diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ee872eb..d03a941 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@
         path = ./templates/webapp;
         description = "A template for a web application (frontend + backend)";
       };
+      webserver = {
+        path = ./templates/webserver;
+        description = "A template for a web server (using templates for the frontend)";
+      };
     };
     packages.x86_64-linux = pkgList "x86_64-linux" nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.callPackage;
     packages.aarch64-linux = pkgList "aarch64-linux" nixpkgs.legacyPackages.aarch64-linux.callPackage;
diff --git a/templates/webserver/.envrc b/templates/webserver/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e9005b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/webserver/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 2.1.1; then
+    source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/2.1.1/direnvrc" "sha256-b6qJ4r34rbE23yWjMqbmu3ia2z4b2wIlZUksBke/ol0="
+fi
+use flake
diff --git a/templates/webserver/.gitignore b/templates/webserver/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6abfe1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/webserver/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/target
+/.direnv
diff --git a/templates/webserver/Cargo.toml b/templates/webserver/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76a5273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/webserver/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "webserver-template"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["traxys <quentin@familleboyer.net>"]
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+axum = "0.6.20"
+envious = "0.2.2"
+serde = { version = "1.0.190", features = ["derive"] }
+tera = "1.19.1"
+thiserror = "1.0.50"
+tokio = { version = "1.33.0", features = ["rt", "macros"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["trace"] }
+tracing = "0.1.40"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/templates/webserver/flake.nix b/templates/webserver/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c067b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/webserver/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  description = "A basic flake with a shell";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  inputs.naersk.url = "github:nix-community/naersk";
+  inputs.rust-overlay.url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+
+  outputs = {
+    self,
+    nixpkgs,
+    flake-utils,
+    naersk,
+    rust-overlay,
+  }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: let
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+        inherit system;
+        overlays = [(import rust-overlay)];
+      };
+      rust = pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest.default;
+      naersk' = pkgs.callPackage naersk {
+        cargo = rust;
+        rustc = rust;
+      };
+    in {
+      devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
+        nativeBuildInputs = [rust];
+        RUST_PATH = "${rust}";
+        RUST_DOC_PATH = "${rust}/share/doc/rust/html/std/index.html";
+      };
+
+      packages.default = naersk'.buildPackage ./.;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/templates/webserver/src/main.rs b/templates/webserver/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44e4a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/webserver/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+use std::{net::SocketAddr, sync::Arc};
+
+use axum::{
+    http::StatusCode,
+    response::{Html, IntoResponse},
+    routing::get,
+    Router,
+};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tera::{Context, Tera};
+use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+enum Error {
+    #[error("Could not render tera template")]
+    Template(#[from] tera::Error),
+}
+
+impl IntoResponse for Error {
+    fn into_response(self) -> axum::response::Response {
+        tracing::error!("Failure in route: {self:?}");
+
+        match self {
+            Error::Template(_) => (
+                StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                "an internal error occured",
+            )
+                .into_response(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const TEMPLATE_DIR: &str = match option_env!("TEMPLATE_DIR") {
+    Some(s) => s,
+    None => "templates",
+};
+
+struct AppState {
+    templates: Tera,
+}
+
+type State = axum::extract::State<Arc<AppState>>;
+
+async fn index(state: State) -> Result<Html<String>, Error> {
+    let rendered = state.templates.render("index.html", &Context::new())?;
+
+    Ok(rendered.into())
+}
+
+fn mk_port() -> u16 {
+    8080
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct Config {
+    #[serde(default = "mk_port")]
+    port: u16,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() {
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .init();
+
+    let config: Config = envious::Config::default()
+        .build_from_env()
+        .expect("could not get env vars");
+
+    let templates = Tera::new(&format!("{TEMPLATE_DIR}/**/*.html")).unwrap();
+    let state = Arc::new(AppState { templates });
+
+    let router = Router::new()
+        .route("/", get(index))
+        .with_state(state)
+        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+
+    tracing::info!("Listening on port {}", config.port);
+
+    let listen = SocketAddr::new("0.0.0.0".parse().unwrap(), config.port);
+    axum::Server::bind(&listen)
+        .serve(router.into_make_service())
+        .await
+        .expect("web server failed");
+}
+
diff --git a/templates/webserver/templates/index.html b/templates/webserver/templates/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beb3229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/webserver/templates/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8" />
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+        <title>TODO: set title</title>
+    </head>
+    <body></body>
+</html>