diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
index e73feee62d0955..8863fd3cd42167 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'node:path'
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
+import type { Session } from 'node:inspector'
 import { cac } from 'cac'
 import colors from 'picocolors'
 import type { BuildOptions } from './build'
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import type { ServerOptions } from './server'
 import type { LogLevel } from './logger'
 import { createLogger } from './logger'
 import { VERSION } from './constants'
+import { bindShortcuts } from './shortcuts'
 import { resolveConfig } from '.'
 
 const cli = cac('vite')
@@ -30,25 +32,34 @@ interface GlobalCLIOptions {
   force?: boolean
 }
 
-export const stopProfiler = (log: (message: string) => void): void => {
-  // @ts-ignore
-  const profileSession = global.__vite_profile_session
-  if (profileSession) {
-    profileSession.post('Profiler.stop', (err: any, { profile }: any) => {
+// @ts-ignore
+let profileSession: Session | undefined = global.__vite_profile_session
+let profileCount = 0
+
+export const stopProfiler = (
+  log: (message: string) => void,
+): void | Promise<void> => {
+  if (!profileSession) return
+  return new Promise((res, rej) => {
+    profileSession!.post('Profiler.stop', (err: any, { profile }: any) => {
       // Write profile to disk, upload, etc.
       if (!err) {
-        const outPath = path.resolve('./vite-profile.cpuprofile')
+        const outPath = path.resolve(
+          `./vite-profile-${profileCount++}.cpuprofile`,
+        )
         fs.writeFileSync(outPath, JSON.stringify(profile))
         log(
           colors.yellow(
             `CPU profile written to ${colors.white(colors.dim(outPath))}`,
           ),
         )
+        profileSession = undefined
+        res()
       } else {
-        throw err
+        rej(err)
       }
     })
-  }
+  })
 }
 
 const filterDuplicateOptions = <T extends object>(options: T) => {
@@ -148,7 +159,34 @@ cli
       )
 
       server.printUrls()
-      stopProfiler((message) => server.config.logger.info(`  ${message}`))
+      bindShortcuts(server, {
+        print: true,
+        customShortcuts: [
+          profileSession && {
+            key: 'p',
+            description: 'start/stop the profiler',
+            async action(server) {
+              if (profileSession) {
+                await stopProfiler(server.config.logger.info)
+              } else {
+                const inspector = await import('node:inspector').then(
+                  (r) => r.default,
+                )
+                await new Promise<void>((res) => {
+                  profileSession = new inspector.Session()
+                  profileSession.connect()
+                  profileSession.post('Profiler.enable', () => {
+                    profileSession!.post('Profiler.start', () => {
+                      server.config.logger.info('Profiler started')
+                      res()
+                    })
+                  })
+                })
+              }
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      })
     } catch (e) {
       const logger = createLogger(options.logLevel)
       logger.error(colors.red(`error when starting dev server:\n${e.stack}`), {
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index 795c9ea5246042..4c26087d9ce2b8 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import {
   initDepsOptimizer,
   initDevSsrDepsOptimizer,
 } from '../optimizer'
+import { bindShortcuts } from '../shortcuts'
+import type { BindShortcutsOptions } from '../shortcuts'
 import { CLIENT_DIR } from '../constants'
 import type { Logger } from '../logger'
 import { printServerUrls } from '../logger'
@@ -300,6 +302,13 @@ export interface ViteDevServer {
    * @internal
    */
   _fsDenyGlob: Matcher
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * Actually BindShortcutsOptions | undefined but api-extractor checks for
+   * export before trimming internal types :(
+   * And I don't want to complexity prePatchTypes for that
+   */
+  _shortcutsOptions: any | undefined
 }
 
 export interface ResolvedServerUrls {
@@ -452,6 +461,7 @@ export async function createServer(
     _forceOptimizeOnRestart: false,
     _pendingRequests: new Map(),
     _fsDenyGlob: picomatch(config.server.fs.deny, { matchBase: true }),
+    _shortcutsOptions: undefined,
   }
 
   server.transformIndexHtml = createDevHtmlTransformFn(server)
@@ -771,6 +781,7 @@ async function restartServer(server: ViteDevServer) {
   // @ts-ignore
   global.__vite_start_time = performance.now()
   const { port: prevPort, host: prevHost } = server.config.server
+  const shortcutsOptions: BindShortcutsOptions = server._shortcutsOptions
 
   await server.close()
 
@@ -819,6 +830,11 @@ async function restartServer(server: ViteDevServer) {
     logger.info('server restarted.', { timestamp: true })
   }
 
+  if (shortcutsOptions) {
+    shortcutsOptions.print = false
+    bindShortcuts(newServer, shortcutsOptions)
+  }
+
   // new server (the current server) can restart now
   newServer._restartPromise = null
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/shortcuts.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/shortcuts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3d06d83fd93fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/shortcuts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import colors from 'picocolors'
+import type { ViteDevServer } from './server'
+import { openBrowser } from './server/openBrowser'
+import { isDefined } from './utils'
+
+export type BindShortcutsOptions = {
+  /**
+   * Print a one line hint to the terminal.
+   */
+  print?: boolean
+  customShortcuts?: (CLIShortcut | undefined | null)[]
+}
+
+export type CLIShortcut = {
+  key: string
+  description: string
+  action(server: ViteDevServer): void | Promise<void>
+}
+
+export function bindShortcuts(
+  server: ViteDevServer,
+  opts: BindShortcutsOptions,
+): void {
+  if (!server.httpServer) return
+  server._shortcutsOptions = opts
+
+  if (opts.print) {
+    server.config.logger.info(
+      colors.dim(colors.green('  ➜')) +
+        colors.dim('  press ') +
+        colors.bold('h') +
+        colors.dim(' to show help'),
+    )
+  }
+
+  const shortcuts = (opts.customShortcuts ?? [])
+    .filter(isDefined)
+    .concat(BASE_SHORTCUTS)
+
+  let actionRunning = false
+
+  const onInput = async (input: string) => {
+    // ctrl+c or ctrl+d
+    if (input === '\x03' || input === '\x04') {
+      process.emit('SIGTERM')
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (actionRunning) return
+
+    if (input === 'h') {
+      server.config.logger.info(
+        shortcuts
+          .map(
+            (shortcut) =>
+              colors.dim('  press ') +
+              colors.bold(shortcut.key) +
+              colors.dim(` to ${shortcut.description}`),
+          )
+          .join('\n'),
+      )
+    }
+
+    const shortcut = shortcuts.find((shortcut) => shortcut.key === input)
+    if (!shortcut) return
+
+    actionRunning = true
+    await shortcut.action(server)
+    actionRunning = false
+  }
+
+  if (process.stdin.isTTY) {
+    process.stdin.setRawMode(true)
+  }
+
+  process.stdin.on('data', onInput).setEncoding('utf8').resume()
+
+  server.httpServer.on('close', () => {
+    process.stdin.off('data', onInput).pause()
+  })
+}
+
+const BASE_SHORTCUTS: CLIShortcut[] = [
+  {
+    key: 'r',
+    description: 'restart the server',
+    async action(server) {
+      await server.restart()
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    key: 'o',
+    description: 'open in browser',
+    action(server) {
+      const url = server.resolvedUrls?.local[0]
+
+      if (!url) {
+        server.config.logger.warn('No URL available to open in browser')
+        return
+      }
+
+      openBrowser(url, true, server.config.logger)
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    key: 'q',
+    description: 'quit',
+    async action(server) {
+      await server.close().finally(() => process.exit())
+    },
+  },
+]