diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5c48a9d74..b71d76871 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6090,6 +6090,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-basic-payload-builder",
  "reth-beacon-consensus",
  "reth-blockchain-tree",
+ "reth-cli-runner",
  "reth-config",
  "reth-consensus-common",
  "reth-db",
@@ -6244,6 +6245,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-cli-runner"
+version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures",
+ "reth-tasks",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-codecs"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6aace0ad1..2ce5d813d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 members = [
     "bin/reth/",
     "crates/blockchain-tree/",
+    "crates/cli/runner/",
     "crates/config/",
     "crates/consensus/auto-seal/",
     "crates/consensus/beacon/",
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ reth-basic-payload-builder = { path = "crates/payload/basic" }
 reth-beacon-consensus = { path = "crates/consensus/beacon" }
 reth-beacon-consensus-core = { path = "crates/consensus/beacon-core" }
 reth-blockchain-tree = { path = "crates/blockchain-tree" }
+reth-cli-runner = { path = "crates/cli/runner" }
 reth-codecs = { path = "crates/storage/codecs" }
 reth-config = { path = "crates/config" }
 reth-consensus-common = { path = "crates/consensus/common" }
diff --git a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
index b57ea46ec..bf8922ccf 100644
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ reth-interfaces = { workspace = true, features = ["clap"] }
 reth-transaction-pool.workspace = true
 reth-beacon-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-auto-seal-consensus.workspace = true
+reth-cli-runner.workspace = true
 reth-consensus-common.workspace = true
 reth-blockchain-tree.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-engine-api.workspace = true
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/cli/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/cli/mod.rs
index ff206eefc..1adc4975f 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ use crate::{
         config_cmd, db, debug_cmd, dump_genesis, import, init_cmd, node, node::NoArgs, p2p,
         recover, stage, test_vectors,
     },
-    core::cli::runner::CliRunner,
     version::{LONG_VERSION, SHORT_VERSION},
 };
 use clap::{value_parser, Parser, Subcommand};
+use reth_cli_runner::CliRunner;
 use reth_db::DatabaseEnv;
 use reth_node_builder::{InitState, WithLaunchContext};
 use reth_primitives::ChainSpec;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/build_block.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/build_block.rs
index 063af9fc3..566198ec8 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/build_block.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/build_block.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use crate::{
         utils::{chain_help, genesis_value_parser, SUPPORTED_CHAINS},
         DatabaseArgs,
     },
-    core::cli::runner::CliContext,
     dirs::{DataDirPath, MaybePlatformPath},
 };
 use alloy_rlp::Decodable;
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ use reth_beacon_consensus::BeaconConsensus;
 use reth_blockchain_tree::{
     BlockchainTree, BlockchainTreeConfig, ShareableBlockchainTree, TreeExternals,
 };
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_db::{init_db, DatabaseEnv};
 use reth_interfaces::{consensus::Consensus, RethResult};
 use reth_node_api::PayloadBuilderAttributes;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/execution.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/execution.rs
index 99edd2ef2..839e037ef 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/execution.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/execution.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ use crate::{
         utils::{chain_help, genesis_value_parser, SUPPORTED_CHAINS},
         DatabaseArgs, NetworkArgs,
     },
-    core::cli::runner::CliContext,
     dirs::{DataDirPath, MaybePlatformPath},
     utils::get_single_header,
 };
 use clap::Parser;
 use futures::{stream::select as stream_select, StreamExt};
 use reth_beacon_consensus::BeaconConsensus;
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_config::{config::EtlConfig, Config};
 use reth_db::{database::Database, init_db, DatabaseEnv};
 use reth_downloaders::{
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/in_memory_merkle.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/in_memory_merkle.rs
index e579e446a..3632f4cff 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/in_memory_merkle.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/in_memory_merkle.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ use crate::{
         utils::{chain_help, genesis_value_parser, SUPPORTED_CHAINS},
         DatabaseArgs, NetworkArgs,
     },
-    core::cli::runner::CliContext,
     dirs::{DataDirPath, MaybePlatformPath},
     utils::{get_single_body, get_single_header},
 };
 use backon::{ConstantBuilder, Retryable};
 use clap::Parser;
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_config::Config;
 use reth_db::{init_db, DatabaseEnv};
 use reth_interfaces::executor::BlockValidationError;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/merkle.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/merkle.rs
index 5db0503e5..742e51c70 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/merkle.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/merkle.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ use crate::{
         utils::{chain_help, genesis_value_parser, SUPPORTED_CHAINS},
         DatabaseArgs, NetworkArgs,
     },
-    core::cli::runner::CliContext,
     dirs::{DataDirPath, MaybePlatformPath},
     utils::get_single_header,
 };
 use backon::{ConstantBuilder, Retryable};
 use clap::Parser;
 use reth_beacon_consensus::BeaconConsensus;
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_config::Config;
 use reth_db::{cursor::DbCursorRO, init_db, tables, transaction::DbTx, DatabaseEnv};
 use reth_interfaces::{consensus::Consensus, p2p::full_block::FullBlockClient};
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/mod.rs
index 512df32e8..c3704aff4 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 //! `reth debug` command. Collection of various debugging routines.
 
-use crate::core::cli::runner::CliContext;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
+
 mod build_block;
 mod execution;
 mod in_memory_merkle;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/replay_engine.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/replay_engine.rs
index d1b99f074..0ef866396 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/replay_engine.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/replay_engine.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use crate::{
         utils::{chain_help, genesis_value_parser, SUPPORTED_CHAINS},
         DatabaseArgs, NetworkArgs,
     },
-    core::cli::runner::CliContext,
     dirs::{DataDirPath, MaybePlatformPath},
 };
 use clap::Parser;
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ use reth_beacon_consensus::{hooks::EngineHooks, BeaconConsensus, BeaconConsensus
 use reth_blockchain_tree::{
     BlockchainTree, BlockchainTreeConfig, ShareableBlockchainTree, TreeExternals,
 };
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_config::Config;
 use reth_db::{init_db, DatabaseEnv};
 use reth_interfaces::consensus::Consensus;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/node/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/node/mod.rs
index 786d6d1a1..349130486 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/node/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/node/mod.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ use crate::{
         DatabaseArgs, DebugArgs, DevArgs, NetworkArgs, PayloadBuilderArgs, PruningArgs,
         RpcServerArgs, TxPoolArgs,
     },
-    core::cli::runner::CliContext,
     dirs::{DataDirPath, MaybePlatformPath},
 };
 use clap::{value_parser, Args, Parser};
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_db::{init_db, DatabaseEnv};
 use reth_node_builder::{InitState, NodeBuilder, WithLaunchContext};
 use reth_node_core::{node_config::NodeConfig, version};
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/recover/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/recover/mod.rs
index b1f778fea..d082f4e07 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/recover/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/recover/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! `reth recover` command.
 
-use crate::core::cli::runner::CliContext;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 
 mod storage_tries;
 
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/recover/storage_tries.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/recover/storage_tries.rs
index 6b619b945..7a1c2ccc2 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/recover/storage_tries.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/recover/storage_tries.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use crate::{
     args::utils::{chain_help, genesis_value_parser, SUPPORTED_CHAINS},
-    core::cli::runner::CliContext,
     dirs::{DataDirPath, MaybePlatformPath},
 };
 use clap::Parser;
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_db::{
     cursor::{DbCursorRO, DbDupCursorRW},
     init_db, tables,
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/lib.rs b/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
index 00e2c586a..42f26115c 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ pub mod rpc {
     }
 }
 
+// re-export for convenience
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use reth_cli_runner::{tokio_runtime, CliContext, CliRunner};
+
 #[cfg(all(unix, any(target_env = "gnu", target_os = "macos")))]
 pub mod sigsegv_handler;
 
diff --git a/crates/cli/runner/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/runner/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..697621cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cli/runner/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-cli-runner"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+# reth
+reth-tasks.workspace = true
+
+# async
+futures.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "signal"] }
+
+# misc
+tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node-core/src/cli/runner.rs b/crates/cli/runner/src/lib.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from crates/node-core/src/cli/runner.rs
rename to crates/cli/runner/src/lib.rs
index 9c2b717cd..31a1356c6 100644
--- a/crates/node-core/src/cli/runner.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/runner/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+//! A tokio based CLI runner.
+
+#![doc(
+    html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-docs.png",
+    html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
+    issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
+)]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
+
 //! Entrypoint for running commands.
 
 use futures::pin_mut;
@@ -6,6 +16,8 @@ use std::future::Future;
 use tracing::{debug, error, trace};
 
 /// Executes CLI commands.
+///
+/// Provides utilities for running a cli command to completion.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub struct CliRunner;
diff --git a/crates/node-core/src/cli/mod.rs b/crates/node-core/src/cli/mod.rs
index fa14c5ee8..0ae8d33c0 100644
--- a/crates/node-core/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/node-core/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 //! Additional CLI configuration support.
 
 pub mod config;
-pub mod runner;