# gt: General Translation CLI tool: Generate Source Template
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/cli/generate.mdx
---
title: Generate Source Template
description: How to generate a source template for your project
---

## Usage

```bash
npx gt generate
```

## Overview

The `gt generate` command generates a source file for your project for your default locale and supported locales.

The generated files are compatible with the [`gt-next`](/docs/next), [`gt-react`](/docs/react), and [`gt-react-native`](/docs/react-native) libraries, and are the same format used by the `translate` command.

After generating the source files, you can use [local translations](/docs/next/guides/local-tx) to serve the translations to your users.

<Callout type="info">
    This command is only useful if you are using your own translation service.

    If you are using the General Translation API, you should use the [`translate`](/docs/cli/translate) command instead.

</Callout>

## Parameters

| Parameter                       | Description                                                                                        | Type       | Optional | Default                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--src <paths>`                 | Space-separated list of glob patterns to match source files. Should be relative to root directory. | `[string]` | `true`   | `[  'src/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}', 'app/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}', 'pages/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}', 'components/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}', ]` |
| `--dictionary <path>`           | Specify a path to the dictionary file                                                              | `string`   | `true`   |                                                                                                                                 |
| `--tsconfig, --jsconfig <path>` | Specify a path to the TS or JS config file                                                         | `string`   | `true`   |                                                                                                                                 |
| `--inline`                      | Include inline `<T>` tags in addition to the dictionary                                            | `boolean`  | `true`   | `true`                                                                                                                          |
| `--default-locale <locale>`     | The source locale for the project                                                                  | `string`   | `true`   | `en`                                                                                                                            |
| `--ignore-errors`               | Ignore errors and force translation for valid content                                              | `flag`     | `true`   | `false`                                                                                                                         |

## Setup

First, run the `gt configure` command to configure your project's settings.

```bash
npx gt configure
```

Then, run the `gt generate` command to generate template files for your project.

```bash
npx gt generate
```

### Configuration file

Read more about the `gt.config.json` file [here](/docs/cli/reference/config).