> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# App templates

App templates are pre-built starter projects that demonstrate common use cases and best practices for building apps inside Canva. Each template provides a ready-to-use foundation with example code, UI components, and integration patterns to help you get started quickly.

Compared to our [example apps](https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/feature-examples/) (which are focused on demonstrating specific features or APIs), templates are designed to be comprehensive starting points for building production-ready apps.

You can create a new app from any of these templates using the [Canva CLI](https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/canva-cli/)'s `canva apps create` command, which scaffolds the template's code and configuration files in your local environment.

We provide the following templates for creating new apps inside Canva: