diff --git a/admin/scripts/generateExamples.js b/admin/scripts/generateExamples.js
index 1bb3646d63f7..56e0bb87f6f1 100644
--- a/admin/scripts/generateExamples.js
+++ b/admin/scripts/generateExamples.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ async function generateTemplateExample(template) {
     // Run the docusaurus script to create the template in the examples folder
     const command = template.endsWith('-typescript')
       ? template.replace('-typescript', ' -- --typescript')
-      : template;
+      : `${template} -- --javascript`;
+
     shell.exec(
       // We use the published init script on purpose, because the local init is
       // too new and could generate upcoming/unavailable config options.
diff --git a/admin/scripts/test-release.sh b/admin/scripts/test-release.sh
index 1834834b8fa6..622c524c95fa 100755
--- a/admin/scripts/test-release.sh
+++ b/admin/scripts/test-release.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ git diff --name-only -- '*.json' | sed 's, ,\\&,g' | xargs git checkout --
 cd ..
 
 # Build skeleton website with new version
-npm_config_registry="$CUSTOM_REGISTRY_URL" npx create-docusaurus@"$NEW_VERSION" test-website classic $EXTRA_OPTS
+npm_config_registry="$CUSTOM_REGISTRY_URL" npx create-docusaurus@"$NEW_VERSION" test-website classic --javascript $EXTRA_OPTS
 
 # Stop Docker container
 if [[ -z "${KEEP_CONTAINER:-true}" ]] && ( $(docker container inspect "$CONTAINER_NAME" > /dev/null 2>&1) ); then
diff --git a/packages/create-docusaurus/README.md b/packages/create-docusaurus/README.md
index 2533546271a8..2c62a47257b9 100644
--- a/packages/create-docusaurus/README.md
+++ b/packages/create-docusaurus/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ For Docusaurus maintainers, templates can be tested with:
 ```bash
 cd `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` # Back to repo root
 rm -rf test-website
-yarn create-docusaurus test-website classic
+yarn create-docusaurus test-website classic --javascript
 cd test-website
 yarn start
 ```
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Use the following to test the templates against local packages:
 ```bash
 cd `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` # Back to repo root
 rm -rf test-website-in-workspace
-yarn create-docusaurus test-website-in-workspace classic
+yarn create-docusaurus test-website-in-workspace classic --javascript
 cd test-website-in-workspace
 yarn build
 yarn start
diff --git a/packages/create-docusaurus/bin/index.js b/packages/create-docusaurus/bin/index.js
index 6228ba8a0524..84d0c9e4f1d9 100755
--- a/packages/create-docusaurus/bin/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-docusaurus/bin/index.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ program
     'Do not run package manager immediately after scaffolding',
   )
   .option('-t, --typescript', 'Use the TypeScript template variant')
+  .option('-j, --javascript', 'Use the JavaScript template variant')
   .option(
     '-g, --git-strategy <strategy>',
     `Only used if the template is a git repository.
diff --git a/packages/create-docusaurus/src/index.ts b/packages/create-docusaurus/src/index.ts
index f216e3651c47..769fb4885213 100755
--- a/packages/create-docusaurus/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-docusaurus/src/index.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,29 @@ import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
 import shell from 'shelljs';
 import prompts, {type Choice} from 'prompts';
 import supportsColor from 'supports-color';
-import {escapeShellArg} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+import {escapeShellArg, askPreferredLanguage} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 
-type CLIOptions = {
+type LanguagesOptions = {
+  javascript?: boolean;
+  typescript?: boolean;
+};
+
+type CLIOptions = LanguagesOptions & {
   packageManager?: PackageManager;
   skipInstall?: boolean;
-  typescript?: boolean;
   gitStrategy?: GitStrategy;
 };
 
+async function getLanguage(options: LanguagesOptions) {
+  if (options.typescript) {
+    return 'typescript';
+  }
+  if (options.javascript) {
+    return 'javascript';
+  }
+  return askPreferredLanguage();
+}
+
 // Only used in the rare, rare case of running globally installed create +
 // using --skip-install. We need a default name to show the tip text
 const defaultPackageManager = 'npm';
@@ -153,11 +167,14 @@ async function readTemplates(): Promise<Template[]> {
 async function copyTemplate(
   template: Template,
   dest: string,
-  typescript: boolean,
+  language: 'javascript' | 'typescript',
 ): Promise<void> {
   await fs.copy(path.join(templatesDir, 'shared'), dest);
 
-  await fs.copy(typescript ? template.tsVariantPath! : template.path, dest, {
+  const sourcePath =
+    language === 'typescript' ? template.tsVariantPath! : template.path;
+
+  await fs.copy(sourcePath, dest, {
     // Symlinks don't exist in published npm packages anymore, so this is only
     // to prevent errors during local testing
     filter: async (filePath) => !(await fs.lstat(filePath)).isSymbolicLink(),
@@ -183,6 +200,33 @@ function createTemplateChoices(templates: Template[]): Choice[] {
   ];
 }
 
+async function askTemplateChoice({
+  templates,
+  cliOptions,
+}: {
+  templates: Template[];
+  cliOptions: CLIOptions;
+}) {
+  return cliOptions.gitStrategy
+    ? 'Git repository'
+    : (
+        (await prompts(
+          {
+            type: 'select',
+            name: 'template',
+            message: 'Select a template below...',
+            choices: createTemplateChoices(templates),
+          },
+          {
+            onCancel() {
+              logger.error('A choice is required.');
+              process.exit(1);
+            },
+          },
+        )) as {template: Template | 'Git repository' | 'Local template'}
+      ).template;
+}
+
 function isValidGitRepoUrl(gitRepoUrl: string): boolean {
   return ['https://', 'git@'].some((item) => gitRepoUrl.startsWith(item));
 }
@@ -260,7 +304,7 @@ type Source =
   | {
       type: 'template';
       template: Template;
-      typescript: boolean;
+      language: 'javascript' | 'typescript';
     }
   | {
       type: 'git';
@@ -272,166 +316,193 @@ type Source =
       path: string;
     };
 
-async function getSource(
-  reqTemplate: string | undefined,
-  templates: Template[],
-  cliOptions: CLIOptions,
-): Promise<Source> {
-  if (reqTemplate) {
-    if (isValidGitRepoUrl(reqTemplate)) {
-      if (
-        cliOptions.gitStrategy &&
-        !gitStrategies.includes(cliOptions.gitStrategy)
-      ) {
-        logger.error`Invalid git strategy: name=${
-          cliOptions.gitStrategy
-        }. Value must be one of ${gitStrategies.join(', ')}.`;
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-      return {
-        type: 'git',
-        url: reqTemplate,
-        strategy: cliOptions.gitStrategy ?? 'deep',
-      };
-    } else if (await fs.pathExists(path.resolve(reqTemplate))) {
-      return {
-        type: 'local',
-        path: path.resolve(reqTemplate),
-      };
-    }
-    const template = templates.find((t) => t.name === reqTemplate);
-    if (!template) {
-      logger.error('Invalid template.');
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-    if (cliOptions.typescript && !template.tsVariantPath) {
-      logger.error`Template name=${reqTemplate} doesn't provide the TypeScript variant.`;
+async function createTemplateSource({
+  template,
+  cliOptions,
+}: {
+  template: Template;
+  cliOptions: CLIOptions;
+}): Promise<Source> {
+  const language = await getLanguage(cliOptions);
+  if (language === 'typescript' && !template.tsVariantPath) {
+    logger.error`Template name=${template.name} doesn't provide a TypeScript variant.`;
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  return {
+    type: 'template',
+    template,
+    language,
+  };
+}
+
+async function getTemplateSource({
+  templateName,
+  templates,
+  cliOptions,
+}: {
+  templateName: string;
+  templates: Template[];
+  cliOptions: CLIOptions;
+}): Promise<Source> {
+  const template = templates.find((t) => t.name === templateName);
+  if (!template) {
+    logger.error('Invalid template.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  return createTemplateSource({template, cliOptions});
+}
+
+// Get the template source explicitly requested by the user provided cli option
+async function getUserProvidedSource({
+  reqTemplate,
+  templates,
+  cliOptions,
+}: {
+  reqTemplate: string;
+  templates: Template[];
+  cliOptions: CLIOptions;
+}): Promise<Source> {
+  if (isValidGitRepoUrl(reqTemplate)) {
+    if (
+      cliOptions.gitStrategy &&
+      !gitStrategies.includes(cliOptions.gitStrategy)
+    ) {
+      logger.error`Invalid git strategy: name=${
+        cliOptions.gitStrategy
+      }. Value must be one of ${gitStrategies.join(', ')}.`;
       process.exit(1);
     }
     return {
-      type: 'template',
-      template,
-      typescript: cliOptions.typescript ?? false,
+      type: 'git',
+      url: reqTemplate,
+      strategy: cliOptions.gitStrategy ?? 'deep',
     };
   }
-  const template = cliOptions.gitStrategy
-    ? 'Git repository'
-    : (
-        (await prompts(
+  if (await fs.pathExists(path.resolve(reqTemplate))) {
+    return {
+      type: 'local',
+      path: path.resolve(reqTemplate),
+    };
+  }
+  return getTemplateSource({
+    templateName: reqTemplate,
+    templates,
+    cliOptions,
+  });
+}
+
+async function askGitRepositorySource({
+  cliOptions,
+}: {
+  cliOptions: CLIOptions;
+}): Promise<Source> {
+  const {gitRepoUrl} = (await prompts(
+    {
+      type: 'text',
+      name: 'gitRepoUrl',
+      validate: (url?: string) => {
+        if (url && isValidGitRepoUrl(url)) {
+          return true;
+        }
+        return logger.red('Invalid repository URL');
+      },
+      message: logger.interpolate`Enter a repository URL from GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, or any other public repo.
+(e.g: url=${'https://github.com/ownerName/repoName.git'})`,
+    },
+    {
+      onCancel() {
+        logger.error('A git repo URL is required.');
+        process.exit(1);
+      },
+    },
+  )) as {gitRepoUrl: string};
+  let strategy = cliOptions.gitStrategy;
+  if (!strategy) {
+    ({strategy} = (await prompts(
+      {
+        type: 'select',
+        name: 'strategy',
+        message: 'How should we clone this repo?',
+        choices: [
+          {title: 'Deep clone: preserve full history', value: 'deep'},
+          {title: 'Shallow clone: clone with --depth=1', value: 'shallow'},
           {
-            type: 'select',
-            name: 'template',
-            message: 'Select a template below...',
-            choices: createTemplateChoices(templates),
+            title: 'Copy: do a shallow clone, but do not create a git repo',
+            value: 'copy',
           },
           {
-            onCancel() {
-              logger.error('A choice is required.');
-              process.exit(1);
-            },
+            title: 'Custom: enter your custom git clone command',
+            value: 'custom',
           },
-        )) as {template: Template | 'Git repository' | 'Local template'}
-      ).template;
-  if (template === 'Git repository') {
-    const {gitRepoUrl} = (await prompts(
-      {
-        type: 'text',
-        name: 'gitRepoUrl',
-        validate: (url?: string) => {
-          if (url && isValidGitRepoUrl(url)) {
-            return true;
-          }
-          return logger.red('Invalid repository URL');
-        },
-        message: logger.interpolate`Enter a repository URL from GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, or any other public repo.
-(e.g: url=${'https://github.com/ownerName/repoName.git'})`,
+        ],
       },
       {
         onCancel() {
-          logger.error('A git repo URL is required.');
-          process.exit(1);
+          logger.info`Falling back to name=${'deep'}`;
         },
       },
-    )) as {gitRepoUrl: string};
-    let strategy = cliOptions.gitStrategy;
-    if (!strategy) {
-      ({strategy} = (await prompts(
-        {
-          type: 'select',
-          name: 'strategy',
-          message: 'How should we clone this repo?',
-          choices: [
-            {title: 'Deep clone: preserve full history', value: 'deep'},
-            {title: 'Shallow clone: clone with --depth=1', value: 'shallow'},
-            {
-              title: 'Copy: do a shallow clone, but do not create a git repo',
-              value: 'copy',
-            },
-            {
-              title: 'Custom: enter your custom git clone command',
-              value: 'custom',
-            },
-          ],
-        },
-        {
-          onCancel() {
-            logger.info`Falling back to name=${'deep'}`;
-          },
-        },
-      )) as {strategy?: GitStrategy});
-    }
-    return {
-      type: 'git',
-      url: gitRepoUrl,
-      strategy: strategy ?? 'deep',
-    };
-  } else if (template === 'Local template') {
-    const {templateDir} = (await prompts(
-      {
-        type: 'text',
-        name: 'templateDir',
-        validate: async (dir?: string) => {
-          if (dir) {
-            const fullDir = path.resolve(dir);
-            if (await fs.pathExists(fullDir)) {
-              return true;
-            }
-            return logger.red(
-              logger.interpolate`path=${fullDir} does not exist.`,
-            );
+    )) as {strategy?: GitStrategy});
+  }
+  return {
+    type: 'git',
+    url: gitRepoUrl,
+    strategy: strategy ?? 'deep',
+  };
+}
+
+async function askLocalSource(): Promise<Source> {
+  const {templateDir} = (await prompts(
+    {
+      type: 'text',
+      name: 'templateDir',
+      validate: async (dir?: string) => {
+        if (dir) {
+          const fullDir = path.resolve(dir);
+          if (await fs.pathExists(fullDir)) {
+            return true;
           }
-          return logger.red('Please enter a valid path.');
-        },
-        message:
-          'Enter a local folder path, relative to the current working directory.',
+          return logger.red(
+            logger.interpolate`path=${fullDir} does not exist.`,
+          );
+        }
+        return logger.red('Please enter a valid path.');
       },
-      {
-        onCancel() {
-          logger.error('A file path is required.');
-          process.exit(1);
-        },
+      message:
+        'Enter a local folder path, relative to the current working directory.',
+    },
+    {
+      onCancel() {
+        logger.error('A file path is required.');
+        process.exit(1);
       },
-    )) as {templateDir: string};
-    return {
-      type: 'local',
-      path: templateDir,
-    };
+    },
+  )) as {templateDir: string};
+  return {
+    type: 'local',
+    path: templateDir,
+  };
+}
+
+async function getSource(
+  reqTemplate: string | undefined,
+  templates: Template[],
+  cliOptions: CLIOptions,
+): Promise<Source> {
+  if (reqTemplate) {
+    return getUserProvidedSource({reqTemplate, templates, cliOptions});
   }
-  let useTS = cliOptions.typescript;
-  if (!useTS && template.tsVariantPath) {
-    ({useTS} = (await prompts({
-      type: 'confirm',
-      name: 'useTS',
-      message:
-        'This template is available in TypeScript. Do you want to use the TS variant?',
-      initial: false,
-    })) as {useTS?: boolean});
+
+  const template = await askTemplateChoice({templates, cliOptions});
+  if (template === 'Git repository') {
+    return askGitRepositorySource({cliOptions});
   }
-  return {
-    type: 'template',
+  if (template === 'Local template') {
+    return askLocalSource();
+  }
+  return createTemplateSource({
     template,
-    typescript: useTS ?? false,
-  };
+    cliOptions,
+  });
 }
 
 async function updatePkg(pkgPath: string, obj: {[key: string]: unknown}) {
@@ -452,6 +523,7 @@ export default async function init(
     getSiteName(reqName, rootDir),
   ]);
   const dest = path.resolve(rootDir, siteName);
+
   const source = await getSource(reqTemplate, templates, cliOptions);
 
   logger.info('Creating new Docusaurus project...');
@@ -470,7 +542,7 @@ export default async function init(
     }
   } else if (source.type === 'template') {
     try {
-      await copyTemplate(source.template, dest, source.typescript);
+      await copyTemplate(source.template, dest, source.language);
     } catch (err) {
       logger.error`Copying Docusaurus template name=${source.template.name} failed!`;
       throw err;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-utils/package.json
index 47194c20ec79..b3fa5dee583d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.5",
+    "prompts": "^2.4.2",
     "resolve-pathname": "^3.0.0",
     "shelljs": "^0.8.5",
     "tslib": "^2.6.0",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/cliUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/cliUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53eaac7a72b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/cliUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import prompts, {type Choice} from 'prompts';
+import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
+
+type PreferredLanguage = 'javascript' | 'typescript';
+
+type AskPreferredLanguageOptions = {
+  fallback: PreferredLanguage | undefined;
+  exit: boolean;
+};
+
+const DefaultOptions: AskPreferredLanguageOptions = {
+  fallback: undefined,
+  exit: false,
+};
+
+const ExitChoice: Choice = {title: logger.yellow('[Exit]'), value: '[Exit]'};
+
+export async function askPreferredLanguage(
+  options: Partial<AskPreferredLanguageOptions> = {},
+): Promise<'javascript' | 'typescript'> {
+  const {fallback, exit} = {...DefaultOptions, ...options};
+
+  const choices: Choice[] = [
+    {title: logger.bold('JavaScript'), value: 'javascript'},
+    {title: logger.bold('TypeScript'), value: 'typescript'},
+  ];
+  if (exit) {
+    choices.push(ExitChoice);
+  }
+
+  const {language} = await prompts(
+    {
+      type: 'select',
+      name: 'language',
+      message: 'Which language do you want to use?',
+      choices,
+    },
+    {
+      onCancel() {
+        exit && process.exit(0);
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+  if (language === ExitChoice.value) {
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  if (!language) {
+    if (fallback) {
+      logger.info`Falling back to language=${fallback}`;
+      return fallback;
+    }
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  return language;
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
index 6db01244d006..dc5fc1e1bf39 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -117,3 +117,4 @@ export {
 } from './dataFileUtils';
 export {isDraft, isUnlisted} from './contentVisibilityUtils';
 export {escapeRegexp} from './regExpUtils';
+export {askPreferredLanguage} from './cliUtils';