diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -10,6 +10,23 @@ The development version of this package supports Django 5.0.x. To install it:
 
 `pip install git+https://github.com/mongodb-labs/django-mongodb`
 
+### Via templates
+
+To create a new Django project that uses MongoDB, you can use the templates in this repository. For example:
+
+```console
+$ django-admin startproject --template=project_template mysite
+$ django-admin startapp --template=app_template polls
+```
+
+Then
+```console
+$ python manage.py makemigrations admin auth contenttypes
+$ python manage.py migrate
+```
+
+### Manual steps
+
 Configure the Django `DATABASES` setting similar to this:
 
 ```python
diff --git a/app_template/__init__.py-tpl b/app_template/__init__.py-tpl
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diff --git a/app_template/admin.py-tpl b/app_template/admin.py-tpl
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+++ b/app_template/admin.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/app_template/apps.py-tpl b/app_template/apps.py-tpl
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+++ b/app_template/apps.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class {{ camel_case_app_name }}Config(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django_mongodb.fields.ObjectIdAutoField'
+    name = '{{ app_name }}'
diff --git a/app_template/migrations/__init__.py-tpl b/app_template/migrations/__init__.py-tpl
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diff --git a/app_template/models.py-tpl b/app_template/models.py-tpl
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+++ b/app_template/models.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
diff --git a/app_template/tests.py-tpl b/app_template/tests.py-tpl
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+++ b/app_template/tests.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/app_template/views.py-tpl b/app_template/views.py-tpl
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+++ b/app_template/views.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/project_template/manage.py-tpl b/project_template/manage.py-tpl
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+++ b/project_template/manage.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', '{{ project_name }}.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/project_template/project_name/__init__.py-tpl b/project_template/project_name/__init__.py-tpl
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diff --git a/project_template/project_name/apps.py-tpl b/project_template/project_name/apps.py-tpl
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index 000000000..214cae88e
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+++ b/project_template/project_name/apps.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from django.contrib.admin.apps import AdminConfig
+from django.contrib.auth.apps import AuthConfig
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.apps import ContentTypesConfig
+
+
+class MongoAdminConfig(AdminConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django_mongodb.fields.ObjectIdAutoField"
+
+
+class MongoAuthConfig(AuthConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django_mongodb.fields.ObjectIdAutoField"
+
+
+class MongoContentTypesConfig(ContentTypesConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django_mongodb.fields.ObjectIdAutoField"
diff --git a/project_template/project_name/asgi.py-tpl b/project_template/project_name/asgi.py-tpl
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+++ b/project_template/project_name/asgi.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for {{ project_name }} project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', '{{ project_name }}.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/project_template/project_name/settings.py-tpl b/project_template/project_name/settings.py-tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f993c0a9
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+++ b/project_template/project_name/settings.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+"""
+Django settings for {{ project_name }} project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django {{ django_version }}.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = '{{ secret_key }}'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    '{{ project_name }}.apps.MongoAdminConfig',
+    '{{ project_name }}.apps.MongoAuthConfig',
+    '{{ project_name }}.apps.MongoContentTypesConfig',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = '{{ project_name }}.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = '{{ project_name }}.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django_mongodb",
+        "NAME": "my_database",
+        # "USER": "my_username",
+        # "PASSWORD": "my_password",
+        # "OPTIONS": {...},
+    },
+}
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django_mongodb.fields.ObjectIdAutoField'
+
+MIGRATION_MODULES = {
+    'admin': '{{ project_name }}.mongo_migrations.admin',
+    'auth': '{{ project_name }}.mongo_migrations.auth',
+    'contenttypes': '{{ project_name }}.mongo_migrations.contenttypes',
+}
diff --git a/project_template/project_name/urls.py-tpl b/project_template/project_name/urls.py-tpl
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index 000000000..622f79ef4
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+++ b/project_template/project_name/urls.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+URL configuration for {{ project_name }} project.
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/project_template/project_name/wsgi.py-tpl b/project_template/project_name/wsgi.py-tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ee28d0e8
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+++ b/project_template/project_name/wsgi.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for {{ project_name }} project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', '{{ project_name }}.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -133,3 +133,9 @@ partial_branches = ["if (.*and +)*not _use_c( and.*)*:"]
 
 [tool.coverage.html]
 directory = "htmlcov"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["django_mongodb"]
+exclude = ["docs", "project_template", "app_template"]
+namespaces = false