Once you know the basics of Instant, you may find it useful to be able to quickly scaffold a new Instant project. We built create-instant-app to do just that.

We currently offer templates for Next.js, Vite + React, Expo, and Vanilla Typescript. Follow the quick start below to give it a spin!

#Quick start

If you haven't already, authenticate with the Instant CLI in your terminal.

npx instant-cli login

This will open a browser window where you can log in or sign up for an account. Once you've authenticated, any app you create with create-instant-app will be associated with your Instant account!

After authenticating you run the following command to scaffold a new Instant app.

npx create-instant-app instant-demo

Run the dev server to see your new app in action!

cd instant-demo
npm run dev

Huzzah! 🎉 You now have a brand new Instant project to play around with!

#One-shot with Claude Code

Got Claude Code? You can use it to one-shot a full-stack Instant app!

Use create-instant-app with the --ai flag and you'll be prompted to describe the app you want to build. Give it a try!

npx create-instant-app --ai

You can think of this as a one-shot app builder in the terminal.