diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/codestarts/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/CodestartType.java b/independent-projects/tools/codestarts/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/CodestartType.java
index 17dc328e7dc40..ef1bdec85bb1f 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/codestarts/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/CodestartType.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/codestarts/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/CodestartType.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.devtools.codestarts;
 
+import io.smallrye.common.os.OS;
+
 public enum CodestartType {
     LANGUAGE(true, 1, "\uD83D\uDD20"),
     BUILDTOOL(true, 2, "\uD83E\uDDF0"),
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ public boolean isBase() {
     }
 
     public String getIcon() {
-        return icon;
+        return OS.WINDOWS.isCurrent() ? ">>" : icon;
     }
 
     public int getProcessingOrder() {
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/codestarts/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/core/CodestartProjectGeneration.java b/independent-projects/tools/codestarts/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/core/CodestartProjectGeneration.java
index 12cc9998f4179..1eea467c6ebf0 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/codestarts/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/core/CodestartProjectGeneration.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/codestarts/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/core/CodestartProjectGeneration.java
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ static void generateProject(final CodestartProjectDefinition projectDefinition,
         });
 
         processor.writeFiles();
+
         log.info("\napplying codestarts...");
         log.info(projectDefinition.getCodestarts().stream()
                 .map(c -> c.getType().getIcon() + " "
                         + c.getName())
-                .collect(Collectors.joining("\n")));
+                .collect(Collectors.joining(System.lineSeparator())));
     }
 
     private static Map<String, String> mergeStrategies(CodestartProjectDefinition projectDefinition) {
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/commands/handlers/CreateProjectCommandHandler.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/commands/handlers/CreateProjectCommandHandler.java
index 08088cf06cc7e..8e65c76429181 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/commands/handlers/CreateProjectCommandHandler.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/commands/handlers/CreateProjectCommandHandler.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public QuarkusCommandOutcome execute(QuarkusCommandInvocation invocation) throws
             final CodestartProjectDefinition projectDefinition = catalog.createProject(input);
             projectDefinition.generate(invocation.getQuarkusProject().getProjectDirPath());
             invocation.log()
-                    .info("\n-----------\n" + MessageIcons.NOOP_ICON + " "
+                    .info("\n-----------\n" + MessageIcons.OK_ICON + " "
                             + projectDefinition.getRequiredCodestart(CodestartType.PROJECT).getName()
                             + " project has been successfully generated in:\n--> "
                             + invocation.getQuarkusProject().getProjectDirPath().toString() + "\n-----------");
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/message-writer/pom.xml b/independent-projects/tools/message-writer/pom.xml
index 1f5eb4b30862f..3ef13025f1d0d 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/message-writer/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/message-writer/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.smallrye.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smallrye-common-os</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/message-writer/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/messagewriter/MessageIcons.java b/independent-projects/tools/message-writer/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/messagewriter/MessageIcons.java
index e3630afd0abd4..e6c9f2e4cb563 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/message-writer/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/messagewriter/MessageIcons.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/message-writer/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/messagewriter/MessageIcons.java
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 package io.quarkus.devtools.messagewriter;
 
-public final class MessageIcons {
+import io.smallrye.common.os.OS;
 
-    public static final String OK_ICON = "\u2705";
-    public static final String NOK_ICON = "\u274c";
-    public static final String NOOP_ICON = "\uD83D\uDC4D";
-    public static final String WARN_ICON = "\uD83D\uDD25";
-    public static final String ERROR_ICON = "\u2757";
+public enum MessageIcons {
 
-    private MessageIcons() {
+    OK_ICON("\u2705", "[SUCCESS]"),
+    NOK_ICON("\u274c", "[FAILURE]"),
+    NOOP_ICON("\uD83D\uDC4D", ""),
+    WARN_ICON("\uD83D\uDD25", "[WARN]"),
+    ERROR_ICON("\u2757", "[ERROR]");
+
+    private String icon;
+    private String messageCode;
+
+    MessageIcons(String icon, String messageCode) {
+        this.icon = icon;
+        this.messageCode = messageCode;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return OS.WINDOWS.isCurrent() ? messageCode : String.format("%s %s", messageCode, icon);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml b/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
index 690b8a6afb546..c4f6ce3bb7b1a 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         <maven-model-helper.version>18</maven-model-helper.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.8.0</commons-io.version>
         <quarkus-http.version>3.0.18.Final</quarkus-http.version>
+        <smallrye-commons.version>1.5.0</smallrye-commons.version>
     </properties>
     <modules>
         <module>platform-descriptor-api</module>
@@ -204,6 +205,11 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
                 <version>${quarkus.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.smallrye.common</groupId>
+                <artifactId>smallrye-common-os</artifactId>
+                <version>${smallrye-commons.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <!-- Jackson dependencies, imported as a BOM -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
@@ -212,7 +218,6 @@
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
-
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>