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Expand Up @@ -67,16 +67,24 @@ The following Aspire project templates are available:
The service defaults project template takes a `FrameworkReference` dependency on `Microsoft.AspNetCore.App`. This may not be ideal for some project types. For more information, see [Aspire service defaults](/get-started/csharp-service-defaults/).
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## Install the Aspire templates
## Install templates with Aspire CLI (recommended)

The Aspire templates are included with the Aspire workload. To install the templates, run the following command:
Use `aspire new` to create a project or solution. The Aspire CLI ensures the required templates are installed automatically.

```bash title="Aspire CLI"
aspire new aspire-starter
```

### Install the .NET project templates (dotnet fallback)

If you need to install templates directly into `dotnet`, install the [📦 Aspire.ProjectTemplates](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Aspire.ProjectTemplates) package with the following command:

```bash title=".NET CLI"
dotnet new install Aspire.ProjectTemplates
```

:::tip
To install a specific version of the Aspire templates, use the `::{version}` syntax. For example, to install version 13.1.0, run the following command:
To install a specific version of the .NET templates, use the `::{version}` syntax. For example, to install version 13.1.0, run the following command:

```bash title=".NET CLI"
dotnet new install Aspire.ProjectTemplates::13.1.0
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