diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/cli.ts b/packages/vinext/src/cli.ts
index db562d1c1..e8f6e9d66 100644
--- a/packages/vinext/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/cli.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import path, { toSlash } from "pathslash";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
-import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { execFileSync, spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
 import {
   detectPackageManager,
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { runCheck, formatReport } from "./check.js";
 import { init as runInit, getReactUpgradeDeps } from "./init.js";
 import { resolveInitOptions } from "./init-platform.js";
 import { loadDotenv } from "./config/dotenv.js";
+import { findEmittedWranglerConfig } from "./utils/emitted-wrangler-config.js";
 import {
   createRscCompatibilityId,
   findVinextNextConfigInPlugins,
@@ -747,6 +748,14 @@ async function start() {
 
   const port = parsed.port ?? parseInt(process.env.PORT ?? "3000", 10);
   const host = parsed.hostname ?? "0.0.0.0";
+  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const wranglerConfig = findEmittedWranglerConfig(cwd);
+
+  if (wranglerConfig) {
+    console.log(`\n  vinext start  (wrangler ${wranglerConfig}, port ${port})\n`);
+    await startCloudflareWorker({ config: wranglerConfig, port, host, cwd });
+    return;
+  }
 
   console.log(`\n  vinext start  (port ${port})\n`);
 
@@ -757,7 +766,34 @@ async function start() {
   await startProdServer({
     port,
     host,
-    outDir: path.resolve(process.cwd(), "dist"),
+    outDir: path.resolve(cwd, "dist"),
+  });
+}
+
+function startCloudflareWorker(opts: {
+  config: string;
+  port: number;
+  host: string;
+  cwd: string;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const wranglerJs = path.join(opts.cwd, "node_modules", "wrangler", "bin", "wrangler.js");
+  const args = ["dev", "--config", opts.config, "--port", String(opts.port), "--ip", opts.host];
+  const child = fs.existsSync(wranglerJs)
+    ? spawn(process.execPath, [wranglerJs, ...args], {
+        stdio: "inherit",
+        cwd: opts.cwd,
+      })
+    : spawn(process.platform === "win32" ? "npx.cmd" : "npx", ["wrangler", ...args], {
+        stdio: "inherit",
+        cwd: opts.cwd,
+        shell: process.platform === "win32",
+      });
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    child.on("error", reject);
+    child.on("exit", (code) => {
+      if (code === 0 || code === null) resolve();
+      else reject(new Error(`wrangler exited ${code}`));
+    });
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/utils/emitted-wrangler-config.ts b/packages/vinext/src/utils/emitted-wrangler-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..029a3e1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/utils/emitted-wrangler-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "pathslash";
+
+/**
+ * Cloudflare Vite builds emit `dist/<worker-name>/wrangler.json`
+ * (or `dist/server/wrangler.json`). The Node `vinext start` server
+ * looks for `dist/server/index.js` / `entry.js` and misses that output.
+ */
+export function findEmittedWranglerConfig(cwd: string): string | null {
+  const dist = path.join(cwd, "dist");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dist)) return null;
+
+  const serverCfg = path.join(dist, "server", "wrangler.json");
+  if (fs.existsSync(serverCfg)) return serverCfg;
+
+  let entries: fs.Dirent[];
+  try {
+    entries = fs.readdirSync(dist, { withFileTypes: true });
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    if (!entry.isDirectory()) continue;
+    const candidate = path.join(dist, entry.name, "wrangler.json");
+    if (fs.existsSync(candidate)) return candidate;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/tests/emitted-wrangler-config.test.ts b/tests/emitted-wrangler-config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1664685ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/emitted-wrangler-config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { findEmittedWranglerConfig } from "../packages/vinext/src/utils/emitted-wrangler-config.js";
+
+describe("findEmittedWranglerConfig", () => {
+  it("finds dist/<worker>/wrangler.json", () => {
+    const cwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "vinext-wrangler-"));
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(cwd, "dist", "my-app"), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, "dist", "my-app", "wrangler.json"), "{}");
+    expect(findEmittedWranglerConfig(cwd)).toBe(path.join(cwd, "dist", "my-app", "wrangler.json"));
+    fs.rmSync(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("prefers dist/server/wrangler.json", () => {
+    const cwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "vinext-wrangler-"));
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(cwd, "dist", "server"), { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(cwd, "dist", "other"), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, "dist", "server", "wrangler.json"), "{}");
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, "dist", "other", "wrangler.json"), "{}");
+    expect(findEmittedWranglerConfig(cwd)).toBe(path.join(cwd, "dist", "server", "wrangler.json"));
+    fs.rmSync(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("returns null without a Cloudflare build", () => {
+    const cwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "vinext-wrangler-"));
+    expect(findEmittedWranglerConfig(cwd)).toBeNull();
+    fs.rmSync(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+});