diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fc05f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "packages": [
+    "packages/*"
+  ],
+  "useNx": true,
+  "version": "2.0.3"
+}
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3b3590..664ab73 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@flecks/monorepo",
+  "private": true,
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/cha0s/flecks.git"
@@ -26,10 +27,10 @@
     "@flecks/server": "*",
     "@flecks/socket": "*",
     "@flecks/user": "*",
-    "@flecks/web": "*",
-    "nx": "^17.2.8"
+    "@flecks/web": "*"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@docusaurus/theme-mermaid": "3.0.1"
+    "@docusaurus/theme-mermaid": "3.0.1",
+    "lerna": "^8.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/server/commands.js b/packages/core/src/server/commands.js
index 79678a8..6061e8f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/server/commands.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/server/commands.js
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export default (program, flecks) => {
           cmd,
           {
             env: {
+              FLECKS_CORE_IS_PRODUCTION: production,
               ...(target ? {FLECKS_CORE_BUILD_LIST: target} : {}),
               ...(hot ? {FLECKS_ENV__flecks_server__hot: 'true'} : {}),
             },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/server/flecks.js b/packages/core/src/server/flecks.js
index 25ae261..8a09dbf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/server/flecks.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/server/flecks.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ export default class ServerFlecks extends Flecks {
           ignore: [ignore],
           only: [only],
         };
-        debugSilly('compiling %O with %j', compiling, config);
+        debugSilly('compiling %O with %j at %s', compiling, config, only);
         compilations.push({
           ignore,
           only,
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ export default class ServerFlecks extends Flecks {
     const roots = Array.from(new Set(
       Object.keys(resolver)
         .map((path) => this.root(resolver, path))
-        .filter((e) => !!e),
+        .filter((e) => !!e)
+        .concat(FLECKS_CORE_ROOT),
     ));
     for (let i = 0; i < roots.length; ++i) {
       const root = roots[i];
diff --git a/packages/react/build/.flecksrc.js b/packages/react/build/.flecksrc.js
index 4630eb7..3073077 100644
--- a/packages/react/build/.flecksrc.js
+++ b/packages/react/build/.flecksrc.js
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
+const plugins = [];
+
+const {
+  FLECKS_CORE_IS_PRODUCTION,
+} = process.env;
+
+if ('true' !== FLECKS_CORE_IS_PRODUCTION) {
+  plugins.push('react-refresh/babel');
+}
+
 module.exports = {
-  aliases: {
-    'react-dom': '@hot-loader/react-dom',
-  },
   babel: {
+    plugins,
     presets: [
       '@babel/preset-react',
     ],
diff --git a/packages/react/package.json b/packages/react/package.json
index 6483adc..10daf5d 100644
--- a/packages/react/package.json
+++ b/packages/react/package.json
@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.23.3",
     "@flecks/core": "^2.0.3",
     "@flecks/web": "^2.0.3",
-    "@hot-loader/react-dom": "^17.0.2",
+    "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "^0.5.11",
     "babel-merge": "^3.0.0",
     "classnames": "^2.3.1",
     "history": "^5.3.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
-    "react-hot-loader": "^4.13.1",
+    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+    "react-refresh": "^0.14.0",
     "react-router-dom": "6.20.0",
     "redux-first-history": "5.1.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/react/src/client.js b/packages/react/src/client.js
index 9d31990..eef1176 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/client.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/client.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {D} from '@flecks/core';
-import {hydrate, render} from '@hot-loader/react-dom';
 import React from 'react';
+import {createRoot, hydrateRoot} from 'react-dom/client';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import FlecksContext from '@flecks/react/context';
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@ export const hooks = {
   '@flecks/web/client.up': async (flecks) => {
     const {ssr} = flecks.get('@flecks/react');
     const {appMountId} = flecks.get('@flecks/web/client');
+    const container = window.document.getElementById(appMountId);
     debug('%sing...', ssr ? 'hydrat' : 'render');
-    (ssr ? hydrate : render)(
-      React.createElement(
-        React.StrictMode,
-        {},
-        [React.createElement(await root(flecks), {key: 'root'})],
-      ),
-      window.document.getElementById(appMountId),
+    const RootComponent = React.createElement(
+      React.StrictMode,
+      {},
+      [React.createElement(await root(flecks), {key: 'root'})],
     );
+    if (ssr) {
+      hydrateRoot(container, RootComponent);
+    }
+    else {
+      createRoot(container).render(RootComponent);
+    }
     debug('rendered');
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/react/src/index.js b/packages/react/src/index.js
index 97599c1..47caa83 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-export {default as ReactDom} from '@hot-loader/react-dom';
 export {default as classnames} from 'classnames';
 export {default as PropTypes} from 'prop-types';
 export {default as React} from 'react';
+export {default as ReactDom} from 'react-dom';
 export * from 'react';
-export {hot} from 'react-hot-loader';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies, import/no-unresolved
 export {default as FlecksContext} from '@flecks/react/context';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/server.js b/packages/react/src/server.js
index 43165b5..0e228cb 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/server.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/server.js
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import {Flecks} from '@flecks/core';
 import {augmentBuild} from '@flecks/web/server';
+import ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin from '@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin';
 
 import ssr from './ssr';
 
 export const hooks = {
   '@flecks/core.build': (target, config, env, argv, flecks) => {
     const isProduction = 'production' === argv.mode;
-    config.resolve.alias['react-native'] = 'react-native-web';
-    config.resolve.alias['react-hot-loader'] = isProduction
-      ? 'react-hot-loader/dist/react-hot-loader.production.min'
-      : 'react-hot-loader/dist/react-hot-loader.development';
-    config.resolve.extensions.unshift(...['.web.js', '.web.jsx']);
+    if (!isProduction) {
+      config.plugins.push(new ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin());
+    }
     // Augment the build on behalf of a missing `@flecks/web`.
     if (!flecks.fleck('@flecks/web/server')) {
       flecks.registerBuildConfig('postcss.config.js', {fleck: '@flecks/web/server'});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ssr.js b/packages/react/src/ssr.js
index c52149e..4ad5d27 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ssr.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/ssr.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {Transform} from 'stream';
 
 import {D} from '@flecks/core';
 import React from 'react';
-import ReactDOMServer from '@hot-loader/react-dom/server';
+import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';
 
 import root from './root';
 
diff --git a/packages/redux/build/.flecksrc.js b/packages/redux/build/.flecksrc.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 80c431d..0000000
--- a/packages/redux/build/.flecksrc.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  aliases: {
-    'react-dom': '@hot-loader/react-dom',
-  },
-};
diff --git a/packages/redux/package.json b/packages/redux/package.json
index 76de1f2..9ec1669 100644
--- a/packages/redux/package.json
+++ b/packages/redux/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@flecks/core": "^2.0.3",
-    "@hot-loader/react-dom": "^17.0.1",
     "@reduxjs/toolkit": "^1.5.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.3",
     "lodash.throttle": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/website/docs/react.mdx b/website/docs/react.mdx
index ef0de48..8940924 100644
--- a/website/docs/react.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/react.mdx
@@ -86,33 +86,8 @@ Now if you visit the page with JavaScript disabled, you will get a white page.
 
 ### Hot module reloading
 
-This is cool, but you'll notice that if you edit your component, the changes are not immediately
-reflected on the page. This is because we have to add HMR support to our root component:
-
-```jsx title="packages/root/src/component.jsx"
-import {hot, React} from '@flecks/react';
-
-function Component() {
-  return <p>hello world (from React)</p>;
-}
-
-export default hot(module)(Component);
-```
-
-Now you can edit and your changes will be reflected on the page!
-
-:::tip
-
-Any components your root component uses will automatically be reloaded: only your root component
-requires the `hot` call.
-
-:::note[Help wanted]
-
-It is admittedly not so ergonomic to remember the `hot` call for your root components. React fast
-refresh would probably make this unnecessary, but it hasn't been implemented in flecks yet. We
-would very much appreciate a [pull request](https://github.com/cha0s/flecks/compare)!
-
-:::
+You'll notice that if you edit your component, the changes are immediately reflected on the page.
+This is because we have HMR support in our application!
 
 ## Hooks