diff --git a/bin/vue-init b/bin/vue-init
index b0d8508b2b..874412fa9c 100755
--- a/bin/vue-init
+++ b/bin/vue-init
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 var download = require('download-git-repo')
 var program = require('commander')
 var exists = require('fs').existsSync
-var os = require('os')
 var path = require('path')
-var rm = require('rimraf').sync
-var uid = require('uid')
 var ora = require('ora')
+var home = require('user-home')
+var tildify = require('tildify')
 var chalk = require('chalk')
 var inquirer = require('inquirer')
 var logger = require('../lib/logger')
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ var warnings = require('../lib/warnings')
 program
   .usage('<template-name> [project-name]')
   .option('-c, --clone', 'use git clone')
+  .option('--offline', 'use cached template')
 
 /**
  * Help.
@@ -48,15 +48,6 @@ function help () {
 }
 help()
 
-/**
- * Padding.
- */
-
-console.log()
-process.on('exit', function () {
-  console.log()
-})
-
 /**
  * Settings.
  */
@@ -69,6 +60,21 @@ var name = inPlace ? path.relative('../', process.cwd()) : rawName
 var to = path.resolve(rawName || '.')
 var clone = program.clone || false
 
+var tmp = path.join(home, '.vue-templates', template.replace(/\//g, '-'))
+if (program.offline) {
+  console.log(`> Use cached template at ${chalk.yellow(tildify(tmp))}`)
+  template = tmp
+}
+
+/**
+ * Padding.
+ */
+
+console.log()
+process.on('exit', function () {
+  console.log()
+})
+
 if (exists(to)) {
   inquirer.prompt([{
     type: 'confirm',
@@ -134,14 +140,10 @@ function run () {
  */
 
 function downloadAndGenerate (template) {
-  var tmp = os.tmpdir() + '/vue-template-' + uid()
   var spinner = ora('downloading template')
   spinner.start()
   download(template, tmp, { clone: clone }, function (err) {
     spinner.stop()
-    process.on('exit', function () {
-      rm(tmp)
-    })
     if (err) logger.fatal('Failed to download repo ' + template + ': ' + err.message.trim())
     generate(name, tmp, to, function (err) {
       if (err) logger.fatal(err)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1cdd394acb..6fc9ee6e6d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
     "rimraf": "^2.5.0",
     "semver": "^5.1.0",
     "tildify": "^1.2.0",
-    "uid": "0.0.2",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
     "user-home": "^2.0.0",
     "validate-npm-package-name": "^2.2.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1c75006437..efe3105ce9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5030,10 +5030,6 @@ uid-number@~0.0.6:
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uid-number/-/uid-number-0.0.6.tgz#0ea10e8035e8eb5b8e4449f06da1c730663baa81"
 
-uid@0.0.2:
-  version "0.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uid/-/uid-0.0.2.tgz#5e4a5d4b78138b4f70f89fd3c76fc59aa9d2f103"
-
 uniq@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uniq/-/uniq-1.0.1.tgz#b31c5ae8254844a3a8281541ce2b04b865a734ff"