diff --git a/src/djinit/templates/components/base.py-tpl b/src/djinit/templates/components/base.py-tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5108722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/djinit/templates/components/base.py-tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""generated with djinit"""
+
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class TimeStampedModel(models.Model):
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
diff --git a/src/djinit/utils/django.py b/src/djinit/utils/django.py
index 2402e22..66e5ea7 100644
--- a/src/djinit/utils/django.py
+++ b/src/djinit/utils/django.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class DjangoHelper:
                 ("urls.py", "config/urls.py-tpl", urls_context),
                 ("wsgi.py", "config/wsgi.py-tpl", {"project_name": project_name}),
                 ("asgi.py", "config/asgi.py-tpl", {"project_name": project_name}),
+                ("base.py", "components/base.py-tpl", {}),
             ]
             CommonUtils.create_files_from_templates(project_config_dir, project_files, f"{project_name}/")