diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8d0989c5..18e51f5c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ exclude = [
 		"apps/documentation",
 		"examples/with-mdx",
 		"examples/tuono-app",
+		"examples/tuono-api",
 		"examples/tuono-tutorial",
 		"benches/tuono"
 ]
diff --git a/examples/tuono-api/.gitignore b/examples/tuono-api/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb323a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tuono-api/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.tuono
+target
diff --git a/examples/tuono-api/Cargo.toml b/examples/tuono-api/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de68d117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tuono-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "tuono-api"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "tuono"
+path = ".tuono/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+tuono_lib = { path = "../../crates/tuono_lib/", features = ["api"]}
+
diff --git a/examples/tuono-api/README.md b/examples/tuono-api/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..649dae09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tuono-api/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Tuono API started
+
+This is the starter tuono project. To download it run in your terminal:
+
+```shell
+$ tuono new [NAME] --template tuono-api
+```
diff --git a/examples/tuono-api/public/.gitkeep b/examples/tuono-api/public/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/examples/tuono-api/src/routes/index.rs b/examples/tuono-api/src/routes/index.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e56170b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tuono-api/src/routes/index.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use tuono_lib::axum::http::StatusCode;
+use tuono_lib::Request;
+
+#[tuono_lib::api(GET)]
+pub async fn root_route_api(_req: Request) -> &'static str {
+    "get request"
+}
+
+#[tuono_lib::api(POST)]
+pub async fn root_route_api_post(_req: Request) -> StatusCode {
+    StatusCode::OK
+}