# Create a new project in the Infrastructure Composer console
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When you create a new project, Infrastructure Composer generates a starting template. As you design your application on the canvas, your template is modified. To save your work, you must export your template or activate local sync mode.

**To create a new project**

1. Sign in to the [Infrastructure Composer console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/composer/home).

1. On the **Home** page, choose **Create project**.

**Note**  
You can also load an existing in Infrastructure Composer, but you must first [activate local sync mode](using-composer-project-local-sync.md). Once activated, see [Load an existing Infrastructure Composer project with local sync activated](using-composer-how-to-load-with-local-sync.md) to load an existing project.