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# mandarine new

## mandarine new

Creates a Mandarine-powered application with [Mandarine's Project Structure](https://mandarineframework.gitbook.io/mandarine-ts/mandarine-project-structure)

`mandarine new [OPTIONS]`

### Options

| Option                         | Description                                                                      | Required |
| ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| <p>--directory </p><p>(-d)</p> | Indicates the directory where the mandarine-powered application will be created. | No       |
| --force (-f)                   | Forces the overwriting of existing files in directory.                           | No       |