creating templates.