diff --git a/knip.json b/knip.json
index fbcb79d1f..46b548390 100644
--- a/knip.json
+++ b/knip.json
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
         "pkg-types",
         "scule",
         "semver",
-        "ufo"
+        "ufo",
+        "youch"
       ]
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/package.json b/packages/nuxi/package.json
index 34e4b9902..4b652d323 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/package.json
+++ b/packages/nuxi/package.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "ufo": "^1.5.4",
     "unbuild": "^3.5.0",
     "unplugin-purge-polyfills": "^0.0.7",
-    "vitest": "^3.0.9"
+    "vitest": "^3.0.9",
+    "youch": "^4.1.0-beta.6"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev-child.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev-child.ts
index bc9c890c2..b6711272b 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev-child.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev-child.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ export default defineCommand({
       devContext,
     })
 
+    nuxtDev.on('loading:error', (_error) => {
+      sendIPCMessage({ type: 'nuxt:internal:dev:loading:error', error: {
+        message: _error.message,
+        stack: _error.stack,
+        name: _error.name,
+        code: _error.code,
+      } })
+    })
     nuxtDev.on('loading', (message) => {
       sendIPCMessage({ type: 'nuxt:internal:dev:loading', message })
     })
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts
index 10e340828..11c89b2fe 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { isBun, isTest } from 'std-env'
 import { showVersions } from '../utils/banner'
 import { _getDevServerDefaults, _getDevServerOverrides } from '../utils/dev'
 import { overrideEnv } from '../utils/env'
+import { renderError } from '../utils/error'
 import { loadKit } from '../utils/kit'
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 import { cwdArgs, dotEnvArgs, envNameArgs, legacyRootDirArgs, logLevelArgs } from './_shared'
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ type DevProxy = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof _createDevProxy>>
 async function _createDevProxy(nuxtOptions: NuxtOptions, listenOptions: Partial<ListenOptions>) {
   const jiti = createJiti(nuxtOptions.rootDir)
   let loadingMessage = 'Nuxt dev server is starting...'
+  let error: Error | undefined
   let loadingTemplate = nuxtOptions.devServer.loadingTemplate
   for (const url of nuxtOptions.modulesDir) {
     // @ts-expect-error this is for backwards compatibility
@@ -138,6 +140,10 @@ async function _createDevProxy(nuxtOptions: NuxtOptions, listenOptions: Partial<
   let address: string | undefined
 
   const handler = (req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) => {
+    if (error) {
+      renderError(req, res, error)
+      return
+    }
     if (!address) {
       res.statusCode = 503
       res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html')
@@ -169,6 +175,12 @@ async function _createDevProxy(nuxtOptions: NuxtOptions, listenOptions: Partial<
     setLoadingMessage: (_msg: string) => {
       loadingMessage = _msg
     },
+    setError: (_error: Error) => {
+      error = _error
+    },
+    clearError() {
+      error = undefined
+    },
   }
 }
 
@@ -183,6 +195,7 @@ async function _startSubprocess(devProxy: DevProxy, rawArgs: string[], listenArg
   }
 
   const restart = async () => {
+    devProxy.clearError()
     // Kill previous process with restart signal (not supported on Windows)
     if (process.platform === 'win32') {
       kill('SIGTERM')
@@ -226,6 +239,11 @@ async function _startSubprocess(devProxy: DevProxy, rawArgs: string[], listenArg
       else if (message.type === 'nuxt:internal:dev:loading') {
         devProxy.setAddress(undefined)
         devProxy.setLoadingMessage(message.message)
+        devProxy.clearError()
+      }
+      else if (message.type === 'nuxt:internal:dev:loading:error') {
+        devProxy.setAddress(undefined)
+        devProxy.setError(message.error)
       }
       else if (message.type === 'nuxt:internal:dev:restart') {
         restart()
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/dev.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/dev.ts
index 7934f4a83..b4e9e4596 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/dev.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Nuxt, NuxtConfig } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import type { FSWatcher } from 'chokidar'
 import type { Jiti } from 'jiti'
 import type { HTTPSOptions, Listener, ListenOptions, ListenURL } from 'listhen'
-import type { RequestListener, ServerResponse } from 'node:http'
+import type { IncomingMessage, RequestListener, ServerResponse } from 'node:http'
 import type { AddressInfo } from 'node:net'
 
 import EventEmitter from 'node:events'
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ import { clearBuildDir } from '../utils/fs'
 import { loadKit } from '../utils/kit'
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 import { loadNuxtManifest, resolveNuxtManifest, writeNuxtManifest } from '../utils/nuxt'
+import { renderError } from './error'
 
 export type NuxtDevIPCMessage =
   | { type: 'nuxt:internal:dev:ready', port: number }
   | { type: 'nuxt:internal:dev:loading', message: string }
   | { type: 'nuxt:internal:dev:restart' }
   | { type: 'nuxt:internal:dev:rejection', message: string }
+  | { type: 'nuxt:internal:dev:loading:error', error: Error }
 
 export interface NuxtDevContext {
   public?: boolean
@@ -53,10 +55,7 @@ interface NuxtDevServerOptions {
   devContext: NuxtDevContext
 }
 
-export async function createNuxtDevServer(
-  options: NuxtDevServerOptions,
-  listenOptions?: Partial<ListenOptions>,
-) {
+export async function createNuxtDevServer(options: NuxtDevServerOptions, listenOptions?: Partial<ListenOptions>) {
   // Initialize dev server
   const devServer = new NuxtDevServer(options)
 
@@ -88,8 +87,7 @@ export async function createNuxtDevServer(
 }
 
 // https://regex101.com/r/7HkR5c/1
-const RESTART_RE
-  = /^(?:nuxt\.config\.[a-z0-9]+|\.nuxtignore|\.nuxtrc|\.config\/nuxt(?:\.config)?\.[a-z0-9]+)$/
+const RESTART_RE = /^(?:nuxt\.config\.[a-z0-9]+|\.nuxtignore|\.nuxtrc|\.config\/nuxt(?:\.config)?\.[a-z0-9]+)$/
 
 class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter {
   private _handler?: RequestListener
@@ -97,6 +95,7 @@ class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter {
   private _currentNuxt?: Nuxt
   private _loadingMessage?: string
   private _jiti: Jiti
+  private _loadingError?: Error
 
   loadDebounced: (reload?: boolean, reason?: string) => void
   handler: RequestListener
@@ -118,12 +117,16 @@ class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter {
     this._jiti = createJiti(options.cwd)
 
     this.handler = async (req, res) => {
+      if (this._loadingError) {
+        this._renderError(req, res)
+        return
+      }
       await _initPromise
       if (this._handler) {
         this._handler(req, res)
       }
       else {
-        this._renderLoadingScreen(res)
+        this._renderLoadingScreen(req, res)
       }
     }
 
@@ -131,7 +134,11 @@ class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter {
     this.listener = undefined
   }
 
-  async _renderLoadingScreen(res: ServerResponse) {
+  _renderError(req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) {
+    renderError(req, res, this._loadingError)
+  }
+
+  async _renderLoadingScreen(req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) {
     res.statusCode = 503
     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html')
     const loadingTemplate
@@ -154,13 +161,14 @@ class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter {
   async load(reload?: boolean, reason?: string) {
     try {
       await this._load(reload, reason)
+      this._loadingError = undefined
     }
     catch (error) {
       logger.error(`Cannot ${reload ? 'restart' : 'start'} nuxt: `, error)
       this._handler = undefined
-      this._loadingMessage
-        = 'Error while loading Nuxt. Please check console and fix errors.'
-      this.emit('loading', this._loadingMessage)
+      this._loadingError = error as Error
+      this._loadingMessage = 'Error while loading Nuxt. Please check console and fix errors.'
+      this.emit('loading:error', error)
     }
   }
 
@@ -270,28 +278,19 @@ class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter {
       )
     }
 
-    await this._currentNuxt.hooks.callHook(
-      'listen',
-      this.listener.server,
-      this.listener,
-    )
+    await this._currentNuxt.hooks.callHook('listen', this.listener.server, this.listener)
 
     // Sync internal server info to the internals
     // It is important for vite-node to use the internal URL but public proto
     const addr = this.listener.address
     this._currentNuxt.options.devServer.host = addr.address
     this._currentNuxt.options.devServer.port = addr.port
-    this._currentNuxt.options.devServer.url = _getAddressURL(
-      addr,
-      !!this.listener.https,
-    )
+    this._currentNuxt.options.devServer.url = _getAddressURL(addr, !!this.listener.https)
     this._currentNuxt.options.devServer.https = this.options.devContext.proxy
       ?.https as boolean | { key: string, cert: string }
 
     if (this.listener.https && !process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED) {
-      logger.warn(
-        'You might need `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0` environment variable to make https work.',
-      )
+      logger.warn('You might need `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0` environment variable to make https work.')
     }
 
     await Promise.all([
@@ -300,10 +299,10 @@ class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter {
     ])
 
     // Watch dist directory
-    this._distWatcher = chokidar.watch(
-      resolve(this._currentNuxt.options.buildDir, 'dist'),
-      { ignoreInitial: true, depth: 0 },
-    )
+    this._distWatcher = chokidar.watch(resolve(this._currentNuxt.options.buildDir, 'dist'), {
+      ignoreInitial: true,
+      depth: 0,
+    })
     this._distWatcher.on('unlinkDir', () => {
       this.loadDebounced(true, '.nuxt/dist directory has been removed')
     })
@@ -313,13 +312,10 @@ class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   async _watchConfig() {
-    const configWatcher = chokidar.watch(
-      [this.options.cwd, join(this.options.cwd, '.config')],
-      {
-        ignoreInitial: true,
-        depth: 0,
-      },
-    )
+    const configWatcher = chokidar.watch([this.options.cwd, join(this.options.cwd, '.config')], {
+      ignoreInitial: true,
+      depth: 0,
+    })
     configWatcher.on('all', (event, _file) => {
       if (event === 'all' || event === 'ready' || event === 'error' || event === 'raw') {
         return
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/error.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da5161de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'node:http'
+import { Youch } from 'youch'
+
+export async function renderError(req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse, error: unknown) {
+  const youch = new Youch()
+  res.statusCode = 500
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html')
+  const html = await youch.toHTML(error, {
+    request: {
+      url: req.url,
+      method: req.method,
+      headers: req.headers,
+    },
+  })
+  res.end(html)
+}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt-cli/package.json b/packages/nuxt-cli/package.json
index a99f77ff7..77cab9ca1 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/nuxt-cli/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
     "semver": "^7.7.1",
     "std-env": "^3.8.1",
     "tinyexec": "^1.0.1",
-    "ufo": "^1.5.4"
+    "ufo": "^1.5.4",
+    "youch": "^4.1.0-beta.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^22.13.14",
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
     "typescript": "^5.8.2",
     "unbuild": "^3.5.0",
     "unplugin-purge-polyfills": "^0.0.7",
-    "vitest": "^3.0.9"
+    "vitest": "^3.0.9",
+    "youch": "^4.1.0-beta.6"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 58bf7d86e..9232f0495 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ importers:
       vitest:
         specifier: ^3.0.9
         version: 3.0.9(@types/debug@4.1.12)(@types/node@22.13.14)(jiti@2.4.2)(terser@5.37.0)(yaml@2.7.0)
+      youch:
+        specifier: ^4.1.0-beta.6
+        version: 4.1.0-beta.6
 
   packages/nuxt-cli:
     dependencies:
@@ -275,6 +278,9 @@ importers:
       ufo:
         specifier: ^1.5.4
         version: 1.5.4
+      youch:
+        specifier: ^4.1.0-beta.6
+        version: 4.1.0-beta.6
     devDependencies:
       '@types/node':
         specifier: ^22.13.14