diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 2b6fe7c12c..b33a7c0f05 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ node_modules
 packages/*/*/doc
 packages/*/*/index.ts
 packages/**/bad.js
+packages/externals/create-electron-app/src/*
 tmpl
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 38f3fe9eb5..da752b46e4 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ packages/*/*/index.ts
 packages/*/*/README.md
 packages/*/*/tsconfig.json
 packages/api/core/test/fixture/bad_external_forge_config/bad.js
+packages/externals/create-electron-app/src/*
 packages/plugin/webpack/test/**/.webpack
diff --git a/packages/externals/create-electron-app/package.json b/packages/externals/create-electron-app/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b574a16acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/externals/create-electron-app/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "create-electron-app",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Create Electron App",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "typings": "../../api/cli/src/electron-forge-init.ts",
+  "author": "Samuel Attard",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@electron-forge/cli": "latest"
+  },
+  "bin": {
+    "create-electron-app": "./src/index"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/externals/create-electron-app/src/index.js b/packages/externals/create-electron-app/src/index.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..62e9a20ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/externals/create-electron-app/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+require('@electron-forge/cli/dist/electron-forge-init.js');
diff --git a/packages/externals/create-electron-app/src/index.ts b/packages/externals/create-electron-app/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a6d58e018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/externals/create-electron-app/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ts-node
+
+require('@electron-forge/cli/dist/electron-forge-init.js');
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