# Ionic app creation gets stuck at "ionic start app\_name tabs"

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-app-creation-gets-stuck-at-ionic-start-app-name-tabs/131761>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [May 30, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-app-creation-gets-stuck-at-ionic-start-app-name-tabs/131761 "2018-05-30T13:54:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![bhanu425](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@bhanu425](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/bhanu425)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-app-creation-gets-stuck-at-ionic-start-app-name-tabs/131761/1 "2018-05-30T13:54:52Z")

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I am new to ionic framework, facing below issue while creating first app.  
\*\*i am working behind corporate proxy  
 → command executed “ionic start hello\_ionic tabs”  
Error Message :  
? The directory hello\_ionic contains file(s) that could conflict. Would you like to overwrite the directory with this new project? Yes  
√ Creating directory .\hello\_ionic - done!  
√ Downloading and extracting tabs starter - done!

? Would you like to integrate your new app with Cordova to target native iOS and Android? Yes  
√ Personalizing ionic.config.json and package.json - done!

> ionic integrations enable cordova --quiet  
> √ Downloading integration cordova - done!  
> √ Copying integrations files to project - done!  
> [OK] Added cordova integration!

Installing dependencies may take several minutes.

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️–\> Install DevApp: [Ionic DevApp - Appflow](https://bit.ly/ionic-dev-app) ←

> npm i

- Running command

ionic start stuck at “npm i”.

please help me in resolving this issue.

-\>output of “npm info”  
{ name: ‘hello\_ionic’,  
description: ‘a’,  
‘dist-tags’: { latest: ‘1.0.0’ },  
versions: [‘1.0.0’],  
maintainers: [‘gboog [andersonthomas603@gmail.com](mailto:andersonthomas603@gmail.com)’ ],  
time:  
{ modified: ‘2017-04-19T13:42:30.205Z’,  
created: ‘2017-04-19T13:42:30.205Z’,  
‘1.0.0’: ‘2017-04-19T13:42:30.205Z’ },  
homepage: ‘[GitHub - WebGExecutive/app](https://github.com/WebGExecutive/app#readme)’,  
keywords: [‘sss’],  
repository:  
{ type: ‘git’,  
url: ‘git+https://github.com/WebGExecutive/app.git’ },  
author: ‘Griffin Blotner’,  
bugs: { url: ‘[Issues · WebGExecutive/app · GitHub](https://github.com/WebGExecutive/app/issues)’ },  
license: ‘ISC’,  
readmeFilename: ‘’,  
version: ‘1.0.0’,  
main: ‘index.js’,  
scripts: { test: ‘s’ },  
dist:  
{ shasum: ‘73936188b9f38359107be3fce56da2643d195a89’,  
tarball: ‘[https://registry.npmjs.org/appapp/-/appapp-1.0.0.tgz](https://registry.npmjs.org/appapp/-/appapp-1.0.0.tgz)’ },  
directories: {} }

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**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-app-creation-gets-stuck-at-ionic-start-app-name-tabs/131761/2 "2021-07-19T21:33:49Z")

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Closed on July 19, 2021, 9:33pm UTC