Synticore Builder Guide - Templates

Purpose

This page explains the project templates bundled with the compiler and how they differ from the separate example project repository.

If you want a working reference project instead of a fresh scaffold, use the Synticore Website Compiler Example Repository and then start with Synticore Builder Guide - Build Your First Site.

If you want to start a new site from a scaffold, use Synticore Builder Guide - New Project.

Example Project Vs Templates

This compiler repository ships:

• multiple starter templates under template/

The example project lives separately at Synticore Website Compiler Example Repository.

Use the example project when you want:

• the fastest possible first successful build
• a reference project that already contains real pages, assets, and examples
• a place to inspect how features work in a fully populated site

Use a template when you want:

• a fresh project scaffold
• a starter focused on a specific site shape
• a cleaner baseline than the larger standalone example project

Available Templates

• basic - General marketing/site starter with homepage, error pages, and shared basics
• minimal - Smallest practical site starter with one page and very light framing
• landing - Single-page campaign or product-launch starter
• content - Blog/docs/content-heavy starter
• docs-versioned - Versioned documentation starter with docs pages, migration notes, and changelog patterns
• app-shell - Dashboard or web-app shell starter with stronger UI framing
• commerce-lite - Lightweight catalog/product starter
• event-campaign - Event or conference campaign starter
• local-business - Service-area business starter with local-SEO-friendly sections
• portfolio-studio - Portfolio or agency starter with project/case-study presentation
• saas-marketing - SaaS marketing site starter with pricing and conversion-oriented sections

Shared template content also exists under template/_shared, but that is internal scaffold material rather than a selectable template.

How Templates Are Defined

Each template lives under:

• template/<template>/

Each selectable template includes:

• template.schema.json for template metadata such as id, label, and description
• the scaffold files copied into a new project

The standalone new-project flow and the GUI both discover templates from that metadata.

Choose A Starting Point

• Use basic if you want a general-purpose multi-page starter
• Use minimal if you want the smallest scaffold possible
• Use content or docs-versioned if your site is documentation or article heavy
• Use landing, event-campaign, or saas-marketing when the site is campaign-first
• Use portfolio-studio or local-business when the site shape is domain-specific enough to benefit from a tailored starter

If you are unsure, start with basic or minimal.

Next Reads

• Synticore Builder Guide - New Project
• Synticore Builder Guide - Project Structure
• Synticore Builder Guide - Build Your First Site