diff --git a/autoreload.py b/autoreload.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b789be08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoreload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Usage: ./autoreload.py [MIRAGE_ARGUMENTS]...
+
+Automatically rebuild and restart the application when source files change.
+CONFIG+=dev will be passed to qmake, see mirage.pro.
+The application will be launched with `-name dev`, which sets the first
+part of the WM_CLASS as returned by xprop on Linux.
+
+Use `pip3 install --user -U requirements-dev.txt` before running this."""
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from shutil import get_terminal_size
+
+from watchgod import DefaultWatcher, run_process
+
+SCRIPT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
+
+
+class Watcher(DefaultWatcher):
+    ignored_dirs = (
+        *DefaultWatcher.ignored_dirs, "build", "packaging", "config", "themes",
+    )
+
+    ignored_file_regexes = (
+        *DefaultWatcher.ignored_file_regexes,
+        r".*\.md$",
+        r"^tags$",
+        r"^COPYING(\.LESSER)?$",
+        r"^requirements.*\.txt$",
+        r"^Makefile$",
+        r"^\.qmake\.stash$",
+        r"^mirage$",
+        r"^autoreload\.py$",
+    )
+
+
+def run_app(args=sys.argv[1:]) -> None:
+    print("\n\x1b[36m", "─" * get_terminal_size().columns, "\x1b[0m\n", sep="")
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(("qmake", "mirage.pro", "CONFIG+=dev"), cwd=SCRIPT_DIR)
+        subprocess.run("make", cwd=SCRIPT_DIR)
+        p = subprocess.run(("./mirage", "-name", "dev", *args), cwd=SCRIPT_DIR)
+
+        if p.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"App exited with code {p.returncode}")
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2 and sys.argv[1] in ("-h", "--help"):
+        print(__doc__)
+    else:
+        subprocess.run(("make", "clean"), cwd=SCRIPT_DIR)
+        run_process(SCRIPT_DIR, run_app, watcher_cls=Watcher, callback=print)
diff --git a/live-reload.sh b/live-reload.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 96c390b0..00000000
--- a/live-reload.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-# Dependencies: findutils, entr
-#
-# This script will watch for source file changes and recompile-restart Mirage
-# when needed. If it gets stuck restarting in loop, press CTRL-C a bunch of
-# times and try again.
-#
-# pdb won't be usable due to entr, use https://pypi.org/project/remote-pdb/
-# instead (should be present if you install requirements-dev.txt).
-#
-# An argument can be given to specify which QML file in src/gui to load,
-# for example "Test.qml" would load "src/gui/Test.qml".
-# If no argument is given, the default is "UI.qml".
-
-make clean
-qmake mirage.pro CONFIG+=dev && make
-
-while true; do
-    # app already handles reloading config and theme files
-    find src mirage.pro \
-        -type f -not -path 'src/themes/*' -not -path 'src/config/*' |
-
-    # -name affects the first part of the WM_CLASS returned by xprop on Linux
-    entr -cdnr sh -c \
-        "qmake mirage.pro CONFIG+=dev && make && ./mirage -name dev $*"
-
-    sleep 0.2
-done
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d13aad47..d9362b76 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     QObject::connect(&engine, &QQmlEngine::quit, &QApplication::quit);
 
     // Set the debugMode properties depending of if we're running in debug mode
-    // or not (`qmake CONFIG+=dev ...`, default in live-reload.sh)
+    // or not (`qmake CONFIG+=dev ...`, default in autoreload.py)
 #ifdef QT_DEBUG
     objectContext->setContextProperty("debugMode", true);
 #else