# grunt-init-amber > Create an [Amber Smalltalk][] based application. [Amber Smalltalk]: http://amber-smalltalk.net [grunt-init]: http://gruntjs.com/project-scaffolding ## Installation Install [grunt-init][] if you have not already done so. Place this template in your `~/.grunt-init/` directory after installing grunt-init. It is recommended to clone this template with git as follows: ``` git clone git://github.com/mkroehnert/grunt-init-amber.git ~/.grunt-init/amber ``` _(Windows users, see [the documentation][grunt-init] for the correct destination directory path)_ ## Usage At the command-line, cd into an empty directory, run this command and follow the prompts. ``` grunt-init amber ``` _Note that this template will generate files in the current directory, so be sure to change to a new directory first if you do not want to overwrite existing files._