diff --git a/code/lib/cli/.eslintrc.js b/code/lib/cli/.eslintrc.js
index f8d0bcd5e83..a2dae9fc88d 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/code/lib/cli/.eslintrc.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'import/no-extraneous-dependencies': ignore,
         'global-require': ignore,
         'no-redeclare': ignore,
+        'react/prop-types': ignore,
       },
     },
     {
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.ts
index 24aab9afa6c..9b05949b850 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.ts
@@ -1,54 +1,34 @@
-import { join } from 'path';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
-import shell from 'shelljs';
-import { getBabelDependencies, paddedLog, copyTemplate } from '../../helpers';
-import { getCliDir } from '../../dirs';
+import { copyTemplateFiles, getBabelDependencies } from '../../helpers';
 import type { JsPackageManager } from '../../js-package-manager';
 import type { NpmOptions } from '../../NpmOptions';
+import { SupportedLanguage } from '../../project_types';
 
 const generator = async (
   packageManager: JsPackageManager,
-  npmOptions: NpmOptions,
-  installServer: boolean
+  npmOptions: NpmOptions
 ): Promise<void> => {
-  // set correct project name on entry files if possible
-  const dirname = shell.ls('-d', 'ios/*.xcodeproj').stdout;
-
-  // Only notify about app name if running in React Native vanilla (Expo projects do not have ios directory)
-  if (dirname) {
-    const projectName = dirname.slice('ios/'.length, dirname.length - '.xcodeproj'.length - 1);
-
-    if (projectName) {
-      shell.sed('-i', '%APP_NAME%', projectName, 'storybook/index.js');
-    } else {
-      paddedLog(
-        chalk.red(
-          'ERR: Could not determine project name, to fix: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/1277'
-        )
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
   const packageJson = packageManager.retrievePackageJson();
 
   const missingReactDom =
     !packageJson.dependencies['react-dom'] && !packageJson.devDependencies['react-dom'];
   const reactVersion = packageJson.dependencies.react;
 
-  // should resolve to latest 5.3 version, this is required until react-native storybook supports v6
-  const webAddonsV5 = [
-    '@storybook/addon-links@^5.3',
-    '@storybook/addon-knobs@^5.3',
-    '@storybook/addon-actions@^5.3',
+  const packagesToResolve = [
+    // addon-ondevice-controls peer deps
+    'react-native-safe-area-context',
+    '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage',
+    '@react-native-community/datetimepicker',
+    '@react-native-community/slider',
   ];
 
-  const nativeAddons = ['@storybook/addon-ondevice-knobs', '@storybook/addon-ondevice-actions'];
-
-  const packagesToResolve = [
-    ...nativeAddons,
-    '@storybook/react-native',
-    installServer && '@storybook/react-native-server',
-  ].filter(Boolean);
+  // change these to latest version once v6 stable is released
+  const packagesWithFixedVersion = [
+    '@storybook/addon-actions@^6.5.14',
+    '@storybook/addon-controls@^6.5.14',
+    '@storybook/addon-ondevice-controls@6.5.0-rc.0',
+    '@storybook/addon-ondevice-actions@6.5.0-rc.0',
+    '@storybook/react-native@6.5.0-rc.0',
+  ];
 
   const resolvedPackages = await packageManager.getVersionedPackages(packagesToResolve);
 
@@ -56,21 +36,25 @@ const generator = async (
 
   const packages = [
     ...babelDependencies,
+    ...packagesWithFixedVersion,
     ...resolvedPackages,
-    ...webAddonsV5,
     missingReactDom && reactVersion && `react-dom@${reactVersion}`,
   ].filter(Boolean);
 
   packageManager.addDependencies({ ...npmOptions, packageJson }, packages);
+  packageManager.addScripts({
+    'storybook-generate': 'sb-rn-get-stories',
+    'storybook-watch': 'sb-rn-watcher',
+  });
 
-  if (installServer) {
-    packageManager.addStorybookCommandInScripts({
-      port: 7007,
-    });
-  }
+  const storybookConfigFolder = '.storybook';
 
-  const templateDir = join(getCliDir(), 'templates', 'react-native');
-  copyTemplate(templateDir);
+  await copyTemplateFiles({
+    renderer: 'react-native',
+    language: SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT,
+    destination: storybookConfigFolder,
+    includeCommonAssets: false,
+  });
 };
 
 export default generator;
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts
index a31b8057826..7858882afae 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/generators/baseGenerator.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { dedent } from 'ts-dedent';
 import type { NpmOptions } from '../NpmOptions';
 import type { SupportedRenderers, SupportedFrameworks, Builder } from '../project_types';
 import { externalFrameworks, CoreBuilder } from '../project_types';
-import { getBabelDependencies, copyComponents } from '../helpers';
+import { getBabelDependencies, copyTemplateFiles } from '../helpers';
 import { configureMain, configurePreview } from './configure';
 import type { JsPackageManager } from '../js-package-manager';
 import { getPackageDetails } from '../js-package-manager';
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ export async function baseGenerator(
 
   if (addComponents) {
     const templateLocation = hasFrameworkTemplates(framework) ? framework : rendererId;
-    await copyComponents(templateLocation, language, componentsDestinationPath);
+    await copyTemplateFiles({
+      renderer: templateLocation,
+      language,
+      destination: componentsDestinationPath,
+    });
   }
 }
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.test.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.test.ts
index c53cbf3a9d9..950c6ff7d75 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.test.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('Helpers', () => {
         (filePath) =>
           componentsDirectory.includes(filePath) || filePath === '@storybook/react/template/cli'
       );
-      await helpers.copyComponents('react', language);
+      await helpers.copyTemplateFiles({ renderer: 'react', language });
 
       const copySpy = jest.spyOn(fse, 'copy');
       expect(copySpy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('Helpers', () => {
     (fse.pathExists as jest.Mock).mockImplementation((filePath) => {
       return filePath === '@storybook/react/template/cli' || filePath === './src';
     });
-    await helpers.copyComponents('react', SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT);
+    await helpers.copyTemplateFiles({ renderer: 'react', language: SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT });
     expect(fse.copy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.anything(), './src/stories', expect.anything());
   });
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('Helpers', () => {
     (fse.pathExists as jest.Mock).mockImplementation((filePath) => {
       return filePath === '@storybook/react/template/cli';
     });
-    await helpers.copyComponents('react', SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT);
+    await helpers.copyTemplateFiles({ renderer: 'react', language: SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT });
     expect(fse.copy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.anything(), './stories', expect.anything());
   });
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('Helpers', () => {
     const renderer = 'unknown renderer' as SupportedRenderers;
     const expectedMessage = `Unsupported renderer: ${renderer}`;
     await expect(
-      helpers.copyComponents(renderer, SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT)
+      helpers.copyTemplateFiles({ renderer, language: SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT })
     ).rejects.toThrowError(expectedMessage);
   });
 
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.ts
index ece352b80e4..d87548a6a2d 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.ts
@@ -186,17 +186,25 @@ export function copyTemplate(templateRoot: string, destination = '.') {
   fse.copySync(templateDir, destination, { overwrite: true });
 }
 
-export async function copyComponents(
-  renderer: SupportedFrameworks | SupportedRenderers,
-  language: SupportedLanguage,
-  destination?: string
-) {
+type CopyTemplateFilesOptions = {
+  renderer: SupportedFrameworks | SupportedRenderers;
+  language: SupportedLanguage;
+  includeCommonAssets?: boolean;
+  destination?: string;
+};
+
+export async function copyTemplateFiles({
+  renderer,
+  language,
+  destination,
+  includeCommonAssets = true,
+}: CopyTemplateFilesOptions) {
   const languageFolderMapping: Record<SupportedLanguage, string> = {
     [SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT]: 'js',
     [SupportedLanguage.TYPESCRIPT]: 'ts',
     [SupportedLanguage.TYPESCRIPT_LEGACY]: 'ts-legacy',
   };
-  const componentsPath = async () => {
+  const templatePath = async () => {
     const baseDir = getRendererDir(renderer);
     const assetsDir = join(baseDir, 'template/cli');
 
@@ -234,10 +242,12 @@ export async function copyComponents(
   };
 
   const destinationPath = destination ?? (await targetPath());
-  await fse.copy(join(getCliDir(), 'rendererAssets/common'), destinationPath, {
-    overwrite: true,
-  });
-  await fse.copy(await componentsPath(), destinationPath, { overwrite: true });
+  if (includeCommonAssets) {
+    await fse.copy(join(getCliDir(), 'rendererAssets/common'), destinationPath, {
+      overwrite: true,
+    });
+  }
+  await fse.copy(await templatePath(), destinationPath, { overwrite: true });
 }
 
 // Given a package.json, finds any official storybook package within it
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/initiate.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/initiate.ts
index a43948537a6..7a1ea6ad7e4 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/initiate.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/initiate.ts
@@ -78,21 +78,9 @@ const installStorybook = <Project extends ProjectType>(
         );
 
       case ProjectType.REACT_NATIVE: {
-        return (
-          options.yes
-            ? Promise.resolve({ server: true })
-            : (prompts([
-                {
-                  type: 'confirm',
-                  name: 'server',
-                  message:
-                    'Do you want to install dependencies necessary to run Storybook server? You can manually do it later by install @storybook/react-native-server',
-                  initial: false,
-                },
-              ]) as Promise<{ server: boolean }>)
-        )
-          .then(({ server }) => reactNativeGenerator(packageManager, npmOptions, server))
-          .then(commandLog('Adding Storybook support to your "React Native" app\n'));
+        return reactNativeGenerator(packageManager, npmOptions).then(
+          commandLog('Adding Storybook support to your "React Native" app\n')
+        );
       }
 
       case ProjectType.QWIK: {
@@ -349,28 +337,28 @@ async function doInitiate(options: CommandOptions, pkg: PackageJson): Promise<vo
     telemetry('init', { projectType });
   }
 
-  await automigrate({ yes: options.yes || process.env.CI === 'true', packageManager: pkgMgr });
-
-  logger.log('\nTo run your Storybook, type:\n');
-
-  if (projectType === ProjectType.ANGULAR) {
-    codeLog([`ng run ${installResult.projectName}:storybook`]);
-  } else {
-    codeLog([packageManager.getRunStorybookCommand()]);
+  if (projectType !== ProjectType.REACT_NATIVE) {
+    await automigrate({ yes: options.yes || process.env.CI === 'true', packageManager: pkgMgr });
   }
 
   logger.log('\nFor more information visit:', chalk.cyan('https://storybook.js.org'));
 
-  if (projectType === ProjectType.REACT_NATIVE) {
-    const REACT_NATIVE_REPO = 'https://github.com/storybookjs/react-native';
-
+  if (projectType === ProjectType.ANGULAR) {
+    logger.log('\nTo run your Storybook, type:\n');
+    codeLog([`ng run ${installResult.projectName}:storybook`]);
+  } else if (projectType === ProjectType.REACT_NATIVE) {
     logger.log();
-    logger.log(chalk.red('NOTE: installation is not 100% automated.'));
+    logger.log(chalk.yellow('NOTE: installation is not 100% automated.\n'));
     logger.log(`To quickly run Storybook, replace contents of your app entry with:\n`);
-    codeLog(["export {default} from './storybook';"]);
+    codeLog(["export {default} from './.storybook';"]);
+    logger.log('\n Then to run your Storybook, type:\n');
+    codeLog([packageManager.getRunCommand('start')]);
     logger.log('\n For more in information, see the github readme:\n');
-    logger.log(chalk.cyan(REACT_NATIVE_REPO));
+    logger.log(chalk.cyan('https://github.com/storybookjs/react-native'));
     logger.log();
+  } else {
+    logger.log('\nTo run your Storybook, type:\n');
+    codeLog([packageManager.getRunStorybookCommand()]);
   }
 
   // Add a new line for the clear visibility.
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/addons.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/addons.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bc646c943eb..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/addons.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import '@storybook/addon-actions/register';
-import '@storybook/addon-links/register';
-import '@storybook/addon-knobs/register';
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/index.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b62b16dba6f..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// if you use expo remove this line
-import { AppRegistry } from 'react-native';
-
-import { getStorybookUI, configure, addDecorator } from '@storybook/react-native';
-import { withKnobs } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';
-
-import './rn-addons';
-
-// enables knobs for all stories
-addDecorator(withKnobs);
-
-// import stories
-configure(
-  () => {
-    require('./stories');
-  },
-  module,
-  false
-);
-
-// Refer to https://github.com/storybookjs/react-native/tree/master/app/react-native#getstorybookui-options
-// To find allowed options for getStorybookUI
-const StorybookUIRoot = getStorybookUI({});
-
-// If you are using React Native vanilla and after installation you don't see your app name here, write it manually.
-// If you use Expo you should remove this line.
-AppRegistry.registerComponent('%APP_NAME%', () => StorybookUIRoot);
-
-export default StorybookUIRoot;
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/rn-addons.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/rn-addons.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d30f923173..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/rn-addons.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-import '@storybook/addon-ondevice-actions/register';
-import '@storybook/addon-ondevice-knobs/register';
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Button/Button.stories.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Button/Button.stories.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f17adc8664..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Button/Button.stories.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
-import { text } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';
-import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/react-native';
-import React from 'react';
-import { Text } from 'react-native';
-import Button from '.';
-import CenterView from '../CenterView';
-
-storiesOf('Button', module)
-  .addDecorator((getStory) => <CenterView>{getStory()}</CenterView>)
-  .add('with text', () => (
-    <Button onPress={action('clicked-text')}>
-      <Text>{text('Button text', 'Hello Button')}</Text>
-    </Button>
-  ))
-  .add('with some emoji', () => (
-    <Button onPress={action('clicked-emoji')}>
-      <Text>😀 😎 👍 💯</Text>
-    </Button>
-  ));
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Button/index.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Button/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 363bd863e4a..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Button/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { TouchableHighlight } from 'react-native';
-
-export default function Button({ onPress, label }) {
-  return <TouchableHighlight onPress={onPress}>{label}</TouchableHighlight>;
-}
-
-Button.defaultProps = {
-  label: null,
-  onPress: () => {},
-};
-
-Button.propTypes = {
-  label: PropTypes.node,
-  onPress: PropTypes.func,
-};
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/CenterView/index.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/CenterView/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ab67df1d121..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/CenterView/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { View } from 'react-native';
-import style from './style';
-
-export default function CenterView({ label }) {
-  return <View style={style.main}>{label}</View>;
-}
-
-CenterView.defaultProps = {
-  label: null,
-};
-
-CenterView.propTypes = {
-  label: PropTypes.node,
-};
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/CenterView/style.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/CenterView/style.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ff347fd9841..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/CenterView/style.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-export default {
-  main: {
-    flex: 1,
-    justifyContent: 'center',
-    alignItems: 'center',
-    backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
-  },
-};
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Welcome/Welcome.stories.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Welcome/Welcome.stories.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 98a964bc714..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Welcome/Welcome.stories.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { linkTo } from '@storybook/addon-links';
-import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/react-native';
-import Welcome from '.';
-
-storiesOf('Welcome', module).add('to Storybook', () => <Welcome showApp={linkTo('Button')} />);
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Welcome/index.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Welcome/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4256f159720..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/Welcome/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { View, Text } from 'react-native';
-
-export default class Welcome extends React.Component {
-  styles = {
-    wrapper: {
-      flex: 1,
-      padding: 24,
-      justifyContent: 'center',
-    },
-    header: {
-      fontSize: 18,
-      marginBottom: 18,
-    },
-    content: {
-      fontSize: 12,
-      marginBottom: 10,
-      lineHeight: 18,
-    },
-  };
-
-  showApp = (event) => {
-    const { showApp } = this.props;
-    event.preventDefault();
-
-    if (showApp) {
-      showApp();
-    }
-  };
-
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <View style={this.styles.wrapper}>
-        <Text style={this.styles.header}>Welcome to React Native Storybook</Text>
-        <Text style={this.styles.content}>
-          This is a UI Component development environment for your React Native app. Here you can
-          display and interact with your UI components as stories. A story is a single state of one
-          or more UI components. You can have as many stories as you want. In other words a story is
-          like a visual test case.
-        </Text>
-        <Text style={this.styles.content}>
-          We have added some stories inside the "storybook/stories" directory for examples. Try
-          editing the "storybook/stories/Welcome.js" file to edit this message.
-        </Text>
-      </View>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-Welcome.defaultProps = {
-  showApp: null,
-};
-
-Welcome.propTypes = {
-  showApp: PropTypes.func,
-};
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/index.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c9079ab2b0..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/react-native/template-csf/storybook/stories/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-import './Button/Button.stories';
-import './Welcome/Welcome.stories';
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/templates/server/template-csf/.storybook/preview.js b/code/lib/cli/templates/server/template-csf/.storybook/preview.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a78818e1e9..00000000000
--- a/code/lib/cli/templates/server/template-csf/.storybook/preview.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-export const parameters = {
-  server: {
-    url: 'http://storybook-server-demo.netlify.app/api',
-  },
-};