diff --git a/sanic/errorpages.py b/sanic/errorpages.py
index c035dce1..a2d02bf0 100644
--- a/sanic/errorpages.py
+++ b/sanic/errorpages.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Setting ``app.config.FALLBACK_ERROR_FORMAT = "auto"`` will enable a switch that
 will attempt to provide an appropriate response format based upon the
 request type.
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys
 import typing as t
@@ -21,8 +22,7 @@ from traceback import extract_tb
 
 from sanic.exceptions import BadRequest, SanicException
 from sanic.helpers import STATUS_CODES
-from sanic.request import Request
-from sanic.response import HTTPResponse, html, json, text
+from sanic.response import html, json, text
 
 
 dumps: t.Callable[..., str]
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:  # noqa
     from json import dumps
 
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from sanic import HTTPResponse, Request
 
 DEFAULT_FORMAT = "auto"
 FALLBACK_TEXT = (
diff --git a/sanic/exceptions.py b/sanic/exceptions.py
index 8baac0a4..64b87ed6 100644
--- a/sanic/exceptions.py
+++ b/sanic/exceptions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from asyncio import CancelledError
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
 
 from sanic.helpers import STATUS_CODES
@@ -269,3 +270,10 @@ class InvalidSignal(SanicException):
 class WebsocketClosed(SanicException):
     quiet = True
     message = "Client has closed the websocket connection"
+
+
+class SanicIsADirectoryError(SanicException):
+    quiet = True
+    location: Path
+    autoindex: bool
+    index_name: str
diff --git a/sanic/handlers/__init__.py b/sanic/handlers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4777a8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/handlers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from .content_range import ContentRangeHandler
+from .directory import DirectoryHandler
+from .error import ErrorHandler
+
+
+__all__ = (
+    "ContentRangeHandler",
+    "DirectoryHandler",
+    "ErrorHandler",
+)
diff --git a/sanic/handlers/content_range.py b/sanic/handlers/content_range.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3a23d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/handlers/content_range.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from sanic.exceptions import (
+    HeaderNotFound,
+    InvalidRangeType,
+    RangeNotSatisfiable,
+)
+
+
+class ContentRangeHandler:
+    """
+    A mechanism to parse and process the incoming request headers to
+    extract the content range information.
+
+    :param request: Incoming api request
+    :param stats: Stats related to the content
+
+    :type request: :class:`sanic.request.Request`
+    :type stats: :class:`posix.stat_result`
+
+    :ivar start: Content Range start
+    :ivar end: Content Range end
+    :ivar size: Length of the content
+    :ivar total: Total size identified by the :class:`posix.stat_result`
+        instance
+    :ivar ContentRangeHandler.headers: Content range header ``dict``
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("start", "end", "size", "total", "headers")
+
+    def __init__(self, request, stats):
+        self.total = stats.st_size
+        _range = request.headers.getone("range", None)
+        if _range is None:
+            raise HeaderNotFound("Range Header Not Found")
+        unit, _, value = tuple(map(str.strip, _range.partition("=")))
+        if unit != "bytes":
+            raise InvalidRangeType(
+                "%s is not a valid Range Type" % (unit,), self
+            )
+        start_b, _, end_b = tuple(map(str.strip, value.partition("-")))
+        try:
+            self.start = int(start_b) if start_b else None
+        except ValueError:
+            raise RangeNotSatisfiable(
+                "'%s' is invalid for Content Range" % (start_b,), self
+            )
+        try:
+            self.end = int(end_b) if end_b else None
+        except ValueError:
+            raise RangeNotSatisfiable(
+                "'%s' is invalid for Content Range" % (end_b,), self
+            )
+        if self.end is None:
+            if self.start is None:
+                raise RangeNotSatisfiable(
+                    "Invalid for Content Range parameters", self
+                )
+            else:
+                # this case represents `Content-Range: bytes 5-`
+                self.end = self.total - 1
+        else:
+            if self.start is None:
+                # this case represents `Content-Range: bytes -5`
+                self.start = self.total - self.end
+                self.end = self.total - 1
+        if self.start >= self.end:
+            raise RangeNotSatisfiable(
+                "Invalid for Content Range parameters", self
+            )
+        self.size = self.end - self.start + 1
+        self.headers = {
+            "Content-Range": "bytes %s-%s/%s"
+            % (self.start, self.end, self.total)
+        }
+
+    def __bool__(self):
+        return self.size > 0
diff --git a/sanic/handlers/directory.py b/sanic/handlers/directory.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56042118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/handlers/directory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from operator import itemgetter
+from pathlib import Path
+from stat import S_ISDIR
+from typing import Any, Coroutine, Dict, Iterable, Optional, Union, cast
+
+from sanic.exceptions import SanicIsADirectoryError
+from sanic.pages.autoindex import AutoIndex, FileInfo
+from sanic.request import Request
+from sanic.response import file, html
+from sanic.response.types import HTTPResponse
+
+
+class DirectoryHandler:
+    def __init__(
+        self, directory: Path, autoindex: bool, index_name: str
+    ) -> None:
+        self.directory = directory
+        self.autoindex = autoindex
+        self.index_name = index_name
+
+    def handle(self):
+        index_file = self.directory / self.index_name
+        if self.autoindex and (not index_file.exists() or not self.index_name):
+            return self.index()
+
+        if self.index_name:
+            return file(index_file)
+
+    def index(self):
+        page = AutoIndex(self._iter_files())
+        return html(page.render())
+
+    def _prepare_file(self, path: Path) -> Dict[str, Union[int, str]]:
+        stat = path.stat()
+        modified = datetime.fromtimestamp(stat.st_mtime)
+        is_dir = S_ISDIR(stat.st_mode)
+        icon = "📁" if is_dir else "📄"
+        file_name = path.name
+        if is_dir:
+            file_name += "/"
+        return {
+            "priority": is_dir * -1,
+            "file_name": file_name,
+            "icon": icon,
+            "file_access": modified.isoformat(),
+            "file_size": stat.st_size,
+        }
+
+    def _iter_files(self) -> Iterable[FileInfo]:
+        prepared = [self._prepare_file(f) for f in self.directory.iterdir()]
+        for item in sorted(prepared, key=itemgetter("priority")):
+            del item["priority"]
+            yield cast(FileInfo, item)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def default_handler(
+        cls, request: Request, exception: SanicIsADirectoryError
+    ) -> Optional[Union[HTTPResponse, Coroutine[Any, Any, HTTPResponse]]]:
+        if exception.autoindex or exception.index_name:
+            maybe_response = DirectoryHandler(
+                exception.location, exception.autoindex, exception.index_name
+            ).handle()
+            if maybe_response:
+                return maybe_response
+        return None
diff --git a/sanic/handlers.py b/sanic/handlers/error.py
similarity index 72%
rename from sanic/handlers.py
rename to sanic/handlers/error.py
index e3aa8646..ad2ab5c4 100644
--- a/sanic/handlers.py
+++ b/sanic/handlers/error.py
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type
 
 from sanic.errorpages import BaseRenderer, TextRenderer, exception_response
-from sanic.exceptions import (
-    HeaderNotFound,
-    InvalidRangeType,
-    RangeNotSatisfiable,
-)
+from sanic.exceptions import SanicIsADirectoryError
+from sanic.handlers.directory import DirectoryHandler
 from sanic.log import deprecation, error_logger
 from sanic.models.handler_types import RouteHandler
 from sanic.response import text
@@ -23,16 +20,21 @@ class ErrorHandler:
     by the developers to perform a wide range of tasks from recording the error
     stats to reporting them to an external service that can be used for
     realtime alerting system.
-
     """
 
+    DEFAULT_HANDLERS = {
+        (SanicIsADirectoryError, None): DirectoryHandler.default_handler
+    }
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         base: Type[BaseRenderer] = TextRenderer,
     ):
         self.cached_handlers: Dict[
             Tuple[Type[BaseException], Optional[str]], Optional[RouteHandler]
-        ] = {}
+        ] = {
+            **self.DEFAULT_HANDLERS  # type: ignore
+        }
         self.debug = False
         self.base = base
 
@@ -196,74 +198,3 @@ class ErrorHandler:
             error_logger.exception(
                 "Exception occurred while handling uri: %s", url
             )
-
-
-class ContentRangeHandler:
-    """
-    A mechanism to parse and process the incoming request headers to
-    extract the content range information.
-
-    :param request: Incoming api request
-    :param stats: Stats related to the content
-
-    :type request: :class:`sanic.request.Request`
-    :type stats: :class:`posix.stat_result`
-
-    :ivar start: Content Range start
-    :ivar end: Content Range end
-    :ivar size: Length of the content
-    :ivar total: Total size identified by the :class:`posix.stat_result`
-        instance
-    :ivar ContentRangeHandler.headers: Content range header ``dict``
-    """
-
-    __slots__ = ("start", "end", "size", "total", "headers")
-
-    def __init__(self, request, stats):
-        self.total = stats.st_size
-        _range = request.headers.getone("range", None)
-        if _range is None:
-            raise HeaderNotFound("Range Header Not Found")
-        unit, _, value = tuple(map(str.strip, _range.partition("=")))
-        if unit != "bytes":
-            raise InvalidRangeType(
-                "%s is not a valid Range Type" % (unit,), self
-            )
-        start_b, _, end_b = tuple(map(str.strip, value.partition("-")))
-        try:
-            self.start = int(start_b) if start_b else None
-        except ValueError:
-            raise RangeNotSatisfiable(
-                "'%s' is invalid for Content Range" % (start_b,), self
-            )
-        try:
-            self.end = int(end_b) if end_b else None
-        except ValueError:
-            raise RangeNotSatisfiable(
-                "'%s' is invalid for Content Range" % (end_b,), self
-            )
-        if self.end is None:
-            if self.start is None:
-                raise RangeNotSatisfiable(
-                    "Invalid for Content Range parameters", self
-                )
-            else:
-                # this case represents `Content-Range: bytes 5-`
-                self.end = self.total - 1
-        else:
-            if self.start is None:
-                # this case represents `Content-Range: bytes -5`
-                self.start = self.total - self.end
-                self.end = self.total - 1
-        if self.start >= self.end:
-            raise RangeNotSatisfiable(
-                "Invalid for Content Range parameters", self
-            )
-        self.size = self.end - self.start + 1
-        self.headers = {
-            "Content-Range": "bytes %s-%s/%s"
-            % (self.start, self.end, self.total)
-        }
-
-    def __bool__(self):
-        return self.size > 0
diff --git a/sanic/pages/__init__.py b/sanic/pages/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/sanic/pages/autoindex.py b/sanic/pages/autoindex.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df9b501f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/pages/autoindex.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from textwrap import dedent
+from typing import Iterable, TypedDict
+
+from html5tagger import E
+
+from .base import BasePage
+
+
+class FileInfo(TypedDict):
+    icon: str
+    file_name: str
+    file_access: str
+    file_size: str
+
+
+class AutoIndex(BasePage):
+    EXTRA_STYLE = dedent(
+        """
+        table.autoindex td:first-child { width: 65% }
+        table.autoindex td:nth-child(2) { text-align: right; }
+        table.autoindex td:last-child {  width: 215px; text-align: right; }
+        """
+    )
+    TITLE = "📁 File browser"
+
+    def __init__(self, files: Iterable[FileInfo]) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.files = files
+
+    def _body(self) -> None:
+        with self.doc.main:
+            self._headline()
+            self._file_table(self.files)
+
+    def _headline(self):
+        self.doc.h1(self.TITLE)
+
+    def _file_table(self, files: Iterable[FileInfo]):
+        with self.doc.table(class_="autoindex"):
+            self._parent()
+            for f in files:
+                self._file_row(**f)
+
+    def _parent(self):
+        self._file_row("📁", "..", "", "")
+
+    def _file_row(
+        self,
+        icon: str,
+        file_name: str,
+        file_access: str,
+        file_size: str,
+    ):
+        first = E.span(icon, class_="icon").a(file_name, href=file_name)
+        self.doc.tr.td(first).td(file_size).td(file_access)
diff --git a/sanic/pages/base.py b/sanic/pages/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d88d922f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/pages/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from textwrap import dedent
+
+from html5tagger import Document
+
+
+class BasePage(ABC):
+    BASE_STYLE = dedent(
+        """
+        html { font-family: sans-serif; }
+        main { padding: 1rem; }
+        table { width: 100%; max-width: 1200px; }
+        td { font-family: monospace; }
+        span.icon { margin-right: 1rem; }
+        @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+            html { background: #111; color: #ccc; }
+            a { color: #ccc; }
+            a:visited { color: #777; }
+        }
+        """
+    )
+    EXTRA_STYLE = ""
+    TITLE = "Unknown"
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.doc = Document(title=self.TITLE, lang="en")
+
+    @property
+    def style(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self.BASE_STYLE}\n{self.EXTRA_STYLE}"
+
+    def render(self) -> str:
+        self._head()
+        self._body()
+        return str(self.doc)
+
+    def _head(self) -> None:
+        self.doc.head.title(self.TITLE).style(self.style)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _body(self) -> None:
+        ...
diff --git a/sanic/response/convenience.py b/sanic/response/convenience.py
index 214d8f78..9067f1b7 100644
--- a/sanic/response/convenience.py
+++ b/sanic/response/convenience.py
@@ -3,20 +3,18 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from email.utils import formatdate, parsedate_to_datetime
 from mimetypes import guess_type
-from operator import itemgetter
 from os import path
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
-from stat import S_ISDIR
 from time import time
-from typing import Any, AnyStr, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Optional, Union, cast
+from typing import Any, AnyStr, Callable, Dict, Optional, Union
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 
 from sanic.compat import Header, open_async, stat_async
 from sanic.constants import DEFAULT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE
+from sanic.exceptions import SanicIsADirectoryError
 from sanic.helpers import Default, _default
 from sanic.log import logger
 from sanic.models.protocol_types import HTMLProtocol, Range
-from sanic.pages.autoindex_page import AutoIndexPage, FileInfo
 
 from .types import HTTPResponse, JSONResponse, ResponseStream
 
@@ -242,14 +240,13 @@ async def file(
                 status = 206
             else:
                 out_stream = await f.read()
-    except IsADirectoryError:
-        if autoindex or index_name:
-            maybe_response = await AutoIndex(
-                Path(location), autoindex, index_name
-            ).handle()
-            if maybe_response:
-                return maybe_response
-        raise
+    except IsADirectoryError as e:
+        exc = SanicIsADirectoryError(str(e))
+        exc.location = Path(location)
+        exc.autoindex = autoindex
+        exc.index_name = index_name
+
+        raise exc
 
     mime_type = mime_type or guess_type(filename)[0] or "text/plain"
     return HTTPResponse(
@@ -345,46 +342,3 @@ async def file_stream(
         headers=headers,
         content_type=mime_type,
     )
-
-
-class AutoIndex:
-    def __init__(
-        self, directory: Path, autoindex: bool, index_name: str
-    ) -> None:
-        self.directory = directory
-        self.autoindex = autoindex
-        self.index_name = index_name
-
-    async def handle(self):
-        index_file = self.directory / self.index_name
-        if self.autoindex and (not index_file.exists() or not self.index_name):
-            return await self.index()
-
-        if self.index_name:
-            return await file(index_file)
-
-    async def index(self):
-        page = AutoIndexPage(self._iter_files())
-        return html(page.render())
-
-    def _prepare_file(self, path: Path) -> Dict[str, Union[int, str]]:
-        stat = path.stat()
-        modified = datetime.fromtimestamp(stat.st_mtime)
-        is_dir = S_ISDIR(stat.st_mode)
-        icon = "📁" if is_dir else "📄"
-        file_name = path.name
-        if is_dir:
-            file_name += "/"
-        return {
-            "priority": is_dir * -1,
-            "file_name": file_name,
-            "icon": icon,
-            "file_access": modified.isoformat(),
-            "file_size": stat.st_size,
-        }
-
-    def _iter_files(self) -> Iterable[FileInfo]:
-        prepared = [self._prepare_file(f) for f in self.directory.iterdir()]
-        for item in sorted(prepared, key=itemgetter("priority")):
-            del item["priority"]
-            yield cast(FileInfo, item)
diff --git a/sanic/worker/container.py b/sanic/worker/container.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d65254b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/worker/container.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from sanic.worker.loader import AppLoader
+
+
+class AppContainer:
+    def __init__(self, loader: AppLoader) -> None:
+        self.loader = loader
+
+    def prepare(self, *apps) -> None:
+        for app in apps:
+            app.prepare(**app._early_prepare)
+
+    def serve(self) -> None:
+        from sanic import Sanic
+
+        primary = self.loader.load()
+        self.prepare(primary)
+        Sanic.serve(primary=primary, app_loader=self.loader)