diff --git a/packages/core/index.ts b/packages/core/index.ts
index 23c834a..456f6af 100644
--- a/packages/core/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { preparePayload } from './utils/payload/install';
 import { installSupabase } from './utils/supabase/install';
 import { prettify } from './utils/prettier/prettify';
 import { prepareDrink } from './utils/bar/prepareDrink';
+import { initializeRepository } from './utils/github/install';
 
 interface ProjectOptions {
   name: string;
@@ -31,5 +32,10 @@ export async function createProject(options: ProjectOptions) {
 
   await prettify();
 
+  initializeRepository({
+    projectName: name,
+    visibility: 'private',
+  });
+
   prepareDrink(name);
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/github/ghInstaller.ts b/packages/core/utils/github/ghInstaller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..769175c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/github/ghInstaller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import * as os from 'os';
+
+export function isGitHubCLIInstalled(): boolean {
+  try {
+    execSync('gh --version', { stdio: 'ignore' });
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export function installGitHubCLI(): boolean {
+  const platform = os.platform();
+  let installCommand: string;
+
+  switch (platform) {
+    case 'darwin': // macOS
+      installCommand = 'brew install gh';
+      break;
+    case 'linux': // Linux
+      const linuxDistro = getLinuxDistro();
+      if (linuxDistro === 'ubuntu' || linuxDistro === 'debian') {
+        installCommand =
+          'sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key C99B11DEB97541F0 && sudo apt-add-repository https://cli.github.com/packages && sudo apt update && sudo apt install gh';
+      } else if (linuxDistro === 'fedora' || linuxDistro === 'centos' || linuxDistro === 'rhel') {
+        installCommand =
+          'sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo && sudo dnf install gh';
+      } else {
+        console.log('🖇️ Automatic installation is not supported for your Linux distribution.');
+        console.log('🖇️ Please visit https://github.com/cli/cli#installation for installation instructions.');
+        return false;
+      }
+      break;
+    case 'win32': // Windows
+      installCommand = 'winget install --id GitHub.cli';
+      break;
+    default:
+      console.log('🖇️ Automatic installation is not supported for your operating system.');
+      console.log('🖇️ Please visit https://github.com/cli/cli#installation for installation instructions.');
+      return false;
+  }
+
+  console.log('🖇️ Installing GitHub CLI...');
+  try {
+    execSync(installCommand, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+    console.log('🖇️ GitHub CLI installed successfully.');
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('🍸 Failed to install GitHub CLI.');
+    console.log('🖇️ Please install it manually from: https://github.com/cli/cli#installation');
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export function getLinuxDistro(): string {
+  try {
+    const osRelease = execSync('cat /etc/os-release').toString();
+    if (osRelease.includes('Ubuntu')) return 'ubuntu';
+    if (osRelease.includes('Debian')) return 'debian';
+    if (osRelease.includes('Fedora')) return 'fedora';
+    if (osRelease.includes('CentOS')) return 'centos';
+    if (osRelease.includes('Red Hat')) return 'rhel';
+    return 'unknown';
+  } catch (error) {
+    return 'unknown';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/github/install.ts b/packages/core/utils/github/install.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb56081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/github/install.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import {
+  isGitHubAuthenticated,
+  createGitHubRepository,
+  fetchGitHubUsername,
+  authenticateGitHub,
+  setupGitRepository,
+} from './repositoryManager';
+import { installGitHubCLI, isGitHubCLIInstalled } from './ghInstaller';
+
+interface ProjectOptions {
+  projectName: string;
+  visibility: 'public' | 'private';
+}
+
+// Helper function to check if GitHub CLI is installed
+function checkGitHubCLI() {
+  console.log('🖇️ Checking GitHub CLI installation...');
+  if (!isGitHubCLIInstalled()) {
+    console.log('🖇️ GitHub CLI is not installed.');
+    const installed = installGitHubCLI();
+    if (!installed) {
+      console.error('🖇️ GitHub CLI installation failed. Exiting...');
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Helper function to ensure GitHub authentication
+function ensureGitHubAuthentication() {
+  console.log('🖇️ Checking GitHub authentication...');
+
+  // Check if the user is already authenticated
+  if (isGitHubAuthenticated()) {
+    console.log('🖇️ You are already logged in to GitHub.');
+    return; // Exit early if authenticated
+  }
+
+  if (!authenticateGitHub()) {
+    console.error('🖇️ Authentication failed. Run "gh auth login" in your terminal and try again.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+export async function initializeRepository(options: ProjectOptions) {
+  const { projectName, visibility } = options;
+
+  checkGitHubCLI();
+  ensureGitHubAuthentication();
+
+  // Retrieve GitHub username once
+  const username = await fetchGitHubUsername();
+  if (!username) {
+    console.error('🖇️ Failed to retrieve GitHub username. Aborting repository creation.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  // Check if the repository exists and create it
+  const repoCreated = await createGitHubRepository(projectName, visibility, username);
+  if (!repoCreated) {
+    console.error('🖇️ Failed to create GitHub repository. Check your permissions or if the repository already exists.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  await setupGitRepository(projectName, username);
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/github/repositoryManager.ts b/packages/core/utils/github/repositoryManager.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5de555e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/github/repositoryManager.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+
+async function executeCommand(command: string, silent = false): Promise<string | null> {
+  try {
+    const result = execSync(command, { stdio: 'pipe' }); // Use 'pipe' to capture output
+    const output = result.toString().trim(); // Convert buffer to string
+    return output || null; // Ensure we return null if output is empty
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Error executing command: ${command}`);
+    if (error instanceof Error) {
+      console.error(`Error message: ${error.message}`);
+      if (error) {
+        console.error(`Command stdout: ${error.toString()}`); // Log stdout
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export function isGitHubAuthenticated(): boolean {
+  console.log('🖇️ Checking GitHub authentication status...');
+
+  try {
+    // Use execSync to run the command and capture output
+    const result = execSync('gh auth status', { stdio: 'pipe' }).toString();
+
+    // Check if the output includes "Logged in" - this is to be changed in the future but couldn't find a better way
+    return result.includes('Logged in');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`🖇️ Error checking authentication status: ${error}`);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function authenticateGitHub(): Promise<boolean> {
+  console.log('🖇️ Attempting to authenticate with GitHub...');
+
+  const result = await executeCommand('gh auth login');
+
+  if (result) {
+    // Immediately check authentication status after login attempt
+    const isAuthenticated = isGitHubAuthenticated();
+
+    if (isAuthenticated) {
+      console.log('🖇️ Authentication was successful.');
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      console.error('🖇️ Authentication failed after login attempt.');
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.error('🖇️ No output from gh auth login command.');
+  return false;
+}
+
+export async function fetchGitHubUsername(): Promise<string | null> {
+  try {
+    // Run the command without --jq first to inspect raw output
+    const username = await executeCommand('echo "$(gh api user --jq .login)"');
+
+    if (username) {
+      console.log(`🖇️ Hello \x1b[36m${username}\x1b[0m!`);
+      return username;
+    } else {
+      console.log('🖇️ No username returned or an error occurred.');
+      return null;
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('🖇️ Error fetching GitHub username:', error);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function createGitHubRepository(
+  projectName: string,
+  repositoryVisibility: 'public' | 'private',
+  username: string,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  console.log(`🖇️ Checking if repository already exists...`);
+
+  // Check if the repository exists
+  const repoCheckCommand = `echo "$(gh repo view ${username}/${projectName} --json name)"`;
+  const existingRepo = await executeCommand(repoCheckCommand, true); // Silent mode to suppress output
+
+  if (existingRepo) {
+    console.error(`🖇️ Repository "${projectName}" already exists.`);
+    return false; // Return false to indicate the repo was not created
+  }
+
+  console.log(`🖇️ Creating GitHub repository: \x1b[36m${projectName}\x1b[0m`);
+
+  const visibility = repositoryVisibility === 'public' ? '--public' : '--private';
+  const command = `gh repo create ${projectName} ${visibility} --confirm`;
+
+  const result = await executeCommand(command);
+
+  if (result) {
+    console.log(`🖇️ Repository created successfully at \x1b[36m${result}\x1b[0m`);
+    return true; // Return true to indicate success
+  }
+
+  console.error('🖇️ Failed to create GitHub repository.');
+  return false; // Return false on failure
+}
+
+// New function to set up the local Git repository
+export async function setupGitRepository(projectName: string, username: string) {
+  console.log(`🖇️ Setting up Git for the repository...`);
+
+  // Set the remote origin and push to GitHub
+  const commands = [
+    `git init`,
+    `git add .`,
+    `git commit -m "feat: initial commit"`,
+    `git branch -M main`,
+    `git remote add origin git@github.com:${username}/${projectName}.git`,
+    `git push -u origin main`,
+  ];
+
+  for (const cmd of commands) {
+    const result = executeCommand(cmd);
+    if (!result) {
+      console.error(`🖇️ Failed to execute command: ${cmd}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+}