diff --git a/.changes/cta-pnpm-support.md b/.changes/cta-pnpm-support.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..287192e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cta-pnpm-support.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-tauri-app": patch
+---
+
+[`pnpm`](https://pnpm.io) package manager is now officially supported, either run `pnpx create-tauri-app` or explicitly specifiy it `npx create-tauri-app --manager pnpm`.
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/dependency-manager.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/dependency-manager.ts
index c671f6c8c..48f7cdc65 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/dependency-manager.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/dependency-manager.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import { ManagementType, Result } from './types/deps'
 import { shell } from './shell'
 
-export type PackageManager = 'npm' | 'yarn'
+export type PackageManager = 'npm' | 'yarn' | 'pnpm'
 
 export async function install({
   appDir,
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ async function installNpmPackage(
   packageManager: PackageManager,
   appDir: string
 ): Promise<void> {
-  if (packageNames.length === 0) return
-  console.log(`Installing ${packageNames.join(', ')}...`)
-  if (packageManager === 'yarn') {
-    await shell('yarn', ['add', packageNames.join(' ')], {
-      cwd: appDir
-    })
-  } else {
-    await shell('npm', ['install', packageNames.join(' ')], {
-      cwd: appDir
-    })
+  const packages = packageNames.filter((p) => p !== '')
+  if (packages.length !== 0) {
+    console.log(`- Installing ${packages.join(', ')}...`)
+    if (packageManager === 'npm') {
+      await shell('npm', ['install', packageNames.join(' ')], {
+        cwd: appDir
+      })
+    } else {
+      await shell(packageManager, ['add', packageNames.join(' ')], {
+        cwd: appDir
+      })
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -68,23 +70,25 @@ async function installNpmDevPackage(
   packageManager: PackageManager,
   appDir: string
 ): Promise<void> {
-  if (packageNames.length === 0) return
-  console.log(`Installing ${packageNames.join(', ')}...`)
-  if (packageManager === 'yarn') {
-    await shell(
-      'yarn',
-      ['add', '--dev', '--ignore-scripts', packageNames.join(' ')],
-      {
-        cwd: appDir
-      }
-    )
-  } else {
-    await shell(
-      'npm',
-      ['install', '--save-dev', '--ignore-scripts', packageNames.join(' ')],
-      {
-        cwd: appDir
-      }
-    )
+  const packages = packageNames.filter((p) => p !== '')
+  if (packages.length !== 0) {
+    console.log(`- Installing ${packages.join(', ')}...`)
+    if (packageManager === 'npm') {
+      await shell(
+        'npm',
+        ['install', '--save-dev', '--ignore-scripts', packageNames.join(' ')],
+        {
+          cwd: appDir
+        }
+      )
+    } else {
+      await shell(
+        packageManager,
+        ['add', '-D', '--ignore-scripts', packageNames.join(' ')],
+        {
+          cwd: appDir
+        }
+      )
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/index.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/index.ts
index 4498a7a21..0cb7811ce 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/index.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/index.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const printUsage = (): void => {
     --ci                 Skip prompts
     --force, -f          Force init to overwrite [conf|template|all]
     --log, -l            Logging [boolean]
-    --manager, -d        Set package manager to use [npm|yarn]
+    --manager, -m        Set package manager to use [npm|yarn|pnpm]
     --directory, -d      Set target directory for init
     --app-name, -A       Name of your Tauri application
     --window-title, -W   Window title of your Tauri application
@@ -255,12 +255,15 @@ const runInit = async (argv: Argv): Promise<void> => {
   }
 
   const packageManager =
-    argv.m === 'yarn' || argv.m === 'npm'
+    argv.m === 'yarn' || argv.m === 'npm' || argv.m === 'pnpm'
       ? argv.m
       : // @ts-expect-error
       // this little fun snippet pulled from vite determines the package manager the script was run from
       /yarn/.test(process?.env?.npm_execpath)
       ? 'yarn'
+      : // @ts-expect-error
+      /pnpm/.test(process?.env?.npm_execpath)
+      ? 'pnpm'
       : 'npm'
 
   const buildConfig = {
@@ -367,10 +370,13 @@ const runInit = async (argv: Argv): Promise<void> => {
 
     logStep(`Running: ${reset(yellow('tauri init'))}`)
     const binary = !argv.b ? packageManager : resolve(appDirectory, argv.b)
+    // pnpm is equivalent to yarn and can run srcipts without using "run" but due to this bug https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/2764
+    // we need to pass "--" to pnpm or arguments won't be parsed correctly so for this command only we are gonna treat pnpm as npm equivalent/
     const runTauriArgs =
-      packageManager === 'npm' && !argv.b
-        ? ['run', 'tauri', '--', 'init']
-        : ['tauri', 'init']
+      packageManager === 'yarn' || argv.b
+        ? ['tauri', 'init']
+        : ['run', 'tauri', '--', 'init']
+
     await shell(binary, [...runTauriArgs, ...initArgs, '--ci'], {
       cwd: appDirectory
     })
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/dominator.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/dominator.ts
index 799c5ee88..771bbc865 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/dominator.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/dominator.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ export const dominator: Recipe = {
     ...cfg,
     distDir: `../dist`,
     devPath: 'http://localhost:10001/',
-    beforeDevCommand: `${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} start`,
+    beforeDevCommand: `${
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
+    } start`,
     beforeBuildCommand: `${
-      packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
     } build`
   }),
   extraNpmDevDependencies: [],
@@ -46,12 +48,11 @@ export const dominator: Recipe = {
     console.log(`
     Your installation completed.
 
-    $ cd ${cfg.appName}.
+    $ cd ${cfg.appName}
     $ ${packageManager} install
-    $ ${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} tauri ${
+    $ ${packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager} tauri ${
       packageManager === 'npm' ? '--' : ''
-    } dev
-
+    }dev
     `)
     return await Promise.resolve()
   }
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/ng-cli.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/ng-cli.ts
index f73ba4438..b0fff28b9 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/ng-cli.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/ng-cli.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { PackageManager } from '../dependency-manager'
 import { shell } from '../shell'
 import { Recipe } from '../types/recipe'
+import { join } from 'path'
 
 const addAdditionalPackage = async (
   packageManager: PackageManager,
@@ -10,13 +11,13 @@ const addAdditionalPackage = async (
 ): Promise<void> => {
   const ngCommand = ['ng', 'add', packageName, '--skip-confirmation']
 
-  if (packageManager === 'yarn') {
-    await shell('yarn', ngCommand, {
-      cwd: `${cwd}/${appName}`
+  if (packageManager === 'npm') {
+    await shell('npm', ['run', ...ngCommand], {
+      cwd: join(cwd, appName)
     })
   } else {
-    await shell('npm', ['run', ...ngCommand], {
-      cwd: `${cwd}/${appName}`
+    await shell(packageManager, ngCommand, {
+      cwd: join(cwd, appName)
     })
   }
 }
@@ -33,9 +34,11 @@ const ngcli: Recipe = {
     ...cfg,
     distDir: `../dist/${cfg.appName}`,
     devPath: 'http://localhost:4200',
-    beforeDevCommand: `${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} start`,
+    beforeDevCommand: `${
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
+    } start`,
     beforeBuildCommand: `${
-      packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
     } build`
   }),
   extraQuestions: ({ ci }) => {
@@ -94,12 +97,12 @@ const ngcli: Recipe = {
   },
   postInit: async ({ packageManager, cfg }) => {
     console.log(`
-      Your installation completed.
+    Your installation completed.
 
-      $ cd ${cfg.appName}
-      $ ${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} tauri ${
+    $ cd ${cfg.appName}
+    $ ${packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager} tauri ${
       packageManager === 'npm' ? '--' : ''
-    } dev
+    }dev
     `)
 
     return await Promise.resolve()
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/react.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/react.ts
index 164abf8ad..c2e75688e 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/react.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/react.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { join } from 'path'
 import scaffe from 'scaffe'
 import { shell } from '../shell'
 import { Recipe } from '../types/recipe'
+import { rmSync, existsSync } from 'fs'
 
 const afterCra = async (
   cwd: string,
@@ -38,9 +39,11 @@ export const cra: Recipe = {
     ...cfg,
     distDir: `../build`,
     devPath: 'http://localhost:3000',
-    beforeDevCommand: `${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} start`,
+    beforeDevCommand: `${
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
+    } start`,
     beforeBuildCommand: `${
-      packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
     } build`
   }),
   extraNpmDevDependencies: [],
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ export const cra: Recipe = {
       {
         type: 'list',
         name: 'template',
-        message: 'Which vite template would you like to use?',
+        message: 'Which create-react-app template would you like to use?',
         choices: [
           { name: 'create-react-app (JavaScript)', value: 'cra.js' },
           { name: 'create-react-app (Typescript)', value: 'cra.ts' }
@@ -94,6 +97,22 @@ export const cra: Recipe = {
         }
       )
     }
+
+    // create-react-app doesn't support pnpm, so we remove `node_modules` and any lock files then install them again using pnpm
+    if (packageManager === 'pnpm') {
+      const npmLock = join(cwd, cfg.appName, 'package-lock.json')
+      const yarnLock = join(cwd, cfg.appName, 'yarn.lock')
+      const nodeModules = join(cwd, cfg.appName, 'node_modules')
+      if (existsSync(npmLock)) rmSync(npmLock)
+      if (existsSync(yarnLock)) rmSync(yarnLock)
+      if (existsSync(nodeModules))
+        rmSync(nodeModules, {
+          recursive: true,
+          force: true
+        })
+      await shell('pnpm', ['install'], { cwd })
+    }
+
     await afterCra(cwd, cfg.appName, template === 'cra.ts')
   },
   postInit: async ({ packageManager, cfg }) => {
@@ -101,10 +120,10 @@ export const cra: Recipe = {
     Your installation completed.
 
     $ cd ${cfg.appName}
-    $ ${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} tauri ${
+    $ ${packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager} tauri ${
       packageManager === 'npm' ? '--' : ''
-    } dev
-  `)
+    }dev
+    `)
     return await Promise.resolve()
   }
 }
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/svelte.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/svelte.ts
index 089109f52..c8365db39 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/svelte.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/svelte.ts
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ const svelte: Recipe = {
     ...cfg,
     distDir: `../public`,
     devPath: 'http://localhost:5000',
-    beforeDevCommand: `${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} dev`,
+    beforeDevCommand: `${
+      packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
+    } dev`,
     beforeBuildCommand: `${
-      packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'
+      packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
     } build`
   }),
   preInit: async ({ cwd, cfg, answers }) => {
@@ -56,11 +58,11 @@ const svelte: Recipe = {
     console.log(`
     Your installation completed.
 
-    $ cd ${cfg.appName}.
-    $ ${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} tauri ${
+    $ cd ${cfg.appName}
+    $ ${packageManager} install
+    $ ${packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager} tauri ${
       packageManager === 'npm' ? '--' : ''
-    } dev
-
+    }dev
     `)
 
     return await Promise.resolve()
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vanilla.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vanilla.ts
index c564dcdf3..e083d0e48 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vanilla.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vanilla.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ export const vanillajs: Recipe = {
     console.log(`
     Your installation completed.
 
-  $ cd ${cfg.appName}
-  $ ${packageManager} install
-  $ ${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} tauri ${
-      packageManager === 'npm' ? '-- ' : ''
+    $ cd ${cfg.appName}
+    $ ${packageManager} install
+    $ ${packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager} tauri ${
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? '--' : ''
     }dev
-  `)
+    `)
     return await Promise.resolve()
   }
 }
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vite.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vite.ts
index 0e8ff5d08..456852b33 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vite.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vite.ts
@@ -7,23 +7,6 @@
 import { shell } from '../shell'
 import { Recipe } from '../types/recipe'
 
-const afterViteCA = async (
-  cwd: string,
-  appName: string,
-  template: string
-): Promise<void> => {
-  // template dir temp removed, will eventually add it back for APIs
-  // leaving this here until then
-  // const templateDir = join(__dirname, `../src/templates/vite/${template}`)
-  // try {
-  //   await scaffe.generate(templateDir, join(cwd, appName), {
-  //     overwrite: true
-  //   })
-  // } catch (err) {
-  //   console.log(err)
-  // }
-}
-
 const vite: Recipe = {
   descriptiveName: {
     name: 'create-vite (https://vitejs.dev/guide/#scaffolding-your-first-vite-project)',
@@ -34,9 +17,11 @@ const vite: Recipe = {
     ...cfg,
     distDir: `../dist`,
     devPath: 'http://localhost:3000',
-    beforeDevCommand: `${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} dev`,
+    beforeDevCommand: `${
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
+    } dev`,
     beforeBuildCommand: `${
-      packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'
+      packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager
     } build`
   }),
   extraNpmDevDependencies: [],
@@ -84,33 +69,32 @@ const vite: Recipe = {
       )
     } else {
       await shell(
-        'npx',
+        packageManager === 'pnpm' ? 'pnpx' : 'npx',
         ['create-vite@latest', `${cfg.appName}`, '--template', `${template}`],
         {
           cwd
         }
       )
     }
-
-    await afterViteCA(cwd, cfg.appName, template)
   },
   postInit: async ({ cwd, packageManager, cfg }) => {
     // we don't have a consistent way to rebuild and
     // esbuild has hit all the bugs and struggles to install on the postinstall
     await shell('node', ['./node_modules/esbuild/install.js'], { cwd })
-    if (packageManager === 'yarn') {
-      await shell('yarn', ['build'], { cwd })
-    } else {
+    if (packageManager === 'npm') {
       await shell('npm', ['run', 'build'], { cwd })
+    } else {
+      await shell(packageManager, ['build'], { cwd })
     }
+
     console.log(`
     Your installation completed.
 
-    $ cd ${cfg.appName}.
-    $ ${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} tauri ${
+    $ cd ${cfg.appName}
+    $ ${packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager} tauri ${
       packageManager === 'npm' ? '--' : ''
-    } dev
-  `)
+    }dev
+    `)
     return await Promise.resolve()
   }
 }
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vue-cli.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vue-cli.ts
index 746ca2554..fdb19d994 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vue-cli.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/recipes/vue-cli.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const vuecli: Recipe = {
     Your installation completed.
 
     $ cd ${cfg.appName}
-    $ ${packageManager === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : 'npm run'} tauri:serve
+    $ ${packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm run' : packageManager} tauri:serve
     `)
     return await Promise.resolve()
   }
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/shell.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/shell.ts
index 0473e994e..5ffd710df 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/shell.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/shell.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const shell = async (
 ): Promise<execa.ExecaReturnValue> => {
   try {
     if (options && options.shell === true) {
-      const stringCommand = [command, ...(!args ? [] : args)].join(' ')
+      const stringCommand = [command, ...(args ?? [])].join(' ')
       if (log) console.log(`[running]: ${stringCommand}`)
       return await execa(stringCommand, {
         stdio: 'inherit',