diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 71d2710..ea23bde 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 const yargs = require('yargs/yargs')
 const dotenv = require('dotenv')
 const path = require('path')
+const initStatusboard = require('./commands/create')
 
 const SHARED_OPTIONS = {
   db: {
@@ -81,8 +82,8 @@ module.exports = (create, builder, argv) => {
 
   let cli = yargs()
 
-    .command('create', 'Create a StatusBoard', {}, async (argv) => {
-      console.log('Coming soon!')
+    .command('create [directory]', 'Create a StatusBoard', {}, async (argv) => {
+      await initStatusboard(argv)
     })
 
     .command('build', 'Index and build board', SHARED_OPTIONS, async (argv) => {
diff --git a/lib/commands/create.js b/lib/commands/create.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e56683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/commands/create.js
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+const inquirer = require('inquirer')
+const path = require('node:path')
+const createPackageJson = require('create-package-json')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
+const { gitInit } = require('../git.js')
+
+async function create (opts) {
+  const { directory } = opts
+
+  const config = {
+    path: directory,
+    name: undefined,
+    labels: [],
+    orgs: [],
+    projects: [],
+    githubActions: false
+  }
+
+  const answers = await inquirer.prompt([
+    {
+      type: 'input',
+      name: 'path',
+      message: 'Where would you like to create your project?',
+      default: 'statusboard',
+      when: () => !config.path
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'confirm',
+      name: 'defaultLabels',
+      message: 'Do you want use default labels?',
+      default: true
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'input',
+      name: 'labels',
+      message: 'What labels do you want to use (use commas to separate)',
+      when: (answers) => !answers.defaultLabels
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'input',
+      name: 'orgs',
+      message:
+        'What organizations do you want to include (use commas to separate)'
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'input',
+      name: 'repositories',
+      message:
+        'What repositories do you want to include (use commas to separate)'
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'confirm',
+      name: 'githubActions',
+      message: 'Do you want deploy with GitHub Actions?',
+      default: false
+    }
+  ])
+
+  config.path = answers.path.trim()
+
+  config.labels = transformUserInput(answers.labels)
+  config.orgs = transformUserInput(answers.orgs)
+  config.projects = transformUserInput(answers.repositories)
+  config.githubActions = answers.githubActions
+
+  const appPath = path.resolve(config.path)
+  config.name = path.basename(appPath)
+  config.path = appPath
+
+  await fs.ensureDir(appPath)
+  
+  if (config.githubActions) {
+    createBuildAction(config)
+  }
+
+  await createConfigFile(config)
+  createGitIgnore(config)
+
+  await createPackageJson({
+    cwd: appPath,
+    name: config.name,
+    description: 'A dashboard for project status',
+    version: '1.0.0',
+    dependencies: ['@pkgjs/statusboard'],
+    author: null,
+    keywords: ['statusboard', 'projects'],
+    repository: null,
+    type: 'commonjs',
+    private: true,
+    license: 'MIT',
+    main: 'config.js',
+    devDependencies: null,
+    scripts: {
+      build: 'statusboard build -C ./config.js',
+      buildsite: 'npm run clean && statusboard site -C ./config.js',
+      buildindex: 'statusboard index -C ./config.js',
+      clean: 'rm -rf build/css build/js'
+    }
+  })
+
+
+  gitInit(appPath)
+}
+
+async function createConfigFile (config) {
+  const configFile = path.join(config.path, 'config.js')
+
+  const configJs = `module.exports = {${
+    config.labels.length >= 1
+      ? `\n  issueLabels: ${JSON.stringify(config.labels)},`
+      : ''
+  }${config.orgs.length >= 1 ? `\n  orgs: ${JSON.stringify(config.orgs)},` : ''}${
+    config.projects.length >= 1
+      ? `\n  projects: ${JSON.stringify(config.projects)},`
+      : ''
+  }${config.githubActions ? `\n  baseUrl: "/${config.name}",` : ''}
+  github: {
+    token: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+  }
+}
+`
+
+  await fs.writeFile(configFile, configJs)
+}
+
+function transformUserInput(input) {
+  if (input?.length === 0) {
+    return []
+  }
+
+  return input?.split(",").map((l) => l.trim()) || []
+}
+
+function createBuildAction(config) {
+  const workflowDir = path.join(config.path, '.github', 'workflows')
+  const templateFile = path.join(__dirname, 'template', 'build.yml')
+  const configFile = path.join(workflowDir, 'build.yml')
+  
+  fs.ensureDirSync(workflowDir)
+  fs.copyFileSync(templateFile, configFile)
+}
+
+function createGitIgnore(config) {
+  const gitIgnore = path.join(config.path, '.gitignore')
+  const templateFile = path.join(__dirname, 'template', '.gitignore')
+
+  fs.ensureFileSync(gitIgnore)
+  fs.copyFileSync(templateFile, gitIgnore)
+}
+
+module.exports = create
diff --git a/lib/commands/template/.gitignore b/lib/commands/template/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d596a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/commands/template/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# dependencies
+node_modules
+.pnp
+.pnp.js
+
+# production
+build
+
+# local env files
+.env*.local
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/commands/template/build.yml b/lib/commands/template/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3691a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/commands/template/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Generate Statusboard
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "pages"
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  index:
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Setup Pages
+      uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      with:
+        node-version: lts/*
+    - uses: actions/cache@v4
+      id: cache
+      with:
+        path: |
+          ~/.npm
+          ~/.cache
+          ./dist
+          ./node_modules
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ github.sha }}
+    - if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: npm install
+      shell: bash
+    - run: npm run build
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Upload artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        path: './build'
+    - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+      id: deployment
+      uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e82da88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+const { execSync } = require("child_process");
+const { rm } = require("fs");
+
+function isGitRepo() {
+    try {
+        execSync("git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree", { stdio: "ignore" });
+        return true;
+    } catch {}
+    return false;
+}
+
+module.exports.gitInit = function gitInit(path) {
+  let didInit = false;
+
+  try {
+    if(isGitRepo()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    execSync("git init", { stdio: "ignore" });
+
+    didInit = true;
+
+    execSync("git checkout -b main", { stdio: "ignore" });
+    execSync("git add -A", { stdio: "ignore" });
+    execSync('git commit -m "Initial commit from @pkgjs/statusboard"', {
+      stdio: "ignore",
+    });
+
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (didInit) {
+      try {
+        rm(join(path, ".git"), { recursive: true, force: true });
+      } catch (_) {}
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 926baa5..3c601c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "@wesleytodd/buildjs": "0.0.8",
     "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs": "^6.26.2",
     "cptmpl": "0.0.4",
+    "create-package-json": "^1.1.0",
     "dotenv": "^8.0.0",
     "es5-lit-element": "^2.2.1",
     "express": "^4.17.1",