diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index d72f5cfc3..2c527a5df 100644
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -5,40 +5,3 @@
 'use strict';
 
 module.exports = require('./local-cli/cli.js');
-var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-var path = require('path');
-
-function printUsage() {
-  console.log([
-    'Usage: react-native <command>',
-    '',
-    'Commands:',
-    '  start: starts the webserver',
-  ].join('\n'));
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-function run() {
-  var args = process.argv.slice(2);
-  if (args.length === 0) {
-    printUsage();
-  }
-
-  switch (args[0]) {
-  case 'start':
-    spawn('sh', [
-      path.resolve(__dirname, 'packager', 'packager.sh'),
-      '--projectRoots',
-      process.cwd(),
-    ], {stdio: 'inherit'});
-    break;
-  default:
-    console.error('Command `%s` unrecognized', args[0]);
-    printUsage();
-  }
-  // Here goes any cli commands we need to
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  run: run
-};
diff --git a/init.js b/init.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..423d42116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var path = require('path');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var file = require('file');
+
+function init(projectDir, appName) {
+  console.log('Setting up new React Native app in ' + projectDir);
+  var source = path.resolve(__dirname, 'Examples/SampleApp');
+
+  walk(source).forEach(function(f) {
+    f = f.replace(source + '/', ''); // Strip off absolute path
+    if(f === 'project.xcworkspace' || f === 'xcuserdata') { return; }
+
+    var replacements = {
+      'Examples/SampleApp/': '',
+      '../../Libraries/': 'node_modules/react-native/Libraries/',
+      '../../React/': 'node_modules/react-native/React/',
+      'SampleApp': appName
+    };
+
+    var dest = f.replace(new RegExp('SampleApp', 'g'), appName);
+    copyAndReplace(
+      path.resolve(source, f),
+      path.resolve(projectDir, dest),
+      replacements
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+function copyAndReplace(src, dest, replacements) {
+  if (fs.lstatSync(src).isDirectory()) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dest)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(dest);
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    var content = fs.readFileSync(src, 'utf8');
+    Object.keys(replacements).forEach(function(regex) {
+      content = content.replace(new RegExp(regex, 'g'), replacements[regex]);
+    });
+    fs.writeFileSync(dest, content);
+  }
+}
+
+function copyAndReplace2(src, dest, appName) {
+  if (fs.lstatSync(src).isDirectory()) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dest)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(dest);
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    var content = fs.readFileSync(src, 'utf8')
+      .replace(new RegExp('SampleApp', 'g'), appName)
+      .replace(new RegExp('Examples/' + appName + '/', 'g'), '')
+      .replace(new RegExp('../../Libraries/', 'g'), 'node_modules/react-native/Libraries/')
+      .replace(new RegExp('../../React/', 'g'), 'node_modules/react-native/React/');
+    fs.writeFileSync(dest, content);
+  }
+}
+
+function walk(current) {
+  if(fs.lstatSync(current).isDirectory()) {
+    var files = fs.readdirSync(current).map(function(child) {
+      child = path.join(current, child);
+      return walk(child);
+    });
+    return [].concat.apply([current], files);
+  } else {
+    return [current];
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = init;
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 534fec959..000000000
--- a/init.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-'use strict';
-
-var path = require('path');
-var fs = require('fs');
-var file = require('file');
-
-if (process.argv.length === 0) {
-  console.log('Usage: ' + path.basename(__filename) + ' <ProjectNameInCamelCase>');
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('This script will bootstrap new React Native app in current folder');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-var appName = process.argv[2];
-var dest = process.cwd();
-console.log('Setting up new React Native app in ' + dest);
-console.log('');
-
-main(dest, appName);
-
-function cp(src, dest, appName) {
-  if (fs.lstatSync(src).isDirectory()) {
-    if (!fs.existsSync(dest)) {
-      fs.mkdirSync(dest);
-    }
-  }
-  else {
-    var content = fs.readFileSync(src, 'utf8')
-      .replace(new RegExp('SampleApp', 'g'), appName)
-      .replace(new RegExp('Examples/' + appName + '/', 'g'), '')
-      .replace(new RegExp('../../Libraries/', 'g'), 'node_modules/react-native/Libraries/')
-      .replace(new RegExp('../../React/', 'g'), 'node_modules/react-native/React/');
-    fs.writeFileSync(dest, content);
-  }
-}
-
-function main(dest, appName) {
-  var source = path.resolve(__dirname, 'Examples/SampleApp');
-  file.walk(source, function(error, _, dirs, files) {
-    if (error) { throw error; }
-
-    dirs.concat(files).forEach(function(f) {
-      f = f.replace(source + '/', ''); // Strip off absolute path
-      if (f === 'project.xcworkspace' || f === 'xcuserdata') { return; }
-      var newFile = f.replace(new RegExp('SampleApp', 'g'), appName);
-      cp(path.resolve(source, f), path.resolve(dest, newFile), appName);
-    });
-  });
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c59ccf41e..0421c96a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@
     "react-native-start": "packager/packager.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "connect": "2.8.3",
-    "file": "^0.2.2",
-    "jstransform": "10.0.1",
-    "react-timer-mixin": "^0.13.1",
-    "react-tools": "0.13.0-rc2",
-    "rebound": "^0.0.12",
-    "source-map": "0.1.31",
-    "stacktrace-parser": "0.1.1",
     "absolute-path": "0.0.0",
     "bluebird": "^2.9.21",
     "chalk": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/react-native-cli/index.js b/react-native-cli/index.js
index 8579933cb..7bd237e02 100755
--- a/react-native-cli/index.js
+++ b/react-native-cli/index.js
@@ -85,31 +85,17 @@ function init(name) {
       start: 'node_modules/react-native/packager/packager.sh'
     }
   };
-  fs.writeFileSync(
-    path.join(root, 'package.json'),
-    JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2)
-  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(packageJson));
   process.chdir(root);
 
-  var initCmd = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'init.sh') + ' ' + projectName;
-  run(initCmd, function(e) {
+  run('npm install --save react-native', function(e) {
     if (e) {
-      console.error('initialization failed');
+      console.error('`npm install --save react-native` failed');
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    run('npm install --save react-native', function(e) {
-      if (e) {
-        console.error('`npm install --save react-native` failed');
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      console.log('Next steps:');
-      console.log('');
-      console.log('   Open ' + path.join(root, projectName) + '.xcodeproj in Xcode');
-      console.log('   Hit Run button');
-      console.log('');
-    });
+    var cli = require(CLI_MODULE_PATH());
+    cli.init(root, projectName);
   });
 }