diff --git a/.github/workflows/binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
index 21605c255..2daebae10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload binaries to release
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
-          file: npm/circom.wasm
+          file: npm/bin/circom.wasm
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           tag: ${{ github.ref }}
           asset_name: circom.wasm
diff --git a/npm/.gitignore b/npm/.gitignore
index 5ea370053..bc79590b8 100644
--- a/npm/.gitignore
+++ b/npm/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 demo
+dist
diff --git a/npm/.npmignore b/npm/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 258920b32..000000000
--- a/npm/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-node_modules
-demo
-test
-.prettierrc
diff --git a/npm/.prettierrc b/npm/.prettierrc
index bfe354d97..8f4613b53 100644
--- a/npm/.prettierrc
+++ b/npm/.prettierrc
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
 {
-    "tabWidth": 4,
-    "useTabs": false,
-    "semi": false,
-    "jsxBracketSameLine": false,
-    "trailingComma": "es5",
-    "printWidth": 100,
-    "arrowParens": "always",
-    "proseWrap": "always",
-    "singleQuote": true,
     "overrides": [
         {
-            "files": ["**/*.json", "*.json"],
+            "files": "*.ts",
             "options": {
-                "parser": "json",
+                "printWidth": 120,
                 "tabWidth": 2
             }
         }
diff --git a/npm/README.md b/npm/README.md
index 0fe7826e9..0730fdb69 100644
--- a/npm/README.md
+++ b/npm/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This project is a version of Circom 2.0 compiled to WASM with AST serialization
 The package is distributed under Distributed Lab npm organization. Run the following commanad to install the compiler:
 
 ```bash
-npm install @distributedlab/circom2
+npm install --global @distributedlab/circom2
 ```
 
 > [!WARNING]
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ npm install @distributedlab/circom2
 You can use the compiler in the following way:
 
 ```bash
-node cli.js <cli_arguments>
+circom2 <cli_arguments>
 ```
 
-Or through using `CircomRunner` class directly. Check out `cli.js` file to learn how it is done.
+Or through using `CircomRunner` class directly. Check out `cli.ts` file to learn how it is done.
 
 ## Disclaimer
 
diff --git a/npm/circom.wasm b/npm/bin/circom.wasm
similarity index 100%
rename from npm/circom.wasm
rename to npm/bin/circom.wasm
diff --git a/npm/cli.js b/npm/cli.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 9f3e6df61..000000000
--- a/npm/cli.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-const { CircomRunner } = require('./index')
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-
-async function main() {
-    let args = process.argv
-        .slice(2)
-        .map((k) => (k.startsWith('-') ? k : k.endsWith('/') ? path.resolve(k) + '/' : path.resolve(k)))
-    if (!(args.includes('-o') || args.includes('--output')))
-        args.push('-o', process.cwd() + '/')
-    if (args.length === 0) args.push('--help')
-    const circom = new CircomRunner({
-        args,
-        env: process.env,
-        preopens: {"/":"/"},
-    })
-    const wasm_bytes = fs.readFileSync(require.resolve('./circom.wasm'))
-    // There is a slight delay between this logging and the circom compiler version logging
-    if (args.includes('--version')) {
-        console.log('circom2 npm package', require('./package.json').version)
-    }
-    await circom.execute(wasm_bytes)
-}
-
-main().catch((err) => {
-    console.error(err)
-    process.exit(1)
-})
diff --git a/npm/index.js b/npm/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e96054426..000000000
--- a/npm/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-const { WASI, WASIExitError } = require('wasi')
-const fs = require('fs')
-const os = require('node:os')
-
-const defaultPreopens = {
-    '.': '.',
-}
-
-const nullDescriptor = fs.openSync(os.devNull)
-
-class CircomRunner {
-    constructor({
-        args,
-        env,
-        preopens = defaultPreopens,
-        quiet = false,
-    } = {}) {
-        this.wasi = new WASI({
-            version: 'preview1',
-            args: ['circom2', ...args],
-            env,
-            preopens,
-            stdout: quiet ? nullDescriptor : 1,
-            stderr: quiet ? nullDescriptor : 2,
-        })
-    }
-
-    async execute(bufOrResponse) {
-        const mod = await WebAssembly.compile(bufOrResponse)
-        const instance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(mod, {
-            ...this.wasi.getImportObject(),
-        })
-
-        try {
-            this.wasi.start(instance)
-        } catch (err) {
-            // The circom devs decided to start forcing an exit call instead of exiting gracefully
-            // so we look for WASIExitError with success code so we can actually be graceful
-            if (err instanceof WASIExitError && err.code === 0) {
-                return instance
-            }
-
-            throw err
-        }
-
-        // Return the instance in case someone wants to access exports or something
-        return instance
-    }
-}
-
-module.exports.CircomRunner = CircomRunner
-module.exports.preopens = defaultPreopens
diff --git a/npm/package-lock.json b/npm/package-lock.json
index 374dac84b..d0aa380a4 100644
--- a/npm/package-lock.json
+++ b/npm/package-lock.json
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 {
   "name": "@distributedlab/circom2",
-  "version": "0.2.19-rc.0",
+  "version": "0.2.19-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@distributedlab/circom2",
-      "version": "0.2.19-rc.0",
+      "version": "0.2.19-rc.1",
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-        "@wasmer/wasi": "^0.12.0",
-        "is-typed-array": "^1.1.8",
-        "path-browserify": "^1.0.1"
+        "@wasmer/wasi": "^0.12.0"
       },
       "bin": {
-        "circom2": "cli.js"
+        "circom2": "dist/cli.js"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
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+        "@types/node": "^20.14.11",
         "prettier": "^2.5.1",
-        "r1csfile": "^0.0.41"
+        "r1csfile": "^0.0.41",
+        "typescript": "^5.5.4"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=16.3.0"
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@
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+    "node_modules/@types/node": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.14.13.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "undici-types": "~5.26.4"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@wasmer/wasi": {
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-      "dependencies": {
-        "define-data-property": "^1.1.4",
-        "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
-        "function-bind": "^1.1.2",
-        "get-intrinsic": "^1.2.4",
-        "gopd": "^1.0.1",
-        "has-property-descriptors": "^1.0.2"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 0.4"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/tar": {
       "version": "5.0.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tar/-/tar-5.0.11.tgz",
@@ -685,6 +478,25 @@
         "punycode": "^2.1.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/typescript": {
+      "version": "5.5.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-5.5.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Mtq29sKDAEYP7aljRgtPOpTvOfbwRWlS6dPRzwjdE+C0R4brX/GUyhHSecbHMFLNBLcJIPt9nl9yG5TZ1weH+Q==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "bin": {
+        "tsc": "bin/tsc",
+        "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14.17"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/undici-types": {
+      "version": "5.26.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-5.26.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JlCMO+ehdEIKqlFxk6IfVoAUVmgz7cU7zD/h9XZ0qzeosSHmUJVOzSQvvYSYWXkFXC+IfLKSIffhv0sVZup6pA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/universal-url": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universal-url/-/universal-url-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -736,24 +548,6 @@
         "webidl-conversions": "^4.0.2"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/which-typed-array": {
-      "version": "1.1.15",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which-typed-array/-/which-typed-array-1.1.15.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-oV0jmFtUky6CXfkqehVvBP/LSWJ2sy4vWMioiENyJLePrBO/yKyV9OyJySfAKosh+RYkIl5zJCNZ8/4JncrpdA==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "available-typed-arrays": "^1.0.7",
-        "call-bind": "^1.0.7",
-        "for-each": "^0.3.3",
-        "gopd": "^1.0.1",
-        "has-tostringtag": "^1.0.2"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 0.4"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/wrappy": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/npm/package.json b/npm/package.json
index c45d1484d..296f22e9a 100644
--- a/npm/package.json
+++ b/npm/package.json
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 {
   "name": "@distributedlab/circom2",
-  "version": "0.2.19-rc.0",
+  "version": "0.2.19-rc.1",
   "description": "Circom 2.0 in WebAssembly",
-  "main": "index.js",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "bin": {
+    "circom2": "dist/cli.js"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist/",
+    "src/",
+    "bin/",
+    "README.md"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node test/test.js",
-    "build": "docker build -o . ..",
-    "build-dev": "rustwasmc build --dev ../circom && cp ../circom/pkg/circom.wasm circom.wasm"
+    "build": "tsc --build .",
+    "build-compiler": "docker build -o . ..",
+    "build-compiler-dev": "rustwasmc build --dev ../circom && cp ../circom/pkg/circom.wasm circom.wasm"
   },
-  "repository": "https://github.com/distributed-lab/circom-wasm",
-  "bin": {
-    "circom2": "./cli.js"
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/distributed-lab/circom-wasm"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=16.3.0"
@@ -18,14 +29,14 @@
   "author": "Distributed Lab",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@wasmer/wasi": "^0.12.0",
-    "is-typed-array": "^1.1.8",
-    "path-browserify": "^1.0.1"
+    "@wasmer/wasi": "^0.12.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@iden3/binfileutils": "^0.0.11",
+    "@types/node": "^20.14.11",
     "prettier": "^2.5.1",
-    "r1csfile": "^0.0.41"
+    "r1csfile": "^0.0.41",
+    "typescript": "^5.5.4"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "rustwasmc": "^0.1.29"
diff --git a/npm/src/cli.ts b/npm/src/cli.ts
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2416ee7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/src/cli.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { CircomRunner } from "./index";
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+
+async function main() {
+  let args = process.argv
+    .slice(2)
+    .map((k) => (k.startsWith("-") ? k : k.endsWith("/") ? path.resolve(k) + "/" : path.resolve(k)));
+
+  if (!(args.includes("-o") || args.includes("--output"))) {
+    args.push("-o", process.cwd() + "/");
+  }
+
+  if (args.length === 0) {
+    args.push("--help");
+  }
+
+  const circom = new CircomRunner({
+    args,
+    env: process.env,
+    preopens: { "/": "/" },
+  });
+
+  const wasm_bytes = fs.readFileSync(require.resolve("../bin/circom.wasm"));
+
+  // There is a slight delay between this logging and the circom compiler version logging
+  if (args.includes("--version")) {
+    console.log("circom2 npm package", require("../package.json").version);
+  }
+
+  await circom.execute(wasm_bytes);
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  console.error(err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/npm/src/index.ts b/npm/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..049c4d546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { WASI } from "wasi";
+import { WASIExitError } from "@wasmer/wasi";
+import fs from "fs";
+import os from "os";
+
+const defaultPreopens = {
+  ".": ".",
+};
+
+const nullDescriptor = fs.openSync(os.devNull, "w");
+
+interface CircomRunnerOptions {
+  args?: string[];
+  env?: object;
+  preopens?: NodeJS.Dict<string>;
+  quiet?: boolean;
+}
+
+class CircomRunner {
+  private wasi: WASI;
+
+  constructor({ args = [], env, preopens = defaultPreopens, quiet = false }: CircomRunnerOptions = {}) {
+    this.wasi = new WASI({
+      version: "preview1",
+      args: ["circom2", ...args],
+      env,
+      preopens,
+      stdout: quiet ? nullDescriptor : 1,
+      stderr: quiet ? nullDescriptor : 2,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async execute(bufOrResponse: BufferSource): Promise<WebAssembly.Instance> {
+    const mod = await WebAssembly.compile(bufOrResponse);
+    const instance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(mod, {
+      wasi_snapshot_preview1: this.wasi.wasiImport,
+    });
+
+    try {
+      this.wasi.start(instance);
+    } catch (err) {
+      // The circom devs decided to start forcing an exit call instead of exiting gracefully
+      // so we look for WASIExitError with success code so we can actually be graceful
+      if (err instanceof WASIExitError && err.code === 0) {
+        return instance;
+      }
+
+      throw err;
+    }
+
+    // Return the instance in case someone wants to access exports or something
+    return instance;
+  }
+}
+
+export { CircomRunner, defaultPreopens };
diff --git a/npm/tsconfig.json b/npm/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67c271058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "./dist",
+    "./node_modules",
+  ],
+  "include": ["src", "test"]
+}