diff --git a/packages/devkit/src/generators/plugin-migrations/executor-to-plugin-migrator.ts b/packages/devkit/src/generators/plugin-migrations/executor-to-plugin-migrator.ts
index 622d0aea9ffde..cb8f4d96ae72c 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/src/generators/plugin-migrations/executor-to-plugin-migrator.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/src/generators/plugin-migrations/executor-to-plugin-migrator.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   ProjectConfigurationsError,
   mergeTargetConfigurations,
   retrieveProjectConfigurations,
+  globalSpinner,
 } from 'nx/src/devkit-internals';
 import type { RunCommandsOptions } from 'nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl';
 import type { ConfigurationResult } from 'nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils';
@@ -423,6 +424,10 @@ async function migrateProjects<T>(
   logger?: typeof devkitLogger
 ): Promise<Map<string, Record<string, string>>> {
   const projects = new Map<string, Record<string, string>>();
+  const spinner = globalSpinner.start(
+    `Calculating migration scope...`,
+    pluginPath
+  );
 
   for (const migration of migrations) {
     for (const executor of migration.executors) {
@@ -442,9 +447,7 @@ async function migrateProjects<T>(
         },
         logger
       );
-
       const result = await migrator.run();
-
       // invert the result to have a map of projects to their targets
       for (const [target, projectList] of result.entries()) {
         for (const project of projectList) {
@@ -476,8 +479,10 @@ async function migrateProjects<T>(
     createNodes,
     createNodesV2,
     defaultPluginOptions,
-    projectGraph
+    projectGraph,
+    spinner
   );
+  spinner.succeed(`Migrated configuration for ${projects.size} project(s).\n`);
 
   return projects;
 }
@@ -489,7 +494,8 @@ async function addPluginRegistrations<T>(
   createNodes: CreateNodesV2 | undefined,
   createNodesV2: CreateNodesV2 | undefined,
   defaultPluginOptions: T,
-  projectGraph: ProjectGraph
+  projectGraph: ProjectGraph,
+  spinner: typeof globalSpinner
 ) {
   const nxJson = readNxJson(tree);
 
@@ -497,7 +503,12 @@ async function addPluginRegistrations<T>(
   const createNodesResults = new Map<string, ConfigurationResult>();
   global.NX_GRAPH_CREATION = true;
   try {
+    let index = 0;
     for (const [project, options] of projects.entries()) {
+      index++;
+      spinner.updateText(
+        `${index}/${projects.size} - Parsing "${project}" configuration...`
+      );
       const projectConfigs = await getCreateNodesResultsForPlugin(
         tree,
         { plugin: pluginPath, options },
@@ -537,7 +548,12 @@ async function addPluginRegistrations<T>(
     return !deepEqual(originalResults, result);
   };
 
+  let index = 0;
   for (const [project, options] of projects.entries()) {
+    index++;
+    spinner.updateText(
+      `${index}/${projects.size} - Applying "${project}" configuration...`
+    );
     const existingPlugin = nxJson.plugins?.find(
       (plugin): plugin is ExpandedPluginConfiguration =>
         typeof plugin !== 'string' &&
@@ -581,6 +597,7 @@ async function addPluginRegistrations<T>(
       }
     }
   }
+  spinner.updateText(`Migrations done`);
 
   updateNxJson(tree, nxJson);
 }
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
index b2e351bb9be9d..63c4d5eb4c2ba 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   runPluginInitGenerator,
   getFailedToInstallPluginErrorMessages,
 } from '../init/configure-plugins';
-import * as ora from 'ora';
+import { globalSpinner } from '../../utils/spinner';
 
 export function addHandler(options: AddOptions): Promise<number> {
   return handleErrors(options.verbose, async () => {
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ async function installPackage(
   version: string,
   nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const spinner = ora(`Installing ${pkgName}@${version}...`);
-  spinner.start();
+  const spinner = globalSpinner.start(`Installing ${pkgName}@${version}...`);
 
   if (existsSync('package.json')) {
     const pm = detectPackageManager();
@@ -121,8 +120,7 @@ async function initializePlugin(
     updatePackageScripts = true;
   }
 
-  const spinner = ora(`Initializing ${pkgName}...`);
-  spinner.start();
+  const spinner = globalSpinner.start(`Initializing ${pkgName}...`);
 
   try {
     await runPluginInitGenerator(
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/init/configure-plugins.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/init/configure-plugins.ts
index 2fd78e0d5d9ed..21e997312f6ba 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/init/configure-plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/init/configure-plugins.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import * as createSpinner from 'ora';
 import { bold } from 'chalk';
 
 import {
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import { readNxJson } from '../../config/configuration';
 import { nxVersion } from '../../utils/versions';
 import { runNxSync } from '../../utils/child-process';
 import { writeJsonFile } from '../../utils/fileutils';
+import { globalSpinner } from '../../utils/spinner';
 
 export function installPluginPackages(
   repoRoot: string,
@@ -116,15 +116,14 @@ export async function runPluginInitGenerators(
       failedPlugins: {},
     };
   }
-  const spinner = createSpinner();
   let succeededPlugins = [];
   const failedPlugins: {
     [pluginName: string]: Error;
   } = {};
 
   for (const plugin of plugins) {
+    const spinner = globalSpinner.start('Installing plugin ' + plugin);
     try {
-      spinner.start('Installing plugin ' + plugin);
       await runPluginInitGenerator(
         plugin,
         repoRoot,
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/version/resolve-current-version.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/version/resolve-current-version.ts
index 7cc994bb7e7e1..eea3bc82efe7c 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/version/resolve-current-version.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/release/version/resolve-current-version.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import chalk = require('chalk');
-import * as ora from 'ora';
 import { prompt } from 'enquirer';
 import { NxReleaseVersionConfiguration } from '../../../config/nx-json';
 import type { ProjectGraphProjectNode } from '../../../config/project-graph';
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import { getLatestGitTagForPattern } from '../utils/git';
 import { ProjectLogger } from './project-logger';
 import type { FinalConfigForProject } from '../utils/release-graph';
 import { VersionActions } from './version-actions';
+import { globalSpinner } from '../../../utils/spinner';
 
 export async function resolveCurrentVersion(
   tree: Tree,
@@ -152,11 +152,9 @@ export async function resolveCurrentVersionFromRegistry(
 
   let registryTxt = '';
 
-  const spinner = ora(
+  const spinner = globalSpinner.start(
     `Resolving the current version for ${projectGraphNode.name} from the configured registry...`
   );
-  spinner.color = 'cyan';
-  spinner.start();
 
   try {
     const res = await versionActions.readCurrentVersionFromRegistry(
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/sync/sync.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/sync/sync.ts
index 9d6572185951d..eda8d7c33c795 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/sync/sync.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/sync/sync.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import * as ora from 'ora';
 import { readNxJson } from '../../config/nx-json';
 import { createProjectGraphAsync } from '../../project-graph/project-graph';
 import { output } from '../../utils/output';
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../utils/sync-generators';
 import type { SyncArgs } from './command-object';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
+import { globalSpinner } from '../../utils/spinner';
 
 interface SyncOptions extends SyncArgs {
   check?: boolean;
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ export function syncHandler(options: SyncOptions): Promise<number> {
       bodyLines: resultBodyLines,
     });
 
-    const spinner = ora('Syncing the workspace...');
-    spinner.start();
+    const spinner = globalSpinner.start('Syncing the workspace...');
 
     try {
       const flushResult = await flushSyncGeneratorChanges(results);
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/devkit-internals.ts b/packages/nx/src/devkit-internals.ts
index 1c284fae30aaf..a273c107dbc3d 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/devkit-internals.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/devkit-internals.ts
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ export { interpolate } from './tasks-runner/utils';
 export { isCI } from './utils/is-ci';
 export { isUsingPrettierInTree } from './utils/is-using-prettier';
 export { readYamlFile } from './utils/fileutils';
+export { globalSpinner } from './utils/spinner';
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/delayed-spinner.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/delayed-spinner.ts
index 508e6804c1206..f70ed0aec1b25 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/delayed-spinner.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/delayed-spinner.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as ora from 'ora';
 import { isCI } from './is-ci';
+import { globalSpinner, SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS } from './spinner';
 
 export type DelayedSpinnerOptions = {
   delay?: number;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export type DelayedSpinnerOptions = {
  * takes longer than a certain amount of time.
  */
 export class DelayedSpinner {
-  spinner: ora.Ora;
+  spinner: typeof globalSpinner;
   timeouts: NodeJS.Timeout[] = [];
 
   private lastMessage: string;
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export class DelayedSpinner {
         this.lastMessage = message;
         if (!SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS) {
           console.warn(this.lastMessage);
-        } else {
-          this.spinner = ora(this.lastMessage).start();
+        } else if (!globalSpinner.isSpinning()) {
+          this.spinner = globalSpinner.start(this.lastMessage);
         }
       }, delay).unref()
     );
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class DelayedSpinner {
   setMessage(message: string) {
     if (SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS) {
       if (this.spinner) {
-        this.spinner.text = message;
+        this.spinner.updateText(message);
       }
     } else if (this.ready && this.lastMessage && this.lastMessage !== message) {
       console.warn(message);
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ export class DelayedSpinner {
   }
 }
 
-const SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS = process.stdout.isTTY && !isCI();
-
 function normalizeDelayedSpinnerOpts(
   opts: DelayedSpinnerOptions | null | undefined
 ) {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/spinner.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/spinner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..968ed5abed93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/spinner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import * as ora from 'ora';
+import { isCI } from './is-ci';
+
+export const SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS = process.stdout.isTTY && !isCI();
+
+class SpinnerManager {
+  #ora!: ReturnType<typeof ora>;
+  #prefix: string | undefined;
+
+  start(text?: string, prefix?: string): SpinnerManager {
+    if (!SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS) {
+      return this;
+    }
+    if (prefix !== undefined) {
+      this.#prefix = prefix;
+    }
+    if (this.#ora) {
+      this.#ora.text = text;
+      this.#ora.prefixText = this.#prefix;
+    } else {
+      this.#createOra(text);
+    }
+    this.#ora.start();
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  succeed(text?: string) {
+    this.#ora?.succeed(text);
+  }
+
+  stop() {
+    this.#ora?.stop();
+  }
+
+  fail(text?: string) {
+    this.#ora?.fail(text);
+  }
+
+  updateText(text?: string) {
+    if (this.#ora) {
+      this.#ora.text = text;
+    } else if (SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS) {
+      this.#createOra(text);
+    }
+  }
+
+  isSpinning() {
+    return this.#ora?.isSpinning ?? false;
+  }
+
+  #createOra(text?: string) {
+    this.#ora = ora({
+      text: text,
+      prefixText: this.#prefix,
+      hideCursor: false,
+      discardStdin: false,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export const globalSpinner = new SpinnerManager();