.github-template

A GitHub organization meta-repository template from @open-templates. Scaffold a public .github repo with the visitor-facing org profile, template catalog starter, Dependabot, CODEOWNERS, and issue/PR scaffolding.

Pair with .github-private-template if you also want a member-only org profile for maintainers.

Quick start

1. Use this template on GitHub inside your organization (repo name must be .github).
2. Clone and personalize from templates/:

git clone https://github.com/open-templates/.github-template.git
cd .github-template
./scripts/init-from-template.sh

The hosted repo keeps @open-templates branding in root markdown until you run init. See docs/init-from-template.md.

Two layers

Location	profile/README.md
Root profile/README.md	Hosted demo layout (placeholder catalog — not the live open-templates org index)
templates/profile/README.md	Adopter org profile — placeholders: owner-username, owner-display-name, default tagline

After init, edit profile/README.md in your org repo to list your templates. On this hosted template, edit templates/profile/README.md to change what adopters receive.

Repository layout

profile/README.md              # reference org profile (until init overwrites in adopter clone)
templates/
├── profile/README.md          # adopter org profile → copied to profile/README.md
├── README.md                  # adopter meta-repo landing
├── INSTRUCTIONS.md
└── …                          # see templates/ABOUT_TEMPLATES.md
scripts/                       # init wizard (removed after init)
specs/features/                # purpose, init, org profile, automation

What you get after init

Path	Role
profile/README.md	Public org profile (template catalog on your org homepage)
README.md / INSTRUCTIONS.md	Meta-repo governance for your org
.github/dependabot.yml	Dependency update PRs
.github/CODEOWNERS	Review ownership

Workflow and issue template reference: docs/README.md · INSTRUCTIONS.md · index.md

Reference implementation

The live public catalog for @open-templates is open-templates/.github. Use it as inspiration after init — do not copy it into this template repo’s root profile/README.md.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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Repository documents

README | INSTRUCTIONS | CHANGELOG | CONTRIBUTING | SECURITY | CODE_OF_CONDUCT