diff --git a/repl.js b/repl.js
index ab9cb30..faa222a 100644
--- a/repl.js
+++ b/repl.js
@@ -1 +1,118 @@
-// RIP
+// In contrast to `node run <file>`, this opens a shell-like
+// environment that allows faster execution of code since it
+// doesn't have to reload the plugin system. This is mostly
+// done since Clover's primary dev-env is a Windows 7 laptop;
+// It takes her machine 600ms to load the plugin file on it's own.
+import process from "node:process";
+import * as util from "node:util";
+const exts = [".tsx", ".ts", ".js", ".marko"];
+
+process.stderr.write("Loading...");
+const { hot } = await import("./run.js"); // get plugins ready
+const { errorAllWidgets } = hot.load("@paperclover/console/Widget");
+process.stderr.write("\r" + " ".repeat("Loading...".length) + "\r");
+hot.load("node:repl").start({
+  prompt: "% ",
+  eval(code, _global, _id, done) {
+    evaluate(code)
+      .catch((err) => {
+        // TODO: improve @paperclover/console's ability to print AggregateError
+        // and errors with extra random properties
+        console.error(inspect(err));
+      })
+      .then((result) => done(null, result));
+  },
+  ignoreUndefined: true,
+  //completer,
+});
+
+setTimeout(() => {
+  hot.reloadRecursive("./framework/engine/ssr.ts");
+  hot.reloadRecursive("./framework/bundle.ts");
+}, 100);
+
+async function evaluate(code) {
+  code = code.trim();
+
+  if (code === "clear" || code === "cls") {
+    return console.clear();
+  }
+
+  if (code[0] === "=") {
+    try {
+      const result = await eval(code[1]);
+      console.log(inspect(result));
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof SyntaxError) {
+        const result = await eval("(async() => { return " + code + " })()");
+        console.log(inspect(result));
+      } else {
+        throw err;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  let split = code.split(/\s+/);
+  if (split.length === 0) return;
+
+  // Shell commands
+  const cliPassthrough = [
+    "deno",
+    "explorer",
+    "git",
+    "iexplore",
+    "node",
+    "npm",
+    "open",
+    "rg",
+    "start",
+    "vi",
+  ];
+  if (cliPassthrough.includes(split[0]) || split[0].startsWith("$")) {
+    if (split[0].startsWith("$")) {
+      if ((split[0] = split[0].slice(1)).trim() === "") split.shift();
+    }
+    if (process.platform === "win32" && split[0] === "open") split[0] = "start";
+    if (split[0] === "explorer" || split[0] === "start") {
+      split[1] = split[1]?.replaceAll("/", "\\");
+    }
+    try {
+      child_process.execSync(split.join(" "), {
+        stdio: "inherit",
+        env: { EDITOR: "vi", ...process.env },
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      const { status, signalCode } = err;
+      console.error(
+        `Exited with ${status ? "code " + status : "signal " + signalCode}`,
+      );
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let found;
+  for (const base of [".", "framework"]) {
+    for (const e of exts) {
+      const file = path.join(base, split[0] + e);
+      if (fs.existsSync(file)) {
+        found = file;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!found) {
+    console.error("\x1b[33mNo file matches: " + split[0] + "\x1b[0m");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const m = hot.reloadRecursive(found);
+  await m.main?.();
+  errorAllWidgets(
+    path.basename(found, path.extname(found)) + ".main() returning",
+  );
+}
+
+import * as fs from "node:fs";
+import * as path from "node:path";
+import * as child_process from "node:child_process";