diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/create.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/create.ts
index 492b9ceac5..305ceb4227 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/create.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/create.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as p from '@clack/prompts';
 
 import { pmFromUserAgent, pmInstall } from './utils/pm.ts';
 import { cancelExit, confirmStep, rgbText } from './utils/prompts.ts';
-import { copyTemplate, prepareDirectory } from './utils/files.ts';
+import { scaffoldProject, prepareDirectory } from './utils/files.ts';
 import { getPackageName, getProjectDirectory } from './utils/inputs.ts';
 import { detect, resolveCommand } from 'package-manager-detector';
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export async function createProject(cwd: string) {
     '../templates',
     `template-${projectTemplate}`,
   );
-  copyTemplate(templateDir, root, packageName);
+  await scaffoldProject(templateDir, root, packageName);
 
   p.log.success(`Scaffolded project at ${projectDir}.`);
 
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/enhance.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/enhance.ts
index 2cae382a21..bd2c2e36a1 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/enhance.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/enhance.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,22 @@ import * as p from '@clack/prompts';
 import { detect, type Agent } from 'package-manager-detector';
 import { type } from 'arktype';
 
-import { PackageJsonWithDepsSchema, type PackageJsonWithDeps } from './utils/types.ts';
+import { PackageJsonSchema, type PackageJson } from './utils/types.ts';
 import { pmInstall } from './utils/pm.ts';
 import { cancelExit, confirmStep, failAndExit, rgbText } from './utils/prompts.ts';
-import { ensureWebgpuTypes } from './steps/webgpu-types.ts';
-import { ensureTypegpu } from './steps/typegpu.ts';
-import { ensureVite } from './steps/vite.ts';
+import { askForWebgpuTypes } from './steps/webgpu-types.ts';
+import { askForPkgs, ensureTypegpu } from './steps/typegpu.ts';
+import { askForVite } from './steps/vite.ts';
 
 const PROJECT_KINDS = [{ value: 'vite', label: rgbText('Vite', 175, 105, 245) }];
 
-async function runViteFlow(cwd: string, pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJsonWithDeps) {
-  await ensureWebgpuTypes(cwd, pm, pkg);
-  await ensureVite(cwd, pm, pkg);
-  await ensureTypegpu(pm, pkg);
+async function runViteFlow(cwd: string, pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJson) {
+  await askForWebgpuTypes(cwd, pm, pkg);
+  await askForVite(cwd, pm, pkg);
+  if (!(await ensureTypegpu(pm, pkg))) {
+    return;
+  }
+  await askForPkgs(pm, pkg);
 }
 
 export async function enhanceProject(cwd: string) {
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ export async function enhanceProject(cwd: string) {
   }
 
   // normal JSON.parse is fine because package.json cannot contain comments
-  const pkg = PackageJsonWithDepsSchema(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8')));
+  const pkg = PackageJsonSchema(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8')));
   if (pkg instanceof type.errors) {
     failAndExit('Could not parse package.json.', pkg.summary);
   }
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/typegpu.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/typegpu.ts
index c61d2efb5a..a06a37581f 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/typegpu.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/typegpu.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 import type { Agent } from 'package-manager-detector';
 import * as p from '@clack/prompts';
 
-import { hasDependency } from '../utils/pkg.ts';
-import type { PackageJsonWithDeps } from '../utils/types.ts';
+import { appendVersion, hasDependency } from '../utils/pkg.ts';
+import type { PackageJson } from '../utils/types.ts';
 import { pmAdd } from '../utils/pm.ts';
 import { confirmStep } from '../utils/prompts.ts';
+import { multiselectPkgs } from '../utils/inputs.ts';
 
-export async function ensureTypegpu(pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJsonWithDeps) {
+export async function ensureTypegpu(pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJson): Promise<boolean> {
   if (hasDependency(pkg, 'typegpu')) {
     p.log.info('typegpu is already installed.');
-    return;
+    return true;
   }
-  if (!(await confirmStep('Install typegpu?'))) return;
+  if (!(await confirmStep('Install typegpu?'))) return false;
   pmAdd(pm, ['typegpu'], false);
   // no p.log.success because pmAdd already logs it
+  return true;
+}
+
+export async function askForPkgs(pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJson) {
+  const pkgs = (await multiselectPkgs(pkg))?.map(({ pkg, ver }) => appendVersion(pkg, ver));
+  if (pkgs) {
+    pmAdd(pm, pkgs, false);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/vite.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/vite.ts
index a578c987ba..c478c26859 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/vite.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { findConfig } from '../utils/config.ts';
 import { hasDependency } from '../utils/pkg.ts';
 import { pmAdd } from '../utils/pm.ts';
 import { confirmStep, failAndExit } from '../utils/prompts.ts';
-import type { PackageJsonWithDeps } from '../utils/types.ts';
+import type { PackageJson } from '../utils/types.ts';
 
 const VITE_CONFIG_NAMES = [
   'vite.config.ts',
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function createViteConfig(cwd: string) {
   p.log.success('Created vite.config.ts.');
 }
 
-export async function ensureVite(cwd: string, pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJsonWithDeps) {
+export async function askForVite(cwd: string, pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJson) {
   if (hasDependency(pkg, 'unplugin-typegpu')) {
     p.log.info('unplugin-typegpu is already installed.');
     return;
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/webgpu-types.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/webgpu-types.ts
index 17aa763afe..d3dfcb9a28 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/webgpu-types.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/steps/webgpu-types.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { hasDependency } from '../utils/pkg.ts';
 import { findConfig } from '../utils/config.ts';
 import { pmAdd } from '../utils/pm.ts';
 import { confirmStep, failAndExit } from '../utils/prompts.ts';
-import { TsConfigSchema, type PackageJsonWithDeps } from '../utils/types.ts';
+import { TsConfigSchema, type PackageJson } from '../utils/types.ts';
 
 const TS_CONFIG_NAMES = ['tsconfig.app.json', 'tsconfig.json'];
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function addWebgpuTypesToTsconfig(filePath: string) {
   fs.writeFileSync(filePath, stringify(tsconfig, null, 2) + '\n');
 }
 
-export async function ensureWebgpuTypes(cwd: string, pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJsonWithDeps) {
+export async function askForWebgpuTypes(cwd: string, pm: Agent, pkg: PackageJson) {
   if (hasDependency(pkg, '@webgpu/types')) {
     p.log.info('@webgpu/types package is already installed.');
     return;
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/files.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/files.ts
index 506d67cbbc..5255efa996 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/files.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/files.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import * as p from '@clack/prompts';
 
 import { cancelExit, failAndExit } from './prompts.ts';
-import { PackageJsonWithNameSchema } from './types.ts';
 import { type } from 'arktype';
+import { PackageJsonSchema } from './types.ts';
+import { multiselectPkgs } from './inputs.ts';
 
 const renameFiles = {
   _gitignore: '.gitignore',
@@ -49,7 +50,11 @@ export async function prepareDirectory(cwd: string, projectDir: string) {
   return dir;
 }
 
-export function copyTemplate(templateDir: string, projectDir: string, packageName: string) {
+export async function scaffoldProject(
+  templateDir: string,
+  projectDir: string,
+  packageName: string,
+) {
   const entries = fs.readdirSync(templateDir);
   for (const entry of entries.filter((f) => f !== '_package.json' && f !== 'index.html')) {
     const src = path.join(templateDir, entry);
@@ -65,10 +70,18 @@ export function copyTemplate(templateDir: string, projectDir: string, packageNam
 
   const srcPackage = path.join(templateDir, '_package.json');
   const destPackage = path.join(projectDir, 'package.json');
-  const pkg = PackageJsonWithNameSchema(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(srcPackage, 'utf-8')));
+  const pkg = PackageJsonSchema(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(srcPackage, 'utf-8')));
   if (pkg instanceof type.errors) {
     failAndExit(`[INTERNAL] Invalid package.json in template ${templateDir}`, pkg.summary);
   }
   pkg.name = packageName;
+  const pkgs = await multiselectPkgs(pkg);
+  if (pkgs) {
+    pkg.dependencies ??= {};
+    for (const { pkg: dep, ver } of pkgs) {
+      pkg.dependencies[dep] = ver;
+    }
+  }
+
   fs.writeFileSync(destPackage, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n' /* to make oxfmt happy */);
 }
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
index dd3b263561..cea14ece6c 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/inputs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import * as p from '@clack/prompts';
 import { cancelExit } from './prompts.ts';
+import type { PackageJson } from './types.ts';
+import { hasDependency, typegpuPkgs, VERSION } from './pkg.ts';
 
 function isValidProjectDirectory(projectDir: string) {
   return !/[<>:"\\|?*\s]|\/+$/.test(projectDir.trim());
@@ -43,3 +45,23 @@ export async function getPackageName(initialValue: string) {
 
   return packageName.trim();
 }
+
+export async function multiselectPkgs(pkg: PackageJson) {
+  const options = typegpuPkgs.filter((entry) => !hasDependency(pkg, entry.value));
+  if (options.length === 0) {
+    p.log.info('All typegpu ecosystem packages are already installed.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const packages = await p.multiselect({
+    message: "Pick packages to add ('space' to select, 'enter' to confirm):",
+    options: options,
+    required: false,
+  });
+
+  if (p.isCancel(packages)) {
+    cancelExit();
+  }
+
+  return packages.map((pkgName) => ({ pkg: pkgName, ver: VERSION }));
+}
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/pkg.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/pkg.ts
index 342f0e5372..ad9911b1f6 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/pkg.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/pkg.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,29 @@
-import type { PackageJsonWithDeps } from './types.ts';
+import type { PackageJson } from './types.ts';
 
-export function hasDependency(pkg: PackageJsonWithDeps, name: string) {
+export function hasDependency(pkg: PackageJson, name: string) {
   const deps = pkg.dependencies ?? {};
   const devDeps = pkg.devDependencies ?? {};
   const peerDeps = pkg.peerDependencies ?? {};
   return name in deps || name in devDeps || name in peerDeps;
 }
+
+export const VERSION = '^0.11.0';
+
+export const typegpuPkgs = [
+  { value: '@typegpu/color', hint: 'helpers for converting color spaces' },
+  // { value: '@typegpu/geometry', hint: 'helpers for drawing points and lines' },
+  // { value: '@typegpu/gl', hint: 'WebGL utilities for TypeGPU integration' },
+  {
+    value: '@typegpu/noise',
+    hint: 'helpers for Perlin noise and general purpose random number generation.',
+  },
+  { value: '@typegpu/radiance-cascades', hint: 'implementation of Radiance Cascades algorithm' },
+  { value: '@typegpu/react', hint: 'React hooks for TypeGPU integration' },
+  { value: '@typegpu/sdf', hint: 'helpers for creating Signed Distance Fields' },
+  // { value: '@typegpu/sort', hint: 'implementations of scanning and sorting algorithms' },
+  { value: '@typegpu/three', hint: 'Three.js utilities for TypeGPU integration' },
+] as const satisfies { value: string; hint: string }[];
+
+export function appendVersion(pkg: string, version: string) {
+  return `${pkg}@${version}`;
+}
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/pm.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/pm.ts
index a3191f8a70..240d98dee5 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/pm.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/pm.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ function runCommand(command: string, args: string[], interactive?: boolean) {
 }
 
 export function pmAdd(pm: Agent, pkgs: string[], dev: boolean) {
+  if (pkgs.length === 0) {
+    p.log.success('No packages to install.');
+    return;
+  }
+
   const args = dev ? ['-D', ...pkgs] : pkgs;
   const cmd = resolveCommand(pm, 'add', args);
   if (!cmd) {
diff --git a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/types.ts b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/types.ts
index ff0033e962..c0b349aecf 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/types.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu-cli/src/utils/types.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import { type } from 'arktype';
 
-export const PackageJsonWithDepsSchema = type({
+export const PackageJsonSchema = type({
+  name: 'string',
   'dependencies?': 'Record<string, string>',
   'devDependencies?': 'Record<string, string>',
   'peerDependencies?': 'Record<string, string>',
 });
-export type PackageJsonWithDeps = typeof PackageJsonWithDepsSchema.infer;
-
-export const PackageJsonWithNameSchema = type({
-  name: 'string',
-});
-export type PackageJsonWithName = typeof PackageJsonWithNameSchema.infer;
+export type PackageJson = typeof PackageJsonSchema.infer;
 
 export const TsConfigSchema = type({
   'compilerOptions?': {