diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 644e4812f66..21621d9fee0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -29354,6 +29354,7 @@
             "devDependencies": {
                 "@dev/build-tools": "1.0.0",
                 "@dev/core": "1.0.0",
+                "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "^0.6.0",
                 "@svgr/webpack": "^7.0.0",
                 "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
                 "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.0",
@@ -29366,6 +29367,8 @@
                 "monaco-editor-webpack-plugin": "^4.2.0",
                 "react": "^18.2.0",
                 "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+                "react-refresh": "^0.17.0",
+                "react-refresh-typescript": "^2.0.10",
                 "sass-loader": "^16.0.0",
                 "style-loader": "^3.3.0",
                 "ts-debounce": "4.0.0",
@@ -29405,6 +29408,7 @@
                 "@dev/core": "1.0.0",
                 "@dev/inspector-v2": "1.0.0",
                 "@dev/loaders": "1.0.0",
+                "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "^0.6.0",
                 "@svgr/webpack": "^7.0.0",
                 "@types/dagre": "^0.7.47",
                 "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
@@ -29414,6 +29418,8 @@
                 "file-loader": "^6.2.0",
                 "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.4.0",
                 "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.4.3",
+                "react-refresh": "^0.17.0",
+                "react-refresh-typescript": "^2.0.10",
                 "sass-loader": "^16.0.0",
                 "style-loader": "^3.3.0",
                 "url-loader": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/dev/buildTools/src/webpackTools.ts b/packages/dev/buildTools/src/webpackTools.ts
index 02a3cd321c8..227acf50652 100644
--- a/packages/dev/buildTools/src/webpackTools.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/buildTools/src/webpackTools.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import type { BuildType, DevPackageName, UMDPackageName } from "./packageMapping
 import { getPackageMappingByDevName, getPublicPackageName, isValidDevPackageName, umdPackageMapping } from "./packageMapping.js";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { camelize, copyFile } from "./utils.js";
-import type { RuleSetRule, Configuration, Compiler } from "webpack";
+import type { RuleSetRule, Configuration, Compiler, WebpackPluginInstance } from "webpack";
+import * as ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin from "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin";
+import ReactRefreshTypeScript from "react-refresh-typescript";
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
 export const externalsFunction = (excludePackages: string[] = [], type: BuildType = "umd") => {
@@ -65,12 +67,22 @@ export const getRules = (
         resourceType?: "asset/inline" | "asset/resource";
         extraRules?: RuleSetRule[];
         mode?: "development" | "production";
+        enableFastRefresh?: boolean; // for react fast refresh
     } = {
         includeAssets: true,
         includeCSS: true,
         sideEffects: true,
     }
 ) => {
+    const getCustomTransformers = options.enableFastRefresh
+        ? (program: ts.Program) => {
+              const transformers: ts.CustomTransformers = options?.tsOptions?.getCustomTransformers?.(program) ?? {};
+              transformers.before = transformers.before ?? [];
+              transformers.before.push(ReactRefreshTypeScript());
+              return transformers;
+          }
+        : options?.tsOptions?.getCustomTransformers;
+
     const rules: RuleSetRule[] = [
         {
             test: /\.tsx?$/,
@@ -79,7 +91,7 @@ export const getRules = (
             sideEffects: options.sideEffects,
             options: {
                 configFile: "tsconfig.build.json",
-                ...options.tsOptions,
+                ...{ ...options.tsOptions, getCustomTransformers },
             },
         },
         {
@@ -177,9 +189,18 @@ export const commonDevWebpackConfiguration = (
         port: number;
         static?: string[];
         showBuildProgress?: boolean;
-    }
+    },
+    additionalPlugins?: WebpackPluginInstance[]
 ) => {
     const production = env.mode === "production" || process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
+    const enableHotReload = (env.enableHotReload !== undefined || process.env.ENABLE_HOT_RELOAD === "true") && !production ? true : false;
+
+    let plugins: WebpackPluginInstance[] | undefined = additionalPlugins;
+    if (devServerConfig && enableHotReload) {
+        plugins = plugins ?? [];
+        plugins.push(new ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin());
+    }
+
     return {
         mode: production ? "production" : "development",
         devtool: production ? "source-map" : "inline-cheap-module-source-map",
@@ -190,7 +211,7 @@ export const commonDevWebpackConfiguration = (
                   webSocketServer: production ? false : "ws",
                   compress: production,
                   server: env.enableHttps !== undefined || process.env.ENABLE_HTTPS === "true" ? "https" : "http",
-                  hot: (env.enableHotReload !== undefined || process.env.ENABLE_HOT_RELOAD === "true") && !production ? true : false,
+                  hot: enableHotReload,
                   liveReload: (env.enableLiveReload !== undefined || process.env.ENABLE_LIVE_RELOAD === "true") && !production ? true : false,
                   headers: {
                       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
@@ -217,6 +238,7 @@ export const commonDevWebpackConfiguration = (
                   devtoolModuleFilenameTemplate: production ? "webpack://[namespace]/[resource-path]?[loaders]" : "file:///[absolute-resource-path]",
               }
             : undefined,
+        plugins,
     };
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/dev/inspector-v2/webpack.config.js b/packages/dev/inspector-v2/webpack.config.js
index 0ee074c185b..f85d2f01bfd 100644
--- a/packages/dev/inspector-v2/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/dev/inspector-v2/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const webpackTools = require("@dev/build-tools").webpackTools;
-const ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin = require("@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin");
-const ReactRefreshTypeScript = require("react-refresh-typescript").default;
 
 module.exports = (env) => {
+    const production = env.mode === "production" || process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
     return {
         entry: "./test/app/index.ts",
 
@@ -36,16 +35,12 @@ module.exports = (env) => {
             rules: webpackTools.getRules({
                 sideEffects: true,
                 includeCSS: false,
+                enableFastRefresh: !production,
                 tsOptions: {
                     configFile: "tsconfig.build.json",
-                    getCustomTransformers: () => ({
-                        before: [ReactRefreshTypeScript()].filter(Boolean),
-                    }),
                     transpileOnly: true,
                 },
             }),
         },
-
-        plugins: [new ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin()].filter(Boolean),
     };
 };
diff --git a/packages/tools/playground/package.json b/packages/tools/playground/package.json
index 845806f2121..f97268bcfd3 100644
--- a/packages/tools/playground/package.json
+++ b/packages/tools/playground/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "devDependencies": {
         "@dev/build-tools": "1.0.0",
         "@dev/core": "1.0.0",
+        "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "^0.6.0",
         "@svgr/webpack": "^7.0.0",
         "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
         "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.0",
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@
         "monaco-editor-webpack-plugin": "^4.2.0",
         "react": "^18.2.0",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+        "react-refresh": "^0.17.0",
+        "react-refresh-typescript": "^2.0.10",
         "sass-loader": "^16.0.0",
         "style-loader": "^3.3.0",
         "ts-debounce": "4.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/tools/playground/webpack.config.js b/packages/tools/playground/webpack.config.js
index 51339b0d881..37a96abbb3e 100644
--- a/packages/tools/playground/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/tools/playground/webpack.config.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const webpackTools = require("@dev/build-tools").webpackTools;
 const path = require("path");
 
 module.exports = (env) => {
+    const production = env.mode === "production" || process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
     const commonConfig = {
         entry: "./src/legacy/legacy.ts",
         ...webpackTools.commonDevWebpackConfiguration(
@@ -10,11 +11,18 @@ module.exports = (env) => {
                 ...env,
                 outputFilename: "babylon.playground.js",
                 dirName: __dirname,
+                enableHotReload: true,
             },
             {
                 static: ["public"],
                 port: process.env.PLAYGROUND_PORT || 1338,
-            }
+            },
+            [
+                new MonacoWebpackPlugin({
+                    // publicPath: "public/",
+                    languages: ["typescript", "javascript"],
+                }),
+            ]
         ),
         resolve: {
             extensions: [".js", ".ts", ".tsx", ".scss", "*.svg"],
@@ -71,14 +79,9 @@ module.exports = (env) => {
                         rootDir: "../../",
                     },
                 },
+                enableFastRefresh: !production,
             }),
         },
-        plugins: [
-            new MonacoWebpackPlugin({
-                // publicPath: "public/",
-                languages: ["typescript", "javascript"],
-            }),
-        ],
     };
     return commonConfig;
 };
diff --git a/packages/tools/sandbox/package.json b/packages/tools/sandbox/package.json
index ae00599feac..84129045ca2 100644
--- a/packages/tools/sandbox/package.json
+++ b/packages/tools/sandbox/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         "@dev/core": "1.0.0",
         "@dev/loaders": "1.0.0",
         "@dev/inspector-v2": "1.0.0",
+        "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "^0.6.0",
         "@svgr/webpack": "^7.0.0",
         "@types/dagre": "^0.7.47",
         "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
         "file-loader": "^6.2.0",
         "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.4.0",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.4.3",
+        "react-refresh": "^0.17.0",
+        "react-refresh-typescript": "^2.0.10",
         "sass-loader": "^16.0.0",
         "style-loader": "^3.3.0",
         "url-loader": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/tools/sandbox/webpack.config.js b/packages/tools/sandbox/webpack.config.js
index c61d08088c9..3ef955a8c8e 100644
--- a/packages/tools/sandbox/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/tools/sandbox/webpack.config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const path = require("path");
 const webpackTools = require("@dev/build-tools").webpackTools;
 
 module.exports = (env) => {
+    const production = env.mode === "production" || process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
     const commonConfig = {
         entry: "./src/legacy/legacy.ts",
         ...webpackTools.commonDevWebpackConfiguration(
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = (env) => {
                 ...env,
                 outputFilename: "babylon.sandbox.js",
                 dirName: __dirname,
+                enableHotReload: true,
             },
             {
                 static: ["public"],
@@ -50,9 +52,13 @@ module.exports = (env) => {
             // React, react dom etc'
         ],
         module: {
-            rules: webpackTools.getRules(),
+            rules: webpackTools.getRules({
+                includeAssets: true,
+                includeCSS: true,
+                sideEffects: true,
+                enableFastRefresh: !production,
+            }),
         },
-        plugins: [],
     };
     return commonConfig;
 };