Cordova App Templates Use a Template Templates allow you to use preexisting code to jumpstart your project. Find a template to create your app from by seaching for the keyword cordova:template on npm. You can also use local templates on your computer, or a Git repository. After locating a template you wish to use. Create your project using that template, by specifying the --template flag during the create command, followed by your template source. Creating a cordova project from an NPM packag