diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-tomatoes-listen.md b/.changeset/nasty-tomatoes-listen.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77548971f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-tomatoes-listen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-astro': minor
+---
+
+Update `create-astro` to handle framework-specific logic based on user preference
diff --git a/examples/blog-multiple-authors/astro.config.mjs b/examples/blog-multiple-authors/astro.config.mjs
index d72db6491..e6e926d7b 100644
--- a/examples/blog-multiple-authors/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/blog-multiple-authors/astro.config.mjs
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 export default {
   // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
-  // pages: './src/pages',   // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
   // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
   // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
   buildOptions: {
-    site: 'http://example.com',           // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
-    // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+    // site: 'http://example.com',           // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    sitemap: true,         // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
   },
   devOptions: {
     // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
     // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
   },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-preact'
+  ]
 };
diff --git a/examples/blog/astro.config.mjs b/examples/blog/astro.config.mjs
index ef2cd38aa..e6e926d7b 100644
--- a/examples/blog/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/blog/astro.config.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
   buildOptions: {
-    sitemap: true,
+    // site: 'http://example.com',           // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    sitemap: true,         // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
   },
-}
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-preact'
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/examples/docs/astro.config.mjs b/examples/docs/astro.config.mjs
index d97e2804d..6fd6bb47e 100644
--- a/examples/docs/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/docs/astro.config.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',           // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // sitemap: true,       // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+  },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
   renderers: [
     '@astrojs/renderer-preact'
   ]
diff --git a/examples/framework-multiple/astro.config.mjs b/examples/framework-multiple/astro.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89abd7323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/framework-multiple/astro.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',  // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+  },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-preact',
+    '@astrojs/renderer-react',
+    '@astrojs/renderer-svelte',
+    '@astrojs/renderer-vue',
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/examples/framework-preact/astro.config.mjs b/examples/framework-preact/astro.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d1454d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/framework-preact/astro.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',  // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+  },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-preact'
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/examples/framework-react/astro.config.mjs b/examples/framework-react/astro.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0e022923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/framework-react/astro.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',  // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+  },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-react'
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/examples/framework-svelte/astro.config.mjs b/examples/framework-svelte/astro.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59ddc78f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/framework-svelte/astro.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',  // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+  },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-svelte'
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/examples/framework-vue/astro.config.mjs b/examples/framework-vue/astro.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fec0a4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/framework-vue/astro.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',  // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+  },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-vue'
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/examples/portfolio/astro.config.mjs b/examples/portfolio/astro.config.mjs
index d97e2804d..2d1454d51 100644
--- a/examples/portfolio/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/portfolio/astro.config.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',  // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+  },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
   renderers: [
     '@astrojs/renderer-preact'
   ]
diff --git a/examples/starter/astro.config.mjs b/examples/starter/astro.config.mjs
index e16ed1327..706dce85b 100644
--- a/examples/starter/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/starter/astro.config.mjs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 export default {
   // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
-  // pages: './src/pages',   // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
   // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
   // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
   buildOptions: {
-    // site: 'http://example.com',           // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // site: 'http://example.com',  // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
     // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
   },
   devOptions: {
diff --git a/examples/starter/public/style/home.css b/examples/starter/public/style/home.css
index c4271a845..70741a8da 100644
--- a/examples/starter/public/style/home.css
+++ b/examples/starter/public/style/home.css
@@ -36,3 +36,17 @@ h2 {
     font-weight: 500;
     font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 1rem + 1.25vw, 2rem);
 }
+
+.counter {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-auto-flow: column;
+  gap: 1em;
+  font-size: 2rem;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding: 2rem 1rem;
+}
+
+.counter > pre {
+  text-align: center;
+  min-width: 3ch;
+}
diff --git a/examples/with-nanostores/astro.config.mjs b/examples/with-nanostores/astro.config.mjs
index e16ed1327..ce0e15031 100644
--- a/examples/with-nanostores/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/with-nanostores/astro.config.mjs
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 export default {
   // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
-  // pages: './src/pages',   // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
   // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
   // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
   buildOptions: {
-    // site: 'http://example.com',           // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    // site: 'http://example.com',  // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
     // sitemap: true,      // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
   },
   devOptions: {
     // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
-    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+    tailwindConfig: './tailwind.config.js',  // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
   },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-preact',
+    '@astrojs/renderer-react',
+    '@astrojs/renderer-svelte',
+    '@astrojs/renderer-vue',
+  ]
 };
diff --git a/examples/with-tailwindcss/astro.config.mjs b/examples/with-tailwindcss/astro.config.mjs
index 7e6aaa3fd..b69c40cd4 100644
--- a/examples/with-tailwindcss/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/with-tailwindcss/astro.config.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 export default {
-  devOptions: {
-    tailwindConfig: './tailwind.config.js',
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running `astro build`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',           // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    sitemap: true,         // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
   },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    tailwindConfig: './tailwind.config.js',  // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },
+  renderers: [
+    '@astrojs/renderer-preact'
+  ]
 };
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/package.json b/packages/create-astro/package.json
index 9b50f4039..f9ed461f6 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-astro/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "create-astro.js"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "@types/degit": "^2.8.2",
     "@types/prompts": "^2.0.12",
     "degit": "^2.8.4",
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/config.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a2b3cb64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export const createConfig = ({ renderers }: { renderers: string[] }) => {
+  return [`export default {
+  // projectRoot: '.',     // Where to resolve all URLs relative to. Useful if you have a monorepo project.
+  // pages: './src/pages', // Path to Astro components, pages, and data
+  // dist: './dist',       // When running \`astro build\`, path to final static output
+  // public: './public',   // A folder of static files Astro will copy to the root. Useful for favicons, images, and other files that don’t need processing.
+  buildOptions: {
+    // site: 'http://example.com',           // Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs.
+    sitemap: true,         // Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable)
+  },
+  devOptions: {
+    // port: 3000,         // The port to run the dev server on.
+    // tailwindConfig: '', // Path to tailwind.config.js if used, e.g. './tailwind.config.js'
+  },`,
+  `  renderers: ${JSON.stringify(renderers, undefined, 2).split('\n').map((ln, i) => i !== 0 ? `  ${ln}` : ln).join('\n')},`,
+`};
+`].join('\n')
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/frameworks.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/frameworks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7db2e0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/frameworks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+export const COUNTER_COMPONENTS = {
+  '@astrojs/renderer-preact': {
+    filename: `src/components/PreactCounter.jsx`,
+    content: `import { h } from 'preact';
+import { useState } from 'preact/hooks';
+
+export default function PreactCounter({ children }) {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  const add = () => setCount((i) => i + 1);
+  const subtract = () => setCount((i) => i - 1);
+
+  return (
+    <div id="preact" class="counter">
+      <button onClick={subtract}>-</button>
+      <pre>{count}</pre>
+      <button onClick={add}>+</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+`
+  },
+  '@astrojs/renderer-react': {
+    filename: `src/components/ReactCounter.jsx`,
+    content: `import React, { useState } from 'react';
+
+export default function ReactCounter({ children }) {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  const add = () => setCount((i) => i + 1);
+  const subtract = () => setCount((i) => i - 1);
+
+  return (
+    <div id="react" className="counter">
+      <button onClick={subtract}>-</button>
+      <pre>{count}</pre>
+      <button onClick={add}>+</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+`
+  },
+  '@astrojs/renderer-svelte': {
+    filename: `src/components/SvelteCounter.svelte`,
+    content: `<script>
+  let count = 0;
+
+  function add() {
+    count += 1;
+  }
+
+  function subtract() {
+    count -= 1;
+  }
+</script>
+
+<div id="svelte" class="counter">
+  <button on:click={subtract}>-</button>
+  <pre>{ count }</pre>
+  <button on:click={add}>+</button>
+</div>
+`
+  },
+  '@astrojs/renderer-vue': {
+    filename: `src/components/VueCounter.vue`,
+    content: `<template>
+  <div id="vue" class="counter">
+      <button @click="subtract()">-</button>
+      <pre>{{ count }}</pre>
+      <button @click="add()">+</button>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+export default {
+  setup() {
+    const count = ref(0)
+    const add = () => count.value = count.value + 1;
+    const subtract = () => count.value = count.value - 1;
+
+    return {
+      count,
+      add,
+      subtract
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
+`
+  }
+};
+
+export const FRAMEWORKS = [
+  {
+    title: 'Preact',
+    value: '@astrojs/renderer-preact',
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'React',
+    value: '@astrojs/renderer-react',
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'Svelte',
+    value: '@astrojs/renderer-svelte',
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'Vue',
+    value: '@astrojs/renderer-vue',
+  }
+];
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
index e3487e8d4..dcb87086e 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { bold, cyan, gray, green, red } from 'kleur/colors';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import degit from 'degit';
 import yargs from 'yargs-parser';
+import { FRAMEWORKS, COUNTER_COMPONENTS } from './frameworks.js';
 import { TEMPLATES } from './templates.js';
+import { createConfig } from './config.js';
 const args = yargs(process.argv);
 prompts.override(args);
 
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ export function mkdirp(dir: string) {
 
 const { version } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url), 'utf-8'));
 
-const POSTPROCESS_FILES = ['package.json']; // some files need processing after copying.
+const POSTPROCESS_FILES = ['package.json', 'astro.config.mjs', 'CHANGELOG.md']; // some files need processing after copying.
 
 export async function main() {
   console.log('\n' + bold('Welcome to Astro!') + gray(` (create-astro v${version})`));
@@ -40,6 +43,9 @@ export async function main() {
       if (!response.forceOverwrite) {
         process.exit(1);
       }
+
+      await fs.promises.rm(cwd, { recursive: true });
+      mkdirp(cwd);
     }
   } else {
     mkdirp(cwd);
@@ -54,6 +60,10 @@ export async function main() {
     },
   ]);
 
+  if (!options.template) {
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
   const hash = args.commit ? `#${args.commit}` : '';
 
   const templateTarget = options.template.includes('/') ?
@@ -66,6 +76,25 @@ export async function main() {
     verbose: false,
   });
 
+  const selectedTemplate = TEMPLATES.find(template => template.value === options.template);
+  let renderers: string[] = [];
+  
+  if (selectedTemplate?.renderers === true) {
+    const result = /** @type {import('./types/internal').Options} */ await prompts([
+      {
+        type: 'multiselect',
+        name: 'renderers',
+        message: 'Which frameworks would you like to use?',
+        choices: FRAMEWORKS,
+      },
+    ]);
+    renderers = result.renderers;
+  } else if (selectedTemplate?.renderers && Array.isArray(selectedTemplate.renderers)) {
+    renderers = selectedTemplate.renderers;
+    const titles = renderers.map(renderer => FRAMEWORKS.find(item => item.value === renderer)?.title).join(', ');
+    console.log(green(`✔`) + bold(` Using template's default renderers`) + gray(' › ') + titles);
+  }
+
   // Copy
   try {
     // emitter.on('info', info => { console.log(info.message) });
@@ -78,20 +107,65 @@ export async function main() {
   }
 
   // Post-process in parallel
-  await Promise.all(
-    POSTPROCESS_FILES.map(async (file) => {
-      const fileLoc = path.join(cwd, file);
+  await Promise.all(POSTPROCESS_FILES.map(async (file) => {
+    const fileLoc = path.resolve(path.join(cwd, file));
 
-      switch (file) {
-        case 'package.json': {
-          const packageJSON = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(fileLoc, 'utf8'));
-          delete packageJSON.snowpack; // delete snowpack config only needed in monorepo (can mess up projects)
-          await fs.promises.writeFile(fileLoc, JSON.stringify(packageJSON, undefined, 2));
+    switch (file) {
+      case 'CHANGELOG.md': {
+        if (fs.existsSync(fileLoc)) {
+          await fs.promises.rm(fileLoc);
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'astro.config.mjs': {
+        if (selectedTemplate?.renderers !== true) {
           break;
         }
+        await fs.promises.writeFile(fileLoc, createConfig({ renderers }));
+        break;
       }
-    })
-  );
+      case 'package.json': {
+        const packageJSON = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(fileLoc, 'utf8'));
+        delete packageJSON.snowpack; // delete snowpack config only needed in monorepo (can mess up projects)
+        // Fetch latest versions of selected renderers
+        const rendererEntries = await Promise.all(['astro', ...renderers].map((renderer: string) => fetch(`https://registry.npmjs.org/${renderer}/latest`).then((res: any) => res.json()).then((res: any) => [renderer, `^${res['version']}`]))) as any;
+        packageJSON.devDependencies = { ...packageJSON.devDependencies ?? {}, ...Object.fromEntries(rendererEntries) }
+        await fs.promises.writeFile(fileLoc, JSON.stringify(packageJSON, undefined, 2));
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }));
+
+  // Inject framework components into starter template
+  if (selectedTemplate?.value === 'starter') {
+    let importStatements: string[] = [];
+    let components: string[] = [];
+    await Promise.all(renderers.map(async renderer => {
+      const component = COUNTER_COMPONENTS[renderer as keyof typeof COUNTER_COMPONENTS];
+      const componentName = path.basename(component.filename, path.extname(component.filename));
+      const absFileLoc = path.resolve(cwd, component.filename);
+      importStatements.push(`import ${componentName} from '${component.filename.replace(/^src/, '..')}';`);
+      components.push(`<${componentName}:visible />`);
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(absFileLoc, component.content);
+    }));
+
+    const pageFileLoc = path.resolve(path.join(cwd, 'src', 'pages', 'index.astro'));
+    const content = (await fs.promises.readFile(pageFileLoc)).toString();
+    const lines = content.split('\n');
+    const indent = '        ';
+    const doc = `\n<!-- 
+   - Use imported Framework Components directly in your markup!
+   - 
+   - Note: by default, components are NOT interactive on the client.
+   - The \`:visible\` directive tells Astro to make it interactive.
+   -
+   - See https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro/blob/main/docs/core-concepts/component-hydration.md
+   -->
+`;
+    lines.splice(41, 0, importStatements.length > 0 ? doc.split('\n').map(ln => `${indent}${ln}`).join('\n') : '', ...components.map(ln => `${indent}${ln}`));
+    lines.splice(3, 0, importStatements.length > 0 ? `// Framework Component Imports` : '', ...importStatements);
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(pageFileLoc, lines.join('\n'))
+  }
 
   console.log(bold(green('✔') + ' Done!'));
 
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/templates.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/templates.ts
index 02daaef32..6852aafb0 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/templates.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@ export const TEMPLATES = [
   {
     title: 'Starter Kit (Generic)',
     value: 'starter',
+    renderers: true,
   },
   {
     title: 'Blog',
     value: 'blog',
+    renderers: ['@astrojs/renderer-preact']
   },
   {
     title: 'Documentation',
     value: 'docs',
+    renderers: ['@astrojs/renderer-preact']
   },
   {
     title: 'Portfolio',
     value: 'portfolio',
+    renderers: ['@astrojs/renderer-preact']
   },
 ];