How to Create a Shopify App Using the CLI (Updated Guide for 2025)

✅ Before you begin: If you haven’t installed the Shopify CLI yet, check out our guide here: How to Install Shopify CLI on macOS.

In this updated guide, we’ll walk you through creating a Shopify app using the CLI with the latest flow and options, including setting up a Remix app and choosing your language.

🔧 Step 1: Initialize Your App

Open your terminal and run:

shopify app init

You’ll be prompted with a series of questions:

?  Get started building your app:
✔  Build a Remix app (recommended)

?  For your Remix template, which language do you want?
✔  JavaScript

?  Create this project as a new app on Shopify?
✔  Yes, create it as a new app

?  App name:
✔  Example Inventory Tracker

📁 Step 2: Project Initialization

Once you confirm the app name, Shopify CLI will set up your project using your default package manager (e.g., npm):

Initializing project with `npm`
Use the `--package-manager` flag to select a different package manager.

✅ Step 3: Project Successfully Created

After the setup completes, you’ll see a success message like this:

🎉 example-inventory-tracker is ready for you to build!

Next steps
 • Run `cd example-inventory-tracker`
 • For extensions, run `shopify app generate extension`
 • To see your app, run `shopify app dev`

Reference
 • Shopify docs https://shopify.dev
 • For an overview of commands, run `shopify app --help`

This tells you that the project was created successfully and lists useful commands to begin working with your app.

🚀 What’s Next?

Now that your app is initialized, you can:

• Open the folder in Visual Studio Code
• Generate extensions
• Start local development with shopify app dev

Happy coding! 🛠️