diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a1b8e1fb68..3c7b1482942 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,4 +75,3 @@ openapi/*
 
 # Cached License Data Files
 /.licenses
-/app/assets/javascripts/compiled-js-processor.js
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-common/addon/helpers/i18n.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-common/addon/helpers/i18n.js
index f9fc65aa8da..995df7dfd2e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-common/addon/helpers/i18n.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-common/addon/helpers/i18n.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import I18n from "I18n";
 import { registerUnbound } from "discourse-common/lib/helpers";
 
-registerUnbound("i18n", (key, params) => I18n.t(key, params));
+export default function i18n(key, params) {
+  return I18n.t(key, params);
+}
+registerUnbound("i18n", i18n);
+
 registerUnbound("i18n-yes-no", (value, params) =>
   I18n.t(value ? "yes_value" : "no_value", params)
 );
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/package.json b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/package.json
index 8eb19728a50..e3ec8bd730b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/package.json
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/package.json
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     "ember-test-selectors": "^6.0.0",
     "eslint": "^8.50.0",
     "eslint-plugin-qunit": "^8.0.0",
+    "float-kit": "1.0.0",
     "html-entities": "^2.4.0",
     "imports-loader": "^4.0.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
@@ -101,7 +102,6 @@
     "sass": "^1.68.0",
     "select-kit": "1.0.0",
     "sinon": "^16.0.0",
-    "float-kit": "1.0.0",
     "source-map": "^0.7.4",
     "terser": "^5.20.0",
     "truth-helpers": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/package.json b/app/assets/javascripts/package.json
index ec190bd9a9a..02b12679805 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/package.json
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/package.json
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
     "discourse-widget-hbs",
     "ember-cli-progress-ci",
     "ember-production-deprecations",
+    "float-kit",
     "pretty-text",
     "select-kit",
-    "float-kit",
+    "theme-transpiler",
     "truth-helpers",
     "wizard"
   ],
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/patches/content-tag+1.1.0.patch b/app/assets/javascripts/patches/content-tag+1.1.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..416fc8055a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/patches/content-tag+1.1.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/content-tag/content_tag.js b/node_modules/content-tag/content_tag.js
+index 6ff5969..38915da 100644
+--- a/node_modules/content-tag/content_tag.js
++++ b/node_modules/content-tag/content_tag.js
+@@ -448,11 +448,17 @@ module.exports.__wbindgen_memory = function() {
+     return addHeapObject(ret);
+ };
+ 
+-const path = require('path').join(__dirname, 'content_tag_bg.wasm');
+-const bytes = require('fs').readFileSync(path);
+-
+-const wasmModule = new WebAssembly.Module(bytes);
+-const wasmInstance = new WebAssembly.Instance(wasmModule, imports);
+-wasm = wasmInstance.exports;
+-module.exports.__wasm = wasm;
++// Check for nodejs environment
++if (process.version) {
++  const path = require('path').join(__dirname, 'content_tag_bg.wasm');
++  const bytes = require('fs').readFileSync(path);
++
++  const wasmModule = new WebAssembly.Module(bytes);
++  const wasmInstance = new WebAssembly.Instance(wasmModule, imports);
++  wasm = wasmInstance.exports;
++} else {
++  const load = require('./content_tag_bg.wasm').default;
++  wasm = load(imports);
++  module.exports.__wasm = wasm;
++}
+ 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js b/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57f649b5ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// See: https://esbuild.github.io/plugins/#webassembly-plugin
+
+const esbuild = require("esbuild");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const { argv } = require("node:process");
+
+let wasmPlugin = {
+  name: "wasm",
+
+  setup(build) {
+    build.onResolve({ filter: /\.wasm$/ }, (args) => {
+      if (args.namespace === "wasm-stub") {
+        return {
+          path: args.path,
+          namespace: "wasm-binary",
+        };
+      }
+
+      if (args.resolveDir === "") {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      return {
+        path: path.isAbsolute(args.path)
+          ? args.path
+          : path.join(args.resolveDir, args.path),
+        namespace: "wasm-stub",
+      };
+    });
+
+    build.onLoad({ filter: /.*/, namespace: "wasm-stub" }, async (args) => {
+      return {
+        contents: `import wasm from ${JSON.stringify(args.path)};
+        export default (imports) => {
+          const wasmModule = new WebAssembly.Module(wasm);
+          const wasmInstance = new WebAssembly.Instance(wasmModule, imports);
+          return wasmInstance.exports;
+        };`,
+      };
+    });
+
+    build.onLoad({ filter: /.*/, namespace: "wasm-binary" }, async (args) => {
+      return {
+        contents: await fs.promises.readFile(args.path),
+        loader: "binary",
+      };
+    });
+  },
+};
+
+esbuild
+  .build({
+    logLevel: "warning",
+    bundle: true,
+    minify: true,
+    alias: {
+      util: "./app/assets/javascripts/node_modules/@zxing/text-encoding",
+    },
+    define: {
+      process: `{ "env": {} }`,
+    },
+    external: ["fs", "path"],
+    entryPoints: ["./app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/transpiler.js"],
+    outfile: argv[2],
+    plugins: [wasmPlugin],
+  })
+  .then(() => {});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/package.json b/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84fc0432fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "name": "theme-transpiler",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "description": "Uses esbuild to create a 'theme transpiler' bundle for loading into mini-racer",
+  "author": "Discourse",
+  "license": "GPL-2.0-only",
+  "keywords": [],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/standalone": "^7.23.1",
+    "@zxing/text-encoding": "^0.9.0",
+    "babel-plugin-ember-template-compilation": "^2.2.0",
+    "content-tag": "^1.1.0",
+    "discourse-common": "1.0.0",
+    "discourse-widget-hbs": "1.0.0",
+    "ember-cli-htmlbars": "^6.3.0",
+    "ember-source": "~3.28.12",
+    "ember-this-fallback": "^0.3.1",
+    "handlebars": "^4.7.8",
+    "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
+    "polyfill-crypto.getrandomvalues": "^1.0.0",
+    "terser": "^5.20.0"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "16.* || >= 18",
+    "npm": "please-use-yarn",
+    "yarn": ">= 1.21.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/js-processor.js b/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/transpiler.js
similarity index 87%
rename from app/assets/javascripts/js-processor.js
rename to app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/transpiler.js
index 3beeb806b1b..c7030ce4ded 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/js-processor.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/transpiler.js
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ import RawHandlebars from "discourse-common/addon/lib/raw-handlebars";
 import { WidgetHbsCompiler } from "discourse-widget-hbs/lib/widget-hbs-compiler";
 import EmberThisFallback from "ember-this-fallback";
 
+// A sub-dependency of content-tag (getrandom) needs `getRandomValues`
+// so we polyfill it
+import getRandomValues from "polyfill-crypto.getrandomvalues";
+globalThis.crypto = { getRandomValues };
+
+import { Preprocessor } from "content-tag";
+
 const thisFallbackPlugin = EmberThisFallback._buildPlugin({
   enableLogging: false,
   isTheme: true,
@@ -60,10 +67,10 @@ function buildEmberTemplateManipulatorPlugin(themeId) {
   };
 }
 
-function buildTemplateCompilerBabelPlugins({ themeId }) {
+function buildTemplateCompilerBabelPlugins({ extension, themeId }) {
   const compiler = { precompile };
 
-  if (themeId) {
+  if (themeId && extension !== "gjs") {
     compiler.precompile = (src, opts) => {
       return precompile(src, {
         ...opts,
@@ -116,10 +123,16 @@ globalThis.compileRawTemplate = function (source, themeId) {
 };
 
 globalThis.transpile = function (source, options = {}) {
-  const { moduleId, filename, skipModule, themeId, commonPlugins } = options;
-  const plugins = [];
+  const { moduleId, filename, extension, skipModule, themeId, commonPlugins } =
+    options;
 
-  plugins.push(...buildTemplateCompilerBabelPlugins({ themeId }));
+  if (extension === "gjs") {
+    const preprocessor = new Preprocessor();
+    source = preprocessor.process(source);
+  }
+
+  const plugins = [];
+  plugins.push(...buildTemplateCompilerBabelPlugins({ extension, themeId }));
   if (moduleId && !skipModule) {
     plugins.push(["transform-modules-amd", { noInterop: true }]);
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/yarn.lock b/app/assets/javascripts/yarn.lock
index ee545ffb6c8..bc5323b812f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/yarn.lock
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/yarn.lock
@@ -119,25 +119,12 @@
     lodash.debounce "^4.0.8"
     resolve "^1.14.2"
 
-"@babel/helper-environment-visitor@^7.22.20":
+"@babel/helper-environment-visitor@^7.22.20", "@babel/helper-environment-visitor@^7.22.5":
   version "7.22.20"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-environment-visitor/-/helper-environment-visitor-7.22.20.tgz#96159db61d34a29dba454c959f5ae4a649ba9167"
   integrity sha512-zfedSIzFhat/gFhWfHtgWvlec0nqB9YEIVrpuwjruLlXfUSnA8cJB0miHKwqDnQ7d32aKo2xt88/xZptwxbfhA==
 
-"@babel/helper-environment-visitor@^7.22.5":
-  version "7.22.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-environment-visitor/-/helper-environment-visitor-7.22.5.tgz#f06dd41b7c1f44e1f8da6c4055b41ab3a09a7e98"
-  integrity sha512-XGmhECfVA/5sAt+H+xpSg0mfrHq6FzNr9Oxh7PSEBBRUb/mL7Kz3NICXb194rCqAEdxkhPT1a88teizAFyvk8Q==
-
-"@babel/helper-function-name@^7.22.5":
-  version "7.22.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-function-name/-/helper-function-name-7.22.5.tgz#ede300828905bb15e582c037162f99d5183af1be"
-  integrity sha512-wtHSq6jMRE3uF2otvfuD3DIvVhOsSNshQl0Qrd7qC9oQJzHvOL4qQXlQn2916+CXGywIjpGuIkoyZRRxHPiNQQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/template" "^7.22.5"
-    "@babel/types" "^7.22.5"
-
-"@babel/helper-function-name@^7.23.0":
+"@babel/helper-function-name@^7.22.5", "@babel/helper-function-name@^7.23.0":
   version "7.23.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-function-name/-/helper-function-name-7.23.0.tgz#1f9a3cdbd5b2698a670c30d2735f9af95ed52759"
   integrity sha512-OErEqsrxjZTJciZ4Oo+eoZqeW9UIiOcuYKRJA4ZAgV9myA+pOXhhmpfNCKjEH/auVfEYVFJ6y1Tc4r0eIApqiw==
@@ -233,16 +220,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-string-parser/-/helper-string-parser-7.22.5.tgz#533f36457a25814cf1df6488523ad547d784a99f"
   integrity sha512-mM4COjgZox8U+JcXQwPijIZLElkgEpO5rsERVDJTc2qfCDfERyob6k5WegS14SX18IIjv+XD+GrqNumY5JRCDw==
 
-"@babel/helper-validator-identifier@^7.22.20":
+"@babel/helper-validator-identifier@^7.22.20", "@babel/helper-validator-identifier@^7.22.5":
   version "7.22.20"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-validator-identifier/-/helper-validator-identifier-7.22.20.tgz#c4ae002c61d2879e724581d96665583dbc1dc0e0"
   integrity sha512-Y4OZ+ytlatR8AI+8KZfKuL5urKp7qey08ha31L8b3BwewJAoJamTzyvxPR/5D+KkdJCGPq/+8TukHBlY10FX9A==
 
-"@babel/helper-validator-identifier@^7.22.5":
-  version "7.22.15"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-validator-identifier/-/helper-validator-identifier-7.22.15.tgz#601fa28e4cc06786c18912dca138cec73b882044"
-  integrity sha512-4E/F9IIEi8WR94324mbDUMo074YTheJmd7eZF5vITTeYchqAi6sYXRLHUVsmkdmY4QjfKTcB2jB7dVP3NaBElQ==
-
 "@babel/helper-validator-option@^7.22.15":
   version "7.22.15"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-validator-option/-/helper-validator-option-7.22.15.tgz#694c30dfa1d09a6534cdfcafbe56789d36aba040"
@@ -1225,7 +1207,7 @@
     ember-cli-version-checker "^5.1.2"
     semver "^7.3.5"
 
-"@embroider/addon-shim@^1.0.0":
+"@embroider/addon-shim@^1.0.0", "@embroider/addon-shim@^1.8.3", "@embroider/addon-shim@^1.8.4":
   version "1.8.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@embroider/addon-shim/-/addon-shim-1.8.6.tgz#b676991b4fa32c3a98dc7db7dc6cd655029c3f09"
   integrity sha512-siC9kP78uucEbpDcVyxjkwa76pcs5rVzDVpWO4PDc9EAXRX+pzmUuSTLAK3GztUwx7/PWhz1BenAivqdSvSgfg==
@@ -1234,15 +1216,6 @@
     broccoli-funnel "^3.0.8"
     semver "^7.3.8"
 
-"@embroider/addon-shim@^1.8.3", "@embroider/addon-shim@^1.8.4":
-  version "1.8.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@embroider/addon-shim/-/addon-shim-1.8.5.tgz#c0aae417f9583058f40550f206fc53444e325f11"
-  integrity sha512-pDgpdTsC9i/+5hHziygK5VIZc64OG8bupiqL0OxJp+bnINURalHMbu5B3Gikq/a0QIvMPzDFWzKxIZCBpeiHkg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@embroider/shared-internals" "^2.1.0"
-    broccoli-funnel "^3.0.8"
-    semver "^7.3.8"
-
 "@embroider/babel-loader-9@3.1.0":
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@embroider/babel-loader-9/-/babel-loader-9-3.1.0.tgz#eae859b82215fc7ee0e69ec867fda7b4eb4de2c0"
@@ -1347,7 +1320,7 @@
     resolve "^1.20.0"
     semver "^7.3.2"
 
-"@embroider/shared-internals@2.5.0", "@embroider/shared-internals@^2.0.0", "@embroider/shared-internals@^2.1.0", "@embroider/shared-internals@^2.2.3":
+"@embroider/shared-internals@2.5.0", "@embroider/shared-internals@^2.0.0", "@embroider/shared-internals@^2.2.3":
   version "2.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@embroider/shared-internals/-/shared-internals-2.5.0.tgz#4a0b5127c589718fae60fc22f81374ed558b944a"
   integrity sha512-7qzrb7GVIyNqeY0umxoeIvjDC+ay1b+wb2yCVuYTUYrFfLAkLEy9FNI3iWCi3RdQ9OFjgcAxAnwsAiPIMZZ3pQ==
@@ -2126,6 +2099,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@yarnpkg/lockfile/-/lockfile-1.1.0.tgz#e77a97fbd345b76d83245edcd17d393b1b41fb31"
   integrity sha512-GpSwvyXOcOOlV70vbnzjj4fW5xW/FdUF6nQEt1ENy7m4ZCczi1+/buVUPAqmGfqznsORNFzUMjctTIp8a9tuCQ==
 
+"@zxing/text-encoding@^0.9.0":
+  version "0.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@zxing/text-encoding/-/text-encoding-0.9.0.tgz#fb50ffabc6c7c66a0c96b4c03e3d9be74864b70b"
+  integrity sha512-U/4aVJ2mxI0aDNI8Uq0wEhMgY+u4CNtEb0om3+y3+niDAsoTCOB33UF0sxpzqzdqXLqmvc+vZyAt4O8pPdfkwA==
+
 a11y-dialog@8.0.2:
   version "8.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/a11y-dialog/-/a11y-dialog-8.0.2.tgz#08b8315d500b7f8c4200ec37d3a0fd15ccd54738"
@@ -4174,6 +4152,11 @@ content-disposition@0.5.4:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "5.2.1"
 
+content-tag@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/content-tag/-/content-tag-1.1.0.tgz#fcef4bdcf1850f9b67bf0b6f7aee217c6d7ea9fa"
+  integrity sha512-bktivDORs9M890KwVKrIONYvHhwshfgF4b1G/TFPrjH12Ag2GDiSdxVHqIzMxWZ297VgIRPSImURlpcOzJP/LQ==
+
 content-type@~1.0.4:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/content-type/-/content-type-1.0.5.tgz#8b773162656d1d1086784c8f23a54ce6d73d7918"
@@ -8115,6 +8098,11 @@ merge2@^1.2.3, merge2@^1.3.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge2/-/merge2-1.4.1.tgz#4368892f885e907455a6fd7dc55c0c9d404990ae"
   integrity sha512-8q7VEgMJW4J8tcfVPy8g09NcQwZdbwFEqhe/WZkoIzjn/3TGDwtOCYtXGxA3O8tPzpczCCDgv+P2P5y00ZJOOg==
 
+mersenne-twister@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mersenne-twister/-/mersenne-twister-1.1.0.tgz#f916618ee43d7179efcf641bec4531eb9670978a"
+  integrity sha512-mUYWsMKNrm4lfygPkL3OfGzOPTR2DBlTkBNHM//F6hGp8cLThY897crAlk3/Jo17LEOOjQUrNAx6DvgO77QJkA==
+
 message-bus-client@^4.3.8:
   version "4.3.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/message-bus-client/-/message-bus-client-4.3.8.tgz#5ee23c03236b250b13613034764a87881c350d4e"
@@ -8832,6 +8820,11 @@ patch-package@^8.0.0:
     tmp "^0.0.33"
     yaml "^2.2.2"
 
+path-browserify@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-browserify/-/path-browserify-1.0.1.tgz#d98454a9c3753d5790860f16f68867b9e46be1fd"
+  integrity sha512-b7uo2UCUOYZcnF/3ID0lulOJi/bafxa1xPe7ZPsammBSpjSWQkjNxlt635YGS2MiR9GjvuXCtz2emr3jbsz98g==
+
 path-exists@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-exists/-/path-exists-3.0.0.tgz#ce0ebeaa5f78cb18925ea7d810d7b59b010fd515"
@@ -8939,6 +8932,13 @@ pkg-up@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^3.0.0"
 
+polyfill-crypto.getrandomvalues@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/polyfill-crypto.getrandomvalues/-/polyfill-crypto.getrandomvalues-1.0.0.tgz#5c95602976ebb6155b163cb65d77b9eede3b61a4"
+  integrity sha512-GIkU6bg4auRnDFOqUNit7eLn9hzznrJU1CGFuivQzDeVp4Ys8cY4OY6GhAdndJwo4jryz5cJyjg9ELhvQjdrtw==
+  dependencies:
+    mersenne-twister "^1.0.1"
+
 portfinder@^1.0.32:
   version "1.0.32"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/portfinder/-/portfinder-1.0.32.tgz#2fe1b9e58389712429dc2bea5beb2146146c7f81"
diff --git a/app/models/theme.rb b/app/models/theme.rb
index b96e72454e4..71395e67d6b 100644
--- a/app/models/theme.rb
+++ b/app/models/theme.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require "json_schemer"
 class Theme < ActiveRecord::Base
   include GlobalPath
 
-  BASE_COMPILER_VERSION = 75
+  BASE_COMPILER_VERSION = 76
 
   attr_accessor :child_components
 
diff --git a/app/models/theme_field.rb b/app/models/theme_field.rb
index 5ed57393014..36bd6948316 100644
--- a/app/models/theme_field.rb
+++ b/app/models/theme_field.rb
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class ThemeField < ActiveRecord::Base
           js_compiler.append_module(
             js,
             "discourse/initializers/#{initializer_name}",
+            "js",
             include_variables: true,
           )
         rescue ThemeJavascriptCompiler::CompileError => ex
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ class ThemeField < ActiveRecord::Base
       js_compiler.append_module(
         js,
         "discourse/pre-initializers/theme-#{theme_id}-translations",
+        "js",
         include_variables: false,
       )
     rescue ThemeTranslationParser::InvalidYaml => e
diff --git a/lib/discourse_js_processor.rb b/lib/discourse_js_processor.rb
index 3fee4259af9..a70361325a4 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_js_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_js_processor.rb
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ class DiscourseJsProcessor
     { data: data }
   end
 
-  def self.transpile(data, root_path, logical_path, theme_id: nil)
+  def self.transpile(data, root_path, logical_path, theme_id: nil, extension: nil)
     transpiler = Transpiler.new(skip_module: skip_module?(data))
-    transpiler.perform(data, root_path, logical_path, theme_id: theme_id)
+    transpiler.perform(data, root_path, logical_path, theme_id: theme_id, extension: extension)
   end
 
   def self.should_transpile?(filename)
@@ -98,8 +98,14 @@ class DiscourseJsProcessor
   end
 
   class Transpiler
-    JS_PROCESSOR_PATH =
-      Rails.env.production? ? "tmp/js-processor.js" : "tmp/js-processor/#{Process.pid}.js"
+    TRANSPILER_PATH =
+      (
+        if Rails.env.production?
+          "tmp/theme-transpiler.js"
+        else
+          "tmp/theme-transpiler/#{Process.pid}.js"
+        end
+      )
 
     @mutex = Mutex.new
     @ctx_init = Mutex.new
@@ -109,19 +115,13 @@ class DiscourseJsProcessor
       @mutex
     end
 
-    def self.generate_js_processor
+    def self.build_theme_transpiler
       Discourse::Utils.execute_command(
-        "yarn",
-        "--silent",
-        "esbuild",
-        "--log-level=warning",
-        "--bundle",
-        "--external:fs",
-        "--define:process='{\"env\":{}}'",
-        "app/assets/javascripts/js-processor.js",
-        "--outfile=#{JS_PROCESSOR_PATH}",
+        "node",
+        "app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js",
+        TRANSPILER_PATH,
       )
-      JS_PROCESSOR_PATH
+      TRANSPILER_PATH
     end
 
     def self.create_new_context
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ class DiscourseJsProcessor
 
       # Theme template AST transformation plugins
       if Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.test?
-        @processor_mutex.synchronize { generate_js_processor }
+        @processor_mutex.synchronize { build_theme_transpiler }
       end
 
-      ctx.eval(File.read(JS_PROCESSOR_PATH), filename: "js-processor.js")
+      ctx.eval(File.read(TRANSPILER_PATH), filename: "theme-transpiler.js")
 
       ctx
     end
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class DiscourseJsProcessor
       @skip_module = skip_module
     end
 
-    def perform(source, root_path = nil, logical_path = nil, theme_id: nil)
+    def perform(source, root_path = nil, logical_path = nil, theme_id: nil, extension: nil)
       self.class.v8_call(
         "transpile",
         source,
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class DiscourseJsProcessor
           skipModule: @skip_module,
           moduleId: module_name(root_path, logical_path),
           filename: logical_path || "unknown",
+          extension: extension,
           themeId: theme_id,
           commonPlugins: DISCOURSE_COMMON_BABEL_PLUGINS,
         },
diff --git a/lib/tasks/assets.rake b/lib/tasks/assets.rake
index 6a03db57f06..881ddf9efc8 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/assets.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/assets.rake
@@ -309,16 +309,16 @@ task "assets:precompile:compress_js": "environment" do
   end
 end
 
-task "assets:precompile:js_processor": "environment" do
-  path = DiscourseJsProcessor::Transpiler.generate_js_processor
-  puts "Compiled js-processor: #{path}"
+task "assets:precompile:theme_transpiler": "environment" do
+  path = DiscourseJsProcessor::Transpiler.build_theme_transpiler
+  puts "Compiled theme-transpiler: #{path}"
 end
 
 # Run these tasks **before** Rails' "assets:precompile" task
 task "assets:precompile": %w[
        assets:precompile:before
        maxminddb:refresh
-       assets:precompile:js_processor
+       assets:precompile:theme_transpiler
      ]
 
 # Run these tasks **after** Rails' "assets:precompile" task
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index bf08148679b..0be0c5305f2 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ task "db:migrate" => %w[
        load_config
        environment
        set_locale
-       assets:precompile:js_processor
+       assets:precompile:theme_transpiler
      ] do |_, args|
   DistributedMutex.synchronize(
     "db_migration",
diff --git a/lib/theme_javascript_compiler.rb b/lib/theme_javascript_compiler.rb
index e9581c2c443..334a638fa7d 100644
--- a/lib/theme_javascript_compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/theme_javascript_compiler.rb
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ class ThemeJavascriptCompiler
     tree.each_pair do |filename, content|
       module_name, extension = filename.split(".", 2)
       module_name = "test/#{module_name}" if for_tests
-      if extension == "js"
-        append_module(content, module_name)
+      if extension == "js" || extension == "gjs"
+        append_module(content, module_name, extension)
       elsif extension == "hbs"
         append_ember_template(module_name, content)
       elsif extension == "hbr"
@@ -232,15 +232,15 @@ class ThemeJavascriptCompiler
     @output_tree << [filename, script + "\n"]
   end
 
-  def append_module(script, name, include_variables: true)
+  def append_module(script, name, extension, include_variables: true)
     original_filename = name
     name = "discourse/theme-#{@theme_id}/#{name}"
 
     script = "#{theme_settings}#{script}" if include_variables
     transpiler = DiscourseJsProcessor::Transpiler.new
-    @output_tree << ["#{original_filename}.js", <<~JS]
+    @output_tree << ["#{original_filename}.#{extension}", <<~JS]
       if ('define' in window) {
-      #{transpiler.perform(script, "", name, theme_id: @theme_id).strip}
+      #{transpiler.perform(script, "", name, theme_id: @theme_id, extension: extension).strip}
       }
     JS
   rescue MiniRacer::RuntimeError, DiscourseJsProcessor::TranspileError => ex
diff --git a/spec/lib/theme_javascript_compiler_spec.rb b/spec/lib/theme_javascript_compiler_spec.rb
index 85aeab5ffe5..6ad14c5f2fa 100644
--- a/spec/lib/theme_javascript_compiler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/theme_javascript_compiler_spec.rb
@@ -233,4 +233,27 @@ RSpec.describe ThemeJavascriptCompiler do
       )
     end
   end
+
+  describe "ember-template-imports" do
+    it "applies its transforms" do
+      compiler.append_tree({ "discourse/components/my-component.gjs" => <<~JS })
+        import Component from "@glimmer/component";
+
+        export default class MyComponent extends Component {
+          <template>
+            {{this.value}}
+          </template>
+
+          value = "foo";
+        }
+      JS
+
+      expect(compiler.raw_content).to include(
+        "define(\"discourse/theme-1/discourse/components/my-component\", [\"exports\",",
+      )
+      expect(compiler.raw_content).to include("_defineProperty(this, \"value\", \"foo\");")
+      expect(compiler.raw_content).to include("setComponentTemplate")
+      expect(compiler.raw_content).to include("createTemplateFactory")
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/tasks/assets_precompile_spec.rb b/spec/tasks/assets_precompile_spec.rb
index e91a7b7d3c1..51a8f1ab4d8 100644
--- a/spec/tasks/assets_precompile_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/tasks/assets_precompile_spec.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ RSpec.describe "assets:precompile" do
     Discourse::Application.load_tasks
   end
 
-  describe "assets:precompile:js_processor" do
+  describe "assets:precompile:theme_transpiler" do
     it "compiles the js processor" do
-      out = capture_stdout { Rake::Task["assets:precompile:js_processor"].invoke }
+      out = capture_stdout { Rake::Task["assets:precompile:theme_transpiler"].invoke }
 
-      expect(out).to match(%r{Compiled js-processor: tmp/js-processor})
+      expect(out).to match(%r{Compiled theme-transpiler: tmp/theme-transpiler})
       path = out.match(/: (.+)/)[1]
       expect(File.exist?(path)).to eq(true)
     end