diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4b5d0076..35e704c67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ warnet.egg-info
 dist/
 build/
 **/kubeconfigs/
+src/warnet/_version.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b89ab783f..48d5d37f6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "warnet"
-version = "1.1.11"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Monitor and analyze the emergent behaviours of bitcoin networks"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ warcli = "warnet.main:cli"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://warnet.dev"
-GitHub = "https://github.com/bitcoindevproject/warnet"
+GitHub = "https://github.com/bitcoin-dev-project/warnet"
 Pypi = "https://pypi.org/project/warnet/"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -56,3 +56,8 @@ include = ["warnet*", "test_framework*", "resources*"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 "resources" = ["**/*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "src/warnet/_version.py"
+version_scheme = "no-guess-dev"
+local_scheme = "node-and-date"
diff --git a/src/warnet/control.py b/src/warnet/control.py
index 0296b6abf..b907f7449 100644
--- a/src/warnet/control.py
+++ b/src/warnet/control.py
@@ -112,15 +112,33 @@ def stop_scenario(scenario_name):
     )
 
 
-def stop_all_scenarios(scenarios):
-    """Stop all active scenarios in parallel using multiprocessing"""
+def _stop_single(scenario: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Stop a single scenario
+
+    Args:
+        scenario: Name of the scenario to stop
+
+    Returns:
+        str: Message indicating the scenario has been stopped
+    """
+    stop_scenario(scenario)
+    return f"Stopped scenario: {scenario}"
+
 
-    def stop_single(scenario):
-        stop_scenario(scenario)
-        return f"Stopped scenario: {scenario}"
+def stop_all_scenarios(scenarios) -> None:
+    """
+    Stop all active scenarios in parallel using multiprocessing
+
+    Args:
+        scenarios: List of scenario names to stop
+
+    Returns:
+        None
+    """
 
     with console.status("[bold yellow]Stopping all scenarios...[/bold yellow]"), Pool() as pool:
-        results = pool.map(stop_single, scenarios)
+        results = pool.map(_stop_single, scenarios)
 
     for result in results:
         console.print(f"[bold green]{result}[/bold green]")
diff --git a/src/warnet/main.py b/src/warnet/main.py
index 868147748..768a82f96 100644
--- a/src/warnet/main.py
+++ b/src/warnet/main.py
@@ -18,6 +18,49 @@ def cli():
     pass
 
 
+@click.command()
+def version() -> None:
+    """Display the installed version of warnet"""
+    try:
+        from warnet._version import __version__
+
+        # For PyPI releases, this will be the exact tag (e.g. "1.1.11")
+        # For dev installs, it will be something like "1.1.11.post1.dev17+g27af3a7.d20250309"
+        # Which is <tag>.post<postN>.dev<devN>+g<git commit hash>.d<YYYYMMDD>
+        # <postN> is the number of local commits since the checkout commit
+        # <devN> is the number of commits since the last tag
+        raw_version = __version__
+
+        # Format the version string to our desired format
+        if "+" in raw_version:
+            version_part, git_date_part = raw_version.split("+", 1)
+
+            # Get just the git commit hash
+            commit_hash = (
+                git_date_part[1:].split(".", 1)[0]
+                if git_date_part.startswith("g")
+                else git_date_part.split(".", 1)[0]
+            )
+
+            # Remove .dev component (from "no-guess-dev" scheme)
+            clean_version = version_part
+            if ".dev" in clean_version:
+                clean_version = clean_version.split(".dev")[0]
+
+            # Apply dirty status (from "no-guess-dev" scheme)
+            if ".post" in clean_version:
+                base = clean_version.split(".post")[0]
+                version_str = f"{base}-{commit_hash}-dirty"
+            else:
+                version_str = f"{clean_version}-{commit_hash}"
+        else:
+            version_str = raw_version
+
+        click.echo(f"warnet version {version_str}")
+    except ImportError:
+        click.echo("warnet version unknown")
+
+
 cli.add_command(admin)
 cli.add_command(auth)
 cli.add_command(bitcoin)
@@ -37,7 +80,7 @@ def cli():
 cli.add_command(status)
 cli.add_command(stop)
 cli.add_command(create)
-
+cli.add_command(version)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     cli()
diff --git a/src/warnet/project.py b/src/warnet/project.py
index c4122d916..badc5aa83 100644
--- a/src/warnet/project.py
+++ b/src/warnet/project.py
@@ -431,6 +431,12 @@ def new_internal(directory: Path, from_init=False):
     if proj_answers["custom_network"]:
         click.secho("\nGenerating custom network...", fg="yellow", bold=True)
         custom_network_path = inquirer_create_network(directory)
+    else:
+        click.echo(
+            f"No custom network specified, see example network files in {project_path}/networks/"
+        )
+        click.echo("Deploy any of these networks by running:")
+        click.echo(f"  warnet deploy {project_path}/networks/<example-network-name>")
 
     if custom_network_path:
         click.echo(