Templates

Templates are pre-configured multi-service stacks that you can deploy on Stackpad with a single click. Instead of manually creating services and configuring connections, a template sets up everything at once.

How templates work

A template is defined by a stackpad.json file that describes:

• Which services to create (web apps, databases, caches, etc.)
• How services connect to each other
• Which environment variables to set
• What health checks to run

When you deploy a template, Stackpad:

1. Creates all services defined in the template
2. Generates secure credentials for databases and caches
3. Injects connection strings into dependent services
4. Starts all containers in the correct order
5. Runs health checks to verify everything is working

Available templates

The list below is automatically synced with the platform — new templates appear here as soon as they’re published.

Full-Stack Starters

Laravel + MySQL + Redis ↗

Laravel PHP framework with MySQL database, Redis cache, and S3-compatible object storage. File uploads are recommended via S3 (included) — persistent local storage is also available at /app/storage.

4 services

laravelphpmysql

Next.js + Postgres

Full-stack Next.js app with managed PostgreSQL database

2 services

nextjspostgresfullstack

Supabase

Open-source Firebase alternative — auth, database, REST API, realtime, and dashboard

10 services

baasauthdatabase

Workflow & Automation

n8n

Workflow automation with queue-based worker scaling

4 services

automationworkflowslow-code

Temporal ↗

Durable workflow execution engine with web dashboard

3 services

workflowsorchestrationdurable-execution

Content Management

Directus ↗

Flexible headless CMS with visual data studio, REST and GraphQL APIs

3 services

cmsheadlessapi

Ghost ↗

Professional publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and paid memberships

1 service

blogpublishingnewsletter

Payload CMS

Next.js-native headless CMS with PostgreSQL

2 services

cmsheadlessnextjs

WordPress ↗

The world's most popular CMS. Blog, website, or webshop with MariaDB and persistent storage for uploads, themes, and plugins.

2 services

cmsblogwordpress

Analytics & Monitoring

Metabase ↗

Business intelligence dashboard — connect your data, ask questions, share insights

2 services

analyticsbidashboard

Plausible Analytics ↗

Privacy-friendly web analytics — no cookies, GDPR compliant, lightweight tracking script

3 services

analyticsprivacygdpr

Umami ↗

Privacy-focused web analytics — lightweight, GDPR-compliant alternative to Google Analytics

2 services

analyticsprivacygdpr

Uptime Kuma ↗

Self-hosted monitoring tool for websites, APIs, and services with beautiful status pages

1 service

monitoringuptimestatus-page

AI & GPU

Embedding Server (TEI) ↗

Deploy a HuggingFace embedding and reranking model with a REST API

1 service

gpuaiembeddings

LLM Inference (vLLM) ↗

Deploy any HuggingFace model with an OpenAI-compatible API endpoint

1 service

gpuaillm

Speech-to-Text (Whisper) ↗

Deploy OpenAI Whisper for speech recognition with an OpenAI-compatible API

1 service

gpuaispeech

Developer Tools

Gitea ↗

Lightweight self-hosted Git service with issue tracking, CI/CD, and package registry

2 services

gitdevtoolsci-cd

MinIO ↗

S3-compatible object storage for files, backups, and media assets

1 service

storages3object-storage

Object Storage ↗

S3-compatible object storage for files, media, and backups. EU-hosted on Scaleway.

1 service

storages3object-storage

Paperless-ngx ↗

Document management with OCR, full-text search, and automatic tagging

3 services

documentsocrarchive

Databases & Caches

ClickHouse ↗

Column-oriented database for real-time analytics and big data queries

1 service

databaseanalyticsolap

MariaDB ↗

Community-developed fork of MySQL with enhanced features

1 service

databasesqlrelational

MongoDB ↗

Document-oriented NoSQL database for flexible data models

1 service

databasenosqldocument

MySQL ↗

Popular open-source relational database management system

1 service

databasesqlrelational

PgBouncer ↗

Lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL — reduces connection overhead for web apps

1 service

databasepoolerpostgres

phpMyAdmin ↗

Web-based database admin tool. Add to a project with MySQL or MariaDB — connects automatically via exposes.

1 service

databaseadminmysql

PostgreSQL ↗

Reliable open-source relational database with advanced features

1 service

databasesqlrelational

Redis ↗

In-memory data store for caching, sessions, and message brokering

1 service

cachein-memorykey-value

Valkey ↗

Open-source Redis alternative — high-performance in-memory data store

1 service

cachein-memorykey-value

Deploying a template

1. Go to the Templates section in the dashboard (or the templates page on stackpad.eu)
2. Click on a template to view its details
3. Click Deploy
4. Fill in any required inputs (like a Git repository URL)
5. Stackpad creates the project with all services configured

Creating custom templates

You can create your own templates using the stackpad.json format. See the stackpad.json reference for the full specification.