diff --git a/.eslintrc.cjs b/.eslintrc.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..578e0041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+// @ts-check
+const { defineConfig } = require('eslint-define-config')
+
+module.exports = defineConfig({
+  root: true,
+  extends: [
+    'eslint:recommended',
+    'plugin:node/recommended',
+    'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended'
+  ],
+  parser: '@typescript-eslint/parser',
+  parserOptions: {
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaVersion: 2021
+  },
+  rules: {
+    eqeqeq: ['warn', 'always', { null: 'never' }],
+    'no-debugger': ['error'],
+    'no-empty': ['warn', { allowEmptyCatch: true }],
+    'no-process-exit': 'off',
+    'no-useless-escape': 'off',
+    'prefer-const': [
+      'warn',
+      {
+        destructuring: 'all'
+      }
+    ],
+
+    'node/no-missing-import': [
+      'error',
+      {
+        allowModules: [
+          'types',
+          'estree',
+          'testUtils',
+          'less',
+          'sass',
+          'stylus'
+        ],
+        tryExtensions: ['.ts', '.js', '.jsx', '.tsx', '.d.ts']
+      }
+    ],
+    'node/no-missing-require': [
+      'error',
+      {
+        // for try-catching yarn pnp
+        allowModules: ['pnpapi', 'vite'],
+        tryExtensions: ['.ts', '.js', '.jsx', '.tsx', '.d.ts']
+      }
+    ],
+    'node/no-restricted-require': [
+      'error',
+      Object.keys(require('./packages/vite/package.json').devDependencies).map(
+        (d) => ({
+          name: d,
+          message:
+            `devDependencies can only be imported using ESM syntax so ` +
+            `that they are included in the rollup bundle. If you are trying to ` +
+            `lazy load a dependency, use (await import('dependency')).default instead.`
+        })
+      )
+    ],
+    'node/no-extraneous-import': [
+      'error',
+      {
+        allowModules: ['vite', 'less', 'sass']
+      }
+    ],
+    'node/no-extraneous-require': [
+      'error',
+      {
+        allowModules: ['vite']
+      }
+    ],
+    'node/no-deprecated-api': 'off',
+    'node/no-unpublished-import': 'off',
+    'node/no-unpublished-require': 'off',
+    'node/no-unsupported-features/es-syntax': 'off',
+
+    '@typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment': 'off', // TODO: we should turn this on in a new PR
+    '@typescript-eslint/ban-types': 'off', // TODO: we should turn this on in a new PR
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function': [
+      'error',
+      { allow: ['arrowFunctions'] }
+    ],
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface': 'off',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'off', // maybe we should turn this on in a new PR
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-extra-semi': 'off', // conflicts with prettier
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types': 'off',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion': 'off', // maybe we should turn this on in a new PR
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': 'off', // maybe we should turn this on in a new PR
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires': 'off'
+  },
+  overrides: [
+    {
+      files: ['packages/vite/src/node/**'],
+      rules: {
+        'no-console': ['error']
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      files: ['packages/vite/types/**'],
+      rules: {
+        'node/no-extraneous-import': 'off'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      files: ['packages/playground/**'],
+      rules: {
+        'node/no-extraneous-import': 'off',
+        'node/no-extraneous-require': 'off'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      files: ['packages/create-vite/template-*/**'],
+      rules: {
+        'node/no-missing-import': 'off'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      files: ['*.js'],
+      rules: {
+        '@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types': 'off'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      files: ['*.d.ts'],
+      rules: {
+        '@typescript-eslint/triple-slash-reference': 'off'
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+})
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2c231d8..1343fc1c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   },
   "gitHooks": {
     "pre-commit": "lint-staged --concurrent false",
-    "commit-msg": "node scripts/verifyCommit.js"
+    "commit-msg": "node scripts/verifyCommit.cjs"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*": [
diff --git a/packages/plugin-vue-jsx/package.json b/packages/plugin-vue-jsx/package.json
index 7099ded6..3a400dda 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vue-jsx/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-vue-jsx/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s --commit-path . --lerna-package plugin-vue-jsx",
-    "release": "node ../../scripts/release.js --skipBuild"
+    "release": "node ../../scripts/release.cjs --skipBuild"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/plugin-vue/package.json b/packages/plugin-vue/package.json
index b2bdc3d3..41001dc5 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vue/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-vue/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "build-bundle": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --target=node12 --external:@vue/compiler-sfc --external:vue/compiler-sfc --external:vite --outfile=dist/index.js",
     "build-types": "tsc -p . --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir temp && api-extractor run && rimraf temp",
     "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s --commit-path . --lerna-package plugin-vue",
-    "release": "node ../../scripts/release.js"
+    "release": "node ../../scripts/release.cjs"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
diff --git a/scripts/jestEnv.js b/scripts/jestEnv.cjs
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rename from scripts/jestEnv.js
rename to scripts/jestEnv.cjs
diff --git a/scripts/jestGlobalSetup.js b/scripts/jestGlobalSetup.cjs
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rename from scripts/jestGlobalSetup.js
rename to scripts/jestGlobalSetup.cjs
diff --git a/scripts/jestGlobalTeardown.js b/scripts/jestGlobalTeardown.cjs
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rename from scripts/jestGlobalTeardown.js
rename to scripts/jestGlobalTeardown.cjs
diff --git a/scripts/patchFileDeps.js b/scripts/patchFileDeps.cjs
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rename from scripts/patchFileDeps.js
rename to scripts/patchFileDeps.cjs
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.cjs
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rename from scripts/release.js
rename to scripts/release.cjs
diff --git a/scripts/verifyCommit.js b/scripts/verifyCommit.cjs
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rename from scripts/verifyCommit.js
rename to scripts/verifyCommit.cjs