diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b389da8005..403a69db898 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@
     "url-loader": "0.5.7",
     "webpack": "1.13.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "1.14.1",
-    "whatwg-fetch": "1.0.0"
+    "whatwg-fetch": "1.0.0",
+    "pretty-cli": "0.0.14"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bundle-deps": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/scripts/start.js b/scripts/start.js
index aa68ab40ff3..50cb36f0153 100644
--- a/scripts/start.js
+++ b/scripts/start.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var detect = require('detect-port');
 var prompt = require('./utils/prompt');
 var config = require('../config/webpack.config.dev');
 var paths = require('../config/paths');
+var cli = require('./utils/cli');
 
 // Tools like Cloud9 rely on this.
 var DEFAULT_PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
@@ -40,37 +41,9 @@ if (isSmokeTest) {
   };
 }
 
-// Some custom utilities to prettify Webpack output.
-// This is a little hacky.
-// It would be easier if webpack provided a rich error object.
-var friendlySyntaxErrorLabel = 'Syntax error:';
-function isLikelyASyntaxError(message) {
-  return message.indexOf(friendlySyntaxErrorLabel) !== -1;
-}
-function formatMessage(message) {
-  return message
-    // Make some common errors shorter:
-    .replace(
-      // Babel syntax error
-      'Module build failed: SyntaxError:',
-      friendlySyntaxErrorLabel
-    )
-    .replace(
-      // Webpack file not found error
-      /Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve 'file' or 'directory'/,
-      'Module not found:'
-    )
-    // Internal stacks are generally useless so we strip them
-    .replace(/^\s*at\s.*:\d+:\d+[\s\)]*\n/gm, '') // at ... ...:x:y
-    // Webpack loader names obscure CSS filenames
-    .replace('./~/css-loader!./~/postcss-loader!', '');
-}
 
-function clearConsole() {
-  // This seems to work best on Windows and other systems.
-  // The intention is to clear the output so you can focus on most recent build.
-  process.stdout.write('\x1bc');
-}
+
+
 
 function setupCompiler(port) {
   // "Compiler" is a low-level interface to Webpack.
@@ -82,26 +55,32 @@ function setupCompiler(port) {
   // bundle, so if you refresh, it'll wait instead of serving the old one.
   // "invalid" is short for "bundle invalidated", it doesn't imply any errors.
   compiler.plugin('invalid', function() {
-    clearConsole();
-    console.log('Compiling...');
+    cli.clear();
+    cli.info({type:'title',
+              name:'WAIT',
+              message:'Compiling...\n'});
   });
 
   // "done" event fires when Webpack has finished recompiling the bundle.
   // Whether or not you have warnings or errors, you will get this event.
   compiler.plugin('done', function(stats) {
-    clearConsole();
+    cli.clear();
     var hasErrors = stats.hasErrors();
     var hasWarnings = stats.hasWarnings();
     if (!hasErrors && !hasWarnings) {
-      console.log(chalk.green('Compiled successfully!'));
-      console.log();
-      console.log('The app is running at:');
-      console.log();
-      console.log('  ' + chalk.cyan('http://localhost:' + port + '/'));
-      console.log();
-      console.log('Note that the development build is not optimized.');
-      console.log('To create a production build, use ' + chalk.cyan('npm run build') + '.');
+      // cli.displayHeader();
+      cli.success({type:'title', name:'DONE', message:'Compiled successfully!\n'});
+
+      cli.buildInfo(stats);
+
+
+      cli.info('The app is running at http://localhost:' + port + '/');
+
       console.log();
+      cli.note([
+        'Note that the development build is not optimized.',
+        'To create a production build, use ' + chalk.cyan('npm run build') + '.']);
+
       return;
     }
 
@@ -111,39 +90,14 @@ function setupCompiler(port) {
     // We use stats.toJson({}, true) to make output more compact and readable:
     // https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/401#issuecomment-238291901
     var json = stats.toJson({}, true);
-    var formattedErrors = json.errors.map(message =>
-      'Error in ' + formatMessage(message)
-    );
-    var formattedWarnings = json.warnings.map(message =>
-      'Warning in ' + formatMessage(message)
-    );
+
     if (hasErrors) {
-      console.log(chalk.red('Failed to compile.'));
-      console.log();
-      if (formattedErrors.some(isLikelyASyntaxError)) {
-        // If there are any syntax errors, show just them.
-        // This prevents a confusing ESLint parsing error
-        // preceding a much more useful Babel syntax error.
-        formattedErrors = formattedErrors.filter(isLikelyASyntaxError);
-      }
-      formattedErrors.forEach(message => {
-        console.log(message);
-        console.log();
-      });
-      // If errors exist, ignore warnings.
-      return;
+        cli.displayErrors('Failed to compile.\n', json.errors);
+        return;
     }
+
     if (hasWarnings) {
-      console.log(chalk.yellow('Compiled with warnings.'));
-      console.log();
-      formattedWarnings.forEach(message => {
-        console.log(message);
-        console.log();
-      });
-      // Teach some ESLint tricks.
-      console.log('You may use special comments to disable some warnings.');
-      console.log('Use ' + chalk.yellow('// eslint-disable-next-line') + ' to ignore the next line.');
-      console.log('Use ' + chalk.yellow('/* eslint-disable */') + ' to ignore all warnings in a file.');
+      cli.displayWarnings('Compiled with warnings.\n', json.warnings);
     }
   });
 }
@@ -188,9 +142,14 @@ function addMiddleware(devServer) {
   }));
   if (proxy) {
     if (typeof proxy !== 'string') {
-      console.log(chalk.red('When specified, "proxy" in package.json must be a string.'));
-      console.log(chalk.red('Instead, the type of "proxy" was "' + typeof proxy + '".'));
-      console.log(chalk.red('Either remove "proxy" from package.json, or make it a string.'));
+      cli.error({type:'title', name:'PROXY',
+        message:[
+          'When specified, "proxy" in package.json must be a string.',
+          'Instead, the type of "proxy" was "' + typeof proxy + '".',
+          'Either remove "proxy" from package.json, or make it a string.'
+        ]
+      });
+
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
@@ -244,12 +203,14 @@ function runDevServer(port) {
   // Launch WebpackDevServer.
   devServer.listen(port, (err, result) => {
     if (err) {
-      return console.log(err);
+      return cli.error(err);
     }
 
-    clearConsole();
-    console.log(chalk.cyan('Starting the development server...'));
-    console.log();
+    cli.clear();
+    cli.displayHeader();
+    cli.info({type:'title',
+                    name:'WAIT',
+                    message:'Starting the development server...\n'});
     openBrowser(port);
   });
 }
@@ -267,7 +228,7 @@ detect(DEFAULT_PORT).then(port => {
     return;
   }
 
-  clearConsole();
+  cli.clear();
   var question =
     chalk.yellow('Something is already running on port ' + DEFAULT_PORT + '.') +
     '\n\nWould you like to run the app on another port instead?';
diff --git a/scripts/utils/cli-template.js b/scripts/utils/cli-template.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5bc3b462d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/utils/cli-template.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+var chalk = require('chalk');
+
+function isArray(v){
+  if( Object.prototype.toString.call( v ) === '[object Array]' ) {
+      return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function block(msg){
+  return ' '+msg+' ';
+}
+
+var types =  {
+  'info': {initial: 'I', blockColor:['bgBlue','black'], titleColor:'blue'},
+  'error': {initial: 'E', blockColor:['bgRed','white'], titleColor:'red'},
+  'warning': {initial: 'W', blockColor:['bgYellow','black'], titleColor:'yellow'},
+  'success': {initial: 'S', blockColor:['bgGreen','black'], titleColor:'green'},
+  'note': {initial: 'N', blockColor:['bgBlack','yellow'], titleColor:'yellow'},
+}
+
+var template = {};
+
+// template['log'] = function(content){
+//   return content;
+// }
+
+function indentLines(lines, spaces){
+  if(isArray(lines))
+    return lines.join('\n'+ Array(spaces).join(' '))
+  return lines;
+}
+Object.keys(types).map(function(type){
+  var _specs = types[type];
+  template[type] = function(content, override){
+    var line, specs={};
+    Object.assign(specs, _specs, override)
+    if(typeof content !== 'string'){
+      var blk;
+      if(isArray(content)){
+        blk = block(specs.initial)
+        line = chalk[specs.blockColor[0]][specs.blockColor[1]](blk)
+                +" " + indentLines(content, blk.length+2)
+      } else {
+
+        if(content.type === 'title'){
+          blk = block(content.name);
+          line = chalk[specs.blockColor[0]][specs.blockColor[1]](blk)
+                  + " " + chalk[specs.titleColor](indentLines(content.message, blk.length+2));
+        } else {
+          blk = block(specs.initial);
+          line = chalk[specs.blockColor[0]][specs.blockColor[1]](blk)
+                  +" " + indentLines(content.message, blk.length);
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      line = chalk[specs.blockColor[0]][specs.blockColor[1]](block(_specs.initial))
+              +" " + content
+    }
+    return line;
+  }
+  return type;
+});
+
+module.exports = template;
diff --git a/scripts/utils/cli.js b/scripts/utils/cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e68d0b8604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/utils/cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+var path = require('path');
+var chalk = require('chalk');
+
+var pkg = require('../../package.json')
+
+var friendlySyntaxErrorLabel = 'Syntax error';
+function isLikelyASyntaxError(message) {
+  return message.indexOf('SyntaxError') !== -1;
+}
+
+function formatMessage(message) {
+  return message
+    // Make some common errors shorter:
+    .replace(
+      // Babel syntax error
+      'Module build failed: SyntaxError:',
+      friendlySyntaxErrorLabel
+    )
+    .replace(
+      // Webpack file not found error
+      /Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve 'file' or 'directory'/,
+      'Module not found:'
+    )
+    // Internal stacks are generally useless so we strip them
+    .replace(/^\s*at\s.*:\d+:\d+[\s\)]*\n/gm, '') // at ... ...:x:y
+    // Webpack loader names obscure CSS filenames
+    .replace('./~/css-loader!./~/postcss-loader!', '');
+}
+
+var cli = require('pretty-cli')({
+  template: require('./cli-template')
+});
+
+cli.addCustomMethod('clear', function(){
+  process.stdout.write('\x1bc');
+})
+
+cli.addCustomMethod('displayHeader', function(){
+  cli.log(pkg.name.toUpperCase() +' '+pkg.version + '\n')
+})
+
+cli.addCustomMethod('buildInfo', function(stats){
+
+  var buildInfo = [];
+  try {
+    var packageData = require(process.cwd() + '/package.json');
+    buildInfo.push('Name: '+packageData.name)
+    buildInfo.push('Version: '+packageData.version)
+  } catch (e) {
+    // There was no package.json
+    return;
+  }
+
+  buildInfo.push('Compiling time: '+ ((stats.endTime-stats.startTime)/ 1000).toFixed(2)+'ms')
+  buildInfo.push('HASH: '+ stats.hash+'\n')
+  cli.info({type:'title', name:'PKG', message:buildInfo})
+})
+cli.addCustomMethod('displayWarnings', function(title, messages){
+  if(!messages.length) return;
+
+  cli.warning({type:'title', name:'WARNING', message: title});
+
+  var rx = path.join(__dirname,'../../')+'.*\n';
+  var processDir = path.join(process.cwd(),'../')
+  messages.forEach(message=>{
+    var messageString = formatMessage(message)
+                          .replace(new RegExp(rx,''), '\\033[0m')
+                          .replace(new RegExp(processDir), './');
+    cli.warning('Warning in '+ messageString);
+  })
+
+  cli.note(['You may use special comments to disable some warnings.',
+  'Use ' + chalk.yellow('// eslint-disable-next-line') + ' to ignore the next line.',
+  'Use ' + chalk.yellow('/* eslint-disable */') + ' to ignore all warnings in a file.'
+  ]);
+})
+
+cli.addCustomMethod('displayErrors', function(title, messages){
+  if(!messages.length) return;
+  cli.error({type:'title', name:'ERROR', message: title});
+  if (messages.some(isLikelyASyntaxError)) {
+    // If there are any syntax errors, show just them.
+    // This prevents a confusing ESLint parsing error
+    // preceding a much more useful Babel syntax error.
+    messages = messages.filter(isLikelyASyntaxError);
+  }
+
+  var rx = path.join(__dirname,'../../')+'[^:]*: ';
+  var processDir = path.join(process.cwd(),'../')
+
+  messages.forEach(message => {
+    var messageString = formatMessage(message)
+                          .replace(new RegExp(rx,''), '   ')
+                          .replace(new RegExp(processDir), './');
+
+    cli.error(messageString);
+
+  });
+
+})
+module.exports = cli;