Maven provides several achetype artifacts:
| Archetype ArtifactIds | Description |
|---|---|
| maven-archetype-archetype | An archetype which contains a sample archetype. |
| maven-archetype-j2ee-simple | An archetype which contains a simplifed sample J2EE application. |
| maven-archetype-mojo (deprecated) | Deprecated in favour of maven-archetype-plugin, which has a better name. |
| maven-archetype-plugin | An archetype which contains a sample Maven plugin. |
| maven-archetype-plugin-site | An archetype which contains a sample Maven plugin site. |
| maven-archetype-portlet | An archetype which contains a sample JSR-268 Portlet. |
| maven-archetype-quickstart | An archetype which contains a sample Maven project. |
| maven-archetype-simple | An archetype which contains a simple Maven project. |
| maven-archetype-site | An archetype which contains a sample Maven site which demonstrates some of the supported document types like APT, XDoc, and FML and demonstrates how to i18n your site. |
| maven-archetype-site-simple | An archetype which contains a sample Maven site. |
| maven-archetype-webapp | An archetype which contains a sample Maven Webapp project. |