diff --git a/addons.xml b/addons.xml
index 9197f386e..8d90c38f7 100644
--- a/addons.xml
+++ b/addons.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
     <!-- Example Component -->
     <component name="example" group="moqui" version="3.0.0" branch="master"/>
+    <component name="start" group="moqui" version="1.0.0" branch="master"/>
 
     <!-- Moqui Tool Components -->
     <component name="moqui-aws" group="moqui" version="1.1.0" branch="master"/>
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3fc65c0e6..ac7629e5c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -851,6 +851,179 @@ task getComponent {
         getComponentTop(curLocationType)
     }
 }
+task createComponent {
+    description "Create a new component. Set new component name with -Pcomponent=new_component_name (based on the moqui start component here: https://github.com/moqui/start)"
+    doLast {
+        String curLocationType = file('.git').exists() ? 'git' : 'current'
+        if (project.hasProperty('locationType')) curLocationType = locationType
+
+        if (project.hasProperty('component')) {
+            checkRuntimeDirAndDefaults(curLocationType)
+            Set compsChecked = new TreeSet()
+
+            def startComponentName = 'start'
+
+            File componentDir = getComponent(startComponentName, curLocationType, parseAddons(), parseMyaddons(), compsChecked)
+            if (componentDir?.exists()) {
+                logger.lifecycle("Got component start, dependent components checked: ${compsChecked}")
+
+                def newComponent = file("runtime/component/${component}")
+                def renameSuccessful = componentDir.renameTo(newComponent)
+                if (!renameSuccessful) {
+                    logger.error("Failed to rename component start to ${component}. Try removing the existing component directory first or giving this program write permissions.")
+                } else {
+                    logger.lifecycle("Renamed component start to ${component}")
+                }
+
+                print "Updated file: "
+                newComponent.eachFileRecurse(groovy.io.FileType.FILES) { file ->
+                    try {
+                        // If file name is startComponentName.* rename to component.*
+                        if (file.name.startsWith(startComponentName)) {
+                            String newFileName = (file.name - startComponentName)
+                            newFileName = component + newFileName
+                            File newFile = new File(file.parent, newFileName)
+                            file.renameTo(newFile)
+                            file = newFile
+                            print "${file.path - newComponent.path - '/'}, "
+                        }
+
+                        String content = file.text
+                        if (content.contains(startComponentName)) {
+                            content = content.replaceAll(startComponentName, component)
+                            file.text = content
+                            print "${file.path - newComponent.path - '/'}, "
+                        }
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        println "Error processing file ${file.path}: ${e.message}"
+                    }
+                }
+                print "\n\n"
+                println "Select rest api (r), screens (s), or both (B):"
+                def componentInput = System.in.newReader().readLine()
+                logger.warn("componentInput: ${componentInput}")
+                logger.warn("componentInput: ${componentInput == ''}")
+
+                if (componentInput == 'r') {
+                    new File(newComponent, 'screen').deleteDir()
+                    new File(newComponent, 'template').deleteDir()
+                    new File(newComponent, 'data/AppSeedData.xml').delete()
+                    println "Selected rest api so, deleted screen, template, and AppSeedData.xml\n"
+                } else if (componentInput == 's') {
+                    new File(newComponent, "services/${component}.rest.xml").delete()
+                    new File(newComponent, 'data/ApiSeedData.xml').delete()
+                    println "Selected screens so, deleted rest api and ApiSeedData.xml\n"
+                } else if (componentInput == 'b' || componentInput == 'B' || componentInput == '') {
+                    println "Selected both rest api and screens\n"
+                } else {
+                    println "Invalid input. Try again"
+                    newComponent.deleteDir()
+                    return
+                }
+
+                println "Are you going to code or test in groovy or java [y/N]"
+                def codeInput = System.in.newReader().readLine()
+
+                if (codeInput == 'y' || codeInput == 'Y') {
+                    println "Keeping src folder\n"
+                } else if (codeInput == 'n' || codeInput == 'N' || codeInput == '') {
+                    new File(newComponent, 'src').deleteDir()
+                    new File(newComponent, 'build.grade').delete()
+                    println "Selected no so, deleted src and build.grade\n"
+                } else {
+                    println "Invalid input. Try again"
+                    newComponent.deleteDir()
+                    return
+                }
+
+                println "Setup a git repository [Y/n]"
+                def gitInput = System.in.newReader().readLine()
+                if (gitInput == 'y' || gitInput == 'Y' || gitInput == '') {
+                    new File(newComponent, '.git').deleteDir()
+                    // Setup git repository
+
+                    def grgit = Grgit.init(dir: newComponent.path)
+                    grgit.add(patterns: ['.'])
+//                    grgit.commit(message: 'Initial commit', sign: false)
+                    println "Selected yes, so git is initialized\n"
+//                    println "To push to remote repository, type the git remote url or enter to skip"
+//                    def remoteUrl = System.in.newReader().readLine()
+//                    if (remoteUrl != '') {
+//                        grgit.remote.add(name: 'origin', url: remoteUrl)
+//                        def branch = grgit.branch.current().name
+//                        grgit.push(remote: 'origin', refsOrSpecs: [':refs/branch/'+branch])
+//                    }
+                } else if (gitInput == 'n' || gitInput == 'N') {
+                    new File(newComponent, '.git').deleteDir()
+                    println "Selected no, so git is not initialized\n"
+                    println "Run the following to initialize git repository:\ncd runtime/component/${component} && git init && git add . && git commit -m 'Initial commit' && cd ../../.."
+                } else {
+                    println "Invalid input. Try again"
+                    newComponent.deleteDir()
+                    return
+                }
+
+                println "Add to myaddons.xml [Y/n]"
+                def myaddonsInput = System.in.newReader().readLine()
+                if (myaddonsInput == 'y' || myaddonsInput == 'Y' || myaddonsInput == '') {
+                    def myaddonsFile = file('myaddons.xml')
+                    if (myaddonsFile.exists()){
+                        // Iterate through myaddons file and delete the lines that are </addons>
+                        def iterator = myaddonsFile.readLines().iterator()
+
+                        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+                            def line = iterator.next()
+                            if (line.contains("</addons>")) {
+                                iterator.remove()
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        println "myaddons.xml not found. Creating one\nEnter repository github (g), github-ssh (GS), bitbucket (b), or bitbucket-ssh (bs)"
+                        def repositoryInput = System.in.newReader().readLine()
+                        myaddonsFile.append("<addons default-repository=\"")
+                        if (repositoryInput == 'g' || repositoryInput == 'G') {
+                            myaddonsFile.append('github')
+                        } else if (repositoryInput == 'gs' || repositoryInput == 'GS' || repositoryInput == '') {
+                            myaddonsFile.append('github-ssh')
+                        } else if (repositoryInput == 'b' || repositoryInput == 'B') {
+                            myaddonsFile.append('bitbucket')
+                        } else if (repositoryInput == 'bs' || repositoryInput == 'BS') {
+                            myaddonsFile.append('bitbucket-ssh')
+                        } else {
+                            println "Invalid input. Setting to github-ssh"
+                            myaddonsFile.append('github-ssh')
+                        }
+                        myaddonsFile.append("\">")
+                    }
+
+                    println "Enter the component git repository group"
+                    def groupInput = System.in.newReader().readLine()
+
+                    println "Enter the component git repository name"
+                    def nameInput = System.in.newReader().readLine()
+
+                    // get git branch
+                    def grgit = Grgit.open(dir: newComponent.path)
+                    def branch = grgit.branch.current().name
+
+                    myaddonsFile.append("\n    <component group=\"${groupInput}\" name=\"${nameInput}\" branch=\"${branch}\"/>")
+                    myaddonsFile.append("\n</addons>")
+
+                } else if (myaddonsInput == 'n' || myaddonsInput == 'N') {
+                    println "Selected no, so component not added to myaddons.xml\n"
+                } else {
+                    println "Invalid input. Try again"
+                    newComponent.deleteDir()
+                    return
+                }
+
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidUserDataException("No component property specified")
+        }
+
+    }
+}
 task getCurrent {
     description "Get the current archive for a component, also check each component it depends on and if not present get its current archive; requires component property"
     doLast { getComponentTop('current') }