diff --git a/packages/create-commandkit/src/functions/installDeps.ts b/packages/create-commandkit/src/functions/installDeps.ts
index dfec5c07..fe50ec19 100644
--- a/packages/create-commandkit/src/functions/installDeps.ts
+++ b/packages/create-commandkit/src/functions/installDeps.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const baseDependencies = [
 const dependencies = {
   js: {
     dependencies: baseDependencies,
-    devDependencies: ['@types/node'],
+    devDependencies: ['@types/node', 'typescript'],
   },
   ts: {
     dependencies: baseDependencies,
@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ interface InstallDepsProps {
   stdio: IOType;
 }
 
+function getInstallCommand(
+  manager: PackageManager,
+  deps: string[],
+  dev = false,
+) {
+  switch (manager) {
+    case 'npm':
+    case 'pnpm':
+    case 'yarn':
+    case 'bun':
+      return `${manager} add ${dev ? '-D' : ''} ${deps.join(' ')}`;
+    case 'deno':
+      return `deno add ${dev ? '--dev' : ''} ${deps.map((d) => `npm:${d}`).join(' ')}`;
+    default:
+      return manager satisfies never;
+  }
+}
+
 export function installDeps({
   manager,
   dir,
@@ -37,17 +55,20 @@ export function installDeps({
 
   try {
     if (dependencies[lang].dependencies.length) {
-      const depsCommand = `${manager} add ${dependencies[
-        lang
-      ].dependencies.join(' ')}`;
+      const depsCommand = getInstallCommand(
+        manager,
+        dependencies[lang].dependencies,
+      );
 
       execSync(depsCommand, { cwd: dir, stdio });
     }
 
     if (dependencies[lang].devDependencies.length) {
-      const devDepsCommand = `${manager} add -D ${dependencies[
-        lang
-      ].devDependencies.join(' ')}`;
+      const devDepsCommand = getInstallCommand(
+        manager,
+        dependencies[lang].devDependencies,
+        true,
+      );
 
       execSync(devDepsCommand, { cwd: dir, stdio });
     }
diff --git a/packages/create-commandkit/src/functions/setup.ts b/packages/create-commandkit/src/functions/setup.ts
index 1521685c..0280a009 100644
--- a/packages/create-commandkit/src/functions/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/create-commandkit/src/functions/setup.ts
@@ -19,24 +19,32 @@ export async function setup({
   stdio = 'pipe',
 }: SetupProps) {
   await fs.emptyDir(dir);
-  execSync(commands.init[manager], { cwd: dir, stdio });
+
+  if (manager === 'yarn') {
+    execSync(commands.init.yarn, { cwd: dir, stdio });
+  }
 
   const packageJsonPath = path.join(dir, 'package.json');
-  const packageJson = await fs.readJSON(packageJsonPath);
-
-  delete packageJson.main;
-  packageJson.name = packageJson.name.toLowerCase();
-  packageJson.type = 'module';
-  packageJson.version = '0.1.0';
-  packageJson.private = true;
-  packageJson.description = 'A CommandKit project';
-
-  packageJson.scripts = {
-    dev: 'commandkit dev',
-    build: 'commandkit build',
-    start: 'commandkit start',
+
+  const packageJson = {
+    name:
+      dir.replaceAll('\\', '/').split('/').pop()?.toLowerCase() ||
+      'commandkit-project',
+    description: 'A CommandKit project',
+    version: '0.1.0',
+    type: 'module',
+    private: true,
+    main: 'dist/index.js',
+    scripts: {
+      dev: 'commandkit dev',
+      build: 'commandkit build',
+      start: 'commandkit start',
+    },
+    devDependencies: {},
+    dependencies: {},
   };
 
   await fs.writeJSON(packageJsonPath, packageJson, { spaces: 2 });
-  await fs.writeFile(`${dir}/.env`, `DISCORD_TOKEN="${token}"`);
+
+  await fs.writeFile(`${dir}/.env`, `DISCORD_TOKEN="${token || ''}"`);
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-commandkit/src/index.ts b/packages/create-commandkit/src/index.ts
index 7bf6e256..0dfe3e7f 100755
--- a/packages/create-commandkit/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-commandkit/src/index.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import { copyTemplates } from './functions/copyTemplates.js';
 import { installDeps } from './functions/installDeps.js';
 import { setup } from './functions/setup.js';
 import type { Language, PackageManager } from './types';
-import { textColors } from './utils.js';
+import { detectPackageManager, textColors } from './utils.js';
 
 const commandkitGradient = gradient(textColors.commandkit)('CommandKit');
+
 intro(`Welcome to ${commandkitGradient}!`);
 
 const dir = path.resolve(
@@ -41,12 +42,13 @@ const dir = path.resolve(
 
 const manager = (await select({
   message: 'Select a package manager:',
-  initialValue: 'npm' as PackageManager,
+  initialValue: detectPackageManager(),
   options: [
     { label: 'npm', value: 'npm' },
     { label: 'pnpm', value: 'pnpm' },
     { label: 'yarn', value: 'yarn' },
     { label: 'bun', value: 'bun' },
+    { label: 'deno', value: 'deno' },
   ],
 })) as PackageManager;
 
@@ -98,13 +100,29 @@ installDeps({
   stdio: 'pipe',
 });
 
+const command = (cmd: string) => {
+  switch (manager) {
+    case 'npm':
+    // bun build runs bundler instead of the build script
+    case 'bun':
+      return `${manager} run ${cmd}`;
+    case 'pnpm':
+    case 'yarn':
+      return `${manager} ${cmd}`;
+    case 'deno':
+      return `deno task ${cmd}`;
+    default:
+      return manager satisfies never;
+  }
+};
+
 console.log(
   `${gradient(textColors.commandkit)('Thank you for choosing CommandKit!')}
 
 To start your bot, use the following commands:
-  ${colors.magenta(`${manager} run dev`)}     - Run your bot in development mode
-  ${colors.magenta(`${manager} run build`)}   - Build your bot for production
-  ${colors.magenta(`${manager} run start`)}   - Run your bot in production mode
+  ${colors.magenta(command('dev'))}     - Run your bot in development mode
+  ${colors.magenta(command('build'))}   - Build your bot for production
+  ${colors.magenta(command('start'))}   - Run your bot in production mode
 
 • Documentation: ${colors.blue('https://commandkit.dev')}
 • GitHub: ${colors.blue('https://github.com/underctrl-io/commandkit')}
diff --git a/packages/create-commandkit/src/types.ts b/packages/create-commandkit/src/types.ts
index 5518d4eb..4beaa26d 100644
--- a/packages/create-commandkit/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/create-commandkit/src/types.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export type Language = 'js' | 'ts';
-export type PackageManager = 'npm' | 'pnpm' | 'yarn' | 'bun';
+export type PackageManager = 'npm' | 'pnpm' | 'yarn' | 'bun' | 'deno';
diff --git a/packages/create-commandkit/src/utils.ts b/packages/create-commandkit/src/utils.ts
index 316fb52a..fdedf73c 100644
--- a/packages/create-commandkit/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/create-commandkit/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { PackageManager } from './types';
+
 export const textColors = {
   commandkit: ['#fdba74', '#e4a5a2', '#c288de', '#b27bf9'],
   js: ['#f7e01c', '#f7e01c'],
@@ -6,9 +8,18 @@ export const textColors = {
 
 export const commands = {
   init: {
-    npm: 'npm init -y',
-    yarn: 'yarn init -y; yarn set version stable; yarn config set nodeLinker node-modules;',
-    pnpm: 'pnpm init',
-    bun: 'bun init -y -m',
+    yarn: 'yarn set version stable; yarn config set nodeLinker node-modules;',
   },
 };
+
+export function detectPackageManager(): PackageManager {
+  const packageManager = process.env.npm_config_user_agent;
+
+  if (packageManager?.includes('pnpm')) return 'pnpm';
+  if (packageManager?.includes('yarn')) return 'yarn';
+  if (packageManager?.includes('bun')) return 'bun';
+  if (packageManager?.includes('npm')) return 'npm';
+  if (packageManager?.includes('deno')) return 'deno';
+
+  return 'npm';
+}