Overview

Streamline your Pod deployments with templates, bundling prebuilt container images with hardware specs and network settings.

templates are pre-configured Docker image setups that let you quickly spin up Pods without manual environment configuration. Instead of installing PyTorch, configuring JupyterLab, and setting up dependencies yourself, you can select a template and have everything ready instantly.

Explore templates

Browse official and community templates.

Create a custom template

Build your own reusable Pod configuration.

Manage your templates

Edit, share, and organize your templates.

Environment variables

Configure template behavior with variables.

Template types

Type	Description	Support
Official	Curated by Runpod with proven demand and maintained quality. Regularly tested and updated.	Full Runpod support
Community	Created by users and promoted based on community usage. Wide variety of specialized configurations.	Community Discord only
Custom	Created by you for specialized workloads. Can be private or shared publicly.	Self-supported

Runpod does not maintain or provide customer support for community templates. If you encounter issues, contact the template creator directly or seek help on the community Discord.

What templates include

Templates contain all components needed to launch a fully configured Pod:

• Container image: The Docker image with all software packages and dependencies.
• Hardware specifications: Container disk size, volume size, and mount paths.
• Network settings: Exposed HTTP and TCP ports for web UIs or APIs.
• Environment variables: Pre-configured settings that customize application behavior.
• Startup commands: Instructions that run when the Pod launches.