diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29bb2d..f7345e2b405 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Suppress SSR warning for non-SSR Angular projects on init hosting (#10364)
diff --git a/src/frameworks/angular/index.spec.ts b/src/frameworks/angular/index.spec.ts
index f3de64863fe..0e9b10f231d 100644
--- a/src/frameworks/angular/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frameworks/angular/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,75 @@
 import { expect } from "chai";
 import * as sinon from "sinon";
 import * as fsExtra from "fs-extra";
+import { join } from "path";
 
+import * as frameworkUtils from "../utils";
 import { discover } from ".";
 
 describe("Angular", () => {
   describe("discovery", () => {
-    const cwd = Math.random().toString(36).split(".")[1];
+    const cwd = ".";
     let sandbox: sinon.SinonSandbox;
+    let pathExistsStub: sinon.SinonStub;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
+      pathExistsStub = sandbox.stub(fsExtra, "pathExists");
     });
 
     afterEach(() => {
       sandbox.restore();
     });
 
-    it("should find an Angular app", async () => {
-      sandbox.stub(fsExtra, "pathExists").resolves(true);
+    it("should not discover if package.json is missing", async () => {
+      pathExistsStub.resolves(false);
+      expect(await discover(cwd)).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+
+    it("should not discover if angular.json is missing", async () => {
+      pathExistsStub.withArgs(join(cwd, "package.json")).resolves(true);
+      pathExistsStub.resolves(false);
+      expect(await discover(cwd)).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+
+    it("should find an Angular app with SSR", async () => {
+      pathExistsStub.resolves(true);
+      sandbox.stub(frameworkUtils, "findDependency").callsFake((name) => {
+        if (name === "@angular/core") {
+          return { version: "17.0.0", resolved: "", overridden: false };
+        }
+        if (name === "@angular/platform-server") {
+          return { version: "17.0.0", resolved: "", overridden: false };
+        }
+        return undefined;
+      });
       expect(await discover(cwd)).to.deep.equal({
         mayWantBackend: true,
+        version: "17.0.0",
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("should find an Angular app without SSR", async () => {
+      pathExistsStub.resolves(true);
+      sandbox.stub(frameworkUtils, "findDependency").returns(undefined);
+      expect(await discover(cwd)).to.deep.equal({
+        mayWantBackend: false,
         version: undefined,
       });
     });
+
+    it("should propagate the @angular/core version", async () => {
+      pathExistsStub.resolves(true);
+      sandbox.stub(frameworkUtils, "findDependency").callsFake((name) => {
+        if (name === "@angular/core") {
+          return { version: "18.2.1", resolved: "", overridden: false };
+        }
+        return undefined;
+      });
+      expect(await discover(cwd)).to.deep.equal({
+        mayWantBackend: false,
+        version: "18.2.1",
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/frameworks/angular/index.ts b/src/frameworks/angular/index.ts
index 9921119f7d0..60d5ba532cd 100644
--- a/src/frameworks/angular/index.ts
+++ b/src/frameworks/angular/index.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ export async function discover(dir: string): Promise<Discovery | undefined> {
   if (!(await pathExists(join(dir, "package.json")))) return;
   if (!(await pathExists(join(dir, "angular.json")))) return;
   const version = getAngularVersion(dir);
-  return { mayWantBackend: true, version };
+  const mayWantBackend = !!findDependency("@angular/platform-server", {
+    cwd: dir,
+    depth: 0,
+    omitDev: false,
+  });
+  return { mayWantBackend, version };
 }
 
 export function init(setup: any, config: any) {