genlayerlabs · albert-mr · Nov 14, 2025 · Dec 9, 2025 · Dec 16, 2025 · coderabbitai
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "ethers": "^6.13.4",
     "fs-extra": "^11.3.0",
     "genlayer-js": "^0.16.0",
+    "giget": "^2.0.0",
     "inquirer": "^12.0.0",
     "keytar": "^7.9.0",
     "node-fetch": "^3.0.0",

diff --git a/src/commands/scaffold/new.ts b/src/commands/scaffold/new.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 import fs from "fs-extra";
 import path from "path";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { downloadTemplate } from "giget";
 import { BaseAction } from "../../lib/actions/BaseAction";
 
 export class NewAction extends BaseAction {
-  private templatePath: string;
-
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-    const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-    const basePath = path.resolve(path.dirname(__filename), "..");
-    this.templatePath = path.join(basePath, "templates", "default");
-  }
+  private readonly templateSource = "github:genlayerlabs/genlayer-project-boilerplate";
 
   async createProject(projectName: string, options: { path: string; overwrite: boolean }) {
     const targetPath = path.resolve(options.path, projectName);
@@ -25,7 +18,13 @@ export class NewAction extends BaseAction {
     this.startSpinner(`Creating new GenLayer project: ${projectName}`);
 
     try {
-      fs.copySync(this.templatePath, targetPath);
+      await downloadTemplate(this.templateSource, {
+        dir: targetPath,
+        force: options.overwrite,
+        offline: false,
+        install: false,
+      });
-      await downloadTemplate(this.templateSource, {
-        dir: targetPath,
-        force: options.overwrite,
-        offline: false,
-        install: false,
-      });
+      await downloadTemplate(this.templateSource, {
+        dir: targetPath,
+        force: options.overwrite,
+        install: false,
+      });
-      await downloadTemplate(this.templateSource, {
-        dir: targetPath,
-        force: options.overwrite,
-        offline: false,
-        install: false,
-      });
+      await downloadTemplate(this.templateSource, {
+        dir: targetPath,
+        force: options.overwrite,
+        install: false,
+      });
+
       this.succeedSpinner(`Project "${projectName}" created successfully at ${targetPath}`);
     } catch (error) {
       this.failSpinner(`Error creating project "${projectName}"`, error);

diff --git a/templates/default/LICENSE b/templates/default/LICENSE
diff --git a/templates/default/README.md b/templates/default/README.md
diff --git a/templates/default/__init__.py b/templates/default/__init__.py
diff --git a/templates/default/app/.env.example b/templates/default/app/.env.example
diff --git a/templates/default/app/.gitignore b/templates/default/app/.gitignore
diff --git a/templates/default/app/.vscode/extensions.json b/templates/default/app/.vscode/extensions.json
diff --git a/templates/default/app/README.md b/templates/default/app/README.md
diff --git a/templates/default/app/index.html b/templates/default/app/index.html
diff --git a/templates/default/app/package.json b/templates/default/app/package.json
diff --git a/templates/default/app/postcss.config.js b/templates/default/app/postcss.config.js
diff --git a/templates/default/app/public/favicon.png b/templates/default/app/public/favicon.png
diff --git a/templates/default/app/src/App.vue b/templates/default/app/src/App.vue
diff --git a/templates/default/app/src/components/Address.vue b/templates/default/app/src/components/Address.vue