diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/globalsReplacements/fakeEmotionStyled.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/globalsReplacements/fakeEmotionStyled.tsx
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+export const styled = () => () => ({});
+(styled as any).img = () => {};
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/globalsReplacements/fakeLegacyExports.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/globalsReplacements/fakeLegacyExports.tsx
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+export * from './fakeEmotionStyled';
+export const Layout = {};
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/globalsReplacements/fakeReact.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/globalsReplacements/fakeReact.tsx
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+export class PureComponent {}
+export class Component {}
+
+export default {
+  PureComponent,
+  Component,
+};
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/globalsReplacements/fakeReactDOM.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/globalsReplacements/fakeReactDOM.tsx
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+export const unstable_batchedUpdates = (cb: () => void) => {
+  return cb();
+};
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/index.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/index.tsx
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+export {FlipperServerCompanion} from './companion';
+export {initCompanionEnv, FlipperServerCompanionEnv} from './init';
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/init.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-companion/src/init.tsx
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import {FlipperServer, getLogger} from 'flipper-common';
+import {getRenderHostInstance, setGlobalObject} from 'flipper-frontend-core';
+import * as FlipperPluginSDK from 'flipper-plugin';
+import * as Immer from 'immer';
+import {HeadlessPluginInitializer} from './HeadlessPluginInitializer';
+import {initializeFlipperLibImplementation} from './initializeFlipperLibImplementation';
+import {initializeRenderHost} from './initializeRenderHost';
+import * as React from './globalsReplacements/fakeReact';
+import * as ReactDOM from './globalsReplacements/fakeReactDOM';
+import {styled} from './globalsReplacements/fakeEmotionStyled';
+import * as legacyExports from './globalsReplacements/fakeLegacyExports';
+
+export interface FlipperServerCompanionEnv {
+  pluginInitializer: HeadlessPluginInitializer;
+}
+
+export const initCompanionEnv = async (
+  flipperServer: FlipperServer,
+): Promise<FlipperServerCompanionEnv> => {
+  // Anything DOM-related (like React or ant) does not exist and should not be used in a headless context because there is no DOM to use
+  setGlobalObject({
+    React: React,
+    ReactDOM: ReactDOM,
+    ReactDOMClient: {},
+    ReactIs: {},
+    Flipper: legacyExports,
+    FlipperPlugin: FlipperPluginSDK,
+    Immer,
+    antd: {},
+    emotion_styled: {default: styled},
+    antdesign_icons: {},
+  });
+
+  const flipperServerConfig = await flipperServer.exec('get-config');
+  initializeRenderHost(flipperServer, flipperServerConfig);
+  initializeFlipperLibImplementation(getRenderHostInstance(), getLogger());
+
+  const pluginInitializer = new HeadlessPluginInitializer();
+  await pluginInitializer.init();
+
+  return {pluginInitializer};
+};