This guide will give you more information on the init-windows command of the React Native Windows CLI.

The init-windows CLI command is used to initialize a new React Native for Windows project inside an existing React Native project.

Initializes a new RNW project from a given template.

npx react-native init-windows

Here are the options that react-native init-windows takes:

The following templates are available for use with init-windows by replacing --template XYZ, where XYZ can be:

This command sends telemetry to Microsoft by default. You can prevent the telemetry from being sent by using the --no-telemetry command line option. See below for more details.

The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the repository. There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsoft's privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.

This data collection notice only applies to the process of running the react-native-windows CLI commands.