In general, there's a lot of room to improve the DX during the installation process. We could have a helpful pre-flight (versions, system, etc), handle failures better (link to docs, prompt for sending error report, etc.), prompt for customization options, add a git init step, use Yarn 3 or pnp to speed up package installation (or find some other way). Here's the working list of related Issues:

• License in new RW projects should not be licensed to redwood #3889
• Include ts-to-js transpiling within create-redwood-app.js (instead of the current separate CLI command) #1954
• Is the minimalist RW app too big (on the disk)? #1936
• Initial app creation time is still too long #1935
• Change examples to presets #288
• [RFC]: Prompt user to create project as JS or TS in create-redwood-app #6275
• check for Windows env and warn + link to Setup Cookbook accordingly (via Windows: Dev Setup Doc #3685)
• Improve overall experience and branding
  • prompt for configuration: TS or JS, Install packages, Git Init (and commit message)
  • remove Listr (see yarn create remix for example)
  • add brand feel