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How to clone example template from Next JS repository?
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How to clone example template from Next JS repository?

Akash Sarki

Akash Sarki

20 May 2025

Suppose you want to clone one of the example template from the official repository of Next JS Github. How would you do that?

This is how you do it:

npx create-next-app@latest --example <example-name> <project-folder-name>

  • npx - Runs a tool temporarily without installing it.
  • create-next-app@latest - This is the tool to create a new Next.js app. @latest just means "use the latest version."
  • --example - You're saying, "I want to use a ready-made template (example)."
  • <example-name> - Replace this with the name of the example (like with-tailwindcss, with-redux, etc.).
  • <project-folder-name> - This is what your app folder will be called. You can name it anything.


    For example - If you want to install "gsap" example template of next JS, then you would write:
npx create-next-app@latest --example with-gsap my-app

The above example template from here.


You can also use a GitHub URL:

npx create-next-app@latest --example "https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/examples/with-gsap" my-gsap-app