diff --git a/cli/commands/create.js b/cli/commands/create.js
index 45311a94a8c..6f0d3875f5d 100644
--- a/cli/commands/create.js
+++ b/cli/commands/create.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class CreateCommand {
 		const typeConf = {};
 
 		for (const filename of fs.readdirSync(creatorDir)) {
-			if (!jsRegExp.test(filename)) {
+			if (!jsRegExp.test(filename) || filename === 'base_app.js') {
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ export class CreateCommand {
 		var type = cli.argv.type,
 			creator = this.creators[type];
 
+		let useAlloy = false;
+		if (creator.type === 'app_alloy') {
+			useAlloy = true;
+			creator.type = 'app';
+		}
+
 		// load the project type lib
 		logger.info(`Creating ${type.cyan} project`);
 
@@ -179,8 +185,7 @@ export class CreateCommand {
 				} else {
 					logger.info(`Project created successfully in ${appc.time.prettyDiff(cli.startTime, Date.now())}\n`);
 				}
-
-				if (cli.argv.alloy !== undefined) {
+				if (cli.argv.alloy !== undefined || useAlloy) {
 					execSync(`alloy new "${path.join(cli.argv['workspace-dir'], cli.argv.name)}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
 				}
 
diff --git a/cli/lib/creator.js b/cli/lib/creator.js
index acab08f7c11..6e6e81681b3 100644
--- a/cli/lib/creator.js
+++ b/cli/lib/creator.js
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ export class Creator {
 	 * @param {Function} callback - A function to call after the function finishes
 	 */
 	run() {
+		if (this.cli.argv.type === 'app_alloy') {
+			// alloy app - reset type to normal app
+			this.cli.argv.type = 'app';
+		}
 		this.projectType = this.cli.argv.type;
 		this.sdk = this.cli.env.getSDK(this.cli.argv.sdk);
 	}
diff --git a/cli/lib/creators/app.js b/cli/lib/creators/app.js
index ba7cf3b6679..9bbee8c617a 100644
--- a/cli/lib/creators/app.js
+++ b/cli/lib/creators/app.js
@@ -10,19 +10,14 @@
  * Please see the LICENSE included with this distribution for details.
  */
 
-import appc from 'node-appc';
-import { Creator } from '../creator.js';
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import ti from 'node-titanium-sdk';
-import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { BaseAppCreator } from './base_app.js';
 
 /**
  * Creates application projects.
  *
  * @module lib/creators/app
  */
-export class AppCreator extends Creator {
+export class AppCreator extends BaseAppCreator {
 	/**
 	 * Constructs the app creator.
 	 * @class
@@ -33,172 +28,11 @@ export class AppCreator extends Creator {
 	 * @param {Object} cli - The CLI instance
 	 */
 	constructor(logger, config, cli) { // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
-		super(logger, config, cli);
-
-		this.title = 'Titanium App';
-		this.titleOrder = 1;
-		this.type = 'app';
-
-		// build list of all valid platforms
-		const availablePlatforms = {},
-			validPlatforms = {};
-
-		ti.platforms.forEach(function (platform) {
-			if (/^iphone|ios|ipad$/.test(platform)) {
-				validPlatforms['iphone'] = availablePlatforms['iphone'] = 1;
-				validPlatforms['ipad'] = availablePlatforms['ipad'] = 1;
-				validPlatforms['ios'] = 1;
-			} else {
-				validPlatforms[platform] = availablePlatforms[platform] = 1;
-			}
+		super(logger, config, cli, {
+			title: 'Titanium App (Classic)',
+			titleOrder: 1,
+			type: 'app'
 		});
-
-		// add "all"
-		validPlatforms['all'] = 1;
-
-		this.availablePlatforms = [ 'all' ].concat(Object.keys(availablePlatforms));
-		this.validPlatforms = validPlatforms;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Initializes the app creator.
-	 * @return {object}
-	 */
-	init() {
-		return {
-			options: {
-				id:            this.configOptionId(150),
-				name:          this.configOptionName(140),
-				platforms:     this.configOptionPlatforms(120),
-				template:      this.configOptionTemplate(110),
-				'workspace-dir': this.configOptionWorkspaceDir(170)
-			}
-		};
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Creates the project directory and copies the project files.
-	 * @param {Function} callback - A function to call after the project has been created
-	 */
-	run(callback) {
-		super.run();
-
-		const argv = this.cli.argv,
-			platforms = ti.scrubPlatforms(argv.platforms),
-			projectDir = appc.fs.resolvePath(argv['workspace-dir'], argv.name);
-
-		fs.ensureDirSync(projectDir);
-
-		// download/install the project template
-		this.processTemplate(function (err, templateDir) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-
-			let projectConfig = null;
-			const tasks = [
-				function (next) {
-					// copy the template files, if exists
-					const dir = path.join(templateDir, 'template');
-					if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-						next();
-					} else {
-						this.logger.info(`Template directory: ${templateDir.cyan}`);
-						this.copyDir(dir, projectDir, next);
-					}
-				},
-
-				function (next) {
-					// create the tiapp.xml
-					const params = {
-							id: argv.id,
-							name: argv.name,
-							url: argv.url || '',
-							version: '1.0',
-							guid: randomUUID(),
-							'deployment-targets': {},
-							'sdk-version': this.sdk.name
-						},
-						tiappFile = path.join(projectDir, 'tiapp.xml');
-
-					if (platforms.original.indexOf('ios') !== -1) {
-						platforms.original.indexOf('ipad') !== -1 || platforms.original.push('ipad');
-						platforms.original.indexOf('iphone') !== -1 || platforms.original.push('iphone');
-					}
-
-					ti.availablePlatformsNames.forEach(function (p) {
-						if (p !== 'ios') {
-							params['deployment-targets'][p] = platforms.original.indexOf(p) !== -1;
-						}
-					});
-
-					this.cli.createHook('create.populateTiappXml', this, function (tiapp, params, done) {
-						// read and populate the tiapp.xml
-						this.logger.info('Writing tiapp.xml');
-						projectConfig = appc.util.mix(tiapp, params);
-						projectConfig.save(tiappFile);
-						done();
-					}.bind(this))(fs.existsSync(tiappFile) ? new ti.tiappxml(tiappFile) : new ti.tiappxml(), params, next);
-				},
-
-				function (next) {
-					// make sure the Resources dir exists
-					const dir = path.join(projectDir, 'Resources');
-					fs.ensureDirSync(dir);
-					next();
-				}
-			];
-
-			platforms.scrubbed.forEach(function (platform) {
-				// if we're using the built-in template, load the platform specific template hooks
-				const usingBuiltinTemplate = templateDir.indexOf(this.sdk.path) === 0,
-					platformTemplateDir = path.join(this.sdk.path, platform, 'templates', this.projectType, this.cli.argv.template);
-
-				if (usingBuiltinTemplate) {
-					this.cli.scanHooks(path.join(platformTemplateDir, 'hooks'));
-				}
-
-				tasks.push(function (next) {
-					this.cli.emit([
-						'create.pre.platform.' + platform,
-						'create.pre.' + this.projectType + '.platform.' + platform
-					], this, async function (err) {
-						if (err) {
-							return next(err);
-						}
-
-						const finalize = () => {
-							this.cli.emit([
-								'create.post.' + this.projectType + '.platform.' + platform,
-								'create.post.platform.' + platform
-							], this, next);
-						};
-
-						// legacy... only copy platform specific files if we're copying from a built-in template
-						if (!usingBuiltinTemplate) {
-							return finalize();
-						}
-
-						const p = path.join(this.sdk.path, platform, 'cli', 'commands', '_create.js');
-						if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
-							this.logger.info(`Copying ${platform.cyan} platform resources`);
-							const { run } = await import(p);
-							await run(this.logger, this.config, this.cli, projectConfig);
-							return finalize();
-						}
-
-						// does this platform have new or old style implementations?
-						const templatePath = path.join(platformTemplateDir, 'template');
-						if (!fs.existsSync(templatePath)) {
-							return finalize();
-						}
-						this.copyDir(templatePath, projectDir, finalize);
-					}.bind(this));
-				});
-			}, this);
-
-			appc.async.series(this, tasks, callback);
-		}.bind(this));
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/lib/creators/app_alloy.js b/cli/lib/creators/app_alloy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52d61c12389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/lib/creators/app_alloy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * @overview
+ * Logic for creating new Titanium apps.
+ *
+ * @copyright
+ * Copyright TiDev, Inc. 04/07/2022-Present
+ *
+ * @license
+ * Licensed under the terms of the Apache Public License
+ * Please see the LICENSE included with this distribution for details.
+ */
+
+import { BaseAppCreator } from './base_app.js';
+
+/**
+ * Creates application projects.
+ *
+ * @module lib/creators/app
+ */
+export class AppCreator extends BaseAppCreator {
+	/**
+	 * Constructs the app creator.
+	 * @class
+	 * @classdesc Creates an app project.
+	 * @constructor
+	 * @param {Object} logger - The logger instance
+	 * @param {Object} config - The CLI config
+	 * @param {Object} cli - The CLI instance
+	 */
+	constructor(logger, config, cli) { // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+		super(logger, config, cli, {
+			title: 'Titanium App (Alloy)',
+			titleOrder: 2,
+			type: 'app_alloy'
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+export default AppCreator;
diff --git a/cli/lib/creators/applewatch.js b/cli/lib/creators/applewatch.js
index e2cf8420399..e611c4a6a2a 100644
--- a/cli/lib/creators/applewatch.js
+++ b/cli/lib/creators/applewatch.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class AppleWatchCreator extends Creator {
 		super(logger, config, cli);
 
 		this.title = 'Apple Watch™ App';
-		this.titleOrder = 3;
+		this.titleOrder = 4;
 		this.type = 'applewatch';
 	}
 
diff --git a/cli/lib/creators/base_app.js b/cli/lib/creators/base_app.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0818b49a3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/lib/creators/base_app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+/**
+ * @overview
+ * Base logic for creating new Titanium apps.
+ *
+ * @copyright
+ * Copyright TiDev, Inc. 04/07/2022-Present
+ *
+ * @license
+ * Licensed under the terms of the Apache Public License
+ * Please see the LICENSE included with this distribution for details.
+ */
+
+import appc from 'node-appc';
+import { Creator } from '../creator.js';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import ti from 'node-titanium-sdk';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+
+/**
+ * Creates application projects.
+ *
+ * @module lib/creators/base_app
+ */
+export class BaseAppCreator extends Creator {
+	/**
+	 * Constructs the base app creator.
+	 * @class
+	 * @classdesc Creates an app project.
+	 * @constructor
+	 * @param {Object} logger - The logger instance
+	 * @param {Object} config - The CLI config
+	 * @param {Object} cli - The CLI instance
+	 * @param {Object} options - Configuration options
+	 * @param {string} options.title - The display title for this creator
+	 * @param {number} options.titleOrder - The order for display in prompts
+	 * @param {string} options.type - The project type identifier
+	 */
+	constructor(logger, config, cli, options = {}) {
+		super(logger, config, cli);
+
+		this.title = options.title || 'Titanium App (Classic)';
+		this.titleOrder = options.titleOrder || 1;
+		this.type = options.type || 'app';
+
+		// build list of all valid platforms
+		const availablePlatforms = {},
+			validPlatforms = {};
+
+		ti.platforms.forEach(function (platform) {
+			if (/^iphone|ios|ipad$/.test(platform)) {
+				validPlatforms['iphone'] = availablePlatforms['iphone'] = 1;
+				validPlatforms['ipad'] = availablePlatforms['ipad'] = 1;
+				validPlatforms['ios'] = 1;
+			} else {
+				validPlatforms[platform] = availablePlatforms[platform] = 1;
+			}
+		});
+
+		// add "all"
+		validPlatforms['all'] = 1;
+
+		this.availablePlatforms = [ 'all' ].concat(Object.keys(availablePlatforms));
+		this.validPlatforms = validPlatforms;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Initializes the app creator.
+	 * @return {object}
+	 */
+	init() {
+		return {
+			options: {
+				id:            this.configOptionId(150),
+				name:          this.configOptionName(140),
+				platforms:     this.configOptionPlatforms(120),
+				template:      this.configOptionTemplate(110),
+				'workspace-dir': this.configOptionWorkspaceDir(170)
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates the project directory and copies the project files.
+	 * @param {Function} callback - A function to call after the project has been created
+	 */
+	run(callback) {
+		super.run();
+
+		const argv = this.cli.argv,
+			platforms = ti.scrubPlatforms(argv.platforms),
+			projectDir = appc.fs.resolvePath(argv['workspace-dir'], argv.name);
+
+		fs.ensureDirSync(projectDir);
+
+		// download/install the project template
+		this.processTemplate(function (err, templateDir) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
+			let projectConfig = null;
+			const tasks = [
+				function (next) {
+					// copy the template files, if exists
+					const dir = path.join(templateDir, 'template');
+					if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+						next();
+					} else {
+						this.logger.info(`Template directory: ${templateDir.cyan}`);
+						this.copyDir(dir, projectDir, next);
+					}
+				},
+
+				function (next) {
+					// create the tiapp.xml
+					const params = {
+							id: argv.id,
+							name: argv.name,
+							url: argv.url || '',
+							version: '1.0',
+							guid: randomUUID(),
+							'deployment-targets': {},
+							'sdk-version': this.sdk.name
+						},
+						tiappFile = path.join(projectDir, 'tiapp.xml');
+
+					if (platforms.original.indexOf('ios') !== -1) {
+						platforms.original.indexOf('ipad') !== -1 || platforms.original.push('ipad');
+						platforms.original.indexOf('iphone') !== -1 || platforms.original.push('iphone');
+					}
+
+					ti.availablePlatformsNames.forEach(function (p) {
+						if (p !== 'ios') {
+							params['deployment-targets'][p] = platforms.original.indexOf(p) !== -1;
+						}
+					});
+
+					this.cli.createHook('create.populateTiappXml', this, function (tiapp, params, done) {
+						// read and populate the tiapp.xml
+						this.logger.info('Writing tiapp.xml');
+						projectConfig = appc.util.mix(tiapp, params);
+						projectConfig.save(tiappFile);
+						done();
+					}.bind(this))(fs.existsSync(tiappFile) ? new ti.tiappxml(tiappFile) : new ti.tiappxml(), params, next);
+				},
+
+				function (next) {
+					// make sure the Resources dir exists
+					const dir = path.join(projectDir, 'Resources');
+					fs.ensureDirSync(dir);
+					next();
+				}
+			];
+
+			platforms.scrubbed.forEach(function (platform) {
+				// if we're using the built-in template, load the platform specific template hooks
+				const usingBuiltinTemplate = templateDir.indexOf(this.sdk.path) === 0,
+					platformTemplateDir = path.join(this.sdk.path, platform, 'templates', this.projectType, this.cli.argv.template);
+
+				if (usingBuiltinTemplate) {
+					this.cli.scanHooks(path.join(platformTemplateDir, 'hooks'));
+				}
+
+				tasks.push(function (next) {
+					this.cli.emit([
+						'create.pre.platform.' + platform,
+						'create.pre.' + this.projectType + '.platform.' + platform
+					], this, async function (err) {
+						if (err) {
+							return next(err);
+						}
+
+						const finalize = () => {
+							this.cli.emit([
+								'create.post.' + this.projectType + '.platform.' + platform,
+								'create.post.platform.' + platform
+							], this, next);
+						};
+
+						// legacy... only copy platform specific files if we're copying from a built-in template
+						if (!usingBuiltinTemplate) {
+							return finalize();
+						}
+
+						const p = path.join(this.sdk.path, platform, 'cli', 'commands', '_create.js');
+						if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
+							this.logger.info(`Copying ${platform.cyan} platform resources`);
+							const { run } = await import(p);
+							await run(this.logger, this.config, this.cli, projectConfig);
+							return finalize();
+						}
+
+						// does this platform have new or old style implementations?
+						const templatePath = path.join(platformTemplateDir, 'template');
+						if (!fs.existsSync(templatePath)) {
+							return finalize();
+						}
+						this.copyDir(templatePath, projectDir, finalize);
+					}.bind(this));
+				});
+			}, this);
+
+			appc.async.series(this, tasks, callback);
+		}.bind(this));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cli/lib/creators/module.js b/cli/lib/creators/module.js
index ee226de232f..c9b66e3cb9e 100644
--- a/cli/lib/creators/module.js
+++ b/cli/lib/creators/module.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class ModuleCreator extends Creator {
 		super(logger, config, cli);
 
 		this.title = 'Titanium Module';
-		this.titleOrder = 2;
+		this.titleOrder = 3;
 		this.type = 'module';
 
 		// build list of all valid platforms