diff --git a/litestar/README.md b/litestar/README.md
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+# Litestar
+
+Created By: Jacob Coffee
+
+# About
+This is a starter template in Python for building a [Litestar](https://litestar.dev) application
+
+# Try it out
+<a href="https://idx.google.com/new?template=https://github.com/project-idx/community-templates/tree/main/litestar">
+  <picture>
+    <source
+      media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"
+      srcset="https://cdn.idx.dev/btn/open_dark_32.svg">
+    <source
+      media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)"
+      srcset="https://cdn.idx.dev/btn/open_light_32.svg">
+    <img
+      height="32"
+      alt="Open in IDX"
+      src="https://cdn.idx.dev/btn/open_purple_32.svg">
+  </picture>
+</a>
diff --git a/litestar/dev.nix b/litestar/dev.nix
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+{ pkgs, ... }: {
+  # Which nixpkgs channel to use.
+  channel = "stable-24.05"; # or "unstable"
+  # Use https://search.nixos.org/packages to find packages
+  packages = [
+    pkgs.python3
+    pkgs.python312Packages.pip
+    pkgs.python312Packages.litestar
+    pkgs.python312Packages.uvicorn
+  ];
+  # Sets environment variables in the workspace
+  env = {};
+  idx = {
+    previews = {
+      enable = true;
+      previews = {
+        web = {
+          command = [ "./devserver.sh" ];
+          env = { PORT = "$PORT"; };
+          manager = "web";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    # Search for the extensions you want on https://open-vsx.org/ and use "publisher.id"
+    extensions = [ "ms-python.python" "rangav.vscode-thunder-client" ];
+    workspace = {
+      # Runs when a workspace is first created with this `dev.nix` file
+      onCreate = {
+        install =
+          "python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate &&  pip install -r requirements.txt";
+        # Open editors for the following files by default, if they exist:
+        default.openFiles = [ "app.py" ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/litestar/dev/app.py b/litestar/dev/app.py
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+from litestar import Litestar, get
+from litestar.config.cors import CORSConfig
+import uvicorn
+
+@get("/")
+async def home() -> dict:
+    return {"message": "Now you can effortlessly create a REST API with Litestar!"}
+
+cors_config = CORSConfig(
+    allow_origins=["*"],
+    allow_credentials=True,
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+app = Litestar(route_handlers=[home], cors_config=cors_config)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0")
diff --git a/litestar/dev/devserver.sh b/litestar/dev/devserver.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+source .venv/bin/activate
+litestar run --debug --reload
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diff --git a/litestar/dev/requirements.txt b/litestar/dev/requirements.txt
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+pip
+litestar
+uvicorn
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diff --git a/litestar/idx-template.json b/litestar/idx-template.json
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+{
+    "name": "Litestar",
+    "description": "Effortlessly build performant APIs with Litestar - The powerful, lightweight and flexible ASGI framework",
+    "categories": [
+      "Web app",
+      "Backend"
+    ],
+    "icon": "https://github.com/litestar-org/branding/blob/6a4f90f42dbc5412c39a138fb5b8e6a3cd489590/assets/Branding%20-%20SVG%20-%20Transparent/Logo%20-%20Blue%20and%20Yellow.svg",
+    "website": "https://litestar.dev/",
+    "publisher": "Jacob Coffee"
+  }
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diff --git a/litestar/idx-template.nix b/litestar/idx-template.nix
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+{ pkgs, ... }: {
+  packages = [
+    pkgs.python3
+    pkgs.python312Packages.pip
+    pkgs.python312Packages.litestar
+    pkgs.python312Packages.uvicorn
+  ];
+  bootstrap = ''    
+    mkdir "$out"
+    mkdir -p "$out/.idx/"
+    cp -rf ${./dev.nix} "$out/.idx/dev.nix"
+    shopt -s dotglob; cp -r ${./dev}/* "$out"
+    chmod -R +w "$out"
+    chmod +rwx "$out/devserver.sh"
+  '';
+}
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