diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c156ff72e..be8c6720b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .DS_Store
 .esm-cache
-.vscode/
 .idea/
 /node_modules/
 /.tx/tmp/
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73228eb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "EditorConfig.EditorConfig",
+        "eamodio.gitlens",
+        "lokalise.i18n-ally",
+        "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/i18n-ally-custom-framework.yml b/.vscode/i18n-ally-custom-framework.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b72aa620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/i18n-ally-custom-framework.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# see https://github.com/antfu/i18n-ally/wiki/Custom-Framework
+languageIds:
+  - javascript
+  - typescript
+  - javascriptreact
+  - typescriptreact
+
+usageMatchRegex:
+  - "[^\\w\\d]t\\.append\\(['\"`]({key})['\"`]" # matches t.append("{key}"
+  - "[^\\w\\d]t\\.html\\(['\"`]({key})['\"`]" # matches t.html("{key}"
+  - "[^\\w\\d]t\\(['\"`]({key})['\"`]" # matches t.html("{key}"
+
+scopeRangeRegex: "(en)"
+
+refactorTemplates:
+
+monopoly: true
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06b35bf76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "i18n-ally.readonly": true,
+    "i18n-ally.localesPaths": ["data"],
+    "i18n-ally.pathMatcher": "core.yaml"
+}