diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugins/examples.ts b/packages/core/src/plugins/examples.ts
index f0a86768..8a0b4b66 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugins/examples.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugins/examples.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,117 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises'
+
 import type { VitePlugin } from 'unplugin'
 import type { Collection, PluginOptions } from '../types'
 import { resolveCollections } from './collections'
 import { getRealPath, isPathInside } from './utils'
 
+import type { SFCScriptBlock } from '@vue/compiler-sfc'
+import { parse as parseSFC } from '@vue/compiler-sfc'
+import { parse as parseAst } from 'oxc-parser'
+
+interface TextEdit {
+  start: number
+  end: number
+  content?: string
+}
+
+function applyTextEdits(source: string, edits: TextEdit[]) {
+  return edits
+    .toSorted((a, b) => b.start - a.start || b.end - a.end)
+    .reduce((result, edit) => `${result.slice(0, edit.start)}${edit.content ?? ''}${result.slice(edit.end)}`, source)
+}
+
+async function transformScript(filename: string, source: string, lang: SFCScriptBlock['lang'], removeVueImport: boolean) {
+  let parserLang: 'js' | 'jsx' | 'ts' | 'tsx'
+  switch (lang) {
+    case undefined:
+    case 'js':
+      parserLang = 'js'
+      break
+    case 'jsx':
+    case 'ts':
+    case 'tsx':
+      parserLang = lang
+      break
+    default:
+      return source
+  }
+
+  const parsed = await parseAst(filename, source, { lang: parserLang })
+
+  const [parseError] = parsed.errors
+  if (parseError) {
+    throw new Error(`[Compodium] Failed to parse example script in ${filename}: ${parseError.message}`)
+  }
+
+  const edits: TextEdit[] = []
+  for (const statement of parsed.program.body) {
+    const isCompodiumMetaCall = statement.type === 'ExpressionStatement'
+      && statement.expression.type === 'CallExpression'
+      && statement.expression.callee.type === 'Identifier'
+      && statement.expression.callee.name === 'extendCompodiumMeta'
+
+    const isVueImport = removeVueImport
+      && statement.type === 'ImportDeclaration'
+      && statement.source.value === 'vue'
+
+    if (isCompodiumMetaCall || isVueImport) {
+      edits.push({ start: statement.start, end: statement.end })
+    }
+  }
+
+  return applyTextEdits(source, edits)
+}
+
+function getOpeningTagStart(source: string, contentStart: number) {
+  let quote: '"' | '\'' | undefined
+  for (let index = contentStart - 2; index >= 0; index--) {
+    const char = source[index]
+    if (char === '"' || char === '\'') {
+      quote = quote === char ? undefined : quote ?? char
+    } else if (char === '<' && !quote) {
+      return index
+    }
+  }
+  return -1
+}
+
+function getScriptBlockRange(source: string, block: SFCScriptBlock) {
+  const start = getOpeningTagStart(source, block.loc.start.offset)
+  const closingTagEnd = source.indexOf('>', block.loc.end.offset)
+
+  if (start === -1 || closingTagEnd === -1 || !source.startsWith('<script', start)) {
+    throw new Error('[Compodium] Failed to locate example script block')
+  }
+
+  return { start, end: closingTagEnd + 1 }
+}
+
+export async function transformExampleCode(filename: string, source: string, removeVueImport = false) {
+  const { descriptor, errors } = parseSFC(source, { filename })
+  if (errors.length) {
+    throw new Error(`[Compodium] Failed to parse example component ${filename}`)
+  }
+
+  const edits: TextEdit[] = []
+  for (const block of [descriptor.script, descriptor.scriptSetup]) {
+    if (!block) continue
+
+    const transformed = await transformScript(filename, block.content, block.lang, removeVueImport)
+    if (transformed.trim()) {
+      edits.push({
+        start: block.loc.start.offset,
+        end: block.loc.end.offset,
+        content: transformed
+      })
+    } else {
+      edits.push(getScriptBlockRange(source, block))
+    }
+  }
+
+  return applyTextEdits(source, edits)
+}
+
 export function examplePlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
   let collections: Collection[]
 
@@ -37,17 +145,8 @@ export function examplePlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
             return
           }
 
-          const exampleCode = await fs.readFile(canonicalPath)
-
-          let result = exampleCode.toString()
-            .replace(/extendCompodiumMeta\s*\([\s\S]*?\)\s*;?/g, '')
-
-          if (options._nuxt) {
-            result = result
-              .replace(/import .* from 'vue'/, '')
-          }
-
-          result = result.replace(/<script[^>]*>\s*<\/script>/g, '')
+          const exampleCode = await fs.readFile(canonicalPath, 'utf-8')
+          const result = await transformExampleCode(canonicalPath, exampleCode, options._nuxt)
 
           res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
           res.end(result)
diff --git a/packages/core/test/examples.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/examples.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5bdf2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/examples.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { transformExampleCode } from '../src/plugins/examples'
+
+describe('transformExampleCode', () => {
+  it('removes metadata calls with nested expressions without touching strings or comments', async () => {
+    const source = `<script setup lang="ts">
+const label = 'extendCompodiumMeta({ keep: true })'
+// extendCompodiumMeta({ keep: true })
+extendCompodiumMeta({ defaults: makeDefaults({ nested: true }) })
+</script>
+<template><div>{{ label }}</div></template>`
+
+    const result = await transformExampleCode('Example.vue', source)
+
+    expect(result).toContain(`const label = 'extendCompodiumMeta({ keep: true })'`)
+    expect(result).toContain('// extendCompodiumMeta({ keep: true })')
+    expect(result).not.toContain('defaults: makeDefaults')
+    expect(result).toContain('<script setup lang="ts">')
+  })
+
+  it('removes script blocks made empty by metadata cleanup', async () => {
+    const source = `<template><Example /></template>
+<script setup lang="ts">
+extendCompodiumMeta({ defaults: { count: 1 } })
+</script>
+`
+
+    await expect(transformExampleCode('Example.vue', source)).resolves.toBe(`<template><Example /></template>
+
+`)
+  })
+
+  it('uses the parsed content boundary when script attributes contain tag-like text', async () => {
+    const source = `<template><Example /></template>
+<script setup lang="ts" data-label="<script">
+extendCompodiumMeta({ defaults: true })
+</script>`
+
+    await expect(transformExampleCode('Example.vue', source)).resolves.toBe('<template><Example /></template>\n')
+  })
+
+  it('removes Vue imports structurally for Nuxt examples', async () => {
+    const source = `<script setup lang="ts">
+import {
+  computed,
+  ref
+} from "vue"
+import { helper } from './helper'
+const value = computed(() => helper(ref(1)))
+</script>`
+
+    const result = await transformExampleCode('Example.vue', source, true)
+
+    expect(result).not.toContain('from "vue"')
+    expect(result).toContain(`import { helper } from './helper'`)
+    expect(result).toContain('const value = computed')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/vitest.config.ts b/packages/core/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abed6b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({})
diff --git a/packages/devtools/app/utils/codegen.ts b/packages/devtools/app/utils/codegen.ts
index d667c1a2..bd41b998 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/app/utils/codegen.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/app/utils/codegen.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,57 @@
+import { NodeTypes, parse, type ElementNode, type RootNode, type TemplateChildNode } from '@vue/compiler-dom'
 import { camelCase, kebabCase, pascalCase } from 'scule'
 import { escapeString } from 'knitwork'
 import deepEqual from 'deep-eql'
 
-// TODO: Might want to use vue/language-tools to refactor this and get rid of horrible RegExp.
+interface TextEdit {
+  start: number
+  end: number
+  content?: string
+}
+
+function applyTextEdits(source: string, edits: TextEdit[]) {
+  return edits
+    .toSorted((a, b) => b.start - a.start || b.end - a.end)
+    .reduce((result, edit) => `${result.slice(0, edit.start)}${edit.content ?? ''}${result.slice(edit.end)}`, source)
+}
+
+function parseComponentSource(code: string) {
+  let hasError = false
+  const root = parse(code, {
+    onError: () => {
+      hasError = true
+    }
+  })
+  return hasError ? undefined : root
+}
+
+function findComponent(root: RootNode | ElementNode, names: Set<string>): ElementNode | undefined {
+  for (const child of root.children as TemplateChildNode[]) {
+    if (child.type !== NodeTypes.ELEMENT) continue
+    if (names.has(child.tag)) return child
+    const match = findComponent(child, names)
+    if (match) return match
+  }
+}
+
+function isWhitespace(char: string | undefined) {
+  return char === ' ' || char === '\n' || char === '\r' || char === '\t'
+}
+
+function getPropName(prop: ElementNode['props'][number]) {
+  if (prop.type === NodeTypes.ATTRIBUTE) return prop.name
+  if (prop.name !== 'bind' || !prop.arg || prop.arg.type !== NodeTypes.SIMPLE_EXPRESSION || !prop.arg.isStatic) return
+  return prop.arg.content
+}
+
+function getPropValue(prop: ElementNode['props'][number]) {
+  if (prop.type === NodeTypes.ATTRIBUTE) return prop.value?.content ?? true
+  return prop.exp?.type === NodeTypes.SIMPLE_EXPRESSION ? prop.exp.content : true
+}
+
 export function genPropValue(value: any): string {
   if (typeof value === 'string') {
-    return `'${escapeString(value).replace(/'/g, '&apos;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;')}'`
+    return `'${escapeString(value).replaceAll('\'', '&apos;').replaceAll('"', '&quot;')}'`
   }
   if (value instanceof Date) {
     const year = value.getFullYear()
@@ -45,39 +91,50 @@ export function generateComponentCode(componentName: string, props?: Record<stri
 }
 
 export function parseExistingProps(componentName: string, code: string) {
-  const propRegex = new RegExp(`<${pascalCase(componentName)}\\s+([^>]*[^/])/?>|<${kebabCase(componentName)}\\s+([^>]*[^/])/?>`, 's')
-  const match = code.match(propRegex)
-  if (!match) return {}
-
-  const propString = match[1] ?? match[2]
-  if (!propString) return {}
-  const propEntries = propString.split(/\s(?=(?:[^"]*"[^"]*")*[^"]*$)/g)
-  const parsedProps = propEntries.flatMap((prop: any) => {
-    const match = prop.match(/:?(\S+)="([^"]*)"/)
-    if (match) {
-      return [[match[1], match[2]]]
-    }
-    if (prop.trim()?.length) {
-      return [[prop, true]]
-    }
-    return []
-  })
-  return Object.fromEntries(parsedProps)
+  const root = parseComponentSource(code)
+  if (!root) return {}
+  const component = findComponent(root, new Set([pascalCase(componentName), kebabCase(componentName)]))
+  if (!component) return {}
+
+  return Object.fromEntries(component.props.flatMap((prop) => {
+    const name = getPropName(prop)
+    return name ? [[name, getPropValue(prop)]] : []
+  }))
 }
 
 export function updateComponentCode(componentName: string, code: string, props?: Record<string, any>, defaultProps?: Record<string, any>) {
   const propsTemplate = generatePropsTemplate(props, defaultProps)
+  const root = parseComponentSource(code)
+  if (!root) return code
+  const component = findComponent(root, new Set([pascalCase(componentName), kebabCase(componentName)]))
+  if (!component) return code
 
-  const existingProps = parseExistingProps(componentName, code)
-  const propsToRemove = Object.keys(existingProps).filter(key => !props || props?.[camelCase(key)] !== undefined)
-  const removePropsRegex = propsToRemove?.length ? new RegExp(`\\s+:?(${propsToRemove.join('|')})(?:="[^"]*")?`, 'g') : ''
+  const existingProps = Object.fromEntries(component.props.flatMap((prop) => {
+    const name = getPropName(prop)
+    return name ? [[name, getPropValue(prop)]] : []
+  }))
+  const propsToRemove = new Set(Object.keys(existingProps).filter(key => !props || props[camelCase(key)] !== undefined))
+  const tagNameEnd = component.loc.start.offset + component.tag.length + 1
+  const edits: TextEdit[] = [{
+    start: tagNameEnd,
+    end: tagNameEnd,
+    content: ` ${propsTemplate}`
+  }]
 
-  const pascalComponentRegexp = new RegExp(`<${pascalCase(componentName)}(\\s|\\r|>)`)
-  const kebabComponentRegexp = new RegExp(`<${kebabCase(componentName)}(\\s|\\r|>)`)
+  for (const prop of component.props) {
+    const name = getPropName(prop)
+    const isAttrsBinding = prop.type === NodeTypes.DIRECTIVE
+      && prop.name === 'bind'
+      && !prop.arg
+      && prop.exp?.type === NodeTypes.SIMPLE_EXPRESSION
+      && prop.exp.content === '$attrs'
+
+    if (!isAttrsBinding && (!name || !propsToRemove.has(name))) continue
+
+    let start = prop.loc.start.offset
+    while (start > tagNameEnd && isWhitespace(code[start - 1])) start--
+    edits.push({ start, end: prop.loc.end.offset })
+  }
 
-  return code
-    .replace(removePropsRegex, '')
-    .replace(pascalComponentRegexp, `<${pascalCase(componentName)} ${propsTemplate}$1`)
-    .replace(kebabComponentRegexp, `<${kebabCase(componentName)} ${propsTemplate}$1`)
-    .replace('v-bind="$attrs"', '')
+  return applyTextEdits(code, edits)
 }
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index a4d522fb..b9748f9b 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@comark/nuxt": "0.5.1",
     "@nuxt/ui": "catalog:",
+    "@vue/compiler-dom": "^3.5.39",
     "@vueuse/core": "^14.3.0",
     "@vueuse/integrations": "^14.3.0",
     "deep-eql": "^5.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/test/codegen.test.ts b/packages/devtools/test/codegen.test.ts
index 203eb6a3..08ee2e88 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/test/codegen.test.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/test/codegen.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { it, describe, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { generateComponentCode, generatePropsTemplate, genPropValue, updateComponentCode } from '../app/utils/codegen'
+import { generateComponentCode, generatePropsTemplate, genPropValue, parseExistingProps, updateComponentCode } from '../app/utils/codegen'
 
 describe('codegen', () => {
   describe('genPropValue', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ describe('codegen', () => {
     ).toEqual(`<Button foo='bar' />`))
   })
 
+  describe('parseExistingProps', () => {
+    it('parses Vue attributes and static bindings', () => {
+      expect(parseExistingProps('BaseButton', `<BaseButton single='hello' unquoted=world :count="foo > 1" bool v-bind="$attrs" />`)).toEqual({
+        single: 'hello',
+        unquoted: 'world',
+        count: 'foo > 1',
+        bool: true
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('ignores component-looking text in scripts', () => {
+      expect(parseExistingProps('BaseButton', `<script>const source = '<BaseButton label="wrong" />'</script>\n<BaseButton label="right" />`)).toEqual({ label: 'right' })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('updateComponentCode', () => {
     it('works', () => {
       const code = `<BaseButton> </BaseButton>`
@@ -60,5 +75,22 @@ describe('codegen', () => {
       const code = `<BaseButton label="Click me!"> </BaseButton>`
       expect(updateComponentCode('BaseButton', code, { label: 'foo' }, { label: 'foo' })).toMatch(`<BaseButton > </BaseButton>`)
     })
+
+    it('changes only the first target component and its attributes', () => {
+      const code = `<div label="keep" v-bind="$attrs">
+  <BaseButton label='old' :count="old" bool v-bind='$attrs' />
+  <BaseButton label="second" />
+</div>`
+      const result = updateComponentCode('BaseButton', code, { label: 'new', count: 2 })
+
+      expect(result).toContain('<div label="keep" v-bind="$attrs">')
+      expect(result).toContain(`<BaseButton label='new'\n:count="2" bool />`)
+      expect(result).toContain('<BaseButton label="second" />')
+    })
+
+    it('returns source unchanged when the component is absent', () => {
+      const code = '<OtherComponent label="keep" />'
+      expect(updateComponentCode('BaseButton', code, { label: 'new' })).toBe(code)
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/vue/package.json b/packages/vue/package.json
index fff67d17..6143d43f 100644
--- a/packages/vue/package.json
+++ b/packages/vue/package.json
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@compodium/core": "workspace:^",
     "@compodium/examples": "workspace:^",
+    "@vue/compiler-dom": "^3.5.39",
     "@vue/devtools-kit": "^8.1.5",
     "consola": "^3.4.2",
     "defu": "^6.1.7",
     "mlly": "^1.8.2",
+    "oxc-parser": "^0.139.0",
     "pathe": "^2.0.3",
     "ufo": "^1.6.4",
     "unplugin": "^3.3.0"
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/plugins/renderer.ts b/packages/vue/src/plugins/renderer.ts
index 64be675e..fd252088 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/plugins/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/plugins/renderer.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,173 @@
 import type { VitePlugin } from 'unplugin'
 import type { PluginOptions } from '@compodium/core'
+import { NodeTypes, parse as parseHtml, type ElementNode, type RootNode, type TemplateChildNode } from '@vue/compiler-dom'
+import { parse as parseAst, type CallExpression, type Node } from 'oxc-parser'
 import { readFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { joinURL } from 'ufo'
 import { resolvePathSync } from 'mlly'
 
+interface TextEdit {
+  start: number
+  end: number
+  content: string
+}
+
+function applyTextEdits(source: string, edits: TextEdit[]) {
+  return edits
+    .toSorted((a, b) => b.start - a.start || b.end - a.end)
+    .reduce((result, edit) => `${result.slice(0, edit.start)}${edit.content}${result.slice(edit.end)}`, source)
+}
+
+function visitElements(root: RootNode | ElementNode, visit: (node: ElementNode) => boolean | undefined): ElementNode | undefined {
+  for (const child of root.children as TemplateChildNode[]) {
+    if (child.type !== NodeTypes.ELEMENT) continue
+    if (visit(child)) return child
+    const match = visitElements(child, visit)
+    if (match) return match
+  }
+}
+
+function findElement(root: RootNode, predicate: (node: ElementNode) => boolean) {
+  return visitElements(root, node => predicate(node))
+}
+
+function getAttribute(node: ElementNode, name: string) {
+  const attribute = node.props.find(prop => prop.type === NodeTypes.ATTRIBUTE && prop.name.toLowerCase() === name)
+  return attribute?.type === NodeTypes.ATTRIBUTE ? attribute.value?.content : undefined
+}
+
+function walkAst(value: unknown, visit: (node: Node) => void) {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') return
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    for (const child of value) walkAst(child, visit)
+    return
+  }
+
+  const record = value as Record<string, unknown>
+  if (typeof record.type === 'string' && typeof record.start === 'number' && typeof record.end === 'number') {
+    visit(value as Node)
+  }
+
+  for (const child of Object.values(record)) walkAst(child, visit)
+}
+
+function replaceCallArguments(source: string, call: CallExpression, content: string): TextEdit {
+  const openingParen = source.indexOf('(', call.callee.end)
+  const closingParen = source.lastIndexOf(')', call.end - 1)
+  if (openingParen === -1 || closingParen < openingParen || closingParen >= call.end) {
+    throw new Error('[Compodium] Failed to locate call arguments')
+  }
+  return { start: openingParen + 1, end: closingParen, content }
+}
+
+function editsOverlap(first: TextEdit, second: TextEdit) {
+  return first.start < second.end && second.start < first.end
+}
+
 export function inferMainPath(indexContent: string) {
-  // Find all script tags
-  const scriptTags = indexContent.match(/<script[^>]*>/gi) || []
-  for (const tag of scriptTags) {
-    // Extract src attribute
-    const srcMatch = tag.match(/src=["']([^"']+)["']/i)
-    if (srcMatch && srcMatch[1]) {
-      const path = srcMatch[1].replace(/^\//, './')
-      if (path.startsWith('http://') || path.startsWith('https://')) continue
-      return path
+  const document = parseHtml(indexContent)
+  let mainPath: string | undefined
+
+  visitElements(document, (node) => {
+    if (node.tag.toLowerCase() !== 'script') return
+    const src = getAttribute(node, 'src')
+    if (!src || src.startsWith('http://') || src.startsWith('https://')) return
+    mainPath = src.startsWith('/') ? `.${src}` : src
+    return true
+  })
+
+  return mainPath
+}
+
+export function renderRendererIndex(indexContent: string, baseUrl: string) {
+  const document = parseHtml(indexContent)
+  const body = findElement(document, node => node.tag.toLowerCase() === 'body')
+  if (!body) throw new Error('[Compodium] Could not find <body> in index.html')
+
+  return applyTextEdits(indexContent, [{
+    start: body.loc.start.offset,
+    end: body.loc.end.offset,
+    content: `<body>
+              <div id="compodium"></div>
+              <script type="module" src="${joinURL(baseUrl, '/@compodium/renderer.ts')}"></script>
+            </body>`
+  }])
+}
+
+export async function transformMainModule(filename: string, source: string) {
+  const parsed = await parseAst(filename, source)
+  const [parseError] = parsed.errors
+  if (parseError) {
+    throw new Error(`[Compodium] Failed to parse Vue entrypoint ${filename}: ${parseError.message}`)
+  }
+
+  const createAppNames = new Set(['createApp'])
+  const edits: TextEdit[] = []
+
+  for (const statement of parsed.program.body) {
+    if (statement.type === 'ImportDeclaration' && statement.source.value === 'vue') {
+      for (const specifier of statement.specifiers) {
+        if (specifier.type === 'ImportSpecifier' && specifier.imported.type === 'Identifier' && specifier.imported.name === 'createApp') {
+          createAppNames.add(specifier.local.name)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if ((statement.type === 'ImportDeclaration' || statement.type === 'ExportAllDeclaration' || statement.type === 'ExportNamedDeclaration')
+      && statement.source?.value?.startsWith('.')) {
+      edits.push({
+        start: statement.source.start,
+        end: statement.source.end,
+        content: JSON.stringify(resolve(dirname(filename), statement.source.value))
+      })
     }
   }
+
+  let createAppCall: CallExpression | undefined
+  const mountCalls: CallExpression[] = []
+  walkAst(parsed.program, (node) => {
+    if (node.type !== 'CallExpression') return
+    if (!createAppCall && node.callee.type === 'Identifier' && createAppNames.has(node.callee.name)) {
+      createAppCall = node
+    }
+    if (node.callee.type === 'MemberExpression'
+      && !node.callee.computed
+      && node.callee.property.type === 'Identifier'
+      && node.callee.property.name === 'mount') {
+      mountCalls.push(node)
+    }
+  })
+
+  const createAppEdit = createAppCall ? replaceCallArguments(source, createAppCall, 'CompodiumRoot') : undefined
+  if (createAppEdit) edits.push(createAppEdit)
+
+  let appName: string | undefined
+  if (createAppCall) {
+    const createAppStart = createAppCall.start
+    const createAppEnd = createAppCall.end
+    for (const statement of parsed.program.body) {
+      if (statement.type !== 'VariableDeclaration') continue
+      const declaration = statement.declarations.find(item => item.init?.start === createAppStart && item.init?.end === createAppEnd)
+      if (declaration?.id.type === 'Identifier') appName = declaration.id.name
+    }
+  }
+
+  const mountCall = mountCalls.find(call => appName
+    && call.callee.type === 'MemberExpression'
+    && call.callee.object.type === 'Identifier'
+    && call.callee.object.name === appName)
+  ?? mountCalls.find(call => createAppCall
+    && call.callee.type === 'MemberExpression'
+    && call.callee.object.start <= createAppCall.start
+    && call.callee.object.end >= createAppCall.end)
+
+  if (mountCall) {
+    const mountEdit = replaceCallArguments(source, mountCall, '"#compodium"')
+    if (!createAppEdit || !editsOverlap(createAppEdit, mountEdit)) edits.push(mountEdit)
+  }
+
+  return applyTextEdits(source, edits)
 }
 
 export function rendererPlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
@@ -41,13 +192,7 @@ export function rendererPlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
     configureServer(server) {
       server.middlewares.use('/__compodium__/renderer', async (_req, res) => {
         try {
-          const rendererIndex = index.replace(
-            /<body[^>]*>[\s\S]*<\/body>/i,
-            `<body>
-              <div id="compodium"></div>
-              <script type="module" src="${joinURL(baseUrl, '/@compodium/renderer.ts')}"></script>
-            </body>`
-          )
+          const rendererIndex = renderRendererIndex(index, baseUrl)
           res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html')
           res.end(rendererIndex)
         } catch {
@@ -61,7 +206,7 @@ export function rendererPlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
         return '\0@compodium/renderer.ts'
       }
     },
-    load(id) {
+    async load(id) {
       if (id === '\0@compodium/renderer.ts') {
         // Read the user's main entrypoint file
         if (!mainPath) {
@@ -72,17 +217,7 @@ export function rendererPlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
           throw new Error(`[Compodium] failed to resolve main file ${mainPath}. Use the mainPath option to specify the path to your Vue script file containing createApp().`)
         }
 
-        const mainDir = dirname(mainPath)
-        const mainContent: string = readFileSync(mainPath, 'utf-8').replace(
-          /createApp\([^)]*\)/,
-          'createApp(CompodiumRoot)'
-        ).replace(
-          /\.mount\([^)]*\)/,
-          '.mount("#compodium")'
-        ).replace(/(from|import)\s+(['"])([./])/g, (_match, keyword, quote, path) => {
-          // Resolve the relative import based on the main directory
-          return `${keyword} ${quote}${resolve(mainDir, path)}/`
-        })
+        const mainContent = await transformMainModule(mainPath, readFileSync(mainPath, 'utf-8'))
 
         const rootVuePath = resolvePathSync('@compodium/core/runtime/root.vue', { extensions: ['.vue'], url: import.meta.url })
         return `import CompodiumRoot from '${rootVuePath}';\n${mainContent}`
diff --git a/packages/vue/test/renderer.spec.ts b/packages/vue/test/renderer.spec.ts
index e34e644e..219f69ba 100644
--- a/packages/vue/test/renderer.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/test/renderer.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import { createViteServer } from './utils'
-import { inferMainPath } from '../src/plugins/renderer'
+import { inferMainPath, renderRendererIndex, transformMainModule } from '../src/plugins/renderer'
 
 describe('renderer', async () => {
   const server = await createViteServer('./fixtures/basic')
@@ -72,4 +72,76 @@ describe('inferMainPath', async () => {
       </html>
   `)).toBe('./src/main.ts')
   })
+
+  it('handles unquoted attributes and greater-than signs in other attributes', () => {
+    expect(inferMainPath(`
+      <html><body data-label="a > b">
+        <script type=module src=/src/main.ts></script>
+      </body></html>
+    `)).toBe('./src/main.ts')
+  })
+
+  it('handles case-insensitive HTML tags and attributes', () => {
+    expect(inferMainPath('<HTML><BODY><SCRIPT SRC=/src/main.ts></SCRIPT></BODY></HTML>')).toBe('./src/main.ts')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('renderRendererIndex', () => {
+  it('replaces the parsed body instead of body-like text in scripts', () => {
+    const result = renderRendererIndex(`<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html><head><script>const fake = '<body>keep</body>'</script></head>
+<body class="app"><div id="app" /></body></html>`, '/base')
+
+    expect(result).toContain(`const fake = '<body>keep</body>'`)
+    expect(result).toContain('<body>\n              <div id="compodium"></div>')
+    expect(result).toContain('src="/base/@compodium/renderer.ts"')
+    expect(result).not.toContain('class="app"')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('transformMainModule', () => {
+  it('rewrites AST-selected calls and static relative module sources', async () => {
+    const source = `import { createApp as makeApp } from 'vue'
+import App from './App.vue'
+import './style.css'
+export { helper } from '../shared.ts'
+const note = '😀 createApp(fake).mount(fake)'
+const app = makeApp(createRoot({ nested: true }))
+app.mount(getTarget('#app'))
+`
+
+    const result = await transformMainModule('/project/src/main.ts', source)
+
+    expect(result).toContain('makeApp(CompodiumRoot)')
+    expect(result).toContain('app.mount("#compodium")')
+    expect(result).toContain('from "/project/src/App.vue"')
+    expect(result).toContain('import "/project/src/style.css"')
+    expect(result).toContain('from "/project/shared.ts"')
+    expect(result).toContain(`'😀 createApp(fake).mount(fake)'`)
+  })
+
+  it('supports chained createApp and mount calls without overlapping edits', async () => {
+    const result = await transformMainModule('/project/main.ts', `import { createApp } from 'vue'
+createApp(makeRoot()).mount(resolveTarget())`)
+
+    expect(result).toContain('createApp(CompodiumRoot).mount("#compodium")')
+  })
+
+  it('does not apply an overlapping edit to a mount call inside createApp arguments', async () => {
+    const result = await transformMainModule('/project/main.ts', `import { createApp } from 'vue'
+createApp(foo.mount(getTarget()))`)
+
+    expect(result).toContain('createApp(CompodiumRoot)')
+    expect(result).not.toContain('))')
+  })
+
+  it('does not rewrite unrelated mount calls', async () => {
+    const result = await transformMainModule('/project/main.ts', `import { createApp } from 'vue'
+other.mount('#other')
+const root = createApp(App)
+root.mount('#app')`)
+
+    expect(result).toContain(`other.mount('#other')`)
+    expect(result).toContain('root.mount("#compodium")')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 5ad3ff3b..e2fbb5f9 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ importers:
       '@nuxt/ui':
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 4.9.0(e78c506334925a3ee357dadc00409e75)
+      '@vue/compiler-dom':
+        specifier: ^3.5.39
+        version: 3.5.39
       '@vueuse/core':
         specifier: ^14.3.0
         version: 14.3.0(vue@3.5.39(typescript@6.0.3))
@@ -302,6 +305,9 @@ importers:
       '@compodium/examples':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../examples
+      '@vue/compiler-dom':
+        specifier: ^3.5.39
+        version: 3.5.39
       '@vue/devtools-kit':
         specifier: ^8.1.5
         version: 8.1.5
@@ -314,6 +320,9 @@ importers:
       mlly:
         specifier: ^1.8.2
         version: 1.8.2
+      oxc-parser:
+        specifier: ^0.139.0
+        version: 0.139.0
       pathe:
         specifier: ^2.0.3
         version: 2.0.3