diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index b26e5065..293f56a1 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import colors from 'colors'
 import path from 'path'
 import sort from 'gulp-sort'
 import vfs from 'vinyl-fs'
-
+import { lilconfig } from 'lilconfig'
+import {
+  esConfigLoader,
+  tsConfigLoader,
+  yamlConfigLoader,
+} from '../dist/helpers.js'
 import i18nTransform from '../dist/transform.js'
 ;(async () => {
   const pkg = JSON.parse(
@@ -18,8 +23,7 @@ import i18nTransform from '../dist/transform.js'
     .version(pkg.version)
     .option(
       '-c, --config <path>',
-      'Path to the config file (default: i18next-parser.config.js)',
-      'i18next-parser.config.js'
+      'Path to the config file (default: i18next-parser.config.{js,json,ts,yaml,yml})'
     )
     .option(
       '-o, --output <path>',
@@ -49,8 +53,22 @@ import i18nTransform from '../dist/transform.js'
 
   let config = {}
   try {
-    config = (await import(pathToFileURL(path.resolve(program.opts().config))))
-      .default
+    const result = await lilconfig(pkg.name, {
+      searchPlaces: [
+        `${pkg.name}.config.js`,
+        `${pkg.name}.config.json`,
+        `${pkg.name}.config.ts`,
+        `${pkg.name}.config.yaml`,
+        `${pkg.name}.config.yml`,
+      ],
+      loaders: {
+        '.js': esConfigLoader,
+        '.ts': tsConfigLoader,
+        '.yaml': yamlConfigLoader,
+        '.yml': yamlConfigLoader,
+      },
+    }).load(program.opts().config)
+    config = result.config
   } catch (err) {
     if (err.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
       console.log(
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 18d395be..7dc3b512 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "coverage": "c8 --all --include='src/**/*[.js|.jsx|.ts|.tsx]' --reporter=lcov --reporter=text yarn test",
     "test": "mocha -r @babel/register -r @babel/polyfill --recursive test/*.test.js test/**/*.test.js",
-    "test:cli": "yarn -s build && ./bin/cli.js -c test/cli/i18next-parser.config.js",
+    "test:cli": "yarn -s build && ./bin/cli.js -c test/cli/i18next-parser.config.js && ./bin/cli.js -c test/cli/i18next-parser.config.ts && ./bin/cli.js -c test/cli/i18next-parser.config.yaml",
     "watch": "babel src -d dist -w",
     "prettify": "prettier --write \"{src,test}/**/*.js\"",
     "build": "babel src -d dist",
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
     "commander": "~9.4.1",
     "concat-stream": "~2.0.0",
     "eol": "^0.9.1",
+    "esbuild": "^0.15.13",
     "fs-extra": "^10.0.0",
     "gulp-sort": "^2.0.0",
     "i18next": "^22.0.4",
     "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
+    "lilconfig": "^2.0.6",
     "rsvp": "^4.8.2",
     "sort-keys": "^5.0.0",
     "through2": "~4.0.2",
diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
index 5d067954..165c289b 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import { build } from 'esbuild'
+import { rmSync } from 'fs'
+import yaml from 'js-yaml'
+import { builtinModules } from 'module'
+
 /**
  * Take an entry for the Parser and turn it into a hash,
  * turning the key path 'foo.bar' into an hash {foo: {bar: ""}}
@@ -260,6 +265,36 @@ function makeDefaultSort(pluralSeparator) {
   }
 }
 
+async function esConfigLoader(filepath) {
+  return (await import(filepath)).default
+}
+
+async function tsConfigLoader(filepath) {
+  const outfile = filepath + '.bundle.js'
+  await build({
+    absWorkingDir: process.cwd(),
+    entryPoints: [filepath],
+    outfile,
+    write: true,
+    target: ['node14.18', 'node16'],
+    platform: 'node',
+    bundle: true,
+    format: 'esm',
+    sourcemap: 'inline',
+    external: [
+      ...builtinModules,
+      ...builtinModules.map((mod) => 'node:' + mod),
+    ],
+  })
+  const config = await esConfigLoader(outfile)
+  rmSync(outfile)
+  return config
+}
+
+function yamlConfigLoader(filepath, content) {
+  return yaml.load(content)
+}
+
 // unescape common html entities
 // code from react-18next taken from
 // https://github.com/i18next/react-i18next/blob/d3247b5c232f5d8c1a154fe5dd0090ca88c82dcf/src/unescape.js
@@ -302,5 +337,8 @@ export {
   getSingularForm,
   getPluralSuffixPosition,
   makeDefaultSort,
+  esConfigLoader,
+  tsConfigLoader,
+  yamlConfigLoader,
   unescape,
 }
diff --git a/test/cli/i18next-parser.config.ts b/test/cli/i18next-parser.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16b0c4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/i18next-parser.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import path from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
+
+export default {
+  input: ['**/*.html'],
+  output: path.resolve(__dirname, 'locales/$LOCALE/$NAMESPACE.json'),
+  sort: true,
+}
diff --git a/test/cli/i18next-parser.config.yaml b/test/cli/i18next-parser.config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51018614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/i18next-parser.config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+input:
+  - '**/*.html'
+output: test/cli/locales/$LOCALE/$NAMESPACE.json
+sort: true
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 756fd91e..75f183b0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -959,6 +959,16 @@
     exec-sh "^0.3.2"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
 
+"@esbuild/android-arm@0.15.13":
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@esbuild/android-arm/-/android-arm-0.15.13.tgz#ce11237a13ee76d5eae3908e47ba4ddd380af86a"
+  integrity sha512-RY2fVI8O0iFUNvZirXaQ1vMvK0xhCcl0gqRj74Z6yEiO1zAUa7hbsdwZM1kzqbxHK7LFyMizipfXT3JME+12Hw==
+
+"@esbuild/linux-loong64@0.15.13":
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@esbuild/linux-loong64/-/linux-loong64-0.15.13.tgz#64e8825bf0ce769dac94ee39d92ebe6272020dfc"
+  integrity sha512-+BoyIm4I8uJmH/QDIH0fu7MG0AEx9OXEDXnqptXCwKOlOqZiS4iraH1Nr7/ObLMokW3sOCeBNyD68ATcV9b9Ag==
+
 "@istanbuljs/schema@^0.1.2", "@istanbuljs/schema@^0.1.3":
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@istanbuljs/schema/-/schema-0.1.3.tgz#e45e384e4b8ec16bce2fd903af78450f6bf7ec98"
@@ -2346,6 +2356,134 @@ es6-weak-map@^2.0.1:
     es6-iterator "^2.0.3"
     es6-symbol "^3.1.1"
 
+esbuild-android-64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-android-64/-/esbuild-android-64-0.15.13.tgz#5f25864055dbd62e250f360b38b4c382224063af"
+  integrity sha512-yRorukXBlokwTip+Sy4MYskLhJsO0Kn0/Fj43s1krVblfwP+hMD37a4Wmg139GEsMLl+vh8WXp2mq/cTA9J97g==
+
+esbuild-android-arm64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-android-arm64/-/esbuild-android-arm64-0.15.13.tgz#d8820f999314efbe8e0f050653a99ff2da632b0f"
+  integrity sha512-TKzyymLD6PiVeyYa4c5wdPw87BeAiTXNtK6amWUcXZxkV51gOk5u5qzmDaYSwiWeecSNHamFsaFjLoi32QR5/w==
+
+esbuild-darwin-64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-darwin-64/-/esbuild-darwin-64-0.15.13.tgz#99ae7fdaa43947b06cd9d1a1c3c2c9f245d81fd0"
+  integrity sha512-WAx7c2DaOS6CrRcoYCgXgkXDliLnFv3pQLV6GeW1YcGEZq2Gnl8s9Pg7ahValZkpOa0iE/ojRVQ87sbUhF1Cbg==
+
+esbuild-darwin-arm64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-darwin-arm64/-/esbuild-darwin-arm64-0.15.13.tgz#bafa1814354ad1a47adcad73de416130ef7f55e3"
+  integrity sha512-U6jFsPfSSxC3V1CLiQqwvDuj3GGrtQNB3P3nNC3+q99EKf94UGpsG9l4CQ83zBs1NHrk1rtCSYT0+KfK5LsD8A==
+
+esbuild-freebsd-64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-freebsd-64/-/esbuild-freebsd-64-0.15.13.tgz#84ef85535c5cc38b627d1c5115623b088d1de161"
+  integrity sha512-whItJgDiOXaDG/idy75qqevIpZjnReZkMGCgQaBWZuKHoElDJC1rh7MpoUgupMcdfOd+PgdEwNQW9DAE6i8wyA==
+
+esbuild-freebsd-arm64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-freebsd-arm64/-/esbuild-freebsd-arm64-0.15.13.tgz#033f21de434ec8e0c478054b119af8056763c2d8"
+  integrity sha512-6pCSWt8mLUbPtygv7cufV0sZLeylaMwS5Fznj6Rsx9G2AJJsAjQ9ifA+0rQEIg7DwJmi9it+WjzNTEAzzdoM3Q==
+
+esbuild-linux-32@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-32/-/esbuild-linux-32-0.15.13.tgz#54290ea8035cba0faf1791ce9ae6693005512535"
+  integrity sha512-VbZdWOEdrJiYApm2kkxoTOgsoCO1krBZ3quHdYk3g3ivWaMwNIVPIfEE0f0XQQ0u5pJtBsnk2/7OPiCFIPOe/w==
+
+esbuild-linux-64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-64/-/esbuild-linux-64-0.15.13.tgz#4264249281ea388ead948614b57fb1ddf7779a2c"
+  integrity sha512-rXmnArVNio6yANSqDQlIO4WiP+Cv7+9EuAHNnag7rByAqFVuRusLbGi2697A5dFPNXoO//IiogVwi3AdcfPC6A==
+
+esbuild-linux-arm64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-arm64/-/esbuild-linux-arm64-0.15.13.tgz#9323c333924f97a02bdd2ae8912b36298acb312d"
+  integrity sha512-alEMGU4Z+d17U7KQQw2IV8tQycO6T+rOrgW8OS22Ua25x6kHxoG6Ngry6Aq6uranC+pNWNMB6aHFPh7aTQdORQ==
+
+esbuild-linux-arm@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-arm/-/esbuild-linux-arm-0.15.13.tgz#b407f47b3ae721fe4e00e19e9f19289bef87a111"
+  integrity sha512-Ac6LpfmJO8WhCMQmO253xX2IU2B3wPDbl4IvR0hnqcPrdfCaUa2j/lLMGTjmQ4W5JsJIdHEdW12dG8lFS0MbxQ==
+
+esbuild-linux-mips64le@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-mips64le/-/esbuild-linux-mips64le-0.15.13.tgz#bdf905aae5c0bcaa8f83567fe4c4c1bdc1f14447"
+  integrity sha512-47PgmyYEu+yN5rD/MbwS6DxP2FSGPo4Uxg5LwIdxTiyGC2XKwHhHyW7YYEDlSuXLQXEdTO7mYe8zQ74czP7W8A==
+
+esbuild-linux-ppc64le@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-ppc64le/-/esbuild-linux-ppc64le-0.15.13.tgz#2911eae1c90ff58a3bd3259cb557235df25aa3b4"
+  integrity sha512-z6n28h2+PC1Ayle9DjKoBRcx/4cxHoOa2e689e2aDJSaKug3jXcQw7mM+GLg+9ydYoNzj8QxNL8ihOv/OnezhA==
+
+esbuild-linux-riscv64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-riscv64/-/esbuild-linux-riscv64-0.15.13.tgz#1837c660be12b1d20d2a29c7189ea703f93e9265"
+  integrity sha512-+Lu4zuuXuQhgLUGyZloWCqTslcCAjMZH1k3Xc9MSEJEpEFdpsSU0sRDXAnk18FKOfEjhu4YMGaykx9xjtpA6ow==
+
+esbuild-linux-s390x@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-s390x/-/esbuild-linux-s390x-0.15.13.tgz#d52880ece229d1bd10b2d936b792914ffb07c7fc"
+  integrity sha512-BMeXRljruf7J0TMxD5CIXS65y7puiZkAh+s4XFV9qy16SxOuMhxhVIXYLnbdfLrsYGFzx7U9mcdpFWkkvy/Uag==
+
+esbuild-netbsd-64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-netbsd-64/-/esbuild-netbsd-64-0.15.13.tgz#de14da46f1d20352b43e15d97a80a8788275e6ed"
+  integrity sha512-EHj9QZOTel581JPj7UO3xYbltFTYnHy+SIqJVq6yd3KkCrsHRbapiPb0Lx3EOOtybBEE9EyqbmfW1NlSDsSzvQ==
+
+esbuild-openbsd-64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-openbsd-64/-/esbuild-openbsd-64-0.15.13.tgz#45e8a5fd74d92ad8f732c43582369c7990f5a0ac"
+  integrity sha512-nkuDlIjF/sfUhfx8SKq0+U+Fgx5K9JcPq1mUodnxI0x4kBdCv46rOGWbuJ6eof2n3wdoCLccOoJAbg9ba/bT2w==
+
+esbuild-sunos-64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-sunos-64/-/esbuild-sunos-64-0.15.13.tgz#f646ac3da7aac521ee0fdbc192750c87da697806"
+  integrity sha512-jVeu2GfxZQ++6lRdY43CS0Tm/r4WuQQ0Pdsrxbw+aOrHQPHV0+LNOLnvbN28M7BSUGnJnHkHm2HozGgNGyeIRw==
+
+esbuild-windows-32@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-windows-32/-/esbuild-windows-32-0.15.13.tgz#fb4fe77c7591418880b3c9b5900adc4c094f2401"
+  integrity sha512-XoF2iBf0wnqo16SDq+aDGi/+QbaLFpkiRarPVssMh9KYbFNCqPLlGAWwDvxEVz+ywX6Si37J2AKm+AXq1kC0JA==
+
+esbuild-windows-64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-windows-64/-/esbuild-windows-64-0.15.13.tgz#1fca8c654392c0c31bdaaed168becfea80e20660"
+  integrity sha512-Et6htEfGycjDrtqb2ng6nT+baesZPYQIW+HUEHK4D1ncggNrDNk3yoboYQ5KtiVrw/JaDMNttz8rrPubV/fvPQ==
+
+esbuild-windows-arm64@0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-windows-arm64/-/esbuild-windows-arm64-0.15.13.tgz#4ffd01b6b2888603f1584a2fe96b1f6a6f2b3dd8"
+  integrity sha512-3bv7tqntThQC9SWLRouMDmZnlOukBhOCTlkzNqzGCmrkCJI7io5LLjwJBOVY6kOUlIvdxbooNZwjtBvj+7uuVg==
+
+esbuild@^0.15.13:
+  version "0.15.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild/-/esbuild-0.15.13.tgz#7293480038feb2bafa91d3f6a20edab3ba6c108a"
+  integrity sha512-Cu3SC84oyzzhrK/YyN4iEVy2jZu5t2fz66HEOShHURcjSkOSAVL8C/gfUT+lDJxkVHpg8GZ10DD0rMHRPqMFaQ==
+  optionalDependencies:
+    "@esbuild/android-arm" "0.15.13"
+    "@esbuild/linux-loong64" "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-android-64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-android-arm64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-darwin-64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-darwin-arm64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-freebsd-64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-freebsd-arm64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-linux-32 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-linux-64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-linux-arm "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-linux-arm64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-linux-mips64le "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-linux-ppc64le "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-linux-riscv64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-linux-s390x "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-netbsd-64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-openbsd-64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-sunos-64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-windows-32 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-windows-64 "0.15.13"
+    esbuild-windows-arm64 "0.15.13"
+
 escalade@^3.1.1:
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escalade/-/escalade-3.1.1.tgz#d8cfdc7000965c5a0174b4a82eaa5c0552742e40"
@@ -3566,6 +3704,11 @@ lilconfig@2.0.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lilconfig/-/lilconfig-2.0.5.tgz#19e57fd06ccc3848fd1891655b5a447092225b25"
   integrity sha512-xaYmXZtTHPAw5m+xLN8ab9C+3a8YmV3asNSPOATITbtwrfbwaLJj8h66H1WMIpALCkqsIzK3h7oQ+PdX+LQ9Eg==
 
+lilconfig@^2.0.6:
+  version "2.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lilconfig/-/lilconfig-2.0.6.tgz#32a384558bd58af3d4c6e077dd1ad1d397bc69d4"
+  integrity sha512-9JROoBW7pobfsx+Sq2JsASvCo6Pfo6WWoUW79HuB1BCoBXD4PLWJPqDF6fNj67pqBYTbAHkE57M1kS/+L1neOg==
+
 lint-staged@>=11.1.2:
   version "13.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lint-staged/-/lint-staged-13.0.3.tgz#d7cdf03a3830b327a2b63c6aec953d71d9dc48c6"