diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 54f224388..06df84db3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Unreleased
 * Introduce `suspenders:lint` generator
 * Introduce `suspenders:rake` generator
 * Introduce `suspenders:views` generator
+* Introduce `suspenders:setup` generator
 
 20230113.0 (January, 13, 2023)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d167c951..721bc8ab7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ document [lang][].
 [title]: https://github.com/calebhearth/title
 [lang]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/lang
 
+### Setup
+
+A holistic setup script.
+
+```sh
+bin/setup
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 See the [CONTRIBUTING] document.
diff --git a/lib/generators/suspenders/setup_generator.rb b/lib/generators/suspenders/setup_generator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a9fae116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/generators/suspenders/setup_generator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module Suspenders
+  module Generators
+    class SetupGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
+      source_root File.expand_path("../../templates/setup", __FILE__)
+      desc <<~TEXT
+        A holistic setup script.
+
+        ```sh
+        bin/setup
+        ```
+      TEXT
+
+      def replace_bin_setup
+        copy_file "bin_setup.rb", "bin/setup", force: true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/generators/templates/setup/bin_setup.rb b/lib/generators/templates/setup/bin_setup.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ef20fe69e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/generators/templates/setup/bin_setup.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require "fileutils"
+require "bundler"
+
+# path to your application root.
+APP_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
+
+def system!(*args)
+  system(*args, exception: true)
+end
+
+def using_node?
+  File.exist? "package.json"
+end
+
+FileUtils.chdir APP_ROOT do
+  puts "== Installing dependencies =="
+  system! "gem install bundler --conservative"
+  system("bundle check") || system!("bundle install")
+  system("yarn install --check-files") if using_node?
+
+  puts "\n== Preparing database and adding development seed data =="
+  if File.exist? "lib/tasks/dev.rake"
+    system! "bin/rails dev:prime"
+  else
+    system! "bin/rails db:prepare"
+  end
+
+  if Bundler.rubygems.find_name("sprockets")
+    puts "\n== Generating assets =="
+    system! "bin/rails assets:clobber assets:precompile"
+  end
+
+  # https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/47719/files
+  puts "\n== Setup test environment =="
+  system! "bin/rails test:prepare"
+
+  puts "\n== Removing old logs and tempfiles =="
+  system! "bin/rails log:clear tmp:clear"
+
+  puts "\n== Restarting application server =="
+  system! "bin/rails restart"
+end
diff --git a/lib/generators/templates/setup/dev_prime.rb b/lib/generators/templates/setup/dev_prime.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44da79691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/generators/templates/setup/dev_prime.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+if Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.test?
+  require "factory_bot" if Bundler.rubygems.find_name("factory_bot_rails").any?
+
+  namespace :dev do
+    desc "Sample data for local development environment"
+    task prime: "db:setup" do
+      include FactoryBot::Syntax::Methods if Bundler.rubygems.find_name("factory_bot_rails").any?
+
+      # create(:user, email: "user@example.com", password: "password")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/generators/suspenders/setup_generator_test.rb b/test/generators/suspenders/setup_generator_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3396ba2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generators/suspenders/setup_generator_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require "test_helper"
+require "generators/suspenders/setup_generator"
+
+module Suspenders
+  module Generators
+    class SetupGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
+      include Suspenders::TestHelpers
+
+      tests Suspenders::Generators::SetupGenerator
+      destination Rails.root
+      setup :prepare_destination
+      teardown :restore_destination
+
+      test "modifies bin/setup" do
+        expected = bin_setup
+
+        run_generator
+
+        assert_file app_root("bin/setup") do |file|
+          assert_equal expected, file
+        end
+      end
+
+      test "has a custom description" do
+        assert_no_match(/Description:/, generator_class.desc)
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def prepare_destination
+        backup_file "bin/setup"
+      end
+
+      def restore_destination
+        remove_file_if_exists "Brewfile"
+        restore_file "bin/setup"
+        remove_dir_if_exists "lib/tasks"
+      end
+
+      def bin_setup
+        File.read("./lib/generators/templates/setup/bin_setup.rb")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end