CRYSTAL-INIT(1)  Crystal Compiler Command Line Reference Guide CRYSTAL-INIT(1)

NAME
       crystal-init - Create a a new Crystal project

SYNOPSIS
       crystal init TYPE [DIR | NAME DIR]

DESCRIPTION
       TYPE is one of:

       lib  Creates a library skeleton
       app  Creates an application skeleton

       This initializes the lib/app project folder as a git repository, with a
       license file, a README file, a shard.yml for use with shards (the
       Crystal dependency manager), a .gitignore file, and src and spec
       folders.

       DIR  - directory where project will be generated

       NAME - name of project to be generated (default: basename of DIR)

OPTIONS
       -f, --force
           Force overwrite existing files.

       -s, --skip-existing
           Skip existing files.

crystal 1.21.0                    2026-07-23                   CRYSTAL-INIT(1)