---
title: app init
description: Create a new app project
api_name: shopify-cli
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/app/app-init'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/app/app-init.md'
---

# app init

Create a new app project

## Flags

The following flags are available for the `app init` command:

* **--client-id \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_CLIENT\_ID**

  The Client ID of your app. Use this to automatically link your new project to an existing app. Using this flag avoids the app selection prompt.

* **--flavor \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_TEMPLATE\_FLAVOR**

  Which flavor of the given template to use.

* **--no-color**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_NO\_COLOR**

  Disable color output.

* **--template \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_TEMPLATE**

  The app template. Accepts one of the following: - \<reactRouter|remix|none>

  * Any GitHub repo with optional branch and subpath, e.g., <https://github.com/Shopify/>

* **--verbose**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_VERBOSE**

  Increase the verbosity of the output.

* **-d, --package-manager \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_PACKAGE\_MANAGER**

* **-n, --name \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_NAME**

* **-p, --path \<value>**

  **string**

  **env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_PATH**

Examples

### Examples

* #### app init

  ##### app init

  ```bash
  shopify app init [flags]
  ```