astro/packages/create-astro

create-astro

Scaffolding for Astro projects

With NPM:

npm create astro@latest

With Yarn:

yarn create astro

create-astro automatically runs in interactive mode, but you can also specify your project name and template with command line arguments.

# npm 6.x
npm create astro@latest my-astro-project --template minimal

# npm 7+, extra double-dash is needed:
npm create astro@latest my-astro-project -- --template minimal

# yarn
yarn create astro my-astro-project --template minimal

Check out the full list of example templates, available on GitHub.

You can also use any GitHub repo as a template:

npm create astro@latest my-astro-project -- --template cassidoo/shopify-react-astro

CLI Flags

May be provided in place of prompts

Name	Description
--template <name>	Specify your template.
--install / --no-install	Install dependencies (or not).
--git / --no-git	Initialize git repo (or not).
--yes (-y)	Skip all prompt by accepting defaults.
--no (-n)	Skip all prompt by declining defaults.
--dry-run	Walk through steps without executing.
--skip-houston	Skip Houston animation.
--typescript <option>	TypeScript option: strict / strictest / relaxed.