diff --git a/src/Phaseolies/Console/Commands/Server/ServerStartCommand.php b/src/Phaseolies/Console/Commands/Server/ServerStartCommand.php
index 2c515d15..2504d52a 100644
--- a/src/Phaseolies/Console/Commands/Server/ServerStartCommand.php
+++ b/src/Phaseolies/Console/Commands/Server/ServerStartCommand.php
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 namespace Phaseolies\Console\Commands\Server;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Terminal;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Formatter\OutputFormatter;
+use Phaseolies\Application;
 use Phaseolies\Console\Schedule\Command;
 
 class ServerStartCommand extends Command
@@ -25,6 +28,25 @@ class ServerStartCommand extends Command
 
     protected const MAX_PORT_ATTEMPTS = 10;
 
+    /**
+     * Time each open connection was accepted (or last served), keyed by client address.
+     *
+     * @var array<string, float>
+     */
+    private array $connections = [];
+
+    /**
+     * Partial output line waiting for its newline.
+     */
+    private string $pendingOutput = '';
+
+    /**
+     * Clients whose current request was already reported by the request logger.
+     *
+     * @var array<string, bool>
+     */
+    private array $reported = [];
+
     /**
      * Execute the console command.
      *
@@ -43,7 +65,17 @@ public function handle(): int
 
             $port = self::determineAvailablePort($port);
 
+            if (!$background) {
+                $this->displayBanner();
+            }
+
             $this->displaySuccess("Server started on <fg=green>http://localhost:$port</>");
+
+            if (!$background) {
+                $this->line('  <fg=gray>Press Ctrl+C to stop the server</>');
+                $this->newLine();
+            }
+
             self::startServer($port, $background);
 
             return Command::SUCCESS;
@@ -118,6 +150,8 @@ private function startServer(int $port, bool $background): void
         // Foreground mode
         $process = new Process([
             'php',
+            '-d',
+            'auto_prepend_file=' . __DIR__ . '/request_logger.stub',
             '-S',
             "localhost:$port",
             '-t',
@@ -128,7 +162,138 @@ private function startServer(int $port, bool $background): void
         $process->start();
 
         $process->wait(function ($type, $buffer) {
-            $this->displayInfo($buffer);
+            $this->handleServerOutput($buffer);
         });
+
+        $this->handleServerOutput("\n");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Print the Doppar logo with the framework version.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function displayBanner(): void
+    {
+        $logo = [
+            '    ____                           ',
+            '   / __ \\____  ____  ____  ____ ______',
+            '  / / / / __ \\/ __ \\/ __ \\/ __ `/ ___/',
+            ' / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /    ',
+            '/_____/\\____/ .___/ .___/\\__,_/_/     ',
+            '           /_/   /_/                  ',
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($logo as $row) {
+            $this->line('<fg=cyan>' . OutputFormatter::escape($row) . '</>');
+        }
+
+        $this->line(str_repeat(' ', 26) . '<fg=red>v' . Application::VERSION . '</>');
+        $this->line('<fg=gray>' . str_repeat('-', 48) . '</>');
+        $this->newLine();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Split raw server output into lines and render each one.
+     *
+     * @param string $buffer
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function handleServerOutput(string $buffer): void
+    {
+        $this->pendingOutput .= $buffer;
+
+        while (($pos = strpos($this->pendingOutput, "\n")) !== false) {
+            $line = trim(substr($this->pendingOutput, 0, $pos));
+            $this->pendingOutput = substr($this->pendingOutput, $pos + 1);
+
+            if ($line !== '') {
+                $this->renderServerLine($line);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Render a single PHP built-in server log line.
+     *
+     * @param string $line
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function renderServerLine(string $line): void
+    {
+        $now = microtime(true);
+
+        if (str_starts_with($line, "DOPPAR_REQUEST\t")) {
+            [, $client, $status, $method, $uri, $ms] = explode("\t", $line) + array_fill(0, 6, '');
+            $this->reported[$client] = true;
+            $this->printRequest((int) $status, $method, $uri, (float) $ms);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!preg_match('/^\[[^\]]+\]\s+(\S+)\s+(Accepted|Closing|\[(\d{3})\]:\s+(\S+)\s+(.*))$/', $line, $m)) {
+            $this->line('  <fg=gray>' . OutputFormatter::escape($line) . '</>');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        [, $client, $event] = $m;
+
+        if ($event === 'Accepted') {
+            $this->connections[$client] = $now;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($event === 'Closing') {
+            unset($this->connections[$client], $this->reported[$client]);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (isset($this->reported[$client])) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $status = (int) $m[3];
+        $method = $m[4];
+        $uri = $m[5];
+        $elapsed = $now - ($this->connections[$client] ?? $now);
+        $this->connections[$client] = $now;
+
+        $this->printRequest($status, $method, $uri, $elapsed * 1000);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Print one request line: status and path on the left, duration on the right.
+     *
+     * @param int $status
+     * @param string $method
+     * @param string $uri
+     * @param float $milliseconds
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function printRequest(int $status, string $method, string $uri, float $milliseconds): void
+    {
+        $color = match (true) {
+            $status >= 500 => 'red',
+            $status >= 400 => 'yellow',
+            $status >= 300 => 'cyan',
+            default => 'green',
+        };
+
+        $duration = $milliseconds >= 1000
+            ? sprintf('%.2fs', $milliseconds / 1000)
+            : sprintf('%.2fms', $milliseconds);
+
+        $left = sprintf('%s %s', $method, $uri);
+        $plainLeft = sprintf('  %s %s', $status, $left);
+        $dots = max(1, (new Terminal())->getWidth() - mb_strlen($plainLeft) - mb_strlen($duration) - 4);
+
+        $this->line(sprintf(
+            '  <fg=%s>%s</> <fg=white>%s</> <fg=gray>%s</> <fg=%s>%s</>',
+            $color,
+            $status,
+            OutputFormatter::escape($left),
+            str_repeat('.', $dots),
+            $color,
+            $duration
+        ));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Phaseolies/Console/Commands/Server/request_logger.stub b/src/Phaseolies/Console/Commands/Server/request_logger.stub
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc359fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Phaseolies/Console/Commands/Server/request_logger.stub
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Prepended to every request served by `server:start`.
+ */
+(static function (): void {
+    if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli-server') {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    $uri = urldecode((string) parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?? '/', PHP_URL_PATH));
+
+    // Static files are handled and logged by PHP itself.
+    if ($uri !== '/' && is_file(($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?? '') . $uri)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    $start = $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] ?? microtime(true);
+
+    register_shutdown_function(static function () use ($start): void {
+        $line = sprintf(
+            "DOPPAR_REQUEST\t%s:%s\t%d\t%s\t%s\t%.4f\n",
+            $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ?? '',
+            $_SERVER['REMOTE_PORT'] ?? '',
+            http_response_code() ?: 200,
+            $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ?? 'GET',
+            $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?? '/',
+            (microtime(true) - $start) * 1000
+        );
+
+        @file_put_contents('php://stderr', $line);
+    });
+})();