diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a42acfe17..6bc416160 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
 ]
 
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+textual = "textual.cli.cli:run"
+
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.7"
 rich = "^12.0.0"
diff --git a/src/textual/__init__.py b/src/textual/__init__.py
index e78bb2009..f85e41f2c 100644
--- a/src/textual/__init__.py
+++ b/src/textual/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import inspect
 from rich.console import RenderableType
 
 __all__ = ["log", "panic"]
+__version__ = "0.1.15"
 
 
 def log(*args: object, verbosity: int = 0, **kwargs) -> None:
diff --git a/src/textual/cli/cli.py b/src/textual/cli/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..046363059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/textual/cli/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import click
+
+from textual.devtools.server import _run_devtools
+
+
+@click.group()
+def run():
+    pass
+
+
+@run.command(help="Run the Textual Devtools console")
+def console():
+    _run_devtools()
diff --git a/src/textual/devtools/renderables.py b/src/textual/devtools/renderables.py
index 77cc5df0b..abbbdf9e6 100644
--- a/src/textual/devtools/renderables.py
+++ b/src/textual/devtools/renderables.py
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Iterable
 
+from rich.containers import Renderables
 from rich.style import Style
 from rich.text import Text
 
+import textual
+
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     from typing import Literal
 else:
@@ -21,10 +24,31 @@ from rich.rule import Rule
 from rich.segment import Segment, Segments
 from rich.table import Table
 
-DevtoolsMessageLevel = Literal["info", "warning", "error"]
+DevConsoleMessageLevel = Literal["info", "warning", "error"]
 
 
-class DevtoolsLogMessage:
+class DevConsoleHeader:
+    def __rich_console__(
+        self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions
+    ) -> RenderResult:
+        lines = Renderables(
+            [
+                f"[bold]Textual Development Console [#b169dd]v{textual.__version__}",
+                "[#967fa3]Run a Textual app with the environment variable [b]TEXTUAL_DEVTOOLS=1[/] to connect.",
+                "[#967fa3]Press [b]Ctrl+C[/] to quit.",
+            ]
+        )
+        render_options = options.update(width=options.max_width - 4)
+        lines = console.render_lines(lines, render_options)
+        new_line = Segment("\n")
+        padding = Segment("▌", Style.parse("#b169dd"))
+        for line in lines:
+            yield padding
+            yield from line
+            yield new_line
+
+
+class DevConsoleLog:
     """Renderable representing a single log message
 
     Args:
@@ -71,8 +95,8 @@ class DevtoolsLogMessage:
         yield Segments(self.segments)
 
 
-class DevtoolsInternalMessage:
-    """Renderable for messages written by the devtools server itself
+class DevConsoleNotice:
+    """Renderable for messages written by the devtools console itself
 
     Args:
         message (str): The message to display
@@ -80,7 +104,7 @@ class DevtoolsInternalMessage:
             Determines colors used to render the message and the perceived importance.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, message: str, *, level: DevtoolsMessageLevel = "info") -> None:
+    def __init__(self, message: str, *, level: DevConsoleMessageLevel = "info") -> None:
         self.message = message
         self.level = level
 
diff --git a/src/textual/devtools/server.py b/src/textual/devtools/server.py
index 011183318..a0ad3a149 100644
--- a/src/textual/devtools/server.py
+++ b/src/textual/devtools/server.py
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ async def _on_startup(app: Application) -> None:
 
 def _run_devtools() -> None:
     app = _make_devtools_aiohttp_app()
-    run_app(app, port=DEVTOOLS_PORT)
+
+    def noop_print(_: str):
+        return None
+
+    run_app(app, port=DEVTOOLS_PORT, print=noop_print)
 
 
 def _make_devtools_aiohttp_app(
diff --git a/src/textual/devtools/service.py b/src/textual/devtools/service.py
index 21f136005..d396fc49d 100644
--- a/src/textual/devtools/service.py
+++ b/src/textual/devtools/service.py
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ from aiohttp.web_ws import WebSocketResponse
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.markup import escape
 
-from textual.devtools.renderables import DevtoolsLogMessage, DevtoolsInternalMessage
+from textual.devtools.renderables import (
+    DevConsoleLog,
+    DevConsoleNotice,
+    DevConsoleHeader,
+)
 
 QUEUEABLE_TYPES = {"client_log", "client_spillover"}
 
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ class DevtoolsService:
     async def start(self):
         """Starts devtools tasks"""
         self.size_poll_task = asyncio.create_task(self._console_size_poller())
+        self.console.print(DevConsoleHeader())
 
     @property
     def clients_connected(self) -> bool:
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ class ClientHandler:
                 decoded_segments = base64.b64decode(encoded_segments)
                 segments = pickle.loads(decoded_segments)
                 self.service.console.print(
-                    DevtoolsLogMessage(
+                    DevConsoleLog(
                         segments=segments,
                         path=path,
                         line_number=line_number,
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ class ClientHandler:
                 )
             elif type == "client_spillover":
                 spillover = int(message_json["payload"]["spillover"])
-                info_renderable = DevtoolsInternalMessage(
+                info_renderable = DevConsoleNotice(
                     f"Discarded {spillover} messages", level="warning"
                 )
                 self.service.console.print(info_renderable)
@@ -198,9 +203,7 @@ class ClientHandler:
 
         if self.request.remote:
             self.service.console.print(
-                DevtoolsInternalMessage(
-                    f"Client '{escape(self.request.remote)}' connected"
-                )
+                DevConsoleNotice(f"Client '{escape(self.request.remote)}' connected")
             )
         try:
             await self.service.send_server_info(client_handler=self)
@@ -223,20 +226,16 @@ class ClientHandler:
                         await self.incoming_queue.put(message_json)
                 elif message.type == WSMsgType.ERROR:
                     self.service.console.print(
-                        DevtoolsInternalMessage(
-                            "Websocket error occurred", level="error"
-                        )
+                        DevConsoleNotice("Websocket error occurred", level="error")
                     )
                     break
         except Exception as error:
-            self.service.console.print(
-                DevtoolsInternalMessage(str(error), level="error")
-            )
+            self.service.console.print(DevConsoleNotice(str(error), level="error"))
         finally:
             if self.request.remote:
                 self.service.console.print(
                     "\n",
-                    DevtoolsInternalMessage(
+                    DevConsoleNotice(
                         f"Client '{escape(self.request.remote)}' disconnected"
                     ),
                 )
diff --git a/tests/devtools/test_devtools.py b/tests/devtools/test_devtools.py
index c748da9e6..052871f30 100644
--- a/tests/devtools/test_devtools.py
+++ b/tests/devtools/test_devtools.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from rich.console import Console
 from rich.segment import Segment
 
 from tests.utilities.render import wait_for_predicate
-from textual.devtools.renderables import DevtoolsLogMessage, DevtoolsInternalMessage
+from textual.devtools.renderables import DevConsoleLog, DevConsoleNotice
 
 TIMESTAMP = 1649166819
 WIDTH = 40
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def console():
 
 @time_machine.travel(TIMESTAMP)
 def test_log_message_render(console):
-    message = DevtoolsLogMessage(
+    message = DevConsoleLog(
         [Segment("content")],
         path="abc/hello.py",
         line_number=123,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def test_log_message_render(console):
 
 
 def test_internal_message_render(console):
-    message = DevtoolsInternalMessage("hello")
+    message = DevConsoleNotice("hello")
     rule = next(iter(message.__rich_console__(console, console.options)))
     assert rule.title == "hello"
     assert rule.characters == "─"