diff --git a/electron.ts b/electron.ts
index 1872e7167..3e44e03ce 100644
--- a/electron.ts
+++ b/electron.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import electron = require('electron');
+import electron from "electron";
 import sqlInit from "./src/services/sql_init.js";
 import appIconService from "./src/services/app_icon.js";
 import windowService from "./src/services/window.js";
diff --git a/spec/etapi/import.spec.ts b/spec/etapi/import.spec.ts
index 735e328d1..88c9e0a88 100644
--- a/spec/etapi/import.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/etapi/import.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import etapi from "../support/etapi.js";
-import fs = require('fs');
-import path = require('path');
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
 
 etapi.describeEtapi("import", () => {
   // temporarily skip this test since test-export.zip is missing
diff --git a/spec/etapi/notes.spec.ts b/spec/etapi/notes.spec.ts
index 8fcfc4c77..cbfd4de7e 100644
--- a/spec/etapi/notes.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/etapi/notes.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import crypto = require('crypto');
+import crypto from "crypto";
 import etapi from "../support/etapi.js";
 
 etapi.describeEtapi("notes", () => {
diff --git a/spec/search/becca_mocking.ts b/spec/search/becca_mocking.ts
index 984ea2940..487a6b668 100644
--- a/spec/search/becca_mocking.ts
+++ b/spec/search/becca_mocking.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import BNote from "../../src/becca/entities/bnote.js";
 import BBranch from "../../src/becca/entities/bbranch.js";
 import BAttribute from "../../src/becca/entities/battribute.js";
 import becca from "../../src/becca/becca.js";
-import randtoken = require('rand-token');
+import randtoken from "rand-token";
 import SearchResult from "../../src/services/search/search_result.js";
 import { NoteType } from "../../src/becca/entities/rows";
 randtoken.generator({ source: "crypto" });
diff --git a/spec/support/etapi.ts b/spec/support/etapi.ts
index 0d36f1380..00310d9cc 100644
--- a/spec/support/etapi.ts
+++ b/spec/support/etapi.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import child_process = require('child_process');
-import kill = require('tree-kill');
+import child_process from "child_process";
+import kill from "tree-kill";
 
 let etapiAuthToken: string | undefined;
 
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index ebda1a44c..1cdf5e643 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import express = require('express');
-import path = require('path');
-import favicon = require('serve-favicon');
-import cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
-import helmet = require('helmet');
-import compression = require('compression');
+import express from "express";
+import path from "path";
+import favicon from "serve-favicon";
+import cookieParser from "cookie-parser";
+import helmet from "helmet";
+import compression from "compression";
 import sessionParser from "./routes/session_parser.js";
 import utils from "./services/utils.js";
 
diff --git a/src/becca/entities/bnote.ts b/src/becca/entities/bnote.ts
index 1c8d229a5..2b12d9815 100644
--- a/src/becca/entities/bnote.ts
+++ b/src/becca/entities/bnote.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import AbstractBeccaEntity from "./abstract_becca_entity.js";
 import BRevision from "./brevision.js";
 import BAttachment from "./battachment.js";
 import TaskContext from "../../services/task_context.js";
-import dayjs = require('dayjs');
-import utc = require('dayjs/plugin/utc');
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
+import utc from "dayjs/plugin/utc";
 import eventService from "../../services/events.js";
 import { AttachmentRow, NoteRow, NoteType, RevisionRow } from './rows';
 import BBranch from "./bbranch.js";
diff --git a/src/etapi/spec.ts b/src/etapi/spec.ts
index 530249d46..e9fdca960 100644
--- a/src/etapi/spec.ts
+++ b/src/etapi/spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Router } from "express";
 
-import fs = require('fs');
-import path = require('path');
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
 
 const specPath = path.join(__dirname, 'etapi.openapi.yaml');
 let spec: string | null = null;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/backend_log.ts b/src/routes/api/backend_log.ts
index d55602e13..bdd15e17b 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/backend_log.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/backend_log.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import fs = require('fs');
+import fs from "fs";
 import dateUtils from "../../services/date_utils.js";
 import dataDir from "../../services/data_dir.js";
 const { LOG_DIR } = dataDir;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/clipper.ts b/src/routes/api/clipper.ts
index 31926afb0..f81a8c2ce 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/clipper.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/clipper.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import appInfo from "../../services/app_info.js";
 import ws from "../../services/ws.js";
 import log from "../../services/log.js";
 import utils from "../../services/utils.js";
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 import htmlSanitizer from "../../services/html_sanitizer.js";
 import attributeFormatter from "../../services/attribute_formatter.js";
-import jsdom = require('jsdom');
+import jsdom from "jsdom";
 import BNote from "../../becca/entities/bnote.js";
 import ValidationError from "../../errors/validation_error.js";
 const { JSDOM } = jsdom;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/files.ts b/src/routes/api/files.ts
index e889cc8a4..72231567e 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/files.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/files.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import protectedSessionService from "../../services/protected_session.js";
 import utils from "../../services/utils.js";
 import log from "../../services/log.js";
 import noteService from "../../services/notes.js";
-import tmp = require('tmp');
-import fs = require('fs');
+import tmp from "tmp";
+import fs from "fs";
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
-import chokidar = require('chokidar');
+import chokidar from "chokidar";
 import ws from "../../services/ws.js";
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 import ValidationError from "../../errors/validation_error.js";
diff --git a/src/routes/api/image.ts b/src/routes/api/image.ts
index e8df615c1..6af237982 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/image.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/image.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import imageService from "../../services/image.js";
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 const RESOURCE_DIR = require('../../services/resource_dir').RESOURCE_DIR;
-import fs = require('fs');
+import fs from "fs";
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import BNote from "../../becca/entities/bnote.js";
 import BRevision from "../../becca/entities/brevision.js";
diff --git a/src/routes/api/import.ts b/src/routes/api/import.ts
index 51864738a..ee9f7d7ae 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/import.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/import.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import opmlImportService from "../../services/import/opml.js";
 import zipImportService from "../../services/import/zip.js";
 import singleImportService from "../../services/import/single.js";
 import cls from "../../services/cls.js";
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 import beccaLoader from "../../becca/becca_loader.js";
 import log from "../../services/log.js";
diff --git a/src/routes/api/revisions.ts b/src/routes/api/revisions.ts
index 0be6d6399..af82b7121 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/revisions.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/revisions.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import revisionService from "../../services/revisions.js";
 import utils from "../../services/utils.js";
 import sql from "../../services/sql.js";
 import cls from "../../services/cls.js";
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 import blobService from "../../services/blob.js";
 import eraseService from "../../services/erase.js";
diff --git a/src/routes/api/sender.ts b/src/routes/api/sender.ts
index a20526498..96cd1fcb4 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/sender.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/sender.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import imageType = require('image-type');
+import imageType from "image-type";
 import imageService from "../../services/image.js";
 import noteService from "../../services/notes.js";
 import sanitize_attribute_name from "../../services/sanitize_attribute_name.js";
diff --git a/src/routes/assets.ts b/src/routes/assets.ts
index c84c7e31d..2bf03bf6d 100644
--- a/src/routes/assets.ts
+++ b/src/routes/assets.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import assetPath from "../services/asset_path.js";
-import path = require('path');
-import express = require('express');
+import path from "path";
+import express from "express";
 import env from "../services/env.js";
-import serveStatic = require('serve-static');
+import serveStatic from "serve-static";
 
 const persistentCacheStatic = (root: string, options?: serveStatic.ServeStaticOptions<express.Response<any, Record<string, any>>>) => {
     if (!env.isDev()) {
diff --git a/src/routes/routes.ts b/src/routes/routes.ts
index 5e78de447..b71746b48 100644
--- a/src/routes/routes.ts
+++ b/src/routes/routes.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 "use strict";
 
 import utils from "../services/utils.js";
-import multer = require('multer');
+import multer from "multer";
 import log from "../services/log.js";
-import express = require('express');
+import express from "express";
 const router = express.Router();
 import auth from "../services/auth.js";
 import cls from "../services/cls.js";
 import sql from "../services/sql.js";
 import entityChangesService from "../services/entity_changes.js";
-import csurf = require('csurf');
+import csurf from "csurf";
 import { createPartialContentHandler } from "express-partial-content";
-import rateLimit = require('express-rate-limit');
+import rateLimit from "express-rate-limit";
 import AbstractBeccaEntity from "../becca/entities/abstract_becca_entity.js";
 import NotFoundError from "../errors/not_found_error.js";
 import ValidationError from "../errors/validation_error.js";
diff --git a/src/routes/session_parser.ts b/src/routes/session_parser.ts
index 58d26e642..88ae80b9d 100644
--- a/src/routes/session_parser.ts
+++ b/src/routes/session_parser.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import session = require('express-session');
+import session from "express-session";
 import sessionSecret from "../services/session_secret.js";
 import dataDir from "../services/data_dir.js";
 const FileStore = require('session-file-store')(session);
diff --git a/src/services/anonymization.ts b/src/services/anonymization.ts
index 8a0a8828f..e3b0b1d7b 100644
--- a/src/services/anonymization.ts
+++ b/src/services/anonymization.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES from "./builtin_attributes.js";
-import fs = require('fs-extra');
+import fs from "fs-extra";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 import dateUtils from "./date_utils.js";
-import Database = require('better-sqlite3');
+import Database from "better-sqlite3";
 import sql from "./sql.js";
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 
 function getFullAnonymizationScript() {
     // we want to delete all non-builtin attributes because they can contain sensitive names and values
diff --git a/src/services/app_icon.ts b/src/services/app_icon.ts
index 02a0769d2..0d2556f94 100644
--- a/src/services/app_icon.ts
+++ b/src/services/app_icon.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 import resourceDir from "./resource_dir.js";
 import log from "./log.js";
-import os = require('os');
-import fs = require('fs');
+import os from "os";
+import fs from "fs";
 import config from "./config.js";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
 
diff --git a/src/services/backend_script_api.ts b/src/services/backend_script_api.ts
index 80f114810..757a4c826 100644
--- a/src/services/backend_script_api.ts
+++ b/src/services/backend_script_api.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import attributeService from "./attributes.js";
 import dateNoteService from "./date_notes.js";
 import treeService from "./tree.js";
 import config from "./config.js";
-import axios = require('axios');
-import dayjs = require('dayjs');
-import xml2js = require('xml2js');
+import axios from "axios";
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
+import xml2js from "xml2js";
 import cloningService from "./cloning.js";
 import appInfo from "./app_info.js";
 import searchService from "./search/services/search.js";
diff --git a/src/services/backup.ts b/src/services/backup.ts
index a855fc71f..b56f54c34 100644
--- a/src/services/backup.ts
+++ b/src/services/backup.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 import dateUtils from "./date_utils.js";
 import optionService from "./options.js";
-import fs = require('fs-extra');
+import fs from "fs-extra";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 import log from "./log.js";
 import syncMutexService from "./sync_mutex.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
 import sql from "./sql.js";
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 
 type BackupType = ("daily" | "weekly" | "monthly");
 
diff --git a/src/services/cls.ts b/src/services/cls.ts
index d119c8a93..83365b7e5 100644
--- a/src/services/cls.ts
+++ b/src/services/cls.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import clsHooked = require('cls-hooked');
+import clsHooked from "cls-hooked";
 import { EntityChange } from './entity_changes_interface';
 const namespace = clsHooked.createNamespace("trilium");
 
diff --git a/src/services/config.ts b/src/services/config.ts
index 7936147db..10bead0f1 100644
--- a/src/services/config.ts
+++ b/src/services/config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import ini = require('ini');
-import fs = require('fs');
+import ini from "ini";
+import fs from "fs";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 import resourceDir from "./resource_dir.js";
 
 const configSampleFilePath = path.resolve(resourceDir.RESOURCE_DIR, "config-sample.ini");
diff --git a/src/services/data_dir.ts b/src/services/data_dir.ts
index 1b267850a..b9a4ab8ef 100644
--- a/src/services/data_dir.ts
+++ b/src/services/data_dir.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
  * - as a fallback if the previous step fails, we'll use home dir
  */
 
-import os = require('os');
-import fs = require('fs');
-import path = require('path');
+import os from "os";
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
 
 function getAppDataDir() {
     let appDataDir = os.homedir(); // fallback if OS is not recognized
diff --git a/src/services/date_utils.ts b/src/services/date_utils.ts
index b22cb2d88..b2e57852a 100644
--- a/src/services/date_utils.ts
+++ b/src/services/date_utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import dayjs = require('dayjs');
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
 
 const LOCAL_DATETIME_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ';
diff --git a/src/services/encryption/data_encryption.ts b/src/services/encryption/data_encryption.ts
index ce874c119..978dcd440 100644
--- a/src/services/encryption/data_encryption.ts
+++ b/src/services/encryption/data_encryption.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import crypto = require('crypto');
+import crypto from "crypto";
 import log from "../log.js";
 
 function arraysIdentical(a: any[] | Buffer, b: any[] | Buffer) {
diff --git a/src/services/encryption/my_scrypt.ts b/src/services/encryption/my_scrypt.ts
index f8a07a930..0310a1b1f 100644
--- a/src/services/encryption/my_scrypt.ts
+++ b/src/services/encryption/my_scrypt.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 import optionService from "../options.js";
-import crypto = require('crypto');
+import crypto from "crypto";
 
 function getVerificationHash(password: crypto.BinaryLike) {
     const salt = optionService.getOption('passwordVerificationSalt');
diff --git a/src/services/etapi_tokens.ts b/src/services/etapi_tokens.ts
index f314a7e8e..6d1c810ae 100644
--- a/src/services/etapi_tokens.ts
+++ b/src/services/etapi_tokens.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import becca from "../becca/becca.js";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
 import BEtapiToken from "../becca/entities/betapi_token.js";
-import crypto = require('crypto');
+import crypto from "crypto";
 
 function getTokens() {
     return becca.getEtapiTokens();
diff --git a/src/services/export/md.ts b/src/services/export/md.ts
index 3e6754c1c..c13824b09 100644
--- a/src/services/export/md.ts
+++ b/src/services/export/md.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import TurndownService = require('turndown');
-import turndownPluginGfm = require('joplin-turndown-plugin-gfm');
+import TurndownService from "turndown";
+import turndownPluginGfm from "joplin-turndown-plugin-gfm";
 
 let instance: TurndownService | null = null;
 
diff --git a/src/services/export/single.ts b/src/services/export/single.ts
index 50ff47ca8..c1d52cdf7 100644
--- a/src/services/export/single.ts
+++ b/src/services/export/single.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import mimeTypes = require('mime-types');
-import html = require('html');
+import mimeTypes from "mime-types";
+import html from "html";
 import utils from "../utils.js";
 import mdService from "./md.js";
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
diff --git a/src/services/export/zip.ts b/src/services/export/zip.ts
index 05123beda..add63e81f 100644
--- a/src/services/export/zip.ts
+++ b/src/services/export/zip.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import html = require('html');
+import html from "html";
 import dateUtils from "../date_utils.js";
-import path = require('path');
-import mimeTypes = require('mime-types');
+import path from "path";
+import mimeTypes from "mime-types";
 import mdService from "./md.js";
 import packageInfo from "../../../package.json.js";
 import utils from "../utils.js";
 import protectedSessionService from "../protected_session.js";
-import sanitize = require('sanitize-filename');
-import fs = require('fs');
+import sanitize from "sanitize-filename";
+import fs from "fs";
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 const RESOURCE_DIR = require('../../services/resource_dir').RESOURCE_DIR;
-import archiver = require('archiver');
+import archiver from "archiver";
 import log from "../log.js";
 import TaskContext from "../task_context.js";
 import ValidationError from "../../errors/validation_error.js";
diff --git a/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts b/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
index 8e82edd3c..3fec30fb8 100644
--- a/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
+++ b/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html');
-import sanitizeUrl = require('@braintree/sanitize-url');
+import sanitizeHtml from "sanitize-html";
+import sanitizeUrl from "@braintree/sanitize-url";
 
 // intended mainly as protection against XSS via import
 // secondarily, it (partly) protects against "CSS takeover"
diff --git a/src/services/image.ts b/src/services/image.ts
index 7223d0af0..2cd6734ec 100644
--- a/src/services/image.ts
+++ b/src/services/image.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import protectedSessionService from "./protected_session.js";
 import noteService from "./notes.js";
 import optionService from "./options.js";
 import sql from "./sql.js";
-import jimp = require('jimp');
-import imageType = require('image-type');
-import sanitizeFilename = require('sanitize-filename');
-import isSvg = require('is-svg');
-import isAnimated = require('is-animated');
+import jimp from "jimp";
+import imageType from "image-type";
+import sanitizeFilename from "sanitize-filename";
+import isSvg from "is-svg";
+import isAnimated from "is-animated";
 import htmlSanitizer from "./html_sanitizer.js";
 
 async function processImage(uploadBuffer: Buffer, originalName: string, shrinkImageSwitch: boolean) {
diff --git a/src/services/import/enex.ts b/src/services/import/enex.ts
index 0c1228aae..c172284ac 100644
--- a/src/services/import/enex.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/enex.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import sax = require('sax');
-import stream = require('stream');
+import sax from "sax";
+import stream from "stream";
 import { Throttle } from 'stream-throttle';
 import log from "../log.js";
 import utils from "../utils.js";
diff --git a/src/services/import/markdown.ts b/src/services/import/markdown.ts
index 97c540be4..023302915 100644
--- a/src/services/import/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/markdown.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import marked = require('marked');
+import marked from "marked";
 import htmlSanitizer from "../html_sanitizer.js";
 import importUtils from "./utils.js";
 
diff --git a/src/services/import/mime.ts b/src/services/import/mime.ts
index dd4c96244..e01769381 100644
--- a/src/services/import/mime.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/mime.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import mimeTypes = require('mime-types');
-import path = require('path');
+import mimeTypes from "mime-types";
+import path from "path";
 import { TaskData } from '../task_context_interface';
 
 const CODE_MIME_TYPES: Record<string, boolean | string> = {
diff --git a/src/services/import/opml.ts b/src/services/import/opml.ts
index 316290dbf..da126564d 100644
--- a/src/services/import/opml.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/opml.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 import noteService from "../../services/notes.js";
-import xml2js = require('xml2js');
+import xml2js from "xml2js";
 import protectedSessionService from "../protected_session.js";
 import htmlSanitizer from "../html_sanitizer.js";
 import TaskContext from "../task_context.js";
diff --git a/src/services/import/zip.ts b/src/services/import/zip.ts
index 0f274271c..39fc61024 100644
--- a/src/services/import/zip.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/zip.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import log from "../../services/log.js";
 import noteService from "../../services/notes.js";
 import attributeService from "../../services/attributes.js";
 import BBranch from "../../becca/entities/bbranch.js";
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 import protectedSessionService from "../protected_session.js";
 import mimeService from "./mime.js";
 import treeService from "../tree.js";
-import yauzl = require('yauzl');
+import yauzl from "yauzl";
 import htmlSanitizer from "../html_sanitizer.js";
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 import BAttachment from "../../becca/entities/battachment.js";
diff --git a/src/services/log.ts b/src/services/log.ts
index f352dc175..fbae6668a 100644
--- a/src/services/log.ts
+++ b/src/services/log.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 import { Request, Response } from "express";
-import fs = require('fs');
+import fs from "fs";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
 
diff --git a/src/services/migration.ts b/src/services/migration.ts
index 37948953c..f1912a386 100644
--- a/src/services/migration.ts
+++ b/src/services/migration.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import backupService from "./backup.js";
 import sql from "./sql.js";
-import fs = require('fs-extra');
+import fs from "fs-extra";
 import log from "./log.js";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
 import resourceDir from "./resource_dir.js";
diff --git a/src/services/notes.ts b/src/services/notes.ts
index 60de35b42..2997ac7ad 100644
--- a/src/services/notes.ts
+++ b/src/services/notes.ts
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ import log from "../services/log.js";
 import utils from "../services/utils.js";
 import revisionService from "./revisions.js";
 import request from "./request.js";
-import path = require('path');
-import url = require('url');
+import path from "path";
+import url from "url";
 import becca from "../becca/becca.js";
 import BBranch from "../becca/entities/bbranch.js";
 import BNote from "../becca/entities/bnote.js";
 import BAttribute from "../becca/entities/battribute.js";
 import BAttachment from "../becca/entities/battachment.js";
-import dayjs = require('dayjs');
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import htmlSanitizer from "./html_sanitizer.js";
 import ValidationError from "../errors/validation_error.js";
 import noteTypesService from "./note_types.js";
-import fs = require('fs');
+import fs from "fs";
 import ws from "./ws.js";
-import html2plaintext = require('html2plaintext');
+import html2plaintext from "html2plaintext";
 import { AttachmentRow, AttributeRow, BranchRow, NoteRow, NoteType } from '../becca/entities/rows';
 import TaskContext from "./task_context.js";
 import { NoteParams } from './note-interface';
diff --git a/src/services/request.ts b/src/services/request.ts
index 995ed97bb..a98c82a93 100644
--- a/src/services/request.ts
+++ b/src/services/request.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import utils from "./utils.js";
 import log from "./log.js";
-import url = require('url');
+import url from "url";
 import syncOptions from "./sync_options.js";
 import { ExecOpts } from './request_interface';
 
diff --git a/src/services/resource_dir.ts b/src/services/resource_dir.ts
index edb805264..8c057174a 100644
--- a/src/services/resource_dir.ts
+++ b/src/services/resource_dir.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import log from "./log.js";
-import path = require('path');
-import fs = require('fs');
+import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs";
 
 const RESOURCE_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, "../..");
 
diff --git a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_fulltext.ts b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_fulltext.ts
index 3533efdeb..1de51ce70 100644
--- a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_fulltext.ts
+++ b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_fulltext.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import NoteSet from "../note_set.js";
 import log from "../../log.js";
 import becca from "../../../becca/becca.js";
 import protectedSessionService from "../../protected_session.js";
-import striptags = require('striptags');
+import striptags from "striptags";
 import utils from "../../utils.js";
 import sql from "../../sql.js";
 
diff --git a/src/services/search/services/parse.ts b/src/services/search/services/parse.ts
index 389e018d7..9f94c2e0d 100644
--- a/src/services/search/services/parse.ts
+++ b/src/services/search/services/parse.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import dayjs = require('dayjs');
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import AndExp from "../expressions/and.js";
 import OrExp from "../expressions/or.js";
 import NotExp from "../expressions/not.js";
diff --git a/src/services/search/services/search.ts b/src/services/search/services/search.ts
index 6ce2caa8d..5d703c3b5 100644
--- a/src/services/search/services/search.ts
+++ b/src/services/search/services/search.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import normalizeString = require('normalize-strings');
+import normalizeString from "normalize-strings";
 import lex from "./lex.js";
 import handleParens from "./handle_parens.js";
 import parse from "./parse.js";
diff --git a/src/services/session_secret.ts b/src/services/session_secret.ts
index 835aac38f..b09538270 100644
--- a/src/services/session_secret.ts
+++ b/src/services/session_secret.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import fs = require('fs');
-import crypto = require('crypto');
+import fs from "fs";
+import crypto from "crypto";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 import log from "./log.js";
 
diff --git a/src/services/sql.ts b/src/services/sql.ts
index 84ea52018..b46986442 100644
--- a/src/services/sql.ts
+++ b/src/services/sql.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import log from "./log.js";
 import type { Statement, Database as DatabaseType, RunResult } from "better-sqlite3";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
-import fs = require('fs-extra');
-import Database = require('better-sqlite3');
+import fs from "fs-extra";
+import Database from "better-sqlite3";
 
 const dbConnection: DatabaseType = new Database(dataDir.DOCUMENT_PATH);
 dbConnection.pragma('journal_mode = WAL');
diff --git a/src/services/sql_init.ts b/src/services/sql_init.ts
index ad4777105..a31f7e709 100644
--- a/src/services/sql_init.ts
+++ b/src/services/sql_init.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import log from "./log.js";
-import fs = require('fs');
+import fs from "fs";
 import resourceDir from "./resource_dir.js";
 import sql from "./sql.js";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
diff --git a/src/services/tray.ts b/src/services/tray.ts
index 5939da76d..dc3f04d4b 100644
--- a/src/services/tray.ts
+++ b/src/services/tray.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Menu, Tray } from 'electron';
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 import windowService from "./window.js";
 import optionService from "./options.js";
 
diff --git a/src/services/utils.ts b/src/services/utils.ts
index b3d549467..dd2d9cd6a 100644
--- a/src/services/utils.ts
+++ b/src/services/utils.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import crypto = require('crypto');
+import crypto from "crypto";
 const randtoken = require('rand-token').generator({source: 'crypto'});
-import unescape = require('unescape');
-import escape = require('escape-html');
-import sanitize = require('sanitize-filename');
-import mimeTypes = require('mime-types');
-import path = require('path');
+import unescape from "unescape";
+import escape from "escape-html";
+import sanitize from "sanitize-filename";
+import mimeTypes from "mime-types";
+import path from "path";
 
 function newEntityId() {
     return randomString(12);
diff --git a/src/services/window.ts b/src/services/window.ts
index 3a4aece7d..3c5a4c53f 100644
--- a/src/services/window.ts
+++ b/src/services/window.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import path = require('path');
-import url = require('url');
+import path from "path";
+import url from "url";
 import port from "./port.js";
 import optionService from "./options.js";
 import env from "./env.js";
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import log from "./log.js";
 import sqlInit from "./sql_init.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
 import keyboardActionsService from "./keyboard_actions.js";
-import remoteMain = require('@electron/remote/main')
+import remoteMain from "@electron/remote/main"
 import { App, BrowserWindow, WebContents, ipcMain } from 'electron';
 
 // Prevent the window being garbage collected
diff --git a/src/services/ws.ts b/src/services/ws.ts
index 5f448e97c..d2f9ff1d3 100644
--- a/src/services/ws.ts
+++ b/src/services/ws.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import WebSocket = require('ws');
+import WebSocket from "ws";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
 import log from "./log.js";
 import sql from "./sql.js";
diff --git a/src/share/content_renderer.ts b/src/share/content_renderer.ts
index 1d64dcd0c..235008129 100644
--- a/src/share/content_renderer.ts
+++ b/src/share/content_renderer.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { JSDOM } from "jsdom";
 import shaca from "./shaca/shaca.js";
 import assetPath from "../services/asset_path.js";
 import shareRoot from "./share_root.js";
-import escapeHtml = require('escape-html');
+import escapeHtml from "escape-html";
 import SNote from "./shaca/entities/snote.js";
 
 interface Result {
diff --git a/src/share/routes.ts b/src/share/routes.ts
index 34af79feb..754db3010 100644
--- a/src/share/routes.ts
+++ b/src/share/routes.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import safeCompare = require('safe-compare');
-import ejs = require('ejs');
+import safeCompare from "safe-compare";
+import ejs from "ejs";
 
 import type { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
 
diff --git a/src/share/shaca/entities/snote.ts b/src/share/shaca/entities/snote.ts
index 02eea8636..269744101 100644
--- a/src/share/shaca/entities/snote.ts
+++ b/src/share/shaca/entities/snote.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import sql from "../../sql.js";
 import utils from "../../../services/utils.js";
 import AbstractShacaEntity from "./abstract_shaca_entity.js";
-import escape = require('escape-html');
+import escape from "escape-html";
 import { Blob } from '../../../services/blob-interface';
 import SAttachment from "./sattachment.js";
 import SAttribute from "./sattribute.js";
diff --git a/src/share/sql.ts b/src/share/sql.ts
index 9990039c2..106d251ba 100644
--- a/src/share/sql.ts
+++ b/src/share/sql.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import Database = require('better-sqlite3');
+import Database from "better-sqlite3";
 import dataDir from "../services/data_dir.js";
 
 const dbConnection = new Database(dataDir.DOCUMENT_PATH, { readonly: true });
diff --git a/src/types.d.ts b/src/types.d.ts
index 9dbab6745..f6bb7ed30 100644
--- a/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/types.d.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ declare module 'normalize-strings' {
 }
 
 declare module 'joplin-turndown-plugin-gfm' {
-    import TurndownService = require('turndown');
+    import TurndownService from "turndown";
     namespace gfm {
         function gfm(service: TurndownService): void;
     }
diff --git a/src/www.ts b/src/www.ts
index 0e1bae6e9..c1ec2f0f3 100644
--- a/src/www.ts
+++ b/src/www.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ process.on('SIGTERM', exit);
 
 import app from "./app.js";
 import sessionParser from "./routes/session_parser.js";
-import fs = require('fs');
-import http = require('http');
-import https = require('https');
+import fs from "fs";
+import http from "http";
+import https from "https";
 import config from "./services/config.js";
 import log from "./services/log.js";
 import appInfo from "./services/app_info.js";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import ws from "./services/ws.js";
 import utils from "./services/utils.js";
 import port from "./services/port.js";
 import host from "./services/host.js";
-import semver = require('semver');
+import semver from "semver";
 
 if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, ">=10.5.0")) {
     console.error("Trilium only supports node.js 10.5 and later");
diff --git a/webpack.config.ts b/webpack.config.ts
index 56146fbd2..1c67bbe84 100644
--- a/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/webpack.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import path = require('path');
+import path from "path";
 import assetPath from "./src/services/asset_path.js";
 
 module.exports = {