Missing MVC template in Visual Studio 2015

Question

When I create a new web project with Visual Studio, I only see the templates in the picture below:

The MVC one is missing and so I can only create empty projects.

Answer 1

Visual studio 2015 does not show MVC project template if you select .Net 4.0 or below. Select .Net 4.5 or above, and you will be able to see MVC project.

This is what showed when you select .NET Framework 4:

and this when you select .NET Framework 4.5:

However, make sure you have installed web developers tools. To do so, go to Add / remove programs -> Visual 2015 -> Modify --> Web developer tools : Check and proceed with the installation.

Answer 2

I had the same issue with the MVC template not appearing in VS2015.

I checked Web Developer Tools when originally installing. It was still checked when trying to Modify the install. I tried unchecking and updating the install but next time I went back to Modify, it was still checked. And still no MVC template.

I got it working by uninstalling: Microsoft ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2015 via the Programs and Features windows and re-installing. Here's the link for those who don't have it.

Answer 3

In my case that happened when uninstalling AspNet 5 RC1 Update 1 to update it for .Net Core 1.0 RC2. so I installed Visual Studio 2015 update 2, selected Microsoft Web Developer tools and everything went back to normal.

Answer 4

I don't think the accepted answer works anymore. According to Microsoft here, here, and here, asp.net-5 has been re-branded to ASP.Net Core. It looks like they've taken down the asp.net-5 templates from the general ASP.Net Web Application project type. But now there's a new project type of ASP.Net Core Web Application. I don't see an MVC template for this project type, but I don't think the Core framework has been completely released yet.

Answer 5

For me, I saw none of the MVC templates (except the bottom two), after installing Update 3 which installed all the Core stuff.

Solution

I downloaded most recent core preview...

It prompted me for "repair" and after it was done, bringing up VS indicated it was "Installing Templates" and they appeared!

Warning

Update 3 is a game changer in that the "preferred" way of doing things is to use dotnetcore. For example a console application now uses the new file stucture, other projects such as a Test Project still use the same folder structure as before. But MVC has changed. I'm not even sure what other "Web Developer Tools" work with dotnetcore right now.