ztemplate

A production-ready, reusable GitHub repository template for starting new projects with consistent engineering, security, documentation, automation, and release practices.

Included

• Issue and pull request templates
• CODEOWNERS and repository contribution guidance
• Security policy and support policy
• CI workflow baseline
• CodeQL security scanning
• Dependency Review for pull requests
• Dependabot configuration
• Release workflow and release notes configuration
• Conventional commit / PR guidance
• EditorConfig, Git attributes, and Git ignore baseline
• Community health files
• Documentation structure
• Changelog and roadmap templates
• Implementation checklist
• Architecture Decision Record (ADR) template
• Environment example
• Docker baseline
• Makefile task entrypoints

Start from this template

1. Use this repository as a GitHub template repository.
2. Create a new repository from the template.
3. Replace placeholder project metadata.
4. Review and customize .github/CODEOWNERS, SECURITY.md, CI matrices, and release settings.
5. Add language/framework-specific workflows only when the project needs them.

Repository structure

.github/
  ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
  workflows/
  CODEOWNERS
  CONTRIBUTING.md
  PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
  dependabot.yml
  release.yml
  SUPPORT.md
docs/
  adr/
  architecture.md
  development.md
  release.md
.env.example
.editorconfig
.gitattributes
.gitignore
CHANGELOG.md
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
Dockerfile
IMPLEMENTATION-CHECKLIST.md
LICENSE
Makefile
README.md
ROADMAP.md
SECURITY.md

Principles

• Secure by default
• Least privilege for GitHub Actions
• Reproducible automation
• Small, reviewable pull requests
• Documentation as part of delivery
• No weakening of security gates to make CI green
• Explicit release and rollback practices

License

MIT. See LICENSE.