diff --git a/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/README.md b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..477d0e0a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# flipper-frontend-core (TBD)
+
+Exposes core functionality for Flipper frontends: Flipper Electron, Flipper Browser UI, Flipper Server Companion.
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/package.json b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35a82cb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "name": "flipper-frontend-core",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Exposes core functionality for Flipper frontends: Flipper Electron, Flipper Browser UI, Flipper Server Companion.",
+  "repository": "facebook/flipper",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "flipperBundlerEntry": "src",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": "https://github.com/facebook/flipper/issues",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "eventemitter3": "^4.0.7",
+    "flipper-common": "0.0.0",
+    "flipper-plugin": "0.0.0",
+    "immer": "^9.0.12",
+    "js-base64": "^3.7.2",
+    "p-map": "^5.3.0",
+    "semver": "^7.3.7"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "flipper-test-utils": "0.0.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {},
+  "scripts": {
+    "reset": "rimraf lib *.tsbuildinfo",
+    "build": "tsc -b",
+    "prepack": "yarn reset && yarn build"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/**/*"
+  ],
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/facebook/flipper",
+  "keywords": [
+    "Flipper"
+  ],
+  "author": "Facebook, Inc"
+}
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/tsconfig.json b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b81ea72b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "lib": ["dom", "ES2019"],
+    "types": ["../types/flipperGlobals"]
+  },
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../flipper-common"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../flipper-plugin"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../test-utils"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index 20d2cf395..f21a58c36 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
       "pkg",
       "pkg-lib",
       "flipper-common",
+      "flipper-frontend-core",
       "flipper-plugin",
       "flipper-server-core",
       "flipper-ui-core",
diff --git a/desktop/tsc-root/tsconfig.json b/desktop/tsc-root/tsconfig.json
index 3b34dc963..aefb26cc5 100644
--- a/desktop/tsc-root/tsconfig.json
+++ b/desktop/tsc-root/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../flipper-dump"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../flipper-frontend-core"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../flipper-plugin"
     },
diff --git a/desktop/yarn.lock b/desktop/yarn.lock
index a057e38f6..d3322cab9 100644
--- a/desktop/yarn.lock
+++ b/desktop/yarn.lock
@@ -3285,6 +3285,14 @@ aggregate-error@^3.0.0:
     clean-stack "^2.0.0"
     indent-string "^4.0.0"
 
+aggregate-error@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aggregate-error/-/aggregate-error-4.0.0.tgz#83dbdb53a0d500721281d22e19eee9bc352a89cd"
+  integrity sha512-8DGp7zUt1E9k0NE2q4jlXHk+V3ORErmwolEdRz9iV+LKJ40WhMHh92cxAvhqV2I+zEn/gotIoqoMs0NjF3xofg==
+  dependencies:
+    clean-stack "^4.0.0"
+    indent-string "^5.0.0"
+
 ajv-errors@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv-errors/-/ajv-errors-1.0.1.tgz#f35986aceb91afadec4102fbd85014950cefa64d"
@@ -4483,6 +4491,13 @@ clean-stack@^3.0.0, clean-stack@^3.0.1:
   dependencies:
     escape-string-regexp "4.0.0"
 
+clean-stack@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/clean-stack/-/clean-stack-4.1.0.tgz#5ce5a2fd19a12aecdce8570daefddb7ac94b6b4e"
+  integrity sha512-dxXQYI7mfQVcaF12s6sjNFoZ6ZPDQuBBLp3QJ5156k9EvUFClUoZ11fo8HnLQO241DDVntHEug8MOuFO5PSfRg==
+  dependencies:
+    escape-string-regexp "5.0.0"
+
 cli-boxes@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-boxes/-/cli-boxes-2.2.1.tgz#ddd5035d25094fce220e9cab40a45840a440318f"
@@ -5757,6 +5772,11 @@ escape-string-regexp@4.0.0, escape-string-regexp@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-4.0.0.tgz#14ba83a5d373e3d311e5afca29cf5bfad965bf34"
   integrity sha512-TtpcNJ3XAzx3Gq8sWRzJaVajRs0uVxA2YAkdb1jm2YkPz4G6egUFAyA3n5vtEIZefPk5Wa4UXbKuS5fKkJWdgA==
 
+escape-string-regexp@5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-5.0.0.tgz#4683126b500b61762f2dbebace1806e8be31b1c8"
+  integrity sha512-/veY75JbMK4j1yjvuUxuVsiS/hr/4iHs9FTT6cgTexxdE0Ly/glccBAkloH/DofkjRbZU3bnoj38mOmhkZ0lHw==
+
 escape-string-regexp@^1.0.2, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz#1b61c0562190a8dff6ae3bb2cf0200ca130b86d4"
@@ -7213,6 +7233,11 @@ indent-string@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indent-string/-/indent-string-4.0.0.tgz#624f8f4497d619b2d9768531d58f4122854d7251"
   integrity sha512-EdDDZu4A2OyIK7Lr/2zG+w5jmbuk1DVBnEwREQvBzspBJkCEbRa8GxU1lghYcaGJCnRWibjDXlq779X1/y5xwg==
 
+indent-string@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indent-string/-/indent-string-5.0.0.tgz#4fd2980fccaf8622d14c64d694f4cf33c81951a5"
+  integrity sha512-m6FAo/spmsW2Ab2fU35JTYwtOKa2yAwXSwgjSv1TJzh4Mh7mC3lzAOVLBprb72XsTrgkEIsl7YrFNAiDiRhIGg==
+
 inflight@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/inflight/-/inflight-1.0.6.tgz#49bd6331d7d02d0c09bc910a1075ba8165b56df9"
@@ -9822,6 +9847,13 @@ p-map@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     aggregate-error "^3.0.0"
 
+p-map@^5.3.0:
+  version "5.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-map/-/p-map-5.3.0.tgz#2204823bc9f37f17ddc9e7f446293c4530b8a4cf"
+  integrity sha512-SRbIQFoLYNezHkqZslqeg963HYUtqOrfMCxjNrFOpJ19WTYuq26rQoOXeX8QQiMLUlLqdYV/7PuDsdYJ7hLE1w==
+  dependencies:
+    aggregate-error "^4.0.0"
+
 p-try@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-try/-/p-try-1.0.0.tgz#cbc79cdbaf8fd4228e13f621f2b1a237c1b207b3"