diff --git a/.changeset/tidy-paths-resolve.md b/.changeset/tidy-paths-resolve.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..693bb8647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tidy-paths-resolve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@solidjs/start": patch
+---
+
+Scope the built-in `~` alias to the app package, so files in other workspace packages can map `~` to their own root through an importer-aware plugin such as `vite-tsconfig-paths`. In stylesheets and asset URLs (CSS `@import`, `url()`, `new URL(..., import.meta.url)`) `~` still always means the app root, since Vite resolves those without running plugins.
diff --git a/packages/start/src/config/app-root-alias.spec.ts b/packages/start/src/config/app-root-alias.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8680adf0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/start/src/config/app-root-alias.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, realpathSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { build, createServer, type Plugin, type ViteDevServer } from "vite";
+import { afterEach, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { appRootAlias } from "./app-root-alias.ts";
+
+const roots: string[] = [];
+const servers: ViteDevServer[] = [];
+
+/** An app package with a `src` app root, plus a nested `lib` workspace package. */
+function createProject() {
+  const root = realpathSync.native(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "solid-start-app-root-alias-")));
+  roots.push(root);
+
+  mkdirSync(join(root, "src"));
+  mkdirSync(join(root, "lib/src"), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "package.json"), "{}");
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "lib/package.json"), "{}");
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "src/demo.ts"), 'export default "app";');
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "lib/src/demo.ts"), 'export default "package";');
+
+  return root;
+}
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(servers.splice(0).map(server => server.close()));
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) rmSync(root, { recursive: true });
+});
+
+it("resolves ~ for the app package, leaving other packages to importer-aware plugins", async () => {
+  const root = createProject();
+  const packageRoot = join(root, "lib");
+  // Stands in for vite-tsconfig-paths: maps `~` to the importing package's root.
+  const packagePaths: Plugin = {
+    name: "test:package-paths",
+    enforce: "pre",
+    resolveId(id, importer, options) {
+      if (id !== "~/demo" || !importer?.startsWith(packageRoot)) return null;
+      return this.resolve(join(packageRoot, "src/demo"), importer, { ...options, skipSelf: true });
+    },
+  };
+  const server = await createServer({
+    configFile: false,
+    logLevel: "silent",
+    root,
+    server: { middlewareMode: true },
+    plugins: [appRootAlias(root, "./src"), packagePaths],
+  });
+  servers.push(server);
+
+  await expect(
+    server.pluginContainer.resolveId("~/demo", join(root, "src/app.tsx")),
+  ).resolves.toMatchObject({ id: join(root, "src/demo.ts") });
+  await expect(
+    server.pluginContainer.resolveId("~/demo", join(root, "lib/src/index.ts")),
+  ).resolves.toMatchObject({ id: join(root, "lib/src/demo.ts") });
+});
+
+it("resolves ~ in stylesheets, which are resolved without user plugins", async () => {
+  const root = createProject();
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "src/theme.css"), "body { color: red; }");
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "src/app.css"), '@import "~/theme.css";');
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "src/main.js"), 'import "./app.css";');
+
+  const result = (await build({
+    configFile: false,
+    logLevel: "silent",
+    root,
+    plugins: [appRootAlias(root, "./src")],
+    build: { write: false, rollupOptions: { input: join(root, "src/main.js") } },
+  })) as { output: { fileName: string; source?: unknown }[] };
+
+  const css = result.output.find(chunk => chunk.fileName.endsWith(".css"));
+  expect(String(css?.source)).toContain("color:red");
+});
diff --git a/packages/start/src/config/app-root-alias.ts b/packages/start/src/config/app-root-alias.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3fca0801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/start/src/config/app-root-alias.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, isAbsolute, join, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { normalizePath, type Plugin } from "vite";
+
+/**
+ * `~/app.css`, `~/logo.svg`, ... but not `~/lib/api.ts` or `~/components/Counter`.
+ *
+ * CSS `@import`, `url()`, preprocessor imports and `new URL(..., import.meta.url)`
+ * are resolved by internal Vite resolvers that only run the alias plugin, never
+ * user plugins, so those ids can never reach `resolveId` below. Keeping non-module
+ * ids on a plain alias preserves `~` in stylesheets and asset URLs, where it always
+ * means the app root.
+ */
+const NON_MODULE_ID = /^~\/([^?#]*\.(?![cm]?[jt]sx?(?:[?#]|$))[^./?#]+(?:[?#].*)?)$/;
+
+/**
+ * Provides SolidStart's `~` app-root alias without claiming module imports made
+ * by other workspace packages. Those packages may map `~` to their own root
+ * through an importer-aware resolver such as vite-tsconfig-paths.
+ */
+export function appRootAlias(projectRoot: string, appRoot: string): Plugin {
+  const appDir = normalizePath(resolve(projectRoot, appRoot));
+  const packageRoots = new Map<string, string | undefined>();
+
+  /** Nearest directory at or above `directory` that holds a `package.json`. */
+  function packageRoot(directory: string): string | undefined {
+    if (!packageRoots.has(directory)) {
+      const parent = dirname(directory);
+      packageRoots.set(
+        directory,
+        existsSync(join(directory, "package.json"))
+          ? directory
+          : parent === directory
+            ? undefined
+            : packageRoot(parent),
+      );
+    }
+    return packageRoots.get(directory);
+  }
+
+  const appPackage = packageRoot(appDir);
+
+  /** True only when the importer demonstrably belongs to another package. */
+  function isForeignImporter(importer: string) {
+    const file = normalizePath(importer.replace(/[?#].*$/s, ""));
+    if (!isAbsolute(file)) return false;
+    const owner = packageRoot(dirname(file));
+    return owner !== undefined && owner !== appPackage;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    name: "solid-start:app-root-alias",
+    enforce: "pre",
+    config() {
+      return { resolve: { alias: [{ find: NON_MODULE_ID, replacement: `${appDir}/$1` }] } };
+    },
+    async resolveId(id, importer, options) {
+      if (id !== "~" && !id.startsWith("~/")) return null;
+      if (importer && isForeignImporter(importer)) return null;
+
+      const target = join(appDir, id.slice(1));
+      return (await this.resolve(target, importer, { ...options, skipSelf: true })) ?? target;
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/start/src/config/index.ts b/packages/start/src/config/index.ts
index de2b20503..cf22a13d2 100644
--- a/packages/start/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/start/src/config/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { basename, extname, isAbsolute, join } from "node:path";
 import type { PluginOption } from "vite";
 import solid, { type Options as SolidOptions } from "vite-plugin-solid";
 import { type ServerFunctionsOptions, serverFunctionsPlugin } from "../directives/index.ts";
+import { appRootAlias } from "./app-root-alias.ts";
 import { boundaryModules } from "./boundary-modules.ts";
 import { DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS, VIRTUAL_MODULES, VITE_ENVIRONMENTS } from "./constants.ts";
 import { devServer } from "./dev-server.ts";
@@ -262,7 +263,6 @@ export function solidStart(options?: SolidStartOptions): Array<PluginOption> {
           resolve: {
             alias: {
               "@solidjs/start/server/entry": handlers.server,
-              "~": join(process.cwd(), start.appRoot),
               ...(!start.ssr
                 ? {
                     "@solidjs/start/server": "@solidjs/start/server/spa",
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ export function solidStart(options?: SolidStartOptions): Array<PluginOption> {
         };
       },
     },
+    appRootAlias(root, start.appRoot),
     manifest(start),
     fsRoutes({
       routers: {