diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/angular.json b/docs/generated/packages/angular.json
index f54aee2300..807cd5d7b2 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/angular.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/angular.json
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@
             "description": "Skip setting the project as the default project. When `false` (the default), the project is set as the default project only if there is no default project already set.",
             "type": "boolean",
             "default": false
+          },
+          "standalone": {
+            "description": "Generate an application that is setup to use standalone components.",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false
           }
         },
         "additionalProperties": false,
diff --git a/e2e/angular-core/src/projects.test.ts b/e2e/angular-core/src/projects.test.ts
index 8a2618bbce..11f72902d3 100644
--- a/e2e/angular-core/src/projects.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/angular-core/src/projects.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Angular Projects', () => {
       `generate @nrwl/angular:app ${myapp} --directory=myDir --no-interactive`
     );
     runCLI(
-      `generate @nrwl/angular:app ${myapp2} --directory=myDir --no-interactive`
+      `generate @nrwl/angular:app ${myapp2} --standalone=true --directory=myDir --no-interactive`
     );
     runCLI(
       `generate @nrwl/angular:lib ${mylib} --directory=myDir --add-module-spec --no-interactive`
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
index 77f6d07ea5..618a807e24 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
@@ -24,6 +24,133 @@ const config = require('./module-federation.config');
 module.exports = withModuleFederation(config);"
 `;
 
+exports[`app --standalone should generate a standalone app correctly with routing 1`] = `
+"import { enableProdMode, importProvidersFrom } from '@angular/core';
+import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
+import { AppComponent } from './app/app.component';
+import { environment } from './environments/environment';
+
+if (environment.production) {
+  enableProdMode();
+}
+
+bootstrapApplication(AppComponent, {
+  providers: [importProvidersFrom(RouterModule.forRoot([], {initialNavigation: 'enabledBlocking'}))],
+}).catch((err) => console.error(err));"
+`;
+
+exports[`app --standalone should generate a standalone app correctly with routing 2`] = `
+"import { NxWelcomeComponent } from './nx-welcome.component';
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Component({
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [NxWelcomeComponent, RouterModule],
+  selector: 'proj-root',
+  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
+})
+export class AppComponent {
+  title = 'standalone';
+}"
+`;
+
+exports[`app --standalone should generate a standalone app correctly with routing 3`] = `
+"import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
+import { NxWelcomeComponent } from './nx-welcome.component';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+
+describe('AppComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({imports: [AppComponent, NxWelcomeComponent, RouterTestingModule] }).compileComponents();
+  });
+
+  it('should create the app', () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent);
+    const app = fixture.componentInstance;
+    expect(app).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it(\`should have as title 'standalone'\`, () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent);
+    const app = fixture.componentInstance;
+    expect(app.title).toEqual('standalone');
+  });
+
+  it('should render title', () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const compiled = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+    expect(compiled.querySelector('h1')?.textContent).toContain('Welcome standalone');
+  });
+});
+"
+`;
+
+exports[`app --standalone should generate a standalone app correctly without routing 1`] = `
+"import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
+import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';;
+import { AppComponent } from './app/app.component';
+import { environment } from './environments/environment';
+
+if (environment.production) {
+  enableProdMode();
+}
+
+bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));"
+`;
+
+exports[`app --standalone should generate a standalone app correctly without routing 2`] = `
+"import { NxWelcomeComponent } from './nx-welcome.component';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Component({
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [NxWelcomeComponent],
+  selector: 'proj-root',
+  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
+})
+export class AppComponent {
+  title = 'standalone';
+}"
+`;
+
+exports[`app --standalone should generate a standalone app correctly without routing 3`] = `
+"import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
+import { NxWelcomeComponent } from './nx-welcome.component';
+
+describe('AppComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({imports: [AppComponent, NxWelcomeComponent]}).compileComponents();
+  });
+
+  it('should create the app', () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent);
+    const app = fixture.componentInstance;
+    expect(app).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it(\`should have as title 'standalone'\`, () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent);
+    const app = fixture.componentInstance;
+    expect(app.title).toEqual('standalone');
+  });
+
+  it('should render title', () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const compiled = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+    expect(compiled.querySelector('h1')?.textContent).toContain('Welcome standalone');
+  });
+});
+"
+`;
+
 exports[`app at the root should accept numbers in the path 1`] = `"src/9-websites/my-app"`;
 
 exports[`app nested should update workspace.json 1`] = `
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index a98e239936..9d3ca58e29 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -1074,6 +1074,58 @@ describe('app', () => {
       expect(devDependencies['autoprefixer']).toBe(autoprefixerVersion);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('--standalone', () => {
+    it('should generate a standalone app correctly with routing', async () => {
+      // ACT
+      await generateApp(appTree, 'standalone', {
+        standalone: true,
+        routing: true,
+      });
+
+      // ASSERT
+      expect(
+        appTree.read('apps/standalone/src/main.ts', 'utf-8')
+      ).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(
+        appTree.read('apps/standalone/src/app/app.component.ts', 'utf-8')
+      ).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(
+        appTree.read('apps/standalone/src/app/app.component.spec.ts', 'utf-8')
+      ).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(
+        appTree.exists('apps/standalone/src/app/app.module.ts')
+      ).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(
+        appTree.read('apps/standalone/src/app/nx-welcome.component.ts', 'utf-8')
+      ).toContain('standalone: true');
+    });
+
+    it('should generate a standalone app correctly without routing', async () => {
+      // ACT
+      await generateApp(appTree, 'standalone', {
+        standalone: true,
+        routing: false,
+      });
+
+      // ASSERT
+      expect(
+        appTree.read('apps/standalone/src/main.ts', 'utf-8')
+      ).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(
+        appTree.read('apps/standalone/src/app/app.component.ts', 'utf-8')
+      ).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(
+        appTree.read('apps/standalone/src/app/app.component.spec.ts', 'utf-8')
+      ).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(
+        appTree.exists('apps/standalone/src/app/app.module.ts')
+      ).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(
+        appTree.read('apps/standalone/src/app/nx-welcome.component.ts', 'utf-8')
+      ).toContain('standalone: true');
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 async function generateApp(
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.ts
index 3f338fc624..0373f00439 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   addProxyConfig,
   addRouterRootConfiguration,
   addUnitTestRunner,
+  convertToStandaloneApp,
   createFiles,
   enableStrictTypeChecking,
   normalizeOptions,
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export async function applicationGenerator(
     flat: true,
     viewEncapsulation: 'None',
     project: options.name,
+    standalone: options.standalone,
   });
   updateNxComponentTemplate(host, options);
 
@@ -133,6 +135,10 @@ export async function applicationGenerator(
     await addMf(host, options);
   }
 
+  if (options.standalone) {
+    convertToStandaloneApp(host, options);
+  }
+
   if (!options.skipFormat) {
     await formatFiles(host);
   }
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/convert-to-standalone-app.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/convert-to-standalone-app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bcd1691cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/convert-to-standalone-app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { joinPathFragments } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
+import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
+
+export function convertToStandaloneApp(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
+  const pathToAppModule = joinPathFragments(
+    options.appProjectRoot,
+    'src/app/app.module.ts'
+  );
+  updateMainEntrypoint(options, tree, pathToAppModule);
+  updateAppComponent(tree, options);
+  if (!options.skipTests) {
+    updateAppComponentSpec(tree, options);
+  }
+
+  tree.delete(pathToAppModule);
+}
+
+function updateMainEntrypoint(
+  options: NormalizedSchema,
+  tree: Tree,
+  pathToAppModule: string
+) {
+  let routerModuleSetup: string;
+  if (options.routing) {
+    const appModuleContents = tree.read(pathToAppModule, 'utf-8');
+    const ast = tsquery.ast(appModuleContents);
+
+    const ROUTER_MODULE_SELECTOR =
+      'PropertyAssignment:has(Identifier[name=imports]) CallExpression:has(PropertyAccessExpression > Identifier[name=RouterModule])';
+    const nodes = tsquery(ast, ROUTER_MODULE_SELECTOR, {
+      visitAllChildren: true,
+    });
+    if (nodes.length > 0) {
+      routerModuleSetup = nodes[0].getText();
+    }
+  }
+
+  tree.write(
+    joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'src/main.ts'),
+    standaloneComponentMainContents(routerModuleSetup)
+  );
+}
+
+const standaloneComponentMainContents = (
+  routerModuleSetup
+) => `import { enableProdMode${
+  routerModuleSetup ? `, importProvidersFrom` : ``
+} } from '@angular/core';
+import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';${
+  routerModuleSetup
+    ? `
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router'`
+    : ``
+};
+import { AppComponent } from './app/app.component';
+import { environment } from './environments/environment';
+
+if (environment.production) {
+  enableProdMode();
+}
+
+bootstrapApplication(AppComponent${
+  routerModuleSetup
+    ? `, {
+  providers: [importProvidersFrom(${routerModuleSetup})],
+}`
+    : ''
+}).catch((err) => console.error(err));`;
+
+function updateAppComponent(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
+  const pathToAppComponent = joinPathFragments(
+    options.appProjectRoot,
+    'src/app/app.component.ts'
+  );
+  const appComponentContents = tree.read(pathToAppComponent, 'utf-8');
+
+  const ast = tsquery.ast(appComponentContents);
+  const COMPONENT_DECORATOR_SELECTOR =
+    'Decorator > CallExpression:has(Identifier[name=Component])  ObjectLiteralExpression';
+  const nodes = tsquery(ast, COMPONENT_DECORATOR_SELECTOR, {
+    visitAllChildren: true,
+  });
+
+  if (nodes.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Could not find Component decorator within app.component.ts for standalone app generation.'
+    );
+  }
+
+  const startPos = nodes[0].getStart() + 1;
+
+  const newAppComponentContents = `import { NxWelcomeComponent } from './nx-welcome.component';${
+    options.routing
+      ? `
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';`
+      : ''
+  }
+${appComponentContents.slice(0, startPos)}
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [NxWelcomeComponent${
+    options.routing ? ', RouterModule' : ''
+  }],${appComponentContents.slice(startPos, -1)}`;
+
+  tree.write(pathToAppComponent, newAppComponentContents);
+}
+
+function updateAppComponentSpec(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
+  const pathToAppComponentSpec = joinPathFragments(
+    options.appProjectRoot,
+    'src/app/app.component.spec.ts'
+  );
+  const appComponentSpecContents = tree.read(pathToAppComponentSpec, 'utf-8');
+
+  let newAppComponentSpecContents: string;
+  if (!options.routing) {
+    newAppComponentSpecContents = appComponentSpecContents.replace(
+      'declarations',
+      'imports'
+    );
+  } else {
+    newAppComponentSpecContents = appComponentSpecContents
+      .replace(
+        'imports: [RouterTestingModule],',
+        'imports: [AppComponent, NxWelcomeComponent, RouterTestingModule]'
+      )
+      .replace('declarations: [AppComponent, NxWelcomeComponent]', '');
+  }
+
+  tree.write(pathToAppComponentSpec, newAppComponentSpecContents);
+}
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/index.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/index.ts
index c3e57c9634..babd5ad1dc 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/index.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ export * from './update-nx-component-template';
 export * from './update-config-files';
 export * from './update-e2e-project';
 export * from './update-editor-tsconfig';
+export * from './convert-to-standalone-app';
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts
index ecfda84f84..9df54195e5 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.d.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   skipPostInstall?: boolean;
   federationType?: 'static' | 'dynamic';
   skipDefaultProject?: boolean;
+  standalone?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.json b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.json
index 3b1c253102..5978429cd0 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.json
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/schema.json
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@
       "description": "Skip setting the project as the default project. When `false` (the default), the project is set as the default project only if there is no default project already set.",
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "standalone": {
+      "description": "Generate an application that is setup to use standalone components.",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false,