diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e358d69..25a0891 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ rather than in the cloud.
       connect        Connect a project to twenty.
       disconnect     Disconnect a project from twenty.
       migrate        Migrate the database.
+      console        Start the twenty developer console.
 
 ## Install
 
diff --git a/twenty-cli/bin/twenty b/twenty-cli/bin/twenty
index e60a3de..fa51380 100755
--- a/twenty-cli/bin/twenty
+++ b/twenty-cli/bin/twenty
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ when "disconnect"
 when "migrate"
   wait spawn("migrate", *ARGV[1..])
   exit $?.exitstatus
+when "console"
+  wait spawn("console", *ARGV[1..])
+  exit $?.exitstatus
 else
   warn "Usage: twenty COMMAND [OPTIONS]\n\n" \
        "Commands:\n" \
@@ -28,4 +31,5 @@ else
        "  connect        Connect a project to twenty.\n" \
        "  disconnect     Disconnect a project from twenty.\n" \
        "  migrate        Migrate the database.\n" \
+       "  console        Start the twenty developer console.\n" \
 end
diff --git a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command.rb b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command.rb
index 988b00a..49fff41 100644
--- a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command.rb
+++ b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command.rb
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ class Twenty::Command < Cmd
   require_relative "command/connect"
   require_relative "command/disconnect"
   require_relative "command/migrate"
+  require_relative "command/console"
 end
diff --git a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/console.rb b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/console.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36c7821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/console.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class Twenty::Command::Console < Twenty::Command
+  set_banner usage: "twenty console [OPTIONS]",
+             description: "Start the twenty developer console"
+
+  def run
+    options = parse_options(argv)
+    options.help ? show_help : run_command
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def run_command
+    require "irb"
+    TOPLEVEL_BINDING.irb
+  end
+end
diff --git a/twenty-cli/libexec/twenty/console b/twenty-cli/libexec/twenty/console
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ec4e10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/twenty-cli/libexec/twenty/console
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+libdir = File.expand_path File.join(__dir__, "..", "..", "lib")
+require File.join(libdir, "twenty-cli")
+
+##
+# main
+def main(argv)
+  Twenty::Command::Console.new(argv).run
+end
+main(ARGV)