---
title: init
description: Create a new Better-T-Stack project
---

## Usage

<Tabs items={['bun', 'pnpm', 'npm']}>
  <Tab value="bun">
    ```bash
    bun create better-t-stack@latest [project-directory]
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab value="pnpm">
    ```bash
    pnpm create better-t-stack@latest [project-directory]
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab value="npm">
    ```bash
    npx create-better-t-stack@latest [project-directory]
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

You can pass `.` to use the current directory.

### Skip prompts

```bash
bun create better-t-stack@latest my-app --yes
```

## Flags Reference

### General

- `--yes, -y` Skip all prompts and use defaults
- `--help, -h` Show help
- `--version, -V` Show CLI version

### Frontend

- `--frontend` Choose one web frontend and optionally one native frontend
  - Web: `tanstack-router`, `react-router`, `tanstack-start`, `next`, `nuxt`, `svelte`, `solid`
  - Native: `native-nativewind`, `native-unistyles`
  - Special: `none`
  - Notes: At most one from each group; do not combine `none` with others

### Backend

- `--backend` One of: `hono`, `express`, `fastify`, `next`, `elysia`, `convex`, `none`

### Runtime

- `--runtime` One of: `bun`, `node`, `workers`, `none`
  - `workers` only with `--backend hono`
  - `none` only with `--backend convex` or `--backend none`

### Database

- `--database` One of: `sqlite`, `postgres`, `mysql`, `mongodb`, `none`

### ORM

- `--orm` One of: `drizzle`, `prisma`, `mongoose`, `none`
  - `mongoose` requires `--database mongodb`
  - `drizzle` is not compatible with `--database mongodb`

### API

- `--api` One of: `trpc`, `orpc`, `none`
  - Use `orpc` with `nuxt`, `svelte`, or `solid` (tRPC not supported there)

### Authentication

- `--auth` Enable auth
- `--no-auth` Disable auth
  - Auth requires a non-`none` database

### Addons

- `--addons` Multiple values: `pwa`, `tauri`, `starlight`, `biome`, `husky`, `turborepo`, `fumadocs`, `ultracite`, `oxlint`, `none`
  - Do not combine `none` with other values

### Examples

- `--examples` Multiple values: `todo`, `ai`, `none`
  - Do not combine `none` with other values

### Database setup

- `--db-setup` One of: `turso`, `neon`, `prisma-postgres`, `mongodb-atlas`, `supabase`, `d1`, `docker`, `none`
  - `turso` → requires `--database sqlite`
  - `neon`, `prisma-postgres`, `supabase` → require `--database postgres`
  - `mongodb-atlas` → requires `--database mongodb`
  - `d1` → requires `--database sqlite` and `--runtime workers`
  - `docker` → not compatible with `--database sqlite` or `--runtime workers`

### Web deployment

- `--web-deploy` One of: `workers`, `none`
  - Requires selecting a web frontend

### Project setup

- `--git` / `--no-git` Initialize git repository
- `--install` / `--no-install` Install dependencies
- `--package-manager` One of: `bun`, `pnpm`, `npm`

## Examples

```bash
# Full-stack web app
bun create better-t-stack@latest my-webapp \
  --frontend tanstack-router \
  --backend hono \
  --runtime bun \
  --database postgres \
  --orm drizzle \
  --api trpc \
  --auth \
  --db-setup neon \
  --addons pwa turborepo \
  --examples todo
```

```bash
# Cloudflare Workers
bun create better-t-stack@latest my-workers \
  --frontend tanstack-router \
  --backend hono \
  --runtime workers \
  --database sqlite \
  --orm drizzle \
  --db-setup d1 \
  --web-deploy workers
```

## Compatibility notes

- Workers runtime only with `--backend hono` and `--orm drizzle` or `--orm none`
- MongoDB requires `--orm mongoose` or `--orm prisma`
- Convex backend forces: no auth, no db, no orm, no api, no runtime, no db-setup; Solid is not supported
- Todo example requires a database when a non-Convex backend is selected
- AI example is not compatible with `--backend elysia` or `--frontend solid`

The CLI validates incompatible combinations and fails fast with clear messages.

See also: Compatibility overview in the main CLI reference.