Documented how to initialize a Cloudflare Workers/Pages project with Wrangler. | Dev Logs

Date: 2026-01-08 00:00 Summary: Documented how to initialize a Cloudflare Workers/Pages project with Wrangler.

[question] how to initial cloudflare project

[try to solve] To bootstrap a Cloudflare project (Workers and/or Pages), use the official Wrangler CLI.

1. Install Wrangler if needed:

npm install -g wrangler

2. Initialize a Workers project:

wrangler init worker-project

Or initialize in the current directory:

wrangler init .

3. For Cloudflare Pages (static sites or frameworks such as Next.js/React): create the app files (package.json, public, src, etc.) locally, then connect the GitHub repo in the Pages dashboard to deploy.

4. Configure wrangler.toml with account and project settings.

5. Local preview:

wrangler dev

6. Deploy (historical note; modern Wrangler uses wrangler deploy):

wrangler publish

Share the target framework or layout if a more automated scaffold is needed.