diff --git a/examples/basic/package.json b/examples/basic/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0346743..0000000
--- a/examples/basic/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "@vue-tui/example-flappy-bird",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "vite build",
-    "start": "vite build && node dist/game.mjs"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@vue-tui/runtime": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^5.3.0",
-    "vue": "^3.4.0"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "catalog:",
-    "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^6",
-    "vite": "catalog:"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/App.vue b/examples/basic/src/App.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 800f51d..0000000
--- a/examples/basic/src/App.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<script setup lang="ts">
-import { shallowRef } from "vue";
-import { Box, Text, useFocusManager, useInput } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
-import Item from "./Item.vue";
-
-const items = ["apple", "banana", "orange", "grape", "watermelon"];
-const selected = shallowRef<null | string>(null);
-
-const focusManager = useFocusManager();
-
-useInput((input, key) => {
-  if (key.upArrow) {
-    focusManager.focusPrevious();
-  } else if (key.downArrow) {
-    focusManager.focusNext();
-  } else if (key.return) {
-    console.log("Selected:", focusManager.activeId);
-    selected.value = focusManager.activeId;
-  }
-  if (input === "q") {
-    process.exit(0);
-  }
-});
-</script>
-
-<template>
-  <Box>
-    <Item v-for="item in items" :key="item" :id="item" :label="item" />
-    <Text>You selected: {{ focusManager.activeId }}</Text>
-  </Box>
-</template>
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/Item.vue b/examples/basic/src/Item.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 65b9280..0000000
--- a/examples/basic/src/Item.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<script setup lang="ts">
-import { Box, Text, useFocus } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
-const props = defineProps<{
-  id: string;
-  label: string;
-}>();
-
-const focusCtx = useFocus({ id: props.id });
-</script>
-
-<template>
-  <Box>
-    <Text :color="focusCtx.isFocused.value ? 'cyan' : 'undefined'"
-      >{{ focusCtx.isFocused.value ? ">" : " " }} {{ props.label }}</Text
-    >
-  </Box>
-</template>
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/main.ts b/examples/basic/src/main.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f59fcd..0000000
--- a/examples/basic/src/main.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Flappy Bird example for @vue-tui/runtime.
-//
-//   pnpm --filter @vue-tui/example-flappy-bird start
-//
-// Controls: space / ↑ / w to flap, q or Ctrl-C to quit, r to restart after dying.
-
-import { createApp } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
-import App from "./App.vue";
-
-createApp(App).mount();
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/vue-shim.d.ts b/examples/basic/src/vue-shim.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dabb13..0000000
--- a/examples/basic/src/vue-shim.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-declare module "*.vue" {
-  import type { DefineComponent } from "vue";
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  const component: DefineComponent<{}, {}, any>;
-  export default component;
-}
diff --git a/examples/basic/tsconfig.json b/examples/basic/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a07cb3f..0000000
--- a/examples/basic/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "esnext",
-    "lib": ["es2023"],
-    "module": "esnext",
-    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
-    "moduleDetection": "force",
-    "types": ["node"],
-    "strict": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "noEmit": true,
-    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "isolatedModules": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "jsx": "preserve"
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.vue", "vite.config.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/examples/basic/vite.config.ts b/examples/basic/vite.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eaf5c7a..0000000
--- a/examples/basic/vite.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from "vite";
-import vue from "@vitejs/plugin-vue";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
-
-const here = fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url));
-
-// Build the example as a Node ESM bundle. SFCs are compiled by
-// @vitejs/plugin-vue; runtime deps (vue, @vue-tui/runtime, chalk, …) stay
-// external so Node resolves them from node_modules at startup.
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [vue()],
-  build: {
-    target: "node22",
-    outDir: "dist",
-    emptyOutDir: true,
-    minify: false,
-    lib: {
-      entry: `${here}src/main.ts`,
-      formats: ["es"],
-      fileName: () => "game.mjs",
-    },
-    rollupOptions: {
-      // Bundle anything resolved as a relative / absolute path (the .vue
-      // file + its `?vue` virtual modules); externalize bare specifiers.
-      external: (id) => !id.startsWith(".") && !id.startsWith("/") && !id.startsWith("\0"),
-    },
-  },
-});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/dev.ts b/packages/cli/src/dev.ts
index 26e85d4..6c54d3e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/dev.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export async function dev(entry?: string) {
 
   const server = await createServer({
     plugins: [vueTuiDevPlugin({ entry })],
+    logLevel: "silent",
   });
 
   await server.listen();
@@ -55,8 +56,16 @@ export async function dev(entry?: string) {
 
   pm.spawn();
 
+  // Ignore reload requests during startup — the initial WS connection
+  // may trigger vite:beforeFullReload before the app is ready
+  let acceptReloads = false;
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    acceptReloads = true;
+  }, 3000);
+
   // Listen for full reload requests from child
   server.hot.on("vue-tui:request-reload", async () => {
+    if (!acceptReloads) return;
     const newPath = await extractBundle(clientEnv.memoryFiles, outDir);
     pm.setBundlePath(newPath);
     pm.restart();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/process-manager.ts b/packages/cli/src/process-manager.ts
index a138698..f552268 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/process-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/process-manager.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,22 @@ export interface ProcessManagerOptions {
 }
 
 const loaderUrl = new URL("./hmr-loader.mjs", import.meta.url).href;
-const loaderBootstrap = `data:text/javascript,import{register}from"node:module";register(${JSON.stringify(loaderUrl)})`;
+
+// Bootstrap script: register HMR loader hooks + silence Vite/Vue console noise
+const loaderBootstrap = `data:text/javascript,${encodeURIComponent(`
+import{register}from"node:module";
+register(${JSON.stringify(loaderUrl)});
+
+// Intercept all console methods to suppress Vite HMR client and Vue warn noise
+for (const method of ["log", "info", "warn", "error", "debug"]) {
+  const orig = console[method];
+  console[method] = (...args) => {
+    const first = typeof args[0] === "string" ? args[0] : "";
+    if (first.includes("[vite]") || first.includes("[Vue warn]")) return;
+    orig.apply(console, args);
+  };
+}
+`)}`;
 
 export function createProcessManager(options: ProcessManagerOptions) {
   let child: ChildProcess | null = null;