diff --git a/.ht.router.php b/.ht.router.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77d3951da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ht.router.php
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of the Cockpit project.
+ *
+ * (c) Artur Heinze - 🅰🅶🅴🅽🆃🅴🅹🅾, http://agentejo.com
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Handle php command line webserver (dev-only)
+ *
+ * usage: [ php -S localhost:8080 index.php ]
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php
+ */
+if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli-server') {
+
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // File access
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    // Deny access to application and system files from being viewed
+    if (preg_match('#(composer\.(json|lock)|package\.json|(README|CONTRIBUTING)\.md|cp|Dockerfile|LICENSE|\.(sqlite|sdb|s3db|db|yaml|yml))$#', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
+        header('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
+        exit('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
+    }
+
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // MIME Types
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /* handle static files (eg. assets/app/css/style.css) */
+
+    $file  = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];
+    $ext   = pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
+
+    // Allow any files or directories that exist to be displayed directly
+    if (is_file($file)) {
+
+        // custom Mime Types
+        if ($ext == 'tag') {
+            header('Content-Type: application/javascript');
+            readfile($file);
+            exit;
+        }
+
+        // default Mime Types.
+        if ($ext != 'php') {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Rewrite Engine
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /* rewrite other URLs to index.php */
+
+    $htdocs = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
+    $path   = str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH));
+    $index  = rtrim($path, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'index.php';
+    $folder = dirname($index);
+
+    if (is_file($htdocs . $path)) {
+
+        // Requested URI matches an existing "php" file
+        $index = $path;
+
+    } else {
+
+        // Trasverse directories and search for "index.php"
+        do {
+
+            $script = $folder . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'index.php';
+
+            if (is_file($htdocs . $script)) {
+                $index = $script;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            $folder = dirname($folder);
+
+        } while ($folder !== DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR && $folder !== '.');
+
+    }
+
+    /* handle php files (eg. install/index.php) */
+
+     $index = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . ltrim($index, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+     $file  = $htdocs . $index;
+
+    // Update $_SERVER variables to point to the correct index-file.
+     $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] = $file;
+     $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']     = $index;
+     $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']        = $index;
+
+    // Fix "dot" routes (see: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61286)
+     $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']       = $path;
+
+    // Deny access to files and directories whose names begin with a period
+    if (preg_match('#/\.|^\.(?!well-known/)#', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
+        header('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
+        exit('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
+    }
+
+    // Allow any "php" files that exist to be displayed directly
+    if (is_file($file) && dirname($index) != DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
+        include_once $file;
+        exit;
+    }
+
+    /* Code execution returns to the main "index.php" file */
+
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 366a97ab6..9d6af6d97 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
         }
     ],
 
+    "scripts": {
+        "dev": [
+            "Composer\\Config::disableProcessTimeout",
+            "php -r \"exec((['Darwin'=>'open', 'WINNT'=>'explorer'][PHP_OS] ?? 'xdg-open').' '.escapeshellarg('http://localhost:8080'));\"",
+            "php -S localhost:8080 index.php"
+        ]
+    },
+
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.1.3",
         "ext-json": "*",
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index ee357e1de..f9f9a028a 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 
 // handle php webserver
-if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli-server' && is_file(__DIR__.parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH))) {
+if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli-server' && false===include_once(__DIR__.'/.ht.router.php')) {
     return false;
 }