diff --git a/examples/app/multi-app.ts b/examples/app/multi-app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed66861cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/app/multi-app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { Application } from '@nocobase/server';
+import { IncomingMessage } from 'http';
+
+const app = new Application({
+  database: {
+    logging: process.env.DB_LOGGING === 'on' ? console.log : false,
+    dialect: process.env.DB_DIALECT as any,
+    storage: process.env.DB_STORAGE,
+    username: process.env.DB_USER,
+    password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
+    database: process.env.DB_DATABASE,
+    host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+    port: process.env.DB_PORT as any,
+    timezone: process.env.DB_TIMEZONE,
+    tablePrefix: process.env.DB_TABLE_PREFIX,
+  },
+  resourcer: {
+    prefix: '/api',
+  },
+  plugins: [],
+});
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  app.runAsCLI();
+}
+
+const subApp1 = app.appManager.createApplication('sub1', {
+  database: app.db,
+  resourcer: {
+    prefix: '/sub1/api/',
+  },
+});
+
+app.resourcer.define({
+  name: 'test',
+  actions: {
+    async list(ctx) {
+      ctx.body = 'test list';
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+subApp1.resourcer.define({
+  name: 'test',
+  actions: {
+    async list(ctx) {
+      ctx.body = 'sub1 test list';
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+app.appManager.setAppSelector((req: IncomingMessage) => {
+  if (req.url.startsWith('/sub1/api')) {
+    return subApp1;
+  }
+  return null;
+});
+
+export default app;
+
+// http://localhost:13000/api/test:list
+// http://localhost:13000/sub1/api/test:list
diff --git a/examples/app/single-app.ts b/examples/app/single-app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14911da0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/app/single-app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Application } from '@nocobase/server';
+
+const app = new Application({
+  database: {
+    logging: process.env.DB_LOGGING === 'on' ? console.log : false,
+    dialect: process.env.DB_DIALECT as any,
+    storage: process.env.DB_STORAGE,
+    username: process.env.DB_USER,
+    password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
+    database: process.env.DB_DATABASE,
+    host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+    port: process.env.DB_PORT as any,
+    timezone: process.env.DB_TIMEZONE,
+    tablePrefix: process.env.DB_TABLE_PREFIX,
+  },
+  resourcer: {
+    prefix: '/api',
+  },
+  plugins: [],
+});
+
+app.resource({
+  name: 'test',
+  actions: {
+    async list(ctx) {
+      ctx.body = 'test list';
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  app.runAsCLI();
+}
+
+export default app;
+
+// http://localhost:13000/api/test:list
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 970bb5de08..19de3e4eb3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "clean": "nocobase clean",
     "version:alpha": "lerna version prerelease --preid alpha --force-publish=* --no-git-tag-version -m \"chore(versions): publish packages %s\"",
     "release:force": "lerna publish from-package --yes",
-    "release": "lerna publish"
+    "release": "lerna publish",
+    "run:example": "ts-node-dev -r dotenv/config"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "@types/react": "^17.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/app/server/src/index.ts b/packages/app/server/src/index.ts
index eae2f074d4..2c9561c389 100644
--- a/packages/app/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app/server/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import config from './config';
 const app = new Application(config);
 
 if (require.main === module) {
-  app.parse();
+  app.runAsCLI();
 }
 
 export default app;
diff --git a/packages/core/server/src/application.ts b/packages/core/server/src/application.ts
index 39cd9ed4d6..11a99b8dc6 100644
--- a/packages/core/server/src/application.ts
+++ b/packages/core/server/src/application.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { registerActions } from '@nocobase/actions';
 import Database, { Collection, CollectionOptions, IDatabaseOptions } from '@nocobase/database';
 import Resourcer, { ResourceOptions } from '@nocobase/resourcer';
 import { applyMixins, AsyncEmitter } from '@nocobase/utils';
-import { Command, CommandOptions } from 'commander';
+import { Command, CommandOptions, ParseOptions } from 'commander';
 import { Server } from 'http';
 import { i18n, InitOptions } from 'i18next';
 import Koa from 'koa';
@@ -247,8 +247,12 @@ export class Application<StateT = DefaultState, ContextT = DefaultContext> exten
   }
 
   async parse(argv = process.argv) {
+    return this.runAsCLI(argv);
+  }
+
+  async runAsCLI(argv?: readonly string[], options?: ParseOptions) {
     await this.load();
-    return this.cli.parseAsync(argv);
+    return this.cli.parseAsync(argv, options);
   }
 
   async start(options: StartOptions = {}) {