# hydrogen init
Creates a new Hydrogen storefront.
### hydrogen init

```bash
shopify hydrogen init [flags]
```


## Flags
The following flags are available for the `hydrogen init` command:
### hydrogeninit

### --git
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_GIT
Init Git and create initial commits.
### --install-deps
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_INSTALL_DEPS
Auto installs dependencies using the active package manager.
### --language <value>
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_LANGUAGE
Sets the template language to use. One of `js` or `ts`.
### --markets <value>
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_I18N
Sets the URL structure to support multiple markets. Must be one of: `subfolders`, `domains`, `subdomains`, `none`. Example: `--markets subfolders`.
### --mock-shop
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_MOCK_DATA
Use mock.shop as the data source for the storefront.
### --path <value>
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_PATH
The path to the directory of the new Hydrogen storefront.
### --quickstart
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_QUICKSTART
Scaffolds a new Hydrogen project with a set of sensible defaults. Equivalent to `shopify hydrogen init --path hydrogen-quickstart --mock-shop --language js --shortcut --routes --markets none`
### --routes
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_ROUTES
Generate routes for all pages.
### --shortcut
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_SHORTCUT
Creates a global h2 shortcut for Shopify CLI using shell aliases. Deactivate with `--no-shortcut`.
### --styling <value>
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_STYLING
Sets the styling strategy to use. One of `tailwind`, `vanilla-extract`, `css-modules`, `postcss`, `none`.
### --template <value>
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_TEMPLATE
Scaffolds project based on an existing template or example from the Hydrogen repository.
### -f, --force
env: SHOPIFY_HYDROGEN_FLAG_FORCE
Overwrites the destination directory and files if they already exist.