diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9225d0c..50d07315 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ GOOS ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
 GOARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 GOPROXY ?= $(shell go env GOPROXY)
 TARGET_NAME ?= kubeadmiral-controller-manager
+DEBUG_TARGET_NAME ?= $(TARGET_NAME)_debug
 
 # image information
 REGISTRY ?= ghcr.io/kubewharf
@@ -33,20 +34,38 @@ all: build
 build:
 	BUILD_FLAGS="$(BUILD_FLAGS)" TARGET_NAME="$(TARGET_NAME)" GOPROXY="$(GOPROXY)" bash hack/make-rules/build.sh
 
+# Debug build
+.PHONY: build-debug
+build-debug: BUILD_FLAGS+=-race
+build-debug: TARGET_NAME:=$(DEBUG_TARGET_NAME)
+build-debug: build
+
 # Start a local kubeadmiral cluster for developers.
 #
 # It will directly start the kubeadmiral control-plane cluster(excluding the kubeadmiral-controller-manager) and three member-clusters.
-# Users can run the kubeadmiral-controller-manager component through binary for easy debugging, e.g.:
-# ./output/bin/darwin/amd64/kubeadmiral-controller-manager_debug \
-#    --klog-logtostderr=false \
-#    --klog-log-file "./kubeadmiral.log" \
-#    --kubeconfig "$HOME/.kube/kubeadmiral/kubeadmiral-host.yaml" \
-#    2>/dev/null
+# Users can run the kubeadmiral-controller-manager component through binary for easy debugging using make dev-run.
 .PHONY: dev-up
 dev-up:
-	make clean-local-cluster
 	bash hack/make-rules/dev-up.sh
-	make debug
+	make build-debug
+
+# Clean up the clusters created by dev-up.
+.PHONY: dev-clean
+dev-clean:
+	bash hack/make-rules/dev-clean.sh
+
+# Run the kubeadmiral-controller-manager component with sane defaults for development.
+.PHONY: dev-run
+dev-run:
+	./output/bin/$(GOOS)/$(GOARCH)/$(DEBUG_TARGET_NAME) \
+		--enable-leader-elect=false \
+		--worker-count=5 \
+		--kubeconfig=${HOME}/.kube/kubeadmiral/kubeadmiral-host.yaml \
+		--klog-v=4 \
+		--klog-add-dir-header=true \
+		--klog-logtostderr=false \
+		--klog-log-file=/dev/stdout \
+		--cluster-join-timeout=15s 2>&1
 
 # Local up the KubeAdmiral.
 #
@@ -63,12 +82,6 @@ local-up:
 	make clean-local-cluster
 	REGION="$(REGION)" NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS="$(NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS)" bash hack/make-rules/local-up.sh
 
-# Debug build
-.PHONY: debug
-debug: BUILD_FLAGS+=-race
-debug: TARGET_NAME:=$(TARGET_NAME)_debug
-debug: build
-
 # Build binaries and docker images.
 # The supported OS is linux, and user can specify the arch type (only amd64,arm64,arm are supported)
 #
diff --git a/hack/lib/dev-up.sh b/hack/lib/dev-up.sh
index f0d19fdd..6b6e123e 100644
--- a/hack/lib/dev-up.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/dev-up.sh
@@ -155,3 +155,27 @@ EOF
     exit 1
   fi
 }
+
+function dev-up::clean() {
+  local HOST_CLUSTER_NAME=${1}
+  local MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME=${2}
+  local NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS=${3}
+  local CLUSTER_PROVIDER=${4}
+
+  if [[ "${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS}" -gt "0" ]]; then
+    if [[ $CLUSTER_PROVIDER == "kind" ]]; then
+      kind delete cluster --name="${HOST_CLUSTER_NAME}"
+      for i in $(seq 1 "${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS}"); do
+        kind delete cluster --name="${MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME}-${i}"
+      done
+    elif [[ $CLUSTER_PROVIDER == "kwok" ]]; then
+      kwokctl delete cluster --name="${HOST_CLUSTER_NAME}" || true
+      for i in $(seq 1 "${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS}"); do
+        kwokctl delete cluster --name="$MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME-${i}" || true
+      done
+    else
+      echo "Invalid provider, only kwok or kind allowed"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/dev-clean.sh b/hack/make-rules/dev-clean.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..65f7ea43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/make-rules/dev-clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2023 The KubeAdmiral Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../..
+source "${REPO_ROOT}"/hack/lib/dev-up.sh
+
+HOST_CLUSTER_NAME=${HOST_CLUSTER_NAME:-"kubeadmiral-host"}
+MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME=${MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME:-"kubeadmiral-member"}
+NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS=${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS:-"3"}
+CLUSTER_PROVIDER=${CLUSTER_PROVIDER:-"kwok"}
+
+dev-up::clean "${HOST_CLUSTER_NAME}" "${MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME}" "${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS}" "${CLUSTER_PROVIDER}"
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/dev-up.sh b/hack/make-rules/dev-up.sh
index 101d2512..65d9d54e 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/dev-up.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/dev-up.sh
@@ -27,26 +27,9 @@ MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME=${MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME:-"kubeadmiral-member"}
 MANIFEST_DIR=${MANIFEST_DIR:-"${REPO_ROOT}/config/crds"}
 CONFIG_DIR=${CONFIG_DIR:-"${REPO_ROOT}/config/sample/host"}
 NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS=${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS:-"3"}
-CLUSTER_PROVIDER=${CLUSTER_PROVIDER:-"kind"}
+CLUSTER_PROVIDER=${CLUSTER_PROVIDER:-"kwok"}
 KUBE_VERSION=${KUBE_VERSION:="v1.20.15"}
 
-if [[ "${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS}" -gt "0" ]]; then
-  if [[ $CLUSTER_PROVIDER == "kind" ]]; then
-    kind delete cluster --name=${HOST_CLUSTER_NAME}
-    for i in $(seq 1 "${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS}"); do
-      kind delete cluster --name="${MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME}-${i}"
-    done
-  elif [[ $CLUSTER_PROVIDER == "kwok" ]]; then
-    kwokctl delete cluster --name=${HOST_CLUSTER_NAME} || true
-    for i in $(seq 1 "${NUM_MEMBER_CLUSTERS}"); do
-        kwokctl delete cluster --name="$MEMBER_CLUSTER_NAME-${i}" || true
-    done
-  else
-    echo "Invalid provider, only kwok or kind allowed"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "${KUBECONFIG_DIR}")"
 
 # start host cluster