diff --git a/cargo-dist/src/init/interactive.rs b/cargo-dist/src/init/interactive.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f27b1ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cargo-dist/src/init/interactive.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use axoproject::WorkspaceGraph;
+use crate::{config, migrate};
+use crate::config::v1::TomlLayer;
+//use crate::config::{CiStyle, InstallerStyle, PublishStyle};
+use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::errors::{DistError, DistResult};
+/*use crate::platform::triple_to_display_name;
+use dialoguer::{Confirm, Input, MultiSelect};
+use dist_schema::TripleNameRef;
+use semver::Version;*/
+use super::console_helpers;
+use super::InitArgs;
+
+/// Initialize [dist] with values based on what was passed on the CLI
+pub fn get_new_metadata(
+    cfg: &Config,
+    args: &InitArgs,
+    workspaces: &WorkspaceGraph,
+) -> DistResult<TomlLayer> {
+    let root_workspace = workspaces.root_workspace();
+    let has_config = migrate::has_metadata_table(root_workspace);
+
+    let mut meta = if has_config {
+        config::v1::load_dist(&root_workspace.manifest_path)?
+    } else {
+        TomlLayer::default()
+    };
+
+    /*
+    // Clone this to simplify checking for settings changes
+    let orig_meta = meta.clone();
+
+    // Now prompt the user interactively to initialize these...
+
+    // Tune the theming a bit
+    let theme = console_helpers::theme();
+    // Some indicators we'll use in a few places
+    let check = console_helpers::checkmark();
+    let notice = console_helpers::notice();
+    */
+
+    // TODO(migration): implement interactive prompts
+
+    Ok(meta)
+}
diff --git a/cargo-dist/src/init/mod.rs b/cargo-dist/src/init/mod.rs
index f5e7dbb56..4c4404222 100644
--- a/cargo-dist/src/init/mod.rs
+++ b/cargo-dist/src/init/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,191 @@
 pub(crate) mod v0;
-pub use v0::do_init;
+pub use v0::do_init as do_init_v0;
+mod apply_dist;
 pub mod console_helpers;
 mod dist_profile;
 mod init_args;
+mod interactive;
 
+use axoproject::WorkspaceGraph;
+use console_helpers::theme;
+use crate::{do_generate, GenerateArgs};
+use crate::SortedMap;
+use crate::config::{self, Config, v1::TomlLayer};
+use crate::errors::DistResult;
+use crate::migrate;
 pub use dist_profile::init_dist_profile;
 pub use init_args::InitArgs;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+/// Input for --with-json-config
+///
+/// Contains a TomlLayer (V1 equivalent of DistMetadata) for [dist] and
+/// then optionally ones for each package.
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+struct MultiDistMetadata {
+    /// `[dist]`
+    workspace: TomlLayer,
+    /// package_name => `[package]`
+    #[serde(default)]
+    packages: SortedMap<String, TomlLayer>,
+}
+
+fn migrate_if_needed(cfg: &Config, args: &InitArgs) -> DistResult<()> {
+    if migrate::needs_migration()? && !args.yes {
+        let prompt = r#"Would you like to opt in to the new configuration format?
+    Future versions of dist will feature major changes to the configuration format."#;
+        let is_migrating = dialoguer::Confirm::with_theme(&theme())
+            .with_prompt(prompt)
+            .default(false)
+            .interact()?;
+
+        if is_migrating {
+            migrate::do_migrate()?;
+            return do_init(cfg, args);
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn initialize_cargo_profile_if_needed(workspaces: &WorkspaceGraph) -> DistResult<()> {
+    // For each [workspace] Cargo.toml in the workspaces, initialize [profile]
+    let mut did_add_profile = false;
+    for workspace_idx in workspaces.all_workspace_indices() {
+        let workspace = workspaces.workspace(workspace_idx);
+        // TODO(migration): re-implement this.
+        /*if workspace.kind == WorkspaceKind::Rust {
+            let mut workspace_toml = config::load_toml(&workspace.manifest_path)?;
+            did_add_profile |= init_dist_profile(cfg, &mut workspace_toml)?;
+            config::write_toml(&workspace.manifest_path, workspace_toml)?;
+        }*/
+    }
+
+    if did_add_profile {
+        let check = console_helpers::checkmark();
+        eprintln!("{check} added [profile.dist] to your workspace Cargo.toml");
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn collect_metadata(cfg: &Config, args: &InitArgs, workspaces: &WorkspaceGraph) -> DistResult<MultiDistMetadata> {
+    let workspace = interactive::get_new_metadata(cfg, args, &workspaces)?;
+    let packages: SortedMap<String, TomlLayer> = SortedMap::new();
+
+    Ok(MultiDistMetadata {
+        workspace,
+        packages,
+    })
+}
+
+fn update_cargo_packages_if_needed(workspaces: &WorkspaceGraph, multi_meta: &MultiDistMetadata) -> DistResult<()> {
+    // Now that we've done the stuff that's definitely part of the root Cargo.toml,
+    // Optionally apply updates to packages
+    for (_idx, package) in workspaces.all_packages() {
+        // Gather up all the things we'd like to be written to this file
+        let meta = multi_meta.packages.get(&package.name);
+        let needs_edit = meta.is_some();
+
+        if needs_edit {
+            // Ok we have changes to make, let's load the toml
+            let mut package_toml = config::load_toml(&package.manifest_path)?;
+            let metadata = config::get_toml_metadata(&mut package_toml, false);
+
+            // Apply [package.metadata.dist]
+            let mut writing_metadata = false;
+            if let Some(meta) = meta {
+                apply_dist::apply_dist_to_metadata(metadata, meta);
+                writing_metadata = true;
+            }
+
+            // Save the result
+            config::write_toml(&package.manifest_path, package_toml)?;
+            if writing_metadata {
+                eprintln!(
+                    "{check} added [package.metadata.dist] to {}'s Cargo.toml",
+                    package.name
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Run 'dist init'
+pub fn do_init(cfg: &Config, args: &InitArgs) -> DistResult<()> {
+    if !config::want_v1()? {
+        return do_init_v0(cfg, args);
+    }
+
+    // The flow for `dist init` is:
+    // 1. `dist migrate` if needed
+    // 2. fetch workspace config
+    // 3. initialize Cargo.toml [profile] tables if needed
+    // 4. collect metadata
+    // 5. apply config changes in-memory
+    // 6. write config to file
+    // 7. `dist generate` if needed
+
+    let ctrlc_handler = console_helpers::ctrlc_handler();
+    let check = console_helpers::checkmark();
+
+    // 1. run `dist migrate` if we're on a v0 config.
+    migrate_if_needed(cfg, args)?;
+
+    eprintln!("let's setup your dist config...");
+    eprintln!();
+
+    // 2. fetch workspace config.
+    let workspaces = config::get_project()?;
+
+    // 3. initialize Cargo.toml [profile] tables, if needed.
+    initialize_cargo_profile_if_needed(&workspaces)?;
+
+    // 4. collect metadata.
+    let multi_meta = collect_metadata(cfg, args, &workspaces)?;
+
+    // We're past the final dialoguer call; we can remove the ctrl-c handler.
+    ctrlc_handler.abort();
+
+    let root_workspace = workspaces.root_workspace();
+
+    // Load in the root workspace toml to edit and write back
+    let mut workspace_toml = config::load_toml(&root_workspace.manifest_path)?;
+
+    apply_dist::apply_dist_to_workspace_toml(&mut workspace_toml, &multi_meta.workspace);
+
+    eprintln!();
+
+    let filename = root_workspace
+        .manifest_path
+        .file_name()
+        .unwrap_or("dist-workspace.toml");
+    let destination = root_workspace.manifest_path.to_owned();
+
+    // Save the workspace toml (potentially an effective no-op if we made no edits)
+    config::write_toml(&destination, workspace_toml)?;
+    let key = "[dist]";
+    eprintln!("{check} added {key} to your root {filename}");
+
+    // 3. initialize Cargo.toml [profile] tables if needed
+    update_cargo_packages_if_needed(&workspaces, &multi_meta)?;
+
+    eprintln!("{check} dist is setup!");
+    eprintln!();
+
+    // regenerate anything that needs to be
+    if !args.no_generate {
+        eprintln!("running 'dist generate' to apply any changes");
+        eprintln!();
+
+        let ci_args = GenerateArgs {
+            check: false,
+            modes: vec![],
+        };
+        do_generate(cfg, &ci_args)?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}