# site

URL: /bengal/cli/new/site/
Section: new
Description: Create a new Bengal site

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Command

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`bengal new site`

Create a new Bengal site

5Options

## Usage

```
bengal new site [OPTIONS]
```

## Options

Option
Type
Description

`--init-preset`

`STRING`

Initialize with preset (blog, docs, portfolio, product, resume) without prompting

`--name`

`STRING`

Site name (slugified for directory)

`--no-init`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Skip structure initialization wizard

`--template`

`STRING`

Site structure (directories, starter content): default, blog, docs, portfolio, product, resume, landing, changelog

Default:`default`

`--theme`

`STRING`

Visual theme (colors, layout): default

Default:`default`