# Starter Template

> A basic pages site with Astro and EmDash configuration, ready to customize for a small business or project.

Source: https://emdashcmseverything.com/templates/starter/

- Format: Official starter template
- Status: available
- Version: Current official template
- Price: Free
- Stack: Astro + EmDash CMS
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/tree/main/templates/starter
- Published: 2026-10-21

## Overview

The Starter template provides a basic pages site and the standard structure of an EmDash-powered Astro project. Use it when you want more than an empty shell but do not need the editorial features of the blog template.

## Included

- Basic public pages and EmDash runtime configuration.
- Initial schema and content seed for getting a new site running.
- Node.js and Cloudflare Workers template variants.

## Create a project

```sh
npm create astro@latest -- --template @emdash-cms/template-starter
npm create astro@latest -- --template @emdash-cms/template-starter-cloudflare
```

## Compatibility and source

Official Astro template for EmDash. The Cloudflare variant is intended for Workers deployments. See the official [theme guide](https://docs.emdashcms.com/themes/overview/) and [source repository](https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/tree/main/templates/starter).