diff --git a/commands/edge_node.ts b/commands/edge_node.ts
index 3ecd144..9150b52 100644
--- a/commands/edge_node.ts
+++ b/commands/edge_node.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { BaseCommand, flags } from '@adonisjs/core/ace'
 import type { CommandOptions } from '@adonisjs/core/types/ace'
 import { setTimeout as sleep } from 'node:timers/promises'
+import { spawn, type ChildProcess } from 'node:child_process'
+import { availableParallelism } from 'node:os'
 import { promisify } from 'node:util'
 import { gzipSync, unzip } from 'node:zlib'
 import { RangeIndexer, decodeFrames, isKeepalive, toWire, type EdgeBatch, type Lease } from '#lib/edge/index'
@@ -29,12 +31,18 @@ export default class EdgeNode extends BaseCommand {
   @flags.number({ description: 'Stop after this many ranges (default: keep going)' })
   declare ranges?: number
 
+  @flags.number({ description: 'Worker processes (one core each; default: EDGE_PROCESSES or 1, 0 = one per core)' })
+  declare processes?: number
+
   private stopping = false
 
   async run() {
     const url = process.env.COORDINATOR_URL
     const token = process.env.NODE_TOKEN
     if (!url || !token) throw new Error('COORDINATOR_URL and NODE_TOKEN are needed')
+    const requested = this.processes ?? Number(process.env.EDGE_PROCESSES ?? 1)
+    const processes = requested === 0 ? availableParallelism() : requested
+    if (processes > 1 && !process.env.EDGE_CHILD) return this.supervise(processes)
     let stopped: () => void
     const done = new Promise<void>((resolve) => (stopped = resolve))
     this.app.terminating(async () => {
@@ -65,6 +73,41 @@ export default class EdgeNode extends BaseCommand {
     await this.terminate()
   }
 
+  /**
+   * One worker per process (a worker is single-threaded): starts `count`
+   * children, restarts one that exits unexpectedly, and passes SIGTERM on
+   * (each gives its range back).
+   */
+  private async supervise(count: number) {
+    this.logger.info(`Starting ${count} worker processes.`)
+    const children = new Set<ChildProcess>()
+    let stopping = false
+    let stopped: () => void
+    const done = new Promise<void>((resolve) => (stopped = resolve))
+    const start = (slot: number) => {
+      const args = [process.argv[1], 'edge:node', `--batch-chunks=${this.batchChunks}`, ...(this.ranges ? [`--ranges=${this.ranges}`] : [])]
+      const child = spawn(process.execPath, [...process.execArgv, ...args], { env: { ...process.env, EDGE_CHILD: String(slot) }, stdio: 'inherit' })
+      children.add(child)
+      child.on('exit', (code) => {
+        children.delete(child)
+        if (stopping || (this.ranges && code === 0)) {
+          if (children.size === 0) stopped()
+          return
+        }
+        this.logger.warning(`Worker ${slot} exited (${code}); starting it again in 10 s.`)
+        setTimeout(() => !stopping && start(slot), 10_000)
+      })
+    }
+    for (let slot = 1; slot <= count; slot++) start(slot)
+    this.app.terminating(async () => {
+      stopping = true
+      for (const child of children) child.kill('SIGTERM')
+      await done
+    })
+    await done
+    await this.terminate()
+  }
+
   private async runRange(api: Api, lease: Lease) {
     const { range, rules } = lease
     const started = Date.now()