diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe4c90f..3712ddf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ packages/media/.env
 .history
 **/*/.db/*
 **/*/.configs/*
+**/*/.template/*
 **/*/*.db
 **/*/*.db-shm
 **/*/*.db-wal
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 87be1c9..c6ceb33 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.613.0",
+    "@bluwy/giget-core": "^0.1.2",
     "@dagrejs/dagre": "^1.1.4",
     "@hono/typebox-validator": "^0.2.6",
     "@hono/vite-dev-server": "^0.17.0",
@@ -219,4 +220,4 @@
     "bun",
     "node"
   ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49ac6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import { downloadTemplate } from "@bluwy/giget-core";
+import * as $p from "@clack/prompts";
+import type { CliCommand } from "cli/types";
+import { typewriter, wait } from "cli/utils/cli";
+import { exec, getVersion } from "cli/utils/sys";
+import { Option } from "commander";
+import color from "picocolors";
+import { updateBkndPackages } from "./npm";
+import { type Template, templates } from "./templates";
+
+const config = {
+   types: {
+      runtime: "Runtime",
+      framework: "Framework"
+   },
+   runtime: {
+      node: "Node.js",
+      bun: "Bun",
+      cloudflare: "Cloudflare"
+   },
+   framework: {
+      nextjs: "Next.js",
+      remix: "Remix",
+      astro: "Astro"
+   }
+} as const;
+
+export const create: CliCommand = (program) => {
+   program
+      .command("create")
+      .addOption(new Option("-i, --integration <integration>", "integration to use"))
+      .addOption(new Option("-t, --template <template>", "template to use"))
+      .addOption(new Option("-d --dir <directory>", "directory to create in"))
+      .description("create a new project")
+      .action(action);
+};
+
+async function action(options: { template?: string; dir?: string; integration?: string }) {
+   const _config = {
+      defaultDir: process.env.LOCAL ? "./.template" : "./",
+      speed: {
+         typewriter: process.env.LOCAL ? 0 : 20,
+         wait: process.env.LOCAL ? 0 : 250
+      }
+   };
+   const downloadOpts = {
+      dir: options.dir || _config.defaultDir,
+      clean: false
+   };
+
+   const version = await getVersion();
+   $p.intro(
+      `👋 Welcome to the ${color.bold(color.cyan("bknd"))} create wizard ${color.bold(`v${version}`)}`
+   );
+
+   await $p.stream.message(
+      (async function* () {
+         yield* typewriter(
+            "Thanks for choosing to create a new project with bknd!",
+            _config.speed.typewriter,
+            color.dim
+         );
+         await wait(_config.speed.wait);
+      })()
+   );
+
+   if (!options.dir) {
+      const dir = await $p.text({
+         message: "Where to create your project?",
+         placeholder: downloadOpts.dir,
+         initialValue: downloadOpts.dir
+      });
+      if ($p.isCancel(dir)) {
+         process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      downloadOpts.dir = dir || "./";
+   }
+
+   if (fs.existsSync(downloadOpts.dir)) {
+      const clean = await $p.confirm({
+         message: `Directory ${color.cyan(downloadOpts.dir)} exists. Clean it?`,
+         initialValue: false
+      });
+      if ($p.isCancel(clean)) {
+         process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      downloadOpts.clean = clean;
+   }
+
+   let template: Template | undefined;
+   if (options.template) {
+      template = templates.find((t) => t.key === options.template) as Template;
+      if (!template) {
+         $p.log.error(`Template ${color.cyan(options.template)} not found`);
+         process.exit(1);
+      }
+   } else {
+      let integration: string | undefined = options.integration;
+      if (!integration) {
+         await $p.stream.info(
+            (async function* () {
+               yield* typewriter("Ready? ", _config.speed.typewriter * 1.5, color.bold);
+               await wait(500);
+               yield* typewriter(
+                  "Let's find the perfect template for you.",
+                  _config.speed.typewriter,
+                  color.dim
+               );
+               await wait(500);
+            })()
+         );
+
+         const type = await $p.select({
+            message: "Pick an integration type",
+            options: Object.entries(config.types).map(([value, name]) => ({
+               value,
+               label: name,
+               hint: Object.values(config[value]).join(", ")
+            }))
+         });
+
+         if ($p.isCancel(type)) {
+            process.exit(1);
+         }
+
+         const _integration = await $p.select({
+            message: `Which ${color.cyan(config.types[type])} do you want to continue with?`,
+            options: Object.entries(config[type]).map(([value, name]) => ({
+               value,
+               label: name
+            })) as any
+         });
+         if ($p.isCancel(_integration)) {
+            process.exit(1);
+         }
+         integration = String(_integration);
+      }
+      if (!integration) {
+         $p.log.error("No integration selected");
+         process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      //console.log("integration", { type, integration });
+
+      const choices = templates.filter((t) => t.integration === integration);
+      if (choices.length === 0) {
+         $p.log.error(`No templates found for "${color.cyan(String(integration))}"`);
+         process.exit(1);
+      } else if (choices.length > 1) {
+         const selected_template = await $p.select({
+            message: "Pick a template",
+            options: choices.map((t) => ({ value: t.key, label: t.title, hint: t.description }))
+         });
+
+         if ($p.isCancel(selected_template)) {
+            process.exit(1);
+         }
+
+         template = choices.find((t) => t.key === selected_template) as Template;
+      } else {
+         template = choices[0];
+      }
+   }
+   if (!template) {
+      $p.log.error("No template selected");
+      process.exit(1);
+   }
+
+   const ctx = { template, dir: downloadOpts.dir };
+
+   {
+      const prefix =
+         template.ref === true
+            ? `#v${version}`
+            : typeof template.ref === "string"
+              ? `#${template.ref}`
+              : "";
+      const url = `${template.path}${prefix}`;
+
+      console.log("url", url);
+      const s = $p.spinner();
+      s.start("Downloading template...");
+      const result = await downloadTemplate(url, {
+         dir: ctx.dir,
+         force: downloadOpts.clean ? "clean" : true
+      });
+      console.log("result", result);
+
+      s.stop("Template downloaded.");
+      await updateBkndPackages({ dir: ctx.dir });
+
+      if (template.preinstall) {
+         await template.preinstall(ctx);
+      }
+   }
+
+   {
+      const install = await $p.confirm({
+         message: "Install dependencies?"
+      });
+
+      if ($p.isCancel(install)) {
+         process.exit(1);
+      } else if (install) {
+         const s = $p.spinner();
+         s.start("Installing dependencies...");
+         exec(`cd ${ctx.dir} && npm install`, { silent: true });
+         s.stop("Dependencies installed.");
+
+         if (template!.postinstall) {
+            await template.postinstall(ctx);
+         }
+      } else {
+         await $p.stream.warn(
+            (async function* () {
+               yield* typewriter("Remember to run ", _config.speed.typewriter, color.dim);
+               await wait(_config.speed.typewriter);
+               yield* typewriter("npm install", _config.speed.typewriter, color.cyan);
+               await wait(_config.speed.typewriter);
+               yield* typewriter(" after setup", _config.speed.typewriter, color.dim);
+               await wait(_config.speed.wait / 2);
+            })()
+         );
+      }
+   }
+
+   if (template.setup) {
+      await template.setup(ctx);
+   }
+
+   await $p.stream.success(
+      (async function* () {
+         yield* typewriter("That's it! ", _config.speed.typewriter);
+         await wait(_config.speed.wait / 2);
+         yield "🎉";
+         await wait(_config.speed.wait);
+         yield "\n\n";
+         yield* typewriter(
+            `Enter your project's directory using ${color.cyan("cd " + ctx.dir)}
+If you need help, check ${color.cyan("https://docs.bknd.io")} or join our Discord!`,
+            _config.speed.typewriter
+         );
+         await wait(_config.speed.wait * 2);
+      })()
+   );
+
+   $p.outro(color.green("Setup complete."));
+}
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/create/index.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/create/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c626200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/create/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./create";
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/create/npm.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/create/npm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe10f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/create/npm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+export type TPackageJson = Partial<{
+   name: string;
+   main: string;
+   version: string;
+   scripts: Record<string, string>;
+   dependencies: Record<string, string>;
+   devDependencies: Record<string, string>;
+   optionalDependencies: Record<string, string>;
+   [key: string]: any;
+}>;
+
+export async function overrideJson<File extends object = object>(
+   file: string,
+   fn: (pkg: File) => Promise<File> | File,
+   opts?: { dir?: string; indent?: number }
+) {
+   const pkgPath = path.resolve(opts?.dir ?? process.cwd(), file);
+   const pkg = await readFile(pkgPath, "utf-8");
+   const newPkg = await fn(JSON.parse(pkg));
+   await writeFile(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(newPkg, null, opts?.indent || 2));
+}
+
+export async function overridePackageJson(
+   fn: (pkg: TPackageJson) => Promise<TPackageJson> | TPackageJson,
+   opts?: { dir?: string }
+) {
+   return await overrideJson("package.json", fn, { dir: opts?.dir });
+}
+
+export async function getPackageInfo(pkg: string, version?: string): Promise<TPackageJson> {
+   const res = await fetch(`https://registry.npmjs.org/${pkg}${version ? `/${version}` : ""}`);
+   return await res.json();
+}
+
+export async function getVersion(pkg: string, version: string = "latest") {
+   const info = await getPackageInfo(pkg, version);
+   return info.version;
+}
+
+const _deps = ["dependencies", "devDependencies", "optionalDependencies"] as const;
+export async function replacePackageJsonVersions(
+   fn: (pkg: string, version: string) => Promise<string | undefined> | string | undefined,
+   opts?: { include?: (keyof typeof _deps)[]; dir?: string }
+) {
+   const deps = (opts?.include ?? _deps) as string[];
+   await overridePackageJson(
+      async (json) => {
+         for (const dep of deps) {
+            if (dep in json) {
+               for (const [pkg, version] of Object.entries(json[dep])) {
+                  const newVersion = await fn(pkg, version as string);
+                  if (newVersion) {
+                     json[dep][pkg] = newVersion;
+                  }
+               }
+            }
+         }
+
+         return json;
+      },
+      { dir: opts?.dir }
+   );
+}
+
+export async function updateBkndPackages(opts?: { dir?: string }) {
+   await replacePackageJsonVersions(async (pkg) => {
+      if (pkg === "bknd") {
+         return "^" + (await getVersion(pkg));
+      }
+      return;
+   }, opts);
+}
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/create/templates/cloudflare.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/create/templates/cloudflare.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..964a6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/create/templates/cloudflare.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import * as $p from "@clack/prompts";
+import { overrideJson, overridePackageJson } from "cli/commands/create/npm";
+import { uuid } from "core/utils";
+import color from "picocolors";
+import type { Template, TemplateSetupCtx } from ".";
+
+export const cloudflare = {
+   key: "cloudflare",
+   title: "Cloudflare Basic",
+   integration: "cloudflare",
+   description: "A basic bknd Cloudflare worker",
+   path: "gh:bknd-io/bknd/examples/cloudflare-worker",
+   ref: true,
+   setup: async (ctx) => {
+      const db = await $p.select({
+         message: "What database do you want to use?",
+         options: [
+            { label: "Cloudflare D1", value: "d1" },
+            { label: "LibSQL", value: "libsql" }
+         ]
+      });
+      if ($p.isCancel(db)) {
+         process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      try {
+         switch (db) {
+            case "d1":
+               await createD1(ctx);
+               break;
+            case "libsql":
+               await createLibsql(ctx);
+               break;
+            default:
+               throw new Error("Invalid database");
+         }
+      } catch (e) {
+         const message = (e as any).message || "An error occurred";
+         $p.log.warn(
+            "Couldn't add database. You can add it manually later. Error: " + color.red(message)
+         );
+      }
+   }
+} as const satisfies Template;
+
+async function createD1(ctx: TemplateSetupCtx) {
+   const name = await $p.text({
+      message: "Enter database name",
+      validate: (v) => {
+         if (!v) {
+            return "Invalid name";
+         }
+         return;
+      }
+   });
+   if ($p.isCancel(name)) {
+      process.exit(1);
+   }
+
+   await overrideJson(
+      "wrangler.json",
+      (json) => ({
+         ...json,
+         d1_databases: [
+            {
+               binding: "DB",
+               database_name: name,
+               database_id: uuid()
+            }
+         ]
+      }),
+      { dir: ctx.dir }
+   );
+   $p.log.info(
+      "Database created. Note that if you deploy, you have to create a real database using `npx wrangler d1 create <name>` and update your wrangler configuration."
+   );
+}
+
+async function createLibsql(ctx: TemplateSetupCtx) {
+   await overrideJson(
+      "wrangler.json",
+      (json) => ({
+         ...json,
+         vars: {
+            DB_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+         }
+      }),
+      { dir: ctx.dir }
+   );
+
+   await overridePackageJson((pkg) => ({
+      ...pkg,
+      scripts: {
+         ...pkg.scripts,
+         db: "turso db",
+         dev: "npm run db && wrangler dev"
+      }
+   }));
+
+   $p.log.info(
+      "Database set to LibSQL. You can now run `npm run db` to start the database and `npm run dev` to start the worker."
+   );
+   $p.log.info(
+      `Make sure you have Turso's CLI installed. Check their docs on how to install at ${color.cyan("https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction")}`
+   );
+}
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/create/templates/index.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/create/templates/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf2a708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/create/templates/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { cloudflare } from "./cloudflare";
+
+export type TemplateSetupCtx = {
+   template: Template;
+   dir: string;
+};
+
+export type Integration = "node" | "bun" | "cloudflare" | "nextjs" | "remix" | "astro" | "custom";
+
+export type Template = {
+   /**
+    * unique key for the template
+    */
+   key: string;
+   /**
+    * the integration this template is for
+    */
+   integration: Integration;
+   title: string;
+   description?: string;
+   path: string;
+   /**
+    * adds a ref "#{ref}" to the path. If "true", adds the current version of bknd
+    */
+   ref?: true | string;
+   preinstall?: (ctx: TemplateSetupCtx) => Promise<void>;
+   postinstall?: (ctx: TemplateSetupCtx) => Promise<void>;
+   setup?: (ctx: TemplateSetupCtx) => Promise<void>;
+};
+
+export const templates = [
+   {
+      key: "node",
+      title: "Node.js Basic",
+      integration: "node",
+      description: "A basic bknd Node.js server",
+      path: "gh:bknd-io/bknd/examples/node",
+      ref: true
+   },
+   {
+      key: "bun",
+      title: "Bun Basic",
+      integration: "bun",
+      description: "A basic bknd Bun server",
+      path: "gh:bknd-io/bknd/examples/bun",
+      ref: true
+   },
+   cloudflare
+] as const satisfies Template[];
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/index.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/index.ts
index dfe7189..e27235f 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export { schema } from "./schema";
 export { run } from "./run";
 export { debug } from "./debug";
 export { user } from "./user";
+export { create } from "./create";
diff --git a/app/src/cli/utils/cli.ts b/app/src/cli/utils/cli.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a866f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/cli/utils/cli.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export async function wait(ms: number) {
+   return new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+}
+
+export async function* typewriter(
+   text: string,
+   delay: number,
+   transform?: (char: string) => string
+) {
+   for (const char of text) {
+      yield transform ? transform(char) : char;
+      await wait(delay);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts b/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
index ab61fdd..7e5fd50 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import url from "node:url";
@@ -38,3 +39,15 @@ export async function fileExists(filePath: string) {
       return false;
    }
 }
+
+export function exec(command: string, opts?: { silent?: boolean; env?: Record<string, string> }) {
+   const stdio = opts?.silent ? "pipe" : "inherit";
+   const output = execSync(command, {
+      stdio: ["inherit", stdio, stdio],
+      env: { ...process.env, ...opts?.env }
+   });
+   if (!opts?.silent) {
+      return;
+   }
+   return output.toString();
+}
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 80a2b5b..796c220 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/examples/cloudflare-worker/package.json b/examples/cloudflare-worker/package.json
index 55526c4..21e9b64 100644
--- a/examples/cloudflare-worker/package.json
+++ b/examples/cloudflare-worker/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "deploy": "wrangler deploy",
-    "db": "turso dev --db-file test.db",
+    "db": "turso dev",
     "dev": "wrangler dev",
     "start": "wrangler dev",
     "test": "vitest",
diff --git a/examples/cloudflare-worker/wrangler.json b/examples/cloudflare-worker/wrangler.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68b57ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cloudflare-worker/wrangler.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json",
+  "name": "bknd-cf-worker-example",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "compatibility_date": "2025-02-04",
+  "compatibility_flags": ["nodejs_compat"],
+  "workers_dev": true,
+  "minify": true,
+  "assets": {
+    "directory": "../../app/dist/static"
+  },
+  "observability": {
+    "enabled": true
+  },
+  "d1_databases": [
+    {
+      "binding": "DB",
+      "database_name": "bknd-cf-example",
+      "database_id": "7ad67953-2bbf-47fc-8696-f4517dbfe674"
+    }
+  ],
+  "r2_buckets": [
+    {
+      "binding": "BUCKET",
+      "bucket_name": "bknd-cf-example"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/examples/cloudflare-worker/wrangler.toml b/examples/cloudflare-worker/wrangler.toml__
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cloudflare-worker/wrangler.toml
rename to examples/cloudflare-worker/wrangler.toml__
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a2ec691..4983624 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
     "@biomejs/biome": "1.9.4",
-    "@clack/prompts": "^0.7.0",
+    "@clack/prompts": "^0.10.0",
     "@cloudflare/workers-types": "^4.20240620.0",
     "@tsconfig/strictest": "^2.0.5",
     "@types/lodash-es": "^4.17.12",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "tsup": "^8.1.0",
     "typescript": "^5.5.3",
     "verdaccio": "^5.32.1",
-    "wrangler": "^3.71.0"
+    "wrangler": "^3.108.1"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=20.0.0"