bivvy templates

Lists all available templates from built-in, local, and remote sources, organized by category.

Usage

bivvy templates

bivvy templates --category ruby

Options

Option	Description
`--category`	Filter templates by category (e.g., `ruby`, `node`, `python`)

What It Shows

Templates are grouped by category. Each template shows its name and a short description:

Available Templates

  system — System-level package managers
    brew  Install macOS dependencies from Brewfile
    apt   Install Debian/Ubuntu packages

  ruby — Ruby ecosystem tools
    bundle-install   Install Ruby dependencies using Bundler
    rails-db  Set up Rails database

  node — Node.js ecosystem tools
    yarn-install  Install Node.js dependencies using Yarn
    npm-install   Install Node.js dependencies using npm
    pnpm  Install Node.js dependencies using pnpm
    ...

  rust — Rust ecosystem tools
    cargo-build  Build Rust project with Cargo
    ...

  82 templates available. Use `bivvy add <template>` to add one.

Template Sources

Templates are loaded from multiple sources in priority order:

Project-local (.bivvy/templates/steps/) — highest priority
User-local (~/.bivvy/templates/steps/)
Remote (configured via template_sources in config)
Built-in (bundled with Bivvy)

Local and remote templates that aren’t in the built-in manifest appear under a custom category.

Categories

Bivvy ships with templates organized in these categories:

Category	Description
`system`	System-level package managers (brew, apt, yum, pacman)
`windows`	Windows package managers (chocolatey, scoop)
`version_manager`	Version managers (mise, asdf, volta, fnm)
`ruby`	Ruby ecosystem (bundle-install, rails-db)
`node`	Node.js ecosystem (yarn-install, npm-install, pnpm, bun, and frameworks)
`python`	Python ecosystem (pip, poetry, uv, and frameworks)
`rust`	Rust ecosystem (cargo-build, diesel-migrate)
`go`	Go ecosystem
`php`	PHP ecosystem (composer, laravel)
`swift`	Swift ecosystem
`gradle`	Gradle/Spring Boot
`elixir`	Elixir ecosystem (mix)
`java`	Java ecosystem (maven)
`dotnet`	.NET ecosystem
`dart`	Dart and Flutter
`deno`	Deno runtime
`iac`	Infrastructure as Code (terraform, aws-cdk, pulumi, ansible)
`containers`	Container orchestration (docker-compose, helm)
`common`	Cross-cutting concerns (env-copy, pre-commit)
`monorepo`	Monorepo tools (nx, turborepo, lerna)
`install`	Runtime and tool installers

Examples

List all available templates:

bivvy templates

Show only Python templates:

bivvy templates --category python