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

# Templates

> The ProductOS template directory: 14 real, shipped projects you can open in Build, Design, or Code instead of starting from a blank prompt.

Templates are real, shipped ProductOS projects you can start from instead of a blank prompt. The directory at [productos.dev/templates](https://productos.dev/templates) lists 14 of them, and every entry derives from the [showcase](/resources/showcase): each template is a project that was actually built and deployed on ProductOS, not a mockup.

Templates are common across the three surfaces. Each one has an "Open in" picker that deep-links it into the surface you want to work in.

## Opening a template

| Surface            | What happens                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Open in Build**  | Opens [beta.productos.dev](https://beta.productos.dev) with a prompt prefilled from the template, so the full pipeline starts from that idea.                                                                          |
| **Open in Design** | Opens the [design.productos.dev](https://design.productos.dev) template gallery to explore it as a design.                                                                                                             |
| **Open in Code**   | Clones the template into a live dev sandbox on [develop.productos.dev](https://develop.productos.dev). Templates with a true-clone entry in the Code registry clone directly; the rest open the Code template gallery. |

Five templates have true-clone entries in the Code surface's registry: SOLEN, Echo, StudioFlow, Lumen Notes, and Orbit. Cloning creates a fresh, private project of your own in an isolated cloud sandbox with a live preview URL.

<Tip>
  Volume-backed templates boot in about 3 seconds, versus about 25 seconds for a tarball clone. See [Sandboxes](/code/sandboxes).
</Tip>

## The directory

| Template         | Category             | What it is                                                                       |
| ---------------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **SOLEN**        | Architecture (Astro) | A residential architecture studio site, the first ProductOS site built on Astro  |
| **ORBIT**        | Web game             | A hybrid-casual game with its whole business model playable in the browser       |
| **STUDIOFLOW**   | Web app              | A photography studio's client lifecycle in one pipeline, inquiry to paid         |
| **Lumen Notes**  | Web app              | A clinical documentation product that turns a therapy session into a signed note |
| **ECHO**         | Web app              | A content repurposing SaaS: one podcast episode becomes a week of content        |
| **CASA MIRADOR** | Hospitality site     | A clifftop hotel site whose hero glides over the Atlantic                        |
| **FORMA**        | E-commerce store     | A furniture storefront with a cart that actually works                           |
| **VELA**         | Brand site           | A specialty roastery's launch page with a scroll-poured espresso film            |
| **HALO**         | Product launch       | A smartwatch dissection page in the Apple design language                        |
| **RESERVA**      | Operations app       | Restaurant table management a maitre d' would actually use                       |
| **STRIDE**       | Coaching platform    | An endurance-coaching platform with activity rings                               |
| **AETHER**       | Brand site           | A cinematic athletic-brand launch site, from one prompt to deployed              |
| **LEDGERLINE**   | Analytics app        | Revenue analytics a CFO would trust, shipped as a working app                    |
| **Mainspring**   | Brand site           | A brand site for an AI-automation agency                                         |

Every template also links to its live deployed site, so you can try the real thing before you clone it.

## Templates and the showcase

The directory is derived from the showcase registry: internal showcase projects with a reusable template appear here. Customer success stories in the showcase do not become templates, because those builds are proprietary to the customer. Read more in [Showcase](/resources/showcase).

## Where to go next

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  <Card title="Code surface templates" icon="code" href="/code/templates">
    How cloning works on develop.productos.dev, including the template registry.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Design surface templates" icon="palette" href="/design/templates">
    The design gallery on design.productos.dev.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>