diff --git a/packages/cli-tool/src/commands/generate/index.ts b/packages/cli-tool/src/commands/generate/index.ts
index 284bdcf..f8b23a3 100644
--- a/packages/cli-tool/src/commands/generate/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-tool/src/commands/generate/index.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,43 @@
-import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as fs from "fs";
 
-import { Command } from '@oclif/core';
-import Inquirer from 'inquirer';
+import { Command } from "@oclif/core";
+import Inquirer from "inquirer";
 
-import { setUIFramework } from '../../add-ons/ui-framework/index';
-import { setVersionControl } from '../../add-ons/version-control/index';
-import { questions } from '../../helpers/questions';
-import initializeCraApp from '../../template/initialize-cra-app';
+import { setUIFramework } from "../../add-ons/ui-framework/index";
+import { setVersionControl } from "../../add-ons/version-control/index";
+import { questions } from "../../helpers/questions";
+import initializeViteApp from "../../template/initialize-vite-app";
 
 export default class Generate extends Command {
-  static description = 'Generate Nimble React application';
+  static description = "Generate Nimble React application";
 
-  static examples = ['$ nimble-react generate app-name'];
+  static examples = ["$ nimble-react generate app-name"];
 
   static args = [
     {
-      name: 'appName',
+      name: "appName",
       required: true,
-      description: 'application name',
+      description: "application name",
     },
     {
-      name: 'template',
+      name: "branch",
       required: false,
       description:
-        'template location, use "file:{../path/to/your/local/template/repo}" for using a local cra template',
-      default: '@nimblehq',
+        'Specify the branch to download the vite-template from...',
+      default: "main",
     },
     {
-      name: 'dest',
+      name: "dest",
       required: false,
       description:
-        'destination, defines in which folder the project folder will be created',
-      default: './',
+        "destination, defines in which folder the project folder will be created",
+      default: "./",
     },
   ];
 
   public async run(): Promise<void> {
     const {
-      args: { appName, template, dest },
+      args: { appName, branch, dest },
     } = await this.parse(Generate);
 
     const appPath = `${dest}${appName}`;
@@ -46,10 +46,14 @@ export default class Generate extends Command {
 
     try {
       this.log(
-        `Generating Nimble React app with the project name: ${appName}!`,
+        `Generating Nimble React app with the project name: ${appName}!`
       );
 
-      await initializeCraApp(appName, template, dest);
+      await initializeViteApp({
+        appName,
+        dest,
+        branch: branch,
+      });
       setVersionControl(appPath, answers.versionControl);
       await setUIFramework(appPath, answers.uiFramework);
 
@@ -63,12 +67,12 @@ export default class Generate extends Command {
     }
   }
 
-  cleanFiles = async(appName: string): Promise<void> => {
-    this.log('Removing the .add-ons folder.');
+  cleanFiles = async (appName: string): Promise<void> => {
+    this.log("Removing the .add-ons folder.");
     return this.deleteAddOnsFolder(appName);
   };
 
-  deleteAddOnsFolder = async(appPath: string): Promise<void> => {
+  deleteAddOnsFolder = async (appPath: string): Promise<void> => {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       fs.rm(`${appPath}/.add-ons`, { recursive: true }, (err) => {
         if (err) {
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ export default class Generate extends Command {
   displayEndMessage = (appName: string, appPath: string): void => {
     this.log(``);
     this.log(`\n\n🚀 Your app "${appName}" has been created successfully!`);
-    this.log('\n\nTo get started, run the following:');
+    this.log("\n\nTo get started, run the following:");
     this.log(`> cd ./${appPath}`);
     this.log(`> npm start`);
   };
diff --git a/packages/cli-tool/src/template/initialize-vite-app.ts b/packages/cli-tool/src/template/initialize-vite-app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..967e1ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-tool/src/template/initialize-vite-app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { CliUx } from "@oclif/core";
+import runCommand from "../helpers/child-process";
+import { replaceLine } from "../helpers/file-editor";
+
+const TEMPLATE_OWNER = "nimblehq";
+const TEMPLATE_REPO = "react-templates";
+const replaceAppNameInFiles = ["package.json", "index.html"];
+
+type InitViteOptions = {
+  dest: string;
+  appName: string;
+  branch: string;
+};
+
+const downloadTemplateRepository = (
+  options: InitViteOptions
+): Promise<void> => {
+  CliUx.ux.info("Downloading template source files...");
+
+  return runCommand(
+    "curl",
+    [
+      `https://codeload.github.com/${TEMPLATE_OWNER}/${TEMPLATE_REPO}/tar.gz/${options.branch}`,
+      "--output",
+      `${options.appName}.gz`,
+    ],
+    options.dest
+  );
+};
+
+const extractViteTemplateFolder = (options: InitViteOptions): Promise<void> => {
+  CliUx.ux.info("Extracting template source files...");
+  const branchPath = options.branch.replace("/", "-");
+
+  return runCommand(
+    "tar",
+    [
+      "-xz",
+      "-f",
+      `${options.appName}.gz`,
+      "--strip=2",
+      `${TEMPLATE_REPO}-${branchPath}/packages/vite-template`,
+    ],
+    options.dest
+  );
+};
+
+const renameFolder = (options: InitViteOptions): Promise<void> => {
+  CliUx.ux.info("Rename your app folder...");
+
+  return runCommand("mv", ["vite-template", options.appName], options.dest);
+};
+
+const replaceAppName = (options: InitViteOptions): void => {
+  CliUx.ux.info("Setup your application name...");
+  replaceAppNameInFiles.forEach((fileName) => {
+    replaceLine(
+      `${options.dest}${options.appName}/${fileName}`,
+      "%APP_NAME%",
+      options.appName
+    );
+  });
+};
+
+const cleanTemporaryFiles = (options: InitViteOptions): Promise<void> => {
+  CliUx.ux.info("Remove zip and unwanted files...");
+
+  return runCommand("rm", [`${options.appName}.gz`], options.dest);
+};
+
+const initializeViteApp = async (options: InitViteOptions): Promise<void> => {
+  return downloadTemplateRepository(options)
+    .then(() => extractViteTemplateFolder(options))
+    .then(() => renameFolder(options))
+    .then(() => replaceAppName(options))
+    .then(() => cleanTemporaryFiles(options));
+};
+
+export default initializeViteApp;
diff --git a/packages/vite-template/package.json b/packages/vite-template/package.json
index 7ab3e5d..7fe8fff 100644
--- a/packages/vite-template/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite-template/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "vite-template",
+  "name": "%APP_NAME%",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/vite-template/src/assets/stylesheets/functions/_sizing.scss b/packages/vite-template/src/assets/stylesheets/functions/_sizing.scss
index 48c700a..3f2d7b7 100644
--- a/packages/vite-template/src/assets/stylesheets/functions/_sizing.scss
+++ b/packages/vite-template/src/assets/stylesheets/functions/_sizing.scss
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     @if ($value == 0 or $value == auto) {
       $list: append($list, $value);
     } @else {
-      $rem-value: ($value / $base-font-size) + rem;
+      $rem-value: (calc($value / $base-font-size)) + rem;
       $list: append($list, $rem-value);
     }
   }