diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index b96f1096b4..9587da5542 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ module.exports = async function build (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
   const readline = require('readline')
   const escape = require('escape-html')
 
+  const logger = require('./util/logger')
   const prepare = require('./prepare')
   const createClientConfig = require('./webpack/createClientConfig')
   const createServerConfig = require('./webpack/createServerConfig')
   const { createBundleRenderer } = require('vue-server-renderer')
   const { normalizeHeadTag, applyUserWebpackConfig } = require('./util')
 
-  process.stdout.write('Extracting site metadata...')
+  logger.wait('\nExtracting site metadata...')
   const options = await prepare(sourceDir)
   if (cliOptions.outDir) {
     options.outDir = cliOptions.outDir
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = async function build (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
 
   const { outDir } = options
   if (path.resolve() === outDir) {
-    return console.error(chalk.red('Unexpected option: outDir cannot be set to the current working directory.\n'))
+    return console.error(logger.error(chalk.red('Unexpected option: outDir cannot be set to the current working directory.\n'), false))
   }
   await fs.remove(outDir)
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ module.exports = async function build (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
     .join('\n  ')
 
   // render pages
-  console.log('Rendering static HTML...')
+  logger.wait('Rendering static HTML...')
   for (const page of options.siteData.pages) {
     await renderPage(page)
   }
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ module.exports = async function build (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
   readline.cursorTo(process.stdout, 0)
 
   if (options.siteConfig.serviceWorker) {
-    console.log('Generating service worker...')
+    logger.wait('\nGenerating service worker...')
     const wbb = require('workbox-build')
     wbb.generateSW({
       swDest: path.resolve(outDir, 'service-worker.js'),
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ module.exports = async function build (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
 
   // DONE.
   const relativeDir = path.relative(process.cwd(), outDir)
-  console.log(`\n${chalk.green('Success!')} Generated static files in ${chalk.cyan(relativeDir)}.`)
+  logger.success(`\n${chalk.green('Success!')} Generated static files in ${chalk.cyan(relativeDir)}.\n`)
 
   // --- helpers ---
 
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ module.exports = async function build (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
     try {
       html = await renderer.renderToString(context)
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error(chalk.red(`Error rendering ${pagePath}:`))
+      console.error(logger.error(chalk.red(`Error rendering ${pagePath}:`), false))
       throw e
     }
     const filename = decodeURIComponent(pagePath.replace(/\/$/, '/index.html').replace(/^\//, ''))
diff --git a/lib/dev.js b/lib/dev.js
index 8e91c32d9c..dbc7c1c187 100644
--- a/lib/dev.js
+++ b/lib/dev.js
@@ -9,21 +9,22 @@ module.exports = async function dev (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
   const mount = require('koa-mount')
   const serveStatic = require('koa-static')
   const history = require('connect-history-api-fallback')
-  const portfinder = require('portfinder')
 
   const prepare = require('./prepare')
+  const logger = require('./util/logger')
   const HeadPlugin = require('./webpack/HeadPlugin')
+  const DevLogPlugin = require('./webpack/DevLogPlugin')
   const createClientConfig = require('./webpack/createClientConfig')
   const { applyUserWebpackConfig } = require('./util')
   const { frontmatterEmitter } = require('./webpack/markdownLoader')
 
-  process.stdout.write('Extracting site metadata...')
+  logger.wait('\nExtracting site metadata...')
   const options = await prepare(sourceDir)
 
   // setup watchers to update options and dynamically generated files
   const update = () => {
     prepare(sourceDir).catch(err => {
-      console.error(chalk.red(err.stack))
+      console.error(logger.error(chalk.red(err.stack), false))
     })
   }
 
@@ -67,6 +68,17 @@ module.exports = async function dev (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
       tags: options.siteConfig.head || []
     }])
 
+  const port = await resolvePort(cliOptions.port || options.siteConfig.port)
+  const { host, displayHost } = await resolveHost(cliOptions.host || options.siteConfig.host)
+
+  config
+  .plugin('vuepress-log')
+  .use(DevLogPlugin, [{
+    port,
+    displayHost,
+    publicPath: options.publicPath
+  }])
+
   config = config.toConfig()
   const userConfig = options.siteConfig.configureWebpack
   if (userConfig) {
@@ -74,30 +86,6 @@ module.exports = async function dev (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
   }
 
   const compiler = webpack(config)
-  // webpack-serve hot updates doesn't work properly over 0.0.0.0 on Windows,
-  // but localhost does not allow visiting over network :/
-  const defaultHost = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'localhost' : '0.0.0.0'
-  const host = cliOptions.host || options.siteConfig.host || defaultHost
-  const displayHost = host === defaultHost && process.platform !== 'win32'
-    ? 'localhost'
-    : host
-  portfinder.basePort = cliOptions.port || options.siteConfig.port || 8080
-  const port = await portfinder.getPortPromise()
-
-  let isFirst = true
-  compiler.hooks.done.tap('vuepress', () => {
-    if (isFirst) {
-      isFirst = false
-      console.log(
-        `\n  VuePress dev server listening at ${
-          chalk.cyan(`http://${displayHost}:${port}${options.publicPath}`)
-        }\n`
-      )
-    } else {
-      const time = new Date().toTimeString().match(/^[\d:]+/)[0]
-      console.log(`  ${chalk.gray(`[${time}]`)} ${chalk.green('✔')} successfully compiled.`)
-    }
-  })
 
   const nonExistentDir = path.resolve(__dirname, 'non-existent')
   await serve({
@@ -128,3 +116,24 @@ module.exports = async function dev (sourceDir, cliOptions = {}) {
     }
   })
 }
+
+function resolveHost (host) {
+  // webpack-serve hot updates doesn't work properly over 0.0.0.0 on Windows,
+  // but localhost does not allow visiting over network :/
+  const defaultHost = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'localhost' : '0.0.0.0'
+  host = host || defaultHost
+  const displayHost = host === defaultHost && process.platform !== 'win32'
+    ? 'localhost'
+    : host
+  return {
+    displayHost,
+    host
+  }
+}
+
+async function resolvePort (port) {
+  const portfinder = require('portfinder')
+  portfinder.basePort = port || 8080
+  port = await portfinder.getPortPromise()
+  return port
+}
diff --git a/lib/eject.js b/lib/eject.js
index 4d242f44d1..e96b00fd84 100644
--- a/lib/eject.js
+++ b/lib/eject.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
 const chalk = require('chalk')
+const logger = require('./util/logger')
 
 module.exports = async (dir) => {
   const source = path.resolve(__dirname, 'default-theme')
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ module.exports = async (dir) => {
   const content = await fs.readFile(styleConfig, 'utf-8')
   const transformed = content.split('\n').slice(0, -2).join('\n')
   await fs.writeFile(styleConfig, transformed)
-  console.log(`Copied default theme into ${chalk.cyan(target)}.`)
+  logger.success(`\nCopied default theme into ${chalk.cyan(target)}.\n`)
 }
diff --git a/lib/markdown/highlight.js b/lib/markdown/highlight.js
index 1c429ee2b1..ea739d4d54 100644
--- a/lib/markdown/highlight.js
+++ b/lib/markdown/highlight.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const chalk = require('chalk')
 const prism = require('prismjs')
 const loadLanguages = require('prismjs/components/index')
 const escapeHtml = require('escape-html')
+const logger = require('../util/logger')
 
 // required to make embedded highlighting work...
 loadLanguages(['markup', 'css', 'javascript'])
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = (str, lang) => {
     try {
       loadLanguages([lang])
     } catch (e) {
-      console.log(chalk.yellow(`[vuepress] Syntax highlight for language "${lang}" is not supported.`))
+      logger.warn(chalk.yellow(`[vuepress] Syntax highlight for language "${lang}" is not supported.`))
     }
   }
   if (prism.languages[lang]) {
diff --git a/lib/util/logger.js b/lib/util/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fd1a9a296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const chalk = require('chalk')
+
+const logger = {}
+
+const logTypes = {
+  success: {
+    color: 'green',
+    label: 'DONE'
+  },
+  error: {
+    color: 'red',
+    label: 'FAIL'
+  },
+  warn: {
+    color: 'yellow',
+    label: 'WARN'
+  },
+  tip: {
+    color: 'cyan',
+    label: 'TIP'
+  },
+  wait: {
+    color: 'blue',
+    label: 'WAIT'
+  }
+}
+
+const getLoggerFn = (color, label) => (msg, log = true) => {
+  let newLine = false
+  if (msg.startsWith('\n')) {
+    if (log) msg = msg.slice(1)
+    newLine = true
+  }
+  msg = chalk.reset.inverse.bold[color](` ${label} `) + ' ' + msg
+  if (log) {
+    console.log(newLine ? '\n' + msg : msg)
+  } else {
+    return msg
+  }
+}
+
+for (const type in logTypes) {
+  const { color, label } = logTypes[type]
+  logger[type] = getLoggerFn(color, label)
+}
+
+module.exports = logger
+module.exports.getLoggerFn = getLoggerFn
diff --git a/lib/webpack/DevLogPlugin.js b/lib/webpack/DevLogPlugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8481b54dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/webpack/DevLogPlugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const chalk = require('chalk')
+const logger = require('../util/logger')
+
+module.exports = class DevLogPlugin {
+  constructor (options) {
+    this.options = options
+  }
+
+  apply (compiler) {
+    let isFirst = true
+    compiler.hooks.done.tap('vuepress-log', stats => {
+      clearScreen()
+
+      const { displayHost, port, publicPath } = this.options
+      const time = new Date().toTimeString().match(/^[\d:]+/)[0]
+
+      logger.success(`\n${chalk.gray(`[${time}]`)} Build ${chalk.italic(stats.hash.slice(0, 6))} finished in ${stats.endTime - stats.startTime} ms!`)
+      if (isFirst) {
+        isFirst = false
+        console.log(`\n${chalk.gray('>')} VuePress dev server listening at ${chalk.cyan(`http://${displayHost}:${port}${publicPath}`)}`)
+      }
+    })
+    compiler.hooks.invalid.tap('vuepress-log', clearScreen)
+  }
+}
+
+function clearScreen () {
+  process.stdout.write('\x1Bc')
+}