diff --git a/scripts/dev-hot-reload.js b/scripts/dev-hot-reload.js
index 7c059a8f5ed..c4f4a106b18 100644
--- a/scripts/dev-hot-reload.js
+++ b/scripts/dev-hot-reload.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 #       npm run dev:watch -- [options]
 */
 
-const { execSync } = require('child_process');
-const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
+const { execSync, spawn } = require('child_process');
+const { readFileSync, readdirSync } = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 
 // Get major version from .nvmrc (e.g. v22.1.0  -> v22)
 const NODE_VERSION = readFileSync('.nvmrc', 'utf8').trim().split('.')[0];
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ const CONFIG = {
     'packages/bruno-js/src/',
     'packages/bruno-schema/src/'
   ],
-  ELECTRON_START_DELAY: 10, // seconds
   NODEMON_WATCH_DELAY: 1000 // milliseconds
 };
 
@@ -68,6 +68,40 @@ function log(level, msg) {
   }
 }
 
+class ProcessManager {
+  constructor() {
+    this._procs = [];
+    this._shuttingDown = false;
+    for (const sig of ['SIGINT', 'SIGTERM', 'SIGHUP']) {
+      process.on(sig, () => this.shutdown(sig));
+    }
+  }
+
+  register(proc, name) {
+    this._procs.push({ proc, name });
+    proc.on('close', code => {
+      if (!this._shuttingDown && code !== null && code !== 0) {
+        log(LOG_LEVELS.ERROR, `Process "${name}" exited unexpectedly (code ${code}), shutting down...`);
+        this.shutdown('child-exit');
+      }
+    });
+    return proc;
+  }
+
+  shutdown(signal) {
+    if (this._shuttingDown) return;
+    this._shuttingDown = true;
+    log(LOG_LEVELS.INFO, `Received ${signal}, shutting down all processes...`);
+    for (const { proc } of this._procs) {
+      try { proc.kill(); } catch { /* already dead */ }
+    }
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      log(LOG_LEVELS.WARN, 'Force-exiting after timeout...');
+      process.exit(0);
+    }, 5000).unref();
+  }
+}
+
 // Show help documentation
 function showHelp() {
   console.log(`
@@ -136,72 +170,227 @@ function reinstallDependencies() {
   log(LOG_LEVELS.SUCCESS, 'Dependencies re-installation completed');
 }
 
-// Setup development environment
-function startDevelopment() {
-  log(LOG_LEVELS.INFO, 'Starting development servers...');
-
-  const concurrently = require('concurrently');
-  const watchPaths = CONFIG.ELECTRON_WATCH_PATHS.map(path => `--watch "${path}"`).join(' ');
-
-  // concurrently command objects: { command, name, prefixColor, env, cwd, ipc }
-  const commandObjects = [
-    {
-      command: 'npm run watch --workspace=packages/bruno-common',
-      name: 'common',
-      prefixColor: 'magenta'
-    },
-    {
-      command: 'npm run watch --workspace=packages/bruno-converters',
-      name: 'converters',
-      prefixColor: 'green'
-    },
-    {
-      command: 'npm run watch --workspace=packages/bruno-query',
-      name: 'query',
-      prefixColor: 'blue'
-    },
-    {
-      command: 'npm run watch --workspace=packages/bruno-graphql-docs',
-      name: 'graphql',
-      prefixColor: 'white'
-    },
-    {
-      command: 'npm run watch --workspace=packages/bruno-requests',
-      name: 'requests',
-      prefixColor: 'gray'
-    },
-    {
-      command: 'npm run watch --workspace=packages/bruno-filestore',
-      name: 'filestore',
-      prefixColor: '#FA8072'
-    },
-    {
-      command: 'npm run dev:web',
-      name: 'react',
-      prefixColor: 'cyan'
-    },
-    {
-      command: `sleep ${CONFIG.ELECTRON_START_DELAY} && nodemon ${watchPaths} --ext js,jsx,ts,tsx --delay ${CONFIG.NODEMON_WATCH_DELAY}ms --exec "npm run dev --workspace=packages/bruno-electron"`,
-      name: 'electron',
-      prefixColor: 'yellow',
-      delay: CONFIG.ELECTRON_START_DELAY
+// Packages that have a build script but are launched separately
+// and must not enter the watcher startup pipeline.
+const DEV_EXCLUDED_PACKAGES = new Set(['@usebruno/app']); // launched via dev:web
+
+/**
+ * Read every packages/* directory and return a descriptor for each
+ * @usebruno/* package that has at least a `build` npm script.
+ *
+ * @param {string} rootDir - absolute path to repo root
+ * @returns {{ name: string, dir: string, hasWatch: boolean, internalDeps: string[] }[]}
+ */
+function discoverPackages(rootDir) {
+  const pkgsDir = path.join(rootDir, 'packages');
+  const results = [];
+
+  for (const folder of readdirSync(pkgsDir)) {
+    const pjsonPath = path.join(pkgsDir, folder, 'package.json');
+    let raw;
+    try {
+      raw = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pjsonPath, 'utf8'));
+    } catch {
+      continue;
     }
-  ];
 
-  const { result } = concurrently(commandObjects, {
-    prefix: '[{name}: {pid}]',
-    killOthers: ['failure', 'success'],
-    restartTries: 3,
-    restartDelay: 1000
+    const name = raw.name || '';
+    if (!name.startsWith('@usebruno/')) continue;
+    if (DEV_EXCLUDED_PACKAGES.has(name)) continue;
+
+    const scripts = raw.scripts || {};
+    if (!('build' in scripts)) continue;
+
+    const allDeps = { ...raw.dependencies, ...raw.devDependencies };
+    const internalDeps = Object.keys(allDeps).filter(k => k.startsWith('@usebruno/'));
+
+    results.push({ name, dir: path.join(pkgsDir, folder), hasWatch: 'watch' in scripts, internalDeps });
+  }
+
+  return results;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Topologically sort packages into dependency stages using Kahn's algorithm.
+ * Deps that are not in the buildable set (no build script) are ignored.
+ * Throws if a cycle is detected.
+ *
+ * @param {{ name: string, internalDeps: string[] }[]} packages
+ * @returns {typeof packages[]}[]  array of stages; packages within a stage are independent
+ */
+function topoSort(packages) {
+  const byName = new Map(packages.map(p => [p.name, p]));
+  const inDegree = new Map(packages.map(p => [p.name, 0]));
+  const adj = new Map(packages.map(p => [p.name, []]));
+
+  for (const pkg of packages) {
+    for (const dep of pkg.internalDeps) {
+      if (!byName.has(dep)) continue; // dep has no build script — skip
+      adj.get(dep).push(pkg.name);
+      inDegree.set(pkg.name, inDegree.get(pkg.name) + 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const stages = [];
+  let frontier = packages.filter(p => inDegree.get(p.name) === 0).map(p => p.name);
+
+  while (frontier.length > 0) {
+    stages.push(frontier.map(n => byName.get(n)));
+    const next = [];
+    for (const n of frontier) {
+      for (const neighbour of adj.get(n)) {
+        inDegree.set(neighbour, inDegree.get(neighbour) - 1);
+        if (inDegree.get(neighbour) === 0) next.push(neighbour);
+      }
+    }
+    frontier = next;
+  }
+
+  if (stages.reduce((acc, s) => acc + s.length, 0) !== packages.length) {
+    throw new Error('Cycle detected in @usebruno/* dependency graph');
+  }
+
+  return stages;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Discover all buildable @usebruno/* packages and return them as topo-sorted stages.
+ *
+ * @param {string} rootDir
+ * @returns {ReturnType<typeof topoSort>}
+ */
+function buildDevPackageGraph(rootDir) {
+  const packages = discoverPackages(rootDir);
+  log(LOG_LEVELS.DEBUG, `Discovered ${packages.length} buildable @usebruno/* packages`);
+  const stages = topoSort(packages);
+  stages.forEach((s, i) =>
+    log(LOG_LEVELS.DEBUG, `Stage ${i + 1}: ${s.map(p => p.name).join(', ')}`)
+  );
+  return stages;
+}
+
+// Color palette for auto-assigning colors to discovered package watchers
+const WATCHER_COLORS = [
+  '\x1b[35m', // magenta
+  '\x1b[32m', // green
+  '\x1b[34m', // blue
+  '\x1b[37m', // white
+  '\x1b[90m', // gray
+  '\x1b[91m', // salmon
+  '\x1b[33m', // yellow
+  '\x1b[36m', // cyan
+];
+let _watcherColorIndex = 0;
+function nextWatcherColor() {
+  return WATCHER_COLORS[_watcherColorIndex++ % WATCHER_COLORS.length];
+}
+
+// Spawn a process and prefix every line of its output with [name]
+function spawnWithPrefix(cmd, args, name, color) {
+  const prefix = `${color}[${name}]${COLORS.nc} `;
+  const proc = spawn(cmd, args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+
+  proc.stdout.on('data', data =>
+    data.toString().split('\n').filter(Boolean).forEach(line =>
+      process.stdout.write(prefix + line + '\n')
+    )
+  );
+  proc.stderr.on('data', data =>
+    data.toString().split('\n').filter(Boolean).forEach(line =>
+      process.stderr.write(prefix + line + '\n')
+    )
+  );
+
+  return proc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Start or build all packages in a single topo-sort stage, then resolve.
+ * - Packages with a `watch` script: spawned as long-lived watchers; waits
+ *   for rollup's "created " signal before resolving.
+ * - Packages without a `watch` script (e.g. bruno-schema-types): one-time
+ *   build only; not registered with ProcessManager (they exit by design).
+ *
+ * All packages in the stage are started concurrently.
+ *
+ * @param {{ name: string, dir: string, hasWatch: boolean }[]} stage
+ * @param {ProcessManager} procManager
+ * @param {number} stageIndex
+ */
+async function startWatcherStage(stage, procManager, stageIndex) {
+  log(LOG_LEVELS.INFO, `Stage ${stageIndex + 1}: ${stage.map(p => p.name).join(', ')}`);
+
+  const tasks = stage.map(pkg => {
+    const shortName = pkg.name.replace('@usebruno/', '');
+    const workspaceFlag = `--workspace=${pkg.dir}`;
+
+    if (pkg.hasWatch) {
+      const proc = procManager.register(
+        spawnWithPrefix('npm', ['run', 'watch', workspaceFlag], shortName, nextWatcherColor()),
+        shortName
+      );
+      return new Promise(resolve => {
+        const onData = data => {
+          if (data.toString().includes('created ')) {
+            proc.stdout.off('data', onData);
+            proc.stderr.off('data', onData);
+            log(LOG_LEVELS.SUCCESS, `${shortName} — initial watch build done`);
+            resolve();
+          }
+        };
+        proc.stdout.on('data', onData);
+        proc.stderr.on('data', onData);
+      });
+    } else {
+      // One-time build — not registered with ProcessManager
+      log(LOG_LEVELS.INFO, `${shortName} — running one-time build (no watch script)`);
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const proc = spawn('npm', ['run', 'build', workspaceFlag], { stdio: 'inherit' });
+        proc.on('close', code => {
+          if (code === 0) {
+            log(LOG_LEVELS.SUCCESS, `${shortName} — build done`);
+            resolve();
+          } else {
+            reject(new Error(`Build failed for ${shortName} (exit ${code})`));
+          }
+        });
+        proc.on('error', reject);
+      });
+    }
   });
 
-  result
-    .then(() => log(LOG_LEVELS.SUCCESS, 'All processes completed successfully'))
-    .catch(err => {
-      log(LOG_LEVELS.ERROR, 'Development environment failed to start');
-      console.error(err);
-      process.exit(1);
-    });
+  await Promise.all(tasks);
+  log(LOG_LEVELS.SUCCESS, `Stage ${stageIndex + 1} complete`);
+}
+
+// Setup development environment
+async function startDevelopment() {
+  const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+  const procManager = new ProcessManager();
+
+  const stages = buildDevPackageGraph(rootDir);
+  for (let i = 0; i < stages.length; i++) {
+    await startWatcherStage(stages[i], procManager, i);
+  }
+
+  log(LOG_LEVELS.SUCCESS, 'All watchers ready — starting React + Electron...');
+
+  procManager.register(
+    spawnWithPrefix('npm', ['run', 'dev:web'], 'react', '\x1b[36m'),
+    'react'
+  );
+
+  // Build nodemon args without a shell wrapper so signals propagate correctly
+  const nodemonArgs = [
+    ...CONFIG.ELECTRON_WATCH_PATHS.flatMap(p => ['--watch', p]),
+    '--ext', 'js,jsx,ts,tsx',
+    '--delay', `${CONFIG.NODEMON_WATCH_DELAY}ms`,
+    '--exec', 'npm run dev --workspace=packages/bruno-electron'
+  ];
+  procManager.register(
+    spawnWithPrefix('nodemon', nodemonArgs, 'electron', '\x1b[33m'),
+    'electron'
+  );
 }
 
 // Main function
@@ -228,7 +417,6 @@ function startDevelopment() {
   // Ensure required global packages and node version
   ensureNodeVersion(CONFIG.NODE_VERSION);
   ensureGlobalPackage('nodemon');
-  ensureGlobalPackage('concurrently');
 
   // Run setup if requested
   if (runSetup) {