diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index cd92a58cd70b..018a2f1c078c 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@
           }
         ]
       }
+    },
+    {
+      // these files define vitest as peer dependency
+      "files": "packages/{coverage-*,ui,browser}/**/*.*",
+      "rules": {
+        "no-restricted-imports": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "paths": ["path"]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/docs/config/index.md b/docs/config/index.md
index 2ddc87a9e988..37ba61e626e6 100644
--- a/docs/config/index.md
+++ b/docs/config/index.md
@@ -776,6 +776,8 @@ The reporter has three different types:
   }
   ```
 
+Since Vitest 0.31.0, you can check your coverage report in Vitest UI: check [Vitest UI Coverage](/guide/coverage#vitest-ui) for more details.
+
 #### coverage.skipFull
 
 - **Type:** `boolean`
diff --git a/docs/guide/coverage.md b/docs/guide/coverage.md
index 493b22c3e091..14e5ea3ebc63 100644
--- a/docs/guide/coverage.md
+++ b/docs/guide/coverage.md
@@ -164,3 +164,15 @@ if (condition) {
 ## Other Options
 
 To see all configurable options for coverage, see the [coverage Config Reference](https://vitest.dev/config/#coverage).
+
+## Vitest UI
+
+Since Vitest 0.31.0, you can check your coverage report in [Vitest UI](./ui).
+
+If you have configured coverage reporters, don't forget to add `html` reporter to the list, Vitest UI will only enable html coverage report if it is present.
+
+<img alt="html coverage activation in Vitest UI" img-light src="/vitest-ui-show-coverage-light.png">
+<img alt="html coverage activation in Vitest UI" img-dark src="/vitest-ui-show-coverage-dark.png">
+
+<img alt="html coverage in Vitest UI" img-light src="/vitest-ui-coverage-light.png">
+<img alt="html coverage in Vitest UI" img-dark src="/vitest-ui-coverage-dark.png">
diff --git a/docs/guide/ui.md b/docs/guide/ui.md
index 4f6f146ba77e..3371430c1538 100644
--- a/docs/guide/ui.md
+++ b/docs/guide/ui.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export default {
 }
 ```
 
+Since Vitest 0.31.0, you can check your coverage report in Vitest UI: check [Vitest UI Coverage](/guide/coverage#vitest-ui) for more details.
+
 ::: warning
 If you still want to see how your tests are running in real time in the terminal, don't forget to add `default` reporter to `reporters` option: `['default', 'html']`.
 :::
diff --git a/docs/public/vitest-ui-coverage-dark.png b/docs/public/vitest-ui-coverage-dark.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bdfd3ac0e51b
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diff --git a/docs/public/vitest-ui-coverage-light.png b/docs/public/vitest-ui-coverage-light.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f78be630177
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diff --git a/docs/public/vitest-ui-show-coverage-dark.png b/docs/public/vitest-ui-show-coverage-dark.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdb7acc5ec02
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/public/vitest-ui-show-coverage-dark.png differ
diff --git a/docs/public/vitest-ui-show-coverage-light.png b/docs/public/vitest-ui-show-coverage-light.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4ef044333ed
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diff --git a/packages/browser/src/client/main.ts b/packages/browser/src/client/main.ts
index 25c91f157f5a..9dac5f0c3aa7 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/client/main.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/client/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { createClient } from '@vitest/ws-client'
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports
 import type { ResolvedConfig } from 'vitest'
 import type { CancelReason, VitestRunner } from '@vitest/runner'
 import { createBrowserRunner } from './runner'
diff --git a/packages/coverage-c8/src/provider.ts b/packages/coverage-c8/src/provider.ts
index 55d7c4a0dbfe..28e922c95747 100644
--- a/packages/coverage-c8/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/coverage-c8/src/provider.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { provider } from 'std-env'
 import type { EncodedSourceMap } from 'vite-node'
 import { coverageConfigDefaults } from 'vitest/config'
 import { BaseCoverageProvider } from 'vitest/coverage'
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports
 import type { AfterSuiteRunMeta, CoverageC8Options, CoverageProvider, ReportContext, ResolvedCoverageOptions } from 'vitest'
 import type { Vitest } from 'vitest/node'
 import type { Report } from 'c8'
diff --git a/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts b/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
index c932c01aaa4d..e10f0ca91a11 100644
--- a/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-restricted-imports */
 import { existsSync, promises as fs } from 'node:fs'
 import { relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import type { TransformPluginContext } from 'rollup'
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/components.d.ts b/packages/ui/client/components.d.ts
index 503d2d527825..e6aac78b46e0 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/client/components.d.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ declare module '@vue/runtime-core' {
   export interface GlobalComponents {
     CodeMirror: typeof import('./components/CodeMirror.vue')['default']
     ConnectionOverlay: typeof import('./components/ConnectionOverlay.vue')['default']
+    Coverage: typeof import('./components/Coverage.vue')['default']
     Dashboard: typeof import('./components/Dashboard.vue')['default']
     DashboardEntry: typeof import('./components/dashboard/DashboardEntry.vue')['default']
     DetailsPanel: typeof import('./components/DetailsPanel.vue')['default']
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/components/Coverage.vue b/packages/ui/client/components/Coverage.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ddad3d5a0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/client/components/Coverage.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+defineProps<{
+  src: string
+}>()
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div h="full" flex="~ col">
+    <div
+      p="3"
+      h-10
+      flex="~ gap-2"
+      items-center
+      bg-header
+      border="b base"
+    >
+      <div class="i-carbon:folder-details-reference" />
+      <span
+        pl-1
+        font-bold
+        text-sm
+        flex-auto
+        ws-nowrap
+        overflow-hidden
+        truncate
+      >Coverage</span>
+    </div>
+    <div flex-auto py-1 bg-white>
+      <iframe id="vitest-ui-coverage" :src="src" />
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<style>
+#vitest-ui-coverage {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: calc(100vh - 42px);
+  border: none;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/components/Navigation.vue b/packages/ui/client/components/Navigation.vue
index 84984d99d0a0..af8f19edc9f0 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/components/Navigation.vue
+++ b/packages/ui/client/components/Navigation.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { hasFailedSnapshot } from '@vitest/ws-client'
-import { currentModule, dashboardVisible, showDashboard } from '../composables/navigation'
+import { Tooltip as VueTooltip } from 'floating-vue'
+import {
+  coverageConfigured,
+  coverageEnabled,
+  coverageVisible,
+  currentModule,
+  dashboardVisible,
+  disableCoverage,
+  showCoverage,
+  showDashboard,
+} from '../composables/navigation'
 import { client, findById } from '../composables/client'
-import type { Task } from '#types'
+import type { File, Task } from '#types'
 import { isDark, toggleDark } from '~/composables'
 import { files, isReport, runAll } from '~/composables/client'
 import { activeFileId } from '~/composables/params'
@@ -18,39 +28,77 @@ function onItemClick(task: Task) {
   showDashboard(false)
 }
 const toggleMode = computed(() => isDark.value ? 'light' : 'dark')
+async function onRunAll(files?: File[]) {
+  if (coverageEnabled.value) {
+    disableCoverage.value = true
+    await nextTick()
+    if (coverageEnabled.value) {
+      showDashboard(true)
+      await nextTick()
+    }
+  }
+  await runAll(files)
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <TasksList border="r base" :tasks="files" :on-item-click="onItemClick" :group-by-type="true" @run="runAll">
+  <TasksList border="r base" :tasks="files" :on-item-click="onItemClick" :group-by-type="true" @run="onRunAll">
     <template #header="{ filteredTests }">
       <img w-6 h-6 src="/favicon.svg" alt="Vitest logo">
       <span font-light text-sm flex-1>Vitest</span>
       <div class="flex text-lg">
         <IconButton
-          v-show="!dashboardVisible"
+          v-show="(coverageConfigured && !coverageEnabled) || !dashboardVisible"
           v-tooltip.bottom="'Dashboard'"
           title="Show dashboard"
           class="!animate-100ms"
           animate-count-1
-          icon="i-carbon-dashboard"
+          icon="i-carbon:dashboard"
           @click="showDashboard(true)"
         />
+        <VueTooltip
+          v-if="coverageConfigured && !coverageEnabled"
+          title="Coverage enabled but missing html reporter"
+          class="w-1.4em h-1.4em op100 rounded flex color-red5 dark:color-#f43f5e cursor-help"
+        >
+          <div class="i-carbon:folder-off ma" />
+          <template #popper>
+            <div class="op100 gap-1 p-y-1" grid="~ items-center cols-[1.5em_1fr]">
+              <div class="i-carbon:information-square w-1.5em h-1.5em" />
+              <div>Coverage enabled but missing html reporter.</div>
+              <div style="grid-column: 2">
+                Add html reporter to your configuration to see coverage here.
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </template>
+        </VueTooltip>
+        <IconButton
+          v-if="coverageEnabled"
+          v-show="!coverageVisible"
+          v-tooltip.bottom="'Coverage'"
+          :disabled="disableCoverage"
+          title="Show coverage"
+          class="!animate-100ms"
+          animate-count-1
+          icon="i-carbon:folder-details-reference"
+          @click="showCoverage()"
+        />
         <IconButton
           v-if="(failedSnapshot && !isReport)"
           v-tooltip.bottom="'Update all failed snapshot(s)'"
-          icon="i-carbon-result-old"
+          icon="i-carbon:result-old"
           @click="updateSnapshot()"
         />
         <IconButton
           v-if="!isReport"
           v-tooltip.bottom="filteredTests ? (filteredTests.length === 0 ? 'No test to run (clear filter)' : 'Rerun filtered') : 'Rerun all'"
           :disabled="filteredTests?.length === 0"
-          icon="i-carbon-play"
+          icon="i-carbon:play"
           @click="runAll(filteredTests)"
         />
         <IconButton
           v-tooltip.bottom="`Toggle to ${toggleMode} mode`"
-          icon="dark:i-carbon-moon i-carbon-sun"
+          icon="dark:i-carbon-moon i-carbon:sun"
           @click="toggleDark()"
         />
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/components/Suites.vue b/packages/ui/client/components/Suites.vue
index 72b47c092d52..492b10d3bb3e 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/components/Suites.vue
+++ b/packages/ui/client/components/Suites.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { hasFailedSnapshot } from '@vitest/ws-client'
+import { coverageEnabled, disableCoverage } from '../composables/navigation'
 import { client, current, isReport, runCurrent } from '~/composables/client'
 
 const name = computed(() => current.value?.name.split(/\//g).pop())
@@ -8,6 +9,13 @@ const failedSnapshot = computed(() => current.value?.tasks && hasFailedSnapshot(
 function updateSnapshot() {
   return current.value && client.rpc.updateSnapshot(current.value)
 }
+async function onRunCurrent() {
+  if (coverageEnabled.value) {
+    disableCoverage.value = true
+    await nextTick()
+  }
+  await runCurrent()
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -27,7 +35,7 @@ function updateSnapshot() {
             v-if="!isReport"
             v-tooltip.bottom="'Rerun file'"
             icon="i-carbon-play"
-            @click="runCurrent()"
+            @click="onRunCurrent()"
           />
         </div>
       </template>
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/composables/navigation.ts b/packages/ui/client/composables/navigation.ts
index 32821dda5d4b..cb6fd3186cfc 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/composables/navigation.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/client/composables/navigation.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,34 @@
-import { client, findById } from './client'
+import { client, config, findById, testRunState } from './client'
 import { activeFileId } from './params'
 import type { File } from '#types'
 
 export const currentModule = ref<File>()
 export const dashboardVisible = ref(true)
+export const coverageVisible = ref(false)
+export const disableCoverage = ref(true)
+export const coverage = computed(() => config.value?.coverage)
+export const coverageConfigured = computed(() => {
+  if (!config.value?.api?.port)
+    return false
 
+  return coverage.value?.enabled
+})
+export const coverageEnabled = computed(() => {
+  return coverageConfigured.value
+    && coverage.value.reporter.map(([reporterName]) => reporterName).includes('html')
+})
+export const coverageUrl = computed(() => {
+  if (coverageEnabled.value) {
+    const url = `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.hostname}:${config.value!.api!.port!}`
+    const idx = coverage.value!.reportsDirectory.lastIndexOf('/')
+    return `${url}/${coverage.value!.reportsDirectory.slice(idx + 1)}/index.html`
+  }
+
+  return undefined
+})
+watch(testRunState, (state) => {
+  disableCoverage.value = state === 'running'
+}, { immediate: true })
 export function initializeNavigation() {
   const file = activeFileId.value
   if (file && file.length > 0) {
@@ -12,6 +36,7 @@ export function initializeNavigation() {
     if (current) {
       currentModule.value = current
       dashboardVisible.value = false
+      coverageVisible.value = false
     }
     else {
       watchOnce(
@@ -19,6 +44,7 @@ export function initializeNavigation() {
         () => {
           currentModule.value = findById(file)
           dashboardVisible.value = false
+          coverageVisible.value = false
         },
       )
     }
@@ -29,8 +55,16 @@ export function initializeNavigation() {
 
 export function showDashboard(show: boolean) {
   dashboardVisible.value = show
+  coverageVisible.value = false
   if (show) {
     currentModule.value = undefined
     activeFileId.value = ''
   }
 }
+
+export function showCoverage() {
+  coverageVisible.value = true
+  dashboardVisible.value = false
+  currentModule.value = undefined
+  activeFileId.value = ''
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/pages/index.vue b/packages/ui/client/pages/index.vue
index 5ee79edf0b4c..f92e9d63dc5b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/pages/index.vue
+++ b/packages/ui/client/pages/index.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 // @ts-expect-error missing types
 import { Pane, Splitpanes } from 'splitpanes'
-import { initializeNavigation } from '../composables/navigation'
+import { coverageUrl, coverageVisible, initializeNavigation } from '../composables/navigation'
 
 const dashboardVisible = initializeNavigation()
 const mainSizes = reactive([33, 67])
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ function resizeMain() {
       <Pane :size="mainSizes[1]">
         <transition>
           <Dashboard v-if="dashboardVisible" key="summary" />
+          <Coverage v-else-if="coverageVisible" key="coverage" :src="coverageUrl" />
           <Splitpanes v-else key="detail" @resized="onModuleResized">
             <Pane :size="detailSizes[0]">
               <Suites />
diff --git a/packages/ui/node/index.ts b/packages/ui/node/index.ts
index 72a83f08dda2..0d1380206fc4 100644
--- a/packages/ui/node/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/node/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
-import { resolve } from 'pathe'
+import { basename, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import sirv from 'sirv'
 import type { Plugin } from 'vite'
+import { coverageConfigDefaults } from 'vitest/config'
+import type { ResolvedConfig, Vitest } from 'vitest'
 
-export default (base = '/__vitest__/') => {
+export default (ctx: Vitest) => {
   return <Plugin>{
     name: 'vitest:ui',
     apply: 'serve',
-    async configureServer(server) {
+    configureServer(server) {
+      const uiOptions: ResolvedConfig = ctx.config
+      const base = uiOptions.uiBase
+      const coverageFolder = resolveCoverageFolder(ctx)
+      const coveragePath = coverageFolder ? `/${basename(coverageFolder)}/` : undefined
+      if (coveragePath && base === coveragePath)
+        throw new Error(`The ui base path and the coverage path cannot be the same: ${base}, change coverage.reportsDirectory`)
+
+      coverageFolder && server.middlewares.use(coveragePath!, sirv(coverageFolder, {
+        single: true,
+        dev: true,
+      }))
       const clientDist = resolve(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../client')
       server.middlewares.use(base, sirv(clientDist, {
         single: true,
@@ -16,3 +29,23 @@ export default (base = '/__vitest__/') => {
     },
   }
 }
+
+function resolveCoverageFolder(ctx: Vitest) {
+  const options: ResolvedConfig = ctx.config
+  const enabled = options.api?.port
+    && options.coverage?.enabled
+    && options.coverage.reporter.some((reporter) => {
+      if (typeof reporter === 'string')
+        return reporter === 'html'
+
+      return reporter.length && reporter.includes('html')
+    })
+
+  // reportsDirectory not resolved yet
+  return enabled
+    ? resolve(
+      ctx.config?.root || options.root || process.cwd(),
+      options.coverage.reportsDirectory || coverageConfigDefaults.reportsDirectory,
+    )
+    : undefined
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui/node/reporter.ts b/packages/ui/node/reporter.ts
index 09f866cbc59b..d014878a7432 100644
--- a/packages/ui/node/reporter.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/node/reporter.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { basename, dirname, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import c from 'picocolors'
 import fg from 'fast-glob'
 import { stringify } from 'flatted'
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports
 import type { File, ModuleGraphData, Reporter, ResolvedConfig, Vitest } from 'vitest'
 import { getModuleGraph } from '../../vitest/src/utils/graph'
 import { getOutputFile } from '../../vitest/src/utils/config-helpers'
diff --git a/packages/ui/package.json b/packages/ui/package.json
index 62e55683c688..e2b9755bff74 100644
--- a/packages/ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
     "test:open": "cypress open --component",
     "prepublishOnly": "pnpm build"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "vitest": ">=0.30.1 <1"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@vitest/utils": "workspace:*",
     "fast-glob": "^3.2.12",
diff --git a/packages/ui/rollup.config.js b/packages/ui/rollup.config.js
index eced671cd754..f7752ab34b5e 100644
--- a/packages/ui/rollup.config.js
+++ b/packages/ui/rollup.config.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ const external = [
   'worker_threads',
   'node:worker_threads',
   'vitest/node',
-  'vitest',
+  'vitest/config',
+  'vite',
 ]
 
 export default () => [
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
index effb776c795e..da177f7bca6f 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export async function VitestPlugin(options: UserConfig = {}, ctx = new Vitest('t
 
   async function UIPlugin() {
     await ensurePackageInstalled('@vitest/ui', getRoot())
-    return (await import('@vitest/ui')).default(options.uiBase)
+    return (await import('@vitest/ui')).default(ctx)
   }
 
   return [
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b34742300b45..db92692198cf 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1036,6 +1036,9 @@ importers:
       sirv:
         specifier: ^2.0.2
         version: 2.0.2
+      vitest:
+        specifier: '>=0.30.1 <1'
+        version: link:../vitest
     devDependencies:
       '@faker-js/faker':
         specifier: ^7.6.0