diff --git a/bin/dev.js b/bin/dev.js
index dd748048..f0b61954 100755
--- a/bin/dev.js
+++ b/bin/dev.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S node --loader ts-node/esm --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line n/shebang
-import {execute} from '@oclif/core'
+import { execute } from '@oclif/core';
 
-await execute({development: true, dir: import.meta.url})
+await execute({ development: true, dir: import.meta.url });
diff --git a/bin/run.js b/bin/run.js
index dd50271f..176d2af5 100755
--- a/bin/run.js
+++ b/bin/run.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import {execute} from '@oclif/core'
+import { execute } from '@oclif/core';
 
-await execute({dir: import.meta.url})
+await execute({ dir: import.meta.url });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6202108a..1b054c73 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint --cache src test --ext .ts",
     "pretest": "npm run clean && npm run lint -- --fix && npm run prepublishOnly",
     "test": "npm run test-local",
-    "test-local": "node bin/dev.js test",
+    "test-local": "node bin/run.js test",
     "preci": "npm run clean && npm run lint && npm run prepublishOnly",
     "cov": "c8 -r lcov -r text-summary -x 'test/**' npm run test-local -- --timeout 120000",
     "ci": "npm run cov",
diff --git a/src/baseCommand.ts b/src/baseCommand.ts
index 00498be3..0cb4ecb3 100644
--- a/src/baseCommand.ts
+++ b/src/baseCommand.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { debuglog } from 'node:util';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import { fork, ForkOptions, ChildProcess } from 'node:child_process';
 import { Command, Flags, Interfaces } from '@oclif/core';
 import { importResolve } from '@eggjs/utils';
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   getSourceDirname,
   readPackageJSON, hasTsConfig,
 } from './utils.js';
-import path from 'node:path';
 import { PackageEgg } from './types.js';
 
 const debug = debuglog('@eggjs/bin/baseCommand');
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand<T extends typeof Command> extends Command {
 
   public async init(): Promise<void> {
     await super.init();
-    debug('raw args: %o', this.argv);
+    debug('[init] raw args: %o, NODE_ENV: %o', this.argv, this.env.NODE_ENV);
     const { args, flags } = await this.parse({
       flags: this.ctor.flags,
       baseFlags: (super.ctor as typeof BaseCommand).baseFlags,
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand<T extends typeof Command> extends Command {
 
     debug('set NODE_OPTIONS: %o', this.env.NODE_OPTIONS);
     debug('after: args: %o, flags: %o', args, flags);
-    debug('enter real command');
+    debug('enter real command: %o', this.id);
   }
 
   protected async catch(err: Error & {exitCode?: number}): Promise<any> {
diff --git a/src/commands/dev.ts b/src/commands/dev.ts
index 874d63a0..ebad3d44 100644
--- a/src/commands/dev.ts
+++ b/src/commands/dev.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,107 @@
-import { Args, Command, Flags } from '@oclif/core';
+import { debuglog } from 'node:util';
+import { Flags } from '@oclif/core';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import { getConfig, getFrameworkPath } from '@eggjs/utils';
+import { detect } from 'detect-port';
+import { getSourceFilename } from '../utils.js';
+import { BaseCommand } from '../baseCommand.js';
 
-export default class Dev extends Command {
-  static override args = {
-    file: Args.string({ description: 'file to read' }),
-  };
+const debug = debuglog('@eggjs/bin/commands/dev');
 
-  static override description = 'describe the command here';
+export default class Dev<T extends typeof Dev> extends BaseCommand<T> {
+  static override description = 'Start server at local dev mode';
 
   static override examples = [
     '<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %>',
   ];
 
   static override flags = {
-    // flag with no value (-f, --force)
-    force: Flags.boolean({ char: 'f' }),
-    // flag with a value (-n, --name=VALUE)
-    name: Flags.string({ char: 'n', description: 'name to print' }),
+    port: Flags.integer({
+      description: 'listening port, default to 7001',
+      char: 'p',
+    }),
+    workers: Flags.integer({
+      char: 'c',
+      aliases: [ 'cluster' ],
+      description: 'numbers of app workers',
+      default: 1,
+    }),
+    framework: Flags.string({
+      description: 'specify framework that can be absolute path or npm package, default is "egg"',
+    }),
+    sticky: Flags.boolean({
+      description: 'start a sticky cluster server',
+    }),
+    env: Flags.string({
+      description: 'specify the NODE_ENV',
+    }),
   };
 
   public async run(): Promise<void> {
-    const { args, flags } = await this.parse(Dev);
+    debug('NODE_ENV: %o', this.env);
+    this.env.NODE_ENV = this.flags.env ?? this.env.NODE_ENV ?? 'development';
+    this.env.EGG_MASTER_CLOSE_TIMEOUT = '1000';
+    const serverBin = getSourceFilename('../scripts/start-cluster.mjs');
+    const eggStartOptions = await this.formatEggStartOptions();
+    const args = [ JSON.stringify(eggStartOptions) ];
+    const requires = await this.formatRequires();
+    const execArgv: string[] = [];
+    for (const r of requires) {
+      if (this.isESM) {
+        execArgv.push('--import');
+        execArgv.push(pathToFileURL(r).href);
+      } else {
+        execArgv.push('--require');
+        execArgv.push(r);
+      }
+    }
+    await this.forkNode(serverBin, args, { execArgv });
+  }
 
-    const name = flags.name ?? 'world';
-    this.log(`hello ${name} from /Users/fengmk2/git/github.com/eggjs/bin/src/commands/dev.ts`);
-    if (args.file && flags.force) {
-      this.log(`you input --force and --file: ${args.file}`);
+  protected async formatEggStartOptions() {
+    const { flags } = this;
+    flags.framework = getFrameworkPath({
+      framework: flags.framework,
+      baseDir: flags.base,
+    });
+
+    if (!flags.port) {
+      let configuredPort: number | undefined;
+      try {
+        const configuration = await getConfig({
+          framework: flags.framework,
+          baseDir: flags.base,
+          env: 'local',
+        });
+        configuredPort = configuration?.cluster?.listen?.port;
+      } catch (err) {
+        /** skip when failing to read the configuration */
+        debug('getConfig error: %s, framework: %o, baseDir: %o, env: local',
+          err, flags.framework, flags.base);
+      }
+      if (configuredPort) {
+        flags.port = configuredPort;
+        debug(`use port ${flags.port} from configuration file`);
+      } else {
+        const defaultPort = parseInt(process.env.EGG_BIN_DEFAULT_PORT ?? '7001');
+        debug('detect available port');
+        flags.port = await detect(defaultPort);
+        if (flags.port !== defaultPort) {
+          console.warn('[@eggjs/bin] server port %o is unavailable, now using port %o',
+            defaultPort, flags.port);
+        }
+        debug(`use available port ${flags.port}`);
+      }
     }
+
+    return {
+      baseDir: flags.base,
+      workers: flags.workers,
+      port: flags.port,
+      framework: flags.framework,
+      typescript: flags.typescript,
+      tscompiler: flags.tscompiler,
+      sticky: flags.sticky,
+    };
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/cmd/cov.test.ts b/test/cmd/cov.test.ts
index ef6e5e05..6c80d342 100644
--- a/test/cmd/cov.test.ts
+++ b/test/cmd/cov.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { getFixtures, getRootDirname } from '../helper.js';
 const version = Number(process.version.substring(1, 3));
 
 describe('test/cmd/cov.test.ts', () => {
-  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/dev.js');
+  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/run.js');
   const cwd = getFixtures('test-files');
 
   async function assertCoverage(baseDir: string) {
diff --git a/test/cmd/debug.test.ts b/test/cmd/debug.test.ts
index ef27a45c..2cbfd788 100644
--- a/test/cmd/debug.test.ts
+++ b/test/cmd/debug.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import coffee from '../coffee.js';
 import { getFixtures, getRootDirname } from '../helper.js';
 
 describe('test/cmd/debug.test.ts', () => {
-  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/dev.js');
+  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/run.js');
   const cwd = getFixtures('demo-app');
 
   it('should startCluster success', () => {
diff --git a/test/cmd/dev.test.ts b/test/cmd/dev.test.ts
index e1581da2..3ae42dff 100644
--- a/test/cmd/dev.test.ts
+++ b/test/cmd/dev.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { getRootDirname, getFixtures } from '../helper.js';
 const version = Number(process.version.substring(1, 3));
 
 describe('test/cmd/dev.test.ts', () => {
-  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/dev.js');
+  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/run.js');
   const cwd = getFixtures('demo-app');
 
   it('should startCluster success', () => {
@@ -25,9 +25,20 @@ describe('test/cmd/dev.test.ts', () => {
       .end();
   });
 
-  it('should dev start with custom NODE_ENV', () => {
+  it.only('should dev start with custom NODE_ENV', () => {
     return coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'dev' ], { cwd, env: { NODE_ENV: 'prod' } })
-      // .debug()
+      .debug()
+      .expect('stdout', /"workers":1/)
+      .expect('stdout', /"baseDir":".*?demo-app"/)
+      .expect('stdout', /"framework":".*?aliyun-egg"/)
+      .expect('stdout', /NODE_ENV: prod/)
+      .expect('code', 0)
+      .end();
+  });
+
+  it('should dev start with --env prod', () => {
+    return coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'dev', '--env', 'prod' ], { cwd })
+      .debug()
       .expect('stdout', /"workers":1/)
       .expect('stdout', /"baseDir":".*?demo-app"/)
       .expect('stdout', /"framework":".*?aliyun-egg"/)
diff --git a/test/cmd/test.test.ts b/test/cmd/test.test.ts
index 7ba65cb8..b7e5de77 100644
--- a/test/cmd/test.test.ts
+++ b/test/cmd/test.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { getFixtures, getRootDirname } from '../helper.js';
 const version = Number(process.version.substring(1, 3));
 
 describe('test/cmd/test.test.ts', () => {
-  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/dev.js');
+  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/run.js');
   const cwd = getFixtures('test-files');
 
   describe('egg-bin test', () => {
diff --git a/test/coffee.ts b/test/coffee.ts
index 3a2dd923..628293cd 100644
--- a/test/coffee.ts
+++ b/test/coffee.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export default {
       PATH: process.env.PATH,
       ...options.env,
     };
+    // console.error('fork env: %o', options.env);
     return coffee.fork(modulePath, args, options);
   },
 };
diff --git a/test/egg-bin.test.ts b/test/egg-bin.test.ts
index 10e6958a..64c63932 100644
--- a/test/egg-bin.test.ts
+++ b/test/egg-bin.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import coffee from './coffee.js';
 import { getRootDirname, getFixtures } from './helper.js';
 
 describe('test/egg-bin.test.ts', () => {
-  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/dev.js');
+  const eggBin = path.join(getRootDirname(), 'bin/run.js');
   const cwd = getFixtures('test-files');
 
   describe('global options', () => {