diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/hello_typescript.ts b/app/javascript/packs/hello_typescript.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95a72cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/hello_typescript.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Run this example by adding <%= javascript_pack_tag 'hello_typescript' %> to the head of your layout file,
+// like app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.
+
+console.log('Hello world from typescript');
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/base.haml b/app/views/layouts/base.haml
index 8d07e871..2527df5d 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/base.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/base.haml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     %title= yield(:title)
     = stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', data: { 'turbolinks-track': true }
     = javascript_pack_tag 'legacy/application', data: { 'turbolinks-track': true }
+    = javascript_pack_tag 'hello_typescript'
     = stylesheet_pack_tag 'legacy/application', data: { 'turbolinks-track': true }
     - if user_signed_in? && current_user.mod?
       = javascript_pack_tag 'legacy/moderation/index', data: { 'turbolinks-track': true }
diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index 4df19493..da4b00af 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ module.exports = function(api) {
           modules: false,
           exclude: ['transform-typeof-symbol']
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      ['@babel/preset-typescript', { 'allExtensions': true, 'isTSX': true }]
     ].filter(Boolean),
     plugins: [
       'babel-plugin-macros',
diff --git a/config/webpacker.yml b/config/webpacker.yml
index e978dba1..a392de5e 100644
--- a/config/webpacker.yml
+++ b/config/webpacker.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ default: &default
     - .woff2
 
   extensions:
+    - .tsx
+    - .ts
     - .coffee
     - .mjs
     - .js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ecbfa81..0ffe1590 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.12.7",
     "bootstrap": "^4.5.3",
     "cheet.js": "^0.3.3",
     "core-js": "^3.8.1",
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@
     "sweetalert": "1.1.3",
     "tempusdominus-bootstrap-4": "5.1.2",
     "tinycolor2": "^1.4.2",
-    "turbolinks": "turbolinks/turbolinks-classic"
+    "turbolinks": "turbolinks/turbolinks-classic",
+    "typescript": "^4.1.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.12.10",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4746f32a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "declaration": false,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
+    "module": "es6",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+        "*": ["node_modules/*", "app/javascript/*"]
+    },
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "target": "es5",
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/*.spec.ts",
+    "node_modules",
+    "vendor",
+    "public"
+  ],
+  "compileOnSave": false
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dfa7bff1..ca9bf5da 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -442,6 +442,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.10.4"
 
+"@babel/plugin-syntax-typescript@^7.12.1":
+  version "7.12.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/plugin-syntax-typescript/-/plugin-syntax-typescript-7.12.1.tgz#460ba9d77077653803c3dd2e673f76d66b4029e5"
+  integrity sha512-UZNEcCY+4Dp9yYRCAHrHDU+9ZXLYaY9MgBXSRLkB9WjYFRR6quJBumfVrEkUxrePPBwFcpWfNKXqVRQQtm7mMA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.10.4"
+
 "@babel/plugin-transform-arrow-functions@^7.12.1":
   version "7.12.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/plugin-transform-arrow-functions/-/plugin-transform-arrow-functions-7.12.1.tgz#8083ffc86ac8e777fbe24b5967c4b2521f3cb2b3"
@@ -685,6 +692,15 @@
   dependencies:
     "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.10.4"
 
+"@babel/plugin-transform-typescript@^7.12.1":
+  version "7.12.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/plugin-transform-typescript/-/plugin-transform-typescript-7.12.1.tgz#d92cc0af504d510e26a754a7dbc2e5c8cd9c7ab4"
+  integrity sha512-VrsBByqAIntM+EYMqSm59SiMEf7qkmI9dqMt6RbD/wlwueWmYcI0FFK5Fj47pP6DRZm+3teXjosKlwcZJ5lIMw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/helper-create-class-features-plugin" "^7.12.1"
+    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.10.4"
+    "@babel/plugin-syntax-typescript" "^7.12.1"
+
 "@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes@^7.12.1":
   version "7.12.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes/-/plugin-transform-unicode-escapes-7.12.1.tgz#5232b9f81ccb07070b7c3c36c67a1b78f1845709"
@@ -783,6 +799,15 @@
     "@babel/types" "^7.4.4"
     esutils "^2.0.2"
 
+"@babel/preset-typescript@^7.12.7":
+  version "7.12.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/preset-typescript/-/preset-typescript-7.12.7.tgz#fc7df8199d6aae747896f1e6c61fc872056632a3"
+  integrity sha512-nOoIqIqBmHBSEgBXWR4Dv/XBehtIFcw9PqZw6rFYuKrzsZmOQm3PR5siLBnKZFEsDb03IegG8nSjU/iXXXYRmw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.10.4"
+    "@babel/helper-validator-option" "^7.12.1"
+    "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript" "^7.12.1"
+
 "@babel/runtime@^7.11.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.7.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.4":
   version "7.12.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.12.5.tgz#410e7e487441e1b360c29be715d870d9b985882e"
@@ -7249,6 +7274,11 @@ typedarray@^0.0.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typedarray/-/typedarray-0.0.6.tgz#867ac74e3864187b1d3d47d996a78ec5c8830777"
   integrity sha1-hnrHTjhkGHsdPUfZlqeOxciDB3c=
 
+typescript@^4.1.3:
+  version "4.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.1.3.tgz#519d582bd94cba0cf8934c7d8e8467e473f53bb7"
+  integrity sha512-B3ZIOf1IKeH2ixgHhj6la6xdwR9QrLC5d1VKeCSY4tvkqhF2eqd9O7txNlS0PO3GrBAFIdr3L1ndNwteUbZLYg==
+
 unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript/-/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript-1.0.4.tgz#2619800c4c825800efdd8343af7dd9933cbe2818"