diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 04e9657ae9..e30864158b 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ module.exports = {
       ERROR,
       {'ts-expect-error': 'allow-with-description'},
     ],
+    '@typescript-eslint/consistent-indexed-object-style': [
+      WARNING,
+      'index-signature',
+    ],
     '@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-imports': [
       WARNING,
       {disallowTypeAnnotations: false},
diff --git a/admin/new.docusaurus.io/functionUtils/playgroundUtils.ts b/admin/new.docusaurus.io/functionUtils/playgroundUtils.ts
index b8a7f84ca9..85bd7ef4bd 100644
--- a/admin/new.docusaurus.io/functionUtils/playgroundUtils.ts
+++ b/admin/new.docusaurus.io/functionUtils/playgroundUtils.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ const PlaygroundDocumentationUrl = 'https://docusaurus.io/docs/playground';
 export type PlaygroundName = keyof typeof PlaygroundConfigs;
 
 function isValidPlaygroundName(
-  playgroundName: string,
+  playgroundName: string | undefined,
 ): playgroundName is PlaygroundName {
-  return Object.keys(PlaygroundConfigs).includes(playgroundName);
+  return (
+    !!playgroundName && Object.keys(PlaygroundConfigs).includes(playgroundName)
+  );
 }
 
 export function createPlaygroundDocumentationResponse(): HandlerResponse {
@@ -54,10 +56,10 @@ export function createPlaygroundResponse(
 }
 
 // Inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/a/3409200/82609
-function parseCookieString(cookieString: string): Record<string, string> {
-  const result: Record<string, string> = {};
+function parseCookieString(cookieString: string): {[key: string]: string} {
+  const result: {[key: string]: string} = {};
   cookieString.split(';').forEach((cookie) => {
-    const [name, value] = cookie.split('=');
+    const [name, value] = cookie.split('=') as [string, string];
     result[name.trim()] = decodeURI(value);
   });
   return result;
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ function parseCookieString(cookieString: string): Record<string, string> {
 export function readPlaygroundName(
   event: HandlerEvent,
 ): PlaygroundName | undefined {
-  const parsedCookie: Record<string, string> = event.headers.cookie
+  const parsedCookie: {[key: string]: string} = event.headers.cookie
     ? parseCookieString(event.headers.cookie)
     : {};
   const playgroundName: string | undefined = parsedCookie[CookieName];
diff --git a/jest/snapshotPathNormalizer.ts b/jest/snapshotPathNormalizer.ts
index ad642a561a..d8b2d7a14e 100644
--- a/jest/snapshotPathNormalizer.ts
+++ b/jest/snapshotPathNormalizer.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function print(
     });
     return serialize(error);
   } else if (val && typeof val === 'object') {
-    const normalizedValue = _.cloneDeep(val) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const normalizedValue = _.cloneDeep(val) as {[key: string]: unknown};
 
     Object.keys(normalizedValue).forEach((key) => {
       normalizedValue[key] = normalizePaths(normalizedValue[key]);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function test(val: unknown): boolean {
     (typeof val === 'object' &&
       val &&
       Object.keys(val).some((key) =>
-        shouldUpdate((val as Record<string, unknown>)[key]),
+        shouldUpdate((val as {[key: string]: unknown})[key]),
       )) ||
     // val.message is non-enumerable in an error
     (val instanceof Error && shouldUpdate(val.message)) ||
diff --git a/packages/create-docusaurus/src/index.ts b/packages/create-docusaurus/src/index.ts
index 1562e756b5..f6b276585c 100755
--- a/packages/create-docusaurus/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-docusaurus/src/index.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function isValidGitRepoUrl(gitRepoUrl: string) {
   return ['https://', 'git@'].some((item) => gitRepoUrl.startsWith(item));
 }
 
-async function updatePkg(pkgPath: string, obj: Record<string, unknown>) {
+async function updatePkg(pkgPath: string, obj: {[key: string]: unknown}) {
   const content = await fs.readFile(pkgPath, 'utf-8');
   const pkg = JSON.parse(content);
   const newPkg = Object.assign(pkg, obj);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/index.ts
index 38c97ccc74..ae3336d169 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/index.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ type Options = RemarkAndRehypePluginOptions & {
   removeContentTitle?: boolean;
   metadataPath?: string | ((filePath: string) => string);
   createAssets?: (metadata: {
-    frontMatter: Record<string, unknown>;
-    metadata: Record<string, unknown>;
-  }) => Record<string, unknown>;
+    frontMatter: {[key: string]: unknown};
+    metadata: {[key: string]: unknown};
+  }) => {[key: string]: unknown};
   filepath: string;
 };
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async function readMetadataPath(metadataPath: string) {
  *
  * `{image: "./myImage.png"}` => `{image: require("./myImage.png")}`
  */
-function createAssetsExportCode(assets: Record<string, unknown>) {
+function createAssetsExportCode(assets: {[key: string]: unknown}) {
   if (Object.keys(assets).length === 0) {
     return 'undefined';
   }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/mdx-loader.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/mdx-loader.d.ts
index 99d781b436..e1fff7113e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/mdx-loader.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/mdx-loader.d.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type {Plugin} from 'unified';
 
 export type RemarkOrRehypePlugin =
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  [Plugin<any[]>, Record<string, unknown>] | Plugin<any[]>;
+  [Plugin<any[]>, any] | Plugin<any[]>;
 export type RemarkAndRehypePluginOptions = {
   remarkPlugins: RemarkOrRehypePlugin[];
   rehypePlugins: RemarkOrRehypePlugin[];
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-migrate/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-migrate/src/index.ts
index bbb0571433..764718fc54 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-migrate/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-migrate/src/index.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ ${
 type MigrationContext = {
   siteDir: string;
   newDir: string;
-  deps: Record<string, string>;
+  deps: {[key: string]: string};
   shouldMigrateMdFiles: boolean;
   shouldMigratePages: boolean;
   v1Config: VersionOneConfig;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export async function migrateDocusaurusProject(
   async function createMigrationContext(): Promise<MigrationContext> {
     const v1Config = importFresh(`${siteDir}/siteConfig`) as VersionOneConfig;
     logger.info('Starting migration from v1 to v2...');
-    const deps: Record<string, string> = {
+    const deps = {
       '@docusaurus/core': DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
       '@docusaurus/preset-classic': DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
       clsx: '^1.1.1',
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export function createConfigFile({
   'v1Config' | 'siteDir' | 'newDir'
 >): VersionTwoConfig {
   const siteConfig = v1Config;
-  const customConfigFields: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+  const customConfigFields: {[key: string]: unknown} = {};
   // add fields that are unknown to v2 to customConfigFields
   Object.keys(siteConfig).forEach((key) => {
     const knownFields = [
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ async function migrateVersionedSidebar(
               };
             });
             return acc;
-          }, {} as Record<string, Array<string | Record<string, unknown>>>);
+          }, {} as {[key: string]: Array<string | {[key: string]: unknown}>});
           return topLevel;
         },
         {},
@@ -702,9 +702,9 @@ async function migrateLatestDocs(context: MigrationContext) {
 async function migratePackageFile(context: MigrationContext): Promise<void> {
   const {deps, siteDir, newDir} = context;
   const packageFile = importFresh(`${siteDir}/package.json`) as {
-    scripts?: Record<string, string>;
-    dependencies?: Record<string, string>;
-    devDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+    scripts?: {[key: string]: string};
+    dependencies?: {[key: string]: string};
+    devDependencies?: {[key: string]: string};
     [otherKey: string]: unknown;
   };
   packageFile.scripts = {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-migrate/src/types.ts b/packages/docusaurus-migrate/src/types.ts
index 1da3391895..8a3583fcfa 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-migrate/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-migrate/src/types.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ export type SidebarEntry =
 
 export type SidebarEntries = {
   [key: string]:
-    | Record<string, unknown>
-    | Array<Record<string, unknown> | string>;
+    | {[key: string]: unknown}
+    | Array<{[key: string]: unknown} | string>;
 };
 
 export interface VersionTwoConfig {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export interface VersionTwoConfig {
       logo?: {
         src?: string;
       };
-      items: Array<Record<string, unknown> | null>;
+      items: Array<{[key: string]: unknown} | null>;
     };
     image?: string;
     footer: {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export interface VersionTwoConfig {
         src?: string;
       };
     };
-    algolia?: Record<string, unknown>;
+    algolia?: {[key: string]: unknown};
   };
   customFields: {
     [key: string]: unknown;
@@ -111,16 +111,16 @@ export type VersionOneConfig = {
   copyright?: string;
   editUrl?: string;
   customDocsPath?: string;
-  users?: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  users?: Array<{[key: string]: unknown}>;
   disableHeaderTitle?: string;
   disableTitleTagline?: string;
-  separateCss?: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  separateCss?: Array<{[key: string]: unknown}>;
   footerIcon?: string;
   translationRecruitingLink?: string;
-  algolia?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  algolia?: {[key: string]: unknown};
   gaTrackingId?: string;
   gaGtag?: boolean;
-  highlight?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  highlight?: {[key: string]: unknown};
   markdownPlugins?: Array<() => void>;
   scripts?: Array<{src: string; [key: string]: unknown} | string>;
   stylesheets?: Array<{href: string; [key: string]: unknown} | string>;
@@ -133,5 +133,5 @@ export type VersionOneConfig = {
   ogImage?: string;
   cleanUrl?: boolean;
   scrollToTop?: boolean;
-  scrollToTopOptions?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  scrollToTopOptions?: {[key: string]: unknown};
 };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-module-type-aliases/src/index.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-module-type-aliases/src/index.d.ts
index d8d8b53f42..5cc70d825d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-module-type-aliases/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-module-type-aliases/src/index.d.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@ declare module '@generated/routes' {
 declare module '@generated/routesChunkNames' {
   import type {RouteChunksTree} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
-  const routesChunkNames: Record<string, RouteChunksTree>;
+  const routesChunkNames: {[route: string]: RouteChunksTree};
   export = routesChunkNames;
 }
 
 declare module '@generated/globalData' {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  const globalData: Record<string, any>;
+  import type {GlobalData} from '@docusaurus/types';
+
+  const globalData: GlobalData;
   export = globalData;
 }
 
@@ -59,20 +60,19 @@ declare module '@generated/i18n' {
     defaultLocale: string;
     locales: [string, ...string[]];
     currentLocale: string;
-    localeConfigs: Record<
-      string,
-      {
+    localeConfigs: {
+      [localeName: string]: {
         label: string;
         direction: string;
         htmlLang: string;
-      }
-    >;
+      };
+    };
   };
   export = i18n;
 }
 
 declare module '@generated/codeTranslations' {
-  const codeTranslations: Record<string, string>;
+  const codeTranslations: {[msgId: string]: string};
   export = codeTranslations;
 }
 
@@ -172,10 +172,9 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/Interpolate' {
       ? Key | ExtractInterpolatePlaceholders<Rest>
       : never;
 
-  export type InterpolateValues<
-    Str extends string,
-    Value extends ReactNode,
-  > = Record<ExtractInterpolatePlaceholders<Str>, Value>;
+  export type InterpolateValues<Str extends string, Value extends ReactNode> = {
+    [key in ExtractInterpolatePlaceholders<Str>]: Value;
+  };
 
   // If all the values are plain strings, interpolate returns a simple string
   export function interpolate<Str extends string>(
@@ -320,17 +319,18 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/renderRoutes' {
 }
 
 declare module '@docusaurus/useGlobalData' {
-  export function useAllPluginInstancesData<T = unknown>(
-    pluginName: string,
-  ): Record<string, T>;
+  import type {GlobalData} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
-  export function usePluginData<T = unknown>(
+  export function useAllPluginInstancesData(
+    pluginName: string,
+  ): GlobalData[string];
+
+  export function usePluginData(
     pluginName: string,
     pluginId?: string,
-  ): T;
+  ): GlobalData[string][string];
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  export default function useGlobalData(): Record<string, any>;
+  export default function useGlobalData(): GlobalData;
 }
 
 declare module '*.svg' {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/createRedirectPageContent.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/createRedirectPageContent.ts
index 557ea9c381..b7bdd7f61c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/createRedirectPageContent.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/createRedirectPageContent.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const getCompiledRedirectPageTemplate = _.memoize(() =>
   eta.compile(redirectPageTemplate.trim()),
 );
 
-function renderRedirectPageTemplate(data: Record<string, unknown>) {
+function renderRedirectPageTemplate(data: {toUrl: string}) {
   const compiled = getCompiledRedirectPageTemplate();
   return compiled(data, eta.defaultConfig);
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/frontMatter.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/frontMatter.test.ts
index 5a8dc0ebd8..99e3c694bf 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/frontMatter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/frontMatter.test.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ function testField(params: {
   fieldName: keyof BlogPostFrontMatter;
   validFrontMatters: BlogPostFrontMatter[];
   convertibleFrontMatter?: [
-    ConvertibleFrontMatter: Record<string, unknown>,
+    ConvertibleFrontMatter: {[key: string]: unknown},
     ConvertedFrontMatter: BlogPostFrontMatter,
   ][];
   invalidFrontMatters?: [
-    InvalidFrontMatter: Record<string, unknown>,
+    InvalidFrontMatter: {[key: string]: unknown},
     ErrorMessage: string,
   ][];
 }) {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/authors.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/authors.ts
index 1de62ec0c8..e8e2be3231 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/authors.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/authors.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import type {
   BlogPostFrontMatterAuthors,
 } from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog';
 
-export type AuthorsMap = Record<string, Author>;
+export type AuthorsMap = {[authorKey: string]: Author};
 
 const AuthorsMapSchema = Joi.object<AuthorsMap>()
   .pattern(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
index 59b38a5e5e..b1823bb6d6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ export function truncate(fileString: string, truncateMarker: RegExp): string {
   return fileString.split(truncateMarker, 1).shift()!;
 }
 
-export function getSourceToPermalink(
-  blogPosts: BlogPost[],
-): Record<string, string> {
+export function getSourceToPermalink(blogPosts: BlogPost[]): {
+  [aliasedPath: string]: string;
+} {
   return Object.fromEntries(
     blogPosts.map(({metadata: {source, permalink}}) => [source, permalink]),
   );
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/deps.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/deps.d.ts
index c9976d8a58..6b8b33906b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/deps.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/deps.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 declare module 'remark-admonitions' {
-  type Options = Record<string, unknown>;
+  type Options = {[key: string]: unknown};
 
   const plugin: (options?: Options) => void;
   export = plugin;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/frontMatter.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/frontMatter.ts
index 49a872b650..417bf1df00 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/frontMatter.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/frontMatter.ts
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ const BlogFrontMatterSchema = Joi.object<BlogPostFrontMatter>({
     '{#label} blog frontMatter field is deprecated. Please use {#alternative} instead.',
 });
 
-export function validateBlogPostFrontMatter(
-  frontMatter: Record<string, unknown>,
-): BlogPostFrontMatter {
+export function validateBlogPostFrontMatter(frontMatter: {
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}): BlogPostFrontMatter {
   return validateFrontMatter(frontMatter, BlogFrontMatterSchema);
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
index d8338c97ce..93cf975f8b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export default async function pluginContentBlog(
         blogTagsListPath,
       } = blogContents;
 
-      const blogItemsToMetadata: Record<string, BlogPostMetadata> = {};
+      const blogItemsToMetadata: {[postId: string]: BlogPostMetadata} = {};
 
       const sidebarBlogPosts =
         options.blogSidebarCount === 'ALL'
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export default async function pluginContentBlog(
         return;
       }
 
-      const tagsModule: Record<string, TagModule> = Object.fromEntries(
+      const tagsModule: {[tagName: string]: TagModule} = Object.fromEntries(
         Object.entries(blogTags).map(([, tag]) => {
           const tagModule: TagModule = {
             allTagsPath: blogTagsListPath,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/plugin-content-blog.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/plugin-content-blog.d.ts
index b369cd9786..10e4fd6547 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/plugin-content-blog.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/plugin-content-blog.d.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog' {
     /**
      * Front matter, as-is.
      */
-    readonly frontMatter: BlogPostFrontMatter & Record<string, unknown>;
+    readonly frontMatter: BlogPostFrontMatter & {[key: string]: unknown};
     /**
      * Tags, normalized.
      */
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog' {
     /** Markdown content. */
     content: string;
     /** Front matter. */
-    frontMatter?: BlogPostFrontMatter & Record<string, unknown>;
+    frontMatter?: BlogPostFrontMatter & {[key: string]: unknown};
     /** Options accepted by ngryman/reading-time. */
     options?: ReadingTimeOptions;
   }) => number;
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog' {
      * unlocalized file. Ignored when `editUrl` is a function.
      */
     editLocalizedFiles?: boolean;
-    admonitions: Record<string, unknown>;
+    admonitions: {[key: string]: unknown};
     /** Path to the authors map file, relative to the blog content directory. */
     authorsMapPath: string;
     /** A callback to customize the reading time number displayed. */
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ declare module '@theme/BlogTagsListPage' {
     /** Blog sidebar. */
     readonly sidebar: BlogSidebar;
     /** A map from tag names to the full tag module. */
-    readonly tags: Readonly<Record<string, TagModule>>;
+    readonly tags: Readonly<{[tagName: string]: TagModule}>;
   }
 
   export default function BlogTagsListPage(props: Props): JSX.Element;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/types.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/types.ts
index a83cc76abf..a96390f71d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/types.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ export type BlogMarkdownLoaderOptions = {
   siteDir: string;
   contentPaths: BlogContentPaths;
   truncateMarker: RegExp;
-  sourceToPermalink: Record<string, string>;
+  sourceToPermalink: {[aliasedPath: string]: string};
   onBrokenMarkdownLink: (brokenMarkdownLink: BlogBrokenMarkdownLink) => void;
 };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index b65e9956e3..3c40354723 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -1535,10 +1535,6 @@ exports[`site with custom sidebar items generator sidebarItemsGenerator is calle
     "type": "autogenerated",
   },
   "numberPrefixParser": [Function],
-  "options": {
-    "sidebarCollapsed": true,
-    "sidebarCollapsible": true,
-  },
   "version": {
     "contentPath": "docs",
     "versionName": "current",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
index eed15f0576..730e3d787e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const createFakeDocFile = ({
   markdown = 'some markdown content',
 }: {
   source: string;
-  frontMatter?: Record<string, string>;
+  frontMatter?: {[key: string]: string};
   markdown?: string;
 }): DocFile => {
   const content = `---
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/frontMatter.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/frontMatter.test.ts
index 1fa4809c48..734e7e0bbf 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/frontMatter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/frontMatter.test.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ function testField(params: {
   prefix: string;
   validFrontMatters: DocFrontMatter[];
   convertibleFrontMatter?: [
-    ConvertibleFrontMatter: Record<string, unknown>,
+    ConvertibleFrontMatter: {[key: string]: unknown},
     ConvertedFrontMatter: DocFrontMatter,
   ][];
   invalidFrontMatters?: [
-    InvalidFrontMatter: Record<string, unknown>,
+    InvalidFrontMatter: {[key: string]: unknown},
     ErrorMessage: string,
   ][];
 }) {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 0d6df18fe9..382b0f6365 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Available ids are:\n- ${version.docs.map((d) => d.unversionedId).join('\n- ')}`,
 
 const createFakeActions = (contentDir: string) => {
   const routeConfigs: RouteConfig[] = [];
-  const dataContainer: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+  const dataContainer: {[key: string]: unknown} = {};
   const globalDataContainer: {pluginName?: {pluginId: unknown}} = {};
 
   const actions = {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/categoryGeneratedIndex.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/categoryGeneratedIndex.ts
index 522ae14556..b3785f6fe9 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/categoryGeneratedIndex.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/categoryGeneratedIndex.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function getCategoryGeneratedIndexMetadata({
 }: {
   category: SidebarItemCategoryWithGeneratedIndex;
   sidebarsUtils: SidebarsUtils;
-  docsById: Record<string, DocMetadataBase>;
+  docsById: {[docId: string]: DocMetadataBase};
 }): CategoryGeneratedIndexMetadata {
   const {sidebarName, previous, next} =
     sidebarsUtils.getCategoryGeneratedIndexNavigation(category.link.permalink);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/__tests__/docsClientUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/__tests__/docsClientUtils.test.ts
index 5576af6332..9663b01462 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/__tests__/docsClientUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/__tests__/docsClientUtils.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 
 describe('docsClientUtils', () => {
   it('getActivePlugin', () => {
-    const data: Record<string, GlobalPluginData> = {
+    const data: {[key: string]: GlobalPluginData} = {
       pluginIosId: {
         path: '/ios',
         versions: [],
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsClientUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsClientUtils.ts
index ad40156a7e..1a07cd1807 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsClientUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsClientUtils.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ import type {
 // ie the docs of that plugin are currently browsed
 // it is useful to support multiple docs plugin instances
 export function getActivePlugin(
-  allPluginDatas: Record<string, GlobalPluginData>,
+  allPluginData: {[pluginId: string]: GlobalPluginData},
   pathname: string,
   options: GetActivePluginOptions = {},
 ): ActivePlugin | undefined {
-  const activeEntry = Object.entries(allPluginDatas)
+  const activeEntry = Object.entries(allPluginData)
     // Route sorting: '/android/foo' should match '/android' instead of '/'
     .sort((a, b) => b[1].path.localeCompare(a[1].path))
     .find(
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function getActivePlugin(
   if (!activePlugin && options.failfast) {
     throw new Error(
       `Can't find active docs plugin for "${pathname}" pathname, while it was expected to be found. Maybe you tried to use a docs feature that can only be used on a docs-related page? Existing docs plugin paths are: ${Object.values(
-        allPluginDatas,
+        allPluginData,
       )
         .map((plugin) => plugin.path)
         .join(', ')}`,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
index 5529d38739..803456fbbe 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const StableEmptyObject = {};
 // Not using useAllPluginInstancesData() because in blog-only mode, docs hooks
 // are still used by the theme. We need a fail-safe fallback when the docs
 // plugin is not in use
-export const useAllDocsData = (): Record<string, GlobalPluginData> =>
+export const useAllDocsData = (): {[pluginId: string]: GlobalPluginData} =>
   useGlobalData()['docusaurus-plugin-content-docs'] ?? StableEmptyObject;
 
 export const useDocsData = (pluginId: string | undefined): GlobalPluginData =>
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/deps.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/deps.d.ts
index c9976d8a58..6b8b33906b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/deps.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/deps.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 declare module 'remark-admonitions' {
-  type Options = Record<string, unknown>;
+  type Options = {[key: string]: unknown};
 
   const plugin: (options?: Options) => void;
   export = plugin;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
index c94ff470b0..631daef5f7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ export function getDocIds(doc: DocMetadataBase): [string, string] {
 // to "id")
 export function createDocsByIdIndex<
   Doc extends {id: string; unversionedId: string},
->(docs: Doc[]): Record<string, Doc> {
+>(docs: Doc[]): {[docId: string]: Doc} {
   return Object.fromEntries(
     docs.flatMap((doc) => [
       [doc.unversionedId, doc],
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/frontMatter.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/frontMatter.ts
index da4b86ca37..fe53b0573d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/frontMatter.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/frontMatter.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ const DocFrontMatterSchema = Joi.object<DocFrontMatter>({
   ...FrontMatterTOCHeadingLevels,
 }).unknown();
 
-export function validateDocFrontMatter(
-  frontMatter: Record<string, unknown>,
-): DocFrontMatter {
+export function validateDocFrontMatter(frontMatter: {
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}): DocFrontMatter {
   return validateFrontMatter(frontMatter, DocFrontMatterSchema);
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/globalData.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/globalData.ts
index bc974d527c..302fb77328 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/globalData.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/globalData.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function toGlobalDataGeneratedIndex(
 function toGlobalSidebars(
   sidebars: Sidebars,
   version: LoadedVersion,
-): Record<string, GlobalSidebar> {
+): {[sidebarId: string]: GlobalSidebar} {
   const {getFirstLink} = createSidebarsUtils(sidebars);
   return _.mapValues(sidebars, (sidebar, sidebarId) => {
     const firstLink = getFirstLink(sidebarId);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.ts
index 4e6d19f4bc..4b659f48fa 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import type {
   PropTagsListPage,
   PluginOptions,
 } from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs';
-import type {GlobalPluginData} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client';
 import {createSidebarsUtils} from './sidebars/utils';
 import {getCategoryGeneratedIndexMetadataList} from './categoryGeneratedIndex';
 
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ export default async function pluginContentDocs(
       // TODO tags should be a sub route of the version route
       await Promise.all(loadedVersions.map(createVersionTagsRoutes));
 
-      setGlobalData<GlobalPluginData>({
+      setGlobalData({
         path: normalizeUrl([baseUrl, options.routeBasePath]),
         versions: loadedVersions.map(toGlobalDataVersion),
         breadcrumbs,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/plugin-content-docs.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/plugin-content-docs.d.ts
index 5d7aa1e04d..3d3898e0cf 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/plugin-content-docs.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/plugin-content-docs.d.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs' {
   };
   export type VersionsOptions = {
     lastVersion?: string;
-    versions: Record<string, VersionOptions>;
+    versions: {[versionName: string]: VersionOptions};
     onlyIncludeVersions?: string[];
   };
   export type SidebarOptions = {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs' {
       docTagDocListComponent: string;
       docTagsListComponent: string;
       docCategoryGeneratedIndexComponent: string;
-      admonitions: Record<string, unknown>;
+      admonitions: {[key: string]: unknown};
       disableVersioning: boolean;
       includeCurrentVersion: boolean;
       sidebarItemsGenerator: import('./sidebars/types').SidebarItemsGeneratorOption;
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client' {
   export type ActiveDocContext = {
     activeVersion?: GlobalVersion;
     activeDoc?: GlobalDoc;
-    alternateDocVersions: Record<string, GlobalDoc>;
+    alternateDocVersions: {[versionName: string]: GlobalDoc};
   };
   export type GlobalDoc = {
     id: string;
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client' {
     path: string;
     mainDocId: string; // home doc (if docs homepage configured), or first doc
     docs: GlobalDoc[];
-    sidebars?: Record<string, GlobalSidebar>;
+    sidebars?: {[sidebarId: string]: GlobalSidebar};
   };
 
   export type GlobalSidebarLink = {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client' {
   };
   export type GetActivePluginOptions = {failfast?: boolean}; // use fail-fast option if you know for sure one plugin instance is active
 
-  export const useAllDocsData: () => Record<string, GlobalPluginData>;
+  export const useAllDocsData: () => {[pluginId: string]: GlobalPluginData};
   export const useDocsData: (pluginId?: string) => GlobalPluginData;
   export const useActivePlugin: (
     options?: GetActivePluginOptions,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/processor.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/processor.test.ts
index 15390eb4b8..1dad824917 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/processor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/processor.test.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('processSidebars', () => {
 
   async function testProcessSidebars(
     unprocessedSidebars: NormalizedSidebars,
-    categoriesMetadata: Record<string, CategoryMetadataFile> = {},
+    categoriesMetadata: {[filePath: string]: CategoryMetadataFile} = {},
     paramsOverrides: Partial<SidebarProcessorParams> = {},
   ) {
     return processSidebars(unprocessedSidebars, categoriesMetadata, {
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ describe('processSidebars', () => {
       },
       numberPrefixParser: DefaultNumberPrefixParser,
       isCategoryIndex,
-      options: params.sidebarOptions,
     });
     expect(StaticSidebarItemsGenerator).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       defaultSidebarItemsGenerator: DefaultSidebarItemsGenerator,
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ describe('processSidebars', () => {
       },
       numberPrefixParser: DefaultNumberPrefixParser,
       isCategoryIndex,
-      options: params.sidebarOptions,
     });
     expect(StaticSidebarItemsGenerator).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       defaultSidebarItemsGenerator: DefaultSidebarItemsGenerator,
@@ -166,7 +164,6 @@ describe('processSidebars', () => {
       },
       numberPrefixParser: DefaultNumberPrefixParser,
       isCategoryIndex,
-      options: params.sidebarOptions,
     });
 
     expect(processedSidebar).toEqual({
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/utils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/utils.test.ts
index 1b75e8e65e..540f379a7f 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/__tests__/utils.test.ts
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ describe('toNavigationLink', () => {
     return {...data, frontMatter: {}} as DocMetadataBase;
   }
 
-  const docsById: Record<string, DocMetadataBase> = {
+  const docsById: {[docId: string]: DocMetadataBase} = {
     doc1: testDoc({
       title: 'Doc 1',
       permalink: '/doc1',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/processor.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/processor.ts
index 6f99428f6e..7e5fa5b6a5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/processor.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/processor.ts
@@ -48,16 +48,10 @@ function toSidebarItemsGeneratorVersion(
 // post-processing checks
 async function processSidebar(
   unprocessedSidebar: NormalizedSidebar,
-  categoriesMetadata: Record<string, CategoryMetadataFile>,
+  categoriesMetadata: {[filePath: string]: CategoryMetadataFile},
   params: SidebarProcessorParams,
 ): Promise<ProcessedSidebar> {
-  const {
-    sidebarItemsGenerator,
-    numberPrefixParser,
-    docs,
-    version,
-    sidebarOptions,
-  } = params;
+  const {sidebarItemsGenerator, numberPrefixParser, docs, version} = params;
 
   // Just a minor lazy transformation optimization
   const getSidebarItemsGeneratorDocsAndVersion = _.memoize(() => ({
@@ -74,7 +68,6 @@ async function processSidebar(
       defaultSidebarItemsGenerator: DefaultSidebarItemsGenerator,
       isCategoryIndex,
       ...getSidebarItemsGeneratorDocsAndVersion(),
-      options: sidebarOptions,
       categoriesMetadata,
     });
     // Process again... weird but sidebar item generated might generate some
@@ -113,7 +106,7 @@ async function processSidebar(
 
 export async function processSidebars(
   unprocessedSidebars: NormalizedSidebars,
-  categoriesMetadata: Record<string, CategoryMetadataFile>,
+  categoriesMetadata: {[filePath: string]: CategoryMetadataFile},
   params: SidebarProcessorParams,
 ): Promise<ProcessedSidebars> {
   const processedSidebars = await combinePromises(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types.ts
index f9f6895ec9..8ad3c310b7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ import type {
 import type {Slugger} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 
 // Makes all properties visible when hovering over the type
-type Expand<T extends Record<string, unknown>> = {[P in keyof T]: T[P]};
+type Expand<T extends {[x: string]: unknown}> = {[P in keyof T]: T[P]};
 
 export type SidebarItemBase = {
   className?: string;
-  customProps?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  customProps?: {[key: string]: unknown};
 };
 
 export type SidebarItemDoc = SidebarItemBase & {
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export type CategoryMetadataFile = {
   collapsible?: boolean;
   className?: string;
   link?: SidebarItemCategoryLinkConfig | null;
-  customProps?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  customProps?: {[key: string]: unknown};
 
   // TODO should we allow "items" here? how would this work? would an
   // "autogenerated" type be allowed?
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ export type SidebarItemsGeneratorArgs = {
   docs: SidebarItemsGeneratorDoc[];
   numberPrefixParser: NumberPrefixParser;
   isCategoryIndex: CategoryIndexMatcher;
-  categoriesMetadata: Record<string, CategoryMetadataFile>;
-  options: SidebarOptions;
+  categoriesMetadata: {[filePath: string]: CategoryMetadataFile};
 };
 export type SidebarItemsGenerator = (
   generatorArgs: SidebarItemsGeneratorArgs,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/utils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/utils.ts
index 6f8875f985..5caa93d948 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/utils.ts
@@ -107,15 +107,15 @@ export function collectSidebarNavigation(
   });
 }
 
-export function collectSidebarsDocIds(
-  sidebars: Sidebars,
-): Record<string, string[]> {
+export function collectSidebarsDocIds(sidebars: Sidebars): {
+  [sidebarId: string]: string[];
+} {
   return _.mapValues(sidebars, collectSidebarDocIds);
 }
 
-export function collectSidebarsNavigations(
-  sidebars: Sidebars,
-): Record<string, SidebarNavigationItem[]> {
+export function collectSidebarsNavigations(sidebars: Sidebars): {
+  [sidebarId: string]: SidebarNavigationItem[];
+} {
   return _.mapValues(sidebars, collectSidebarNavigation);
 }
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ export function toDocNavigationLink(doc: DocMetadataBase): DocNavLink {
 
 export function toNavigationLink(
   navigationItem: SidebarNavigationItem | undefined,
-  docsById: Record<string, DocMetadataBase>,
+  docsById: {[docId: string]: DocMetadataBase},
 ): DocNavLink | undefined {
   function getDocById(docId: string) {
     const doc = docsById[docId];
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/validation.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/validation.ts
index 9ee2115e13..22ddcfbf77 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/validation.ts
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ function validateSidebarItem(
   }
 }
 
-export function validateSidebars(
-  sidebars: Record<string, unknown>,
-): asserts sidebars is NormalizedSidebars {
+export function validateSidebars(sidebars: {
+  [sidebarId: string]: unknown;
+}): asserts sidebars is NormalizedSidebars {
   Object.values(sidebars as NormalizedSidebars).forEach((sidebar) => {
     sidebar.forEach(validateSidebarItem);
   });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/translations.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/translations.ts
index ea902a7276..40d9e24f0a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/translations.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/translations.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function getVersionTranslationFiles(version: LoadedVersion): TranslationFiles {
 }
 function translateVersion(
   version: LoadedVersion,
-  translationFiles: Record<string, TranslationFile>,
+  translationFiles: {[fileName: string]: TranslationFile},
 ): LoadedVersion {
   const versionTranslations =
     translationFiles[getVersionFileName(version.versionName)]!.content;
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ function getVersionsTranslationFiles(
 }
 function translateVersions(
   versions: LoadedVersion[],
-  translationFiles: Record<string, TranslationFile>,
+  translationFiles: {[fileName: string]: TranslationFile},
 ): LoadedVersion[] {
   return versions.map((version) => translateVersion(version, translationFiles));
 }
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export function translateLoadedContent(
   loadedContent: LoadedContent,
   translationFiles: TranslationFile[],
 ): LoadedContent {
-  const translationFilesMap: Record<string, TranslationFile> = _.keyBy(
+  const translationFilesMap: {[fileName: string]: TranslationFile} = _.keyBy(
     translationFiles,
     (f) => f.path,
   );
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/types.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/types.ts
index 67ba6366b5..7da32a8a36 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/types.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export type DocFrontMatter = {
   sidebar_label?: string;
   sidebar_position?: number;
   sidebar_class_name?: string;
-  sidebar_custom_props?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  sidebar_custom_props?: {[key: string]: unknown};
   displayed_sidebar?: string | null;
   pagination_label?: string;
   custom_edit_url?: string | null;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export type DocMetadataBase = LastUpdateData & {
   sidebarPosition?: number;
   editUrl?: string | null;
   tags: Tag[];
-  frontMatter: DocFrontMatter & Record<string, unknown>;
+  frontMatter: DocFrontMatter & {[key: string]: unknown};
 };
 
 export type DocNavLink = {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/deps.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/deps.d.ts
index c9976d8a58..6b8b33906b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/deps.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/deps.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 declare module 'remark-admonitions' {
-  type Options = Record<string, unknown>;
+  type Options = {[key: string]: unknown};
 
   const plugin: (options?: Options) => void;
   export = plugin;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/frontMatter.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/frontMatter.ts
index 3f51629255..8c9247da71 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/frontMatter.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/frontMatter.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ const PageFrontMatterSchema = Joi.object<FrontMatter>({
   ...FrontMatterTOCHeadingLevels,
 });
 
-export function validatePageFrontMatter(
-  frontMatter: Record<string, unknown>,
-): FrontMatter {
+export function validatePageFrontMatter(frontMatter: {
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}): FrontMatter {
   return validateFrontMatter(frontMatter, PageFrontMatterSchema);
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/plugin-content-pages.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/plugin-content-pages.d.ts
index 7993b6abdc..fabded2ba6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/plugin-content-pages.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/plugin-content-pages.d.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages' {
     include: string[];
     exclude: string[];
     mdxPageComponent: string;
-    admonitions: Record<string, unknown>;
+    admonitions: {[key: string]: unknown};
   };
 
   export type Options = Partial<PluginOptions>;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages' {
     type: 'mdx';
     permalink: string;
     source: string;
-    frontMatter: FrontMatter & Record<string, unknown>;
+    frontMatter: FrontMatter & {[key: string]: unknown};
     title?: string;
     description?: string;
   };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-debug/src/theme/DebugContent/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-debug/src/theme/DebugContent/index.tsx
index 362252d719..ceac7dea5d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-debug/src/theme/DebugContent/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-debug/src/theme/DebugContent/index.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function PluginContent({
   pluginContent,
 }: {
   pluginName: string;
-  pluginContent: Record<string, unknown>;
+  pluginContent: {[pluginId: string]: unknown};
 }) {
   return (
     <section style={{marginBottom: 60}}>
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/gtag.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/gtag.ts
index 9cf397488f..77024f7bb5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/gtag.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/gtag.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default (function gtagModule() {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const {trackingID} = globalData['docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag']
+  const {trackingID} = globalData['docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag']!
     .default as PluginOptions;
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-ideal-image/src/deps.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-ideal-image/src/deps.d.ts
index 187065004d..769d0561cc 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-ideal-image/src/deps.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-ideal-image/src/deps.d.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ declare module '@endiliey/react-ideal-image' {
      * from material design, Implemented as React components with the SVG
      * element. You can customize icons
      */
-    icons?: Partial<Record<IconKey, ComponentType>>;
+    icons?: Partial<{[icon in IconKey]: ComponentType}>;
     /**
      * This prop takes one of the 2 options, xhr and image.
      * Read more about it:
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ declare module '@endiliey/react-ideal-image' {
      * inline styles, but it is also possible to use CSS modules and override
      * all styles.
      */
-    theme?: Partial<Record<ThemeKey, string | CSSProperties>>;
+    theme?: Partial<{[key in ThemeKey]: string | CSSProperties}>;
     /**
      * Tells how much to wait in milliseconds until consider the download to be
      * slow.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/__fixtures__/sync.md b/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/__fixtures__/sync.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4da6d88d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/__fixtures__/sync.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+```bash npm2yarn
+npm install --global docusaurus
+```
+
+```bash npm2yarn
+npm install --save docusaurus-plugin-name
+```
+
+```bash npm2yarn
+npm run build
+```
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index 9b3a2be47c..d00ba962a4 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
 "
 `;
 
+exports[`npm2yarn plugin does not work when language is not set 1`] = `
+"\`\`\`npm2yarn
+npm install --save docusaurus-plugin-name
+\`\`\`
+
+\`\`\`bash
+npm install --save docusaurus-plugin-name
+\`\`\`
+
+\`\`\`shell
+npm install --save docusaurus-plugin-name
+\`\`\`
+"
+`;
+
 exports[`npm2yarn plugin works on installation file 1`] = `
 "import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
 import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
@@ -98,17 +113,29 @@ yarn add docusaurus-plugin-name
 "
 `;
 
-exports[`npm2yarn plugin works when language is not set 1`] = `
-"\`\`\`npm2yarn
-npm install --save docusaurus-plugin-name
-\`\`\`
+exports[`npm2yarn plugin works with sync option 1`] = `
+"import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
+import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
+
+## Installing a plugin
+
+A plugin is usually a npm package, so you install them like other npm packages using npm.
+
+<Tabs groupId=\\"npm2yarn\\">
+<TabItem value=\\"npm\\">
 
 \`\`\`bash
 npm install --save docusaurus-plugin-name
 \`\`\`
 
-\`\`\`shell
-npm install --save docusaurus-plugin-name
+</TabItem>
+<TabItem value=\\"yarn\\" label=\\"Yarn\\">
+
+\`\`\`bash
+yarn add docusaurus-plugin-name
 \`\`\`
+
+</TabItem>
+</Tabs>
 "
 `;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index c8425b874f..4887b0ac9d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-remark-plugin-npm2yarn/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ import mdx from 'remark-mdx';
 const processFixture = async (name: string, options?: {sync?: boolean}) => {
   const filePath = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', `${name}.md`);
   const file = await vfile.read(filePath);
-  const result = await remark()
-    .use(mdx)
-    .use(npm2yarn, {...options, filePath})
-    .process(file);
+  const result = await remark().use(mdx).use(npm2yarn, options).process(file);
 
   return result.toString();
 };
@@ -37,7 +34,13 @@ describe('npm2yarn plugin', () => {
     expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
-  it('works when language is not set', async () => {
+  it('works with sync option', async () => {
+    const result = await processFixture('plugin', {sync: true});
+
+    expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('does not work when language is not set', async () => {
     const result = await processFixture('syntax-not-properly-set');
 
     expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.ts
index 1b0abbe7bb..d2cb4d7184 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ import {normalizeThemeConfig} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 import theme from 'prism-react-renderer/themes/github';
 import darkTheme from 'prism-react-renderer/themes/dracula';
 
-function testValidateThemeConfig(partialThemeConfig: Record<string, unknown>) {
+function testValidateThemeConfig(partialThemeConfig: {[key: string]: unknown}) {
   return normalizeThemeConfig(ThemeConfigSchema, {
     ...DEFAULT_CONFIG,
     ...partialThemeConfig,
   });
 }
 
-function testOk(partialThemeConfig: Record<string, unknown>) {
+function testOk(partialThemeConfig: {[key: string]: unknown}) {
   expect(
     testValidateThemeConfig({...DEFAULT_CONFIG, ...partialThemeConfig}),
   ).toEqual({
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme-classic.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme-classic.d.ts
index b010f00385..440eb8bbfc 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme-classic.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme-classic.d.ts
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ declare module '@theme/MDXComponents' {
     readonly h4: (props: ComponentProps<'h4'>) => JSX.Element;
     readonly h5: (props: ComponentProps<'h5'>) => JSX.Element;
     readonly h6: (props: ComponentProps<'h6'>) => JSX.Element;
-  } & Record<string, ComponentType<unknown>>;
+  } & {[tagName: string]: ComponentType<unknown>};
 
   const MDXComponents: MDXComponentsObject;
   export default MDXComponents;
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ declare module '@theme/TabItem' {
     readonly label?: string;
     readonly hidden?: boolean;
     readonly className?: string;
-    readonly attributes?: Record<string, unknown>;
+    readonly attributes?: {[key: string]: unknown};
   }
 
   export default function TabItem(props: Props): JSX.Element;
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ declare module '@theme/Tabs' {
     readonly values?: readonly {
       value: string;
       label?: string;
-      attributes?: Record<string, unknown>;
+      attributes?: {[key: string]: unknown};
     }[];
     readonly groupId?: string;
     readonly className?: string;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocVersionBanner/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocVersionBanner/index.tsx
index 679feaf858..daadce8000 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocVersionBanner/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocVersionBanner/index.tsx
@@ -70,10 +70,9 @@ function UnmaintainedVersionLabel({
   );
 }
 
-const BannerLabelComponents: Record<
-  VersionBanner,
-  ComponentType<BannerLabelComponentProps>
-> = {
+const BannerLabelComponents: {
+  [banner in VersionBanner]: ComponentType<BannerLabelComponentProps>;
+} = {
   unreleased: UnreleasedVersionLabel,
   unmaintained: UnmaintainedVersionLabel,
 };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/MDXComponents/Pre.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/MDXComponents/Pre.tsx
index 36227964eb..bfaf413fd0 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/MDXComponents/Pre.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/MDXComponents/Pre.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 
 import React, {isValidElement} from 'react';
 import CodeBlock from '@theme/CodeBlock';
+import type {Props} from '@theme/MDXComponents/Pre';
 
-export default function MDXPre(props: any) {
+export default function MDXPre(props: Props): JSX.Element {
   return (
     <CodeBlock
       // If this pre is created by a ``` fenced codeblock, unwrap the children
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/NavbarItem/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/NavbarItem/index.tsx
index 33985d537e..d9c5e9d30d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/NavbarItem/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/NavbarItem/index.tsx
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ import LocaleDropdownNavbarItem from '@theme/NavbarItem/LocaleDropdownNavbarItem
 import SearchNavbarItem from '@theme/NavbarItem/SearchNavbarItem';
 import type {Types, Props} from '@theme/NavbarItem';
 
-const NavbarItemComponents: Record<
-  Exclude<Types, undefined>,
+const NavbarItemComponents: {
   // Not really worth typing, as we pass all props down immediately
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  () => (props: any) => JSX.Element
-> = {
+  [type in Exclude<Types, undefined>]: () => (props: any) => JSX.Element;
+} = {
   default: () => DefaultNavbarItem,
   localeDropdown: () => LocaleDropdownNavbarItem,
   search: () => SearchNavbarItem,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/translations.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/translations.ts
index 2ec3f97709..8d8bd673b4 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/translations.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/translations.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export function translateThemeConfig({
   themeConfig: ThemeConfig;
   translationFiles: TranslationFile[];
 }): ThemeConfig {
-  const translationFilesMap: Record<string, TranslationFile> = _.keyBy(
+  const translationFilesMap: {[fileName: string]: TranslationFile} = _.keyBy(
     translationFiles,
     (f) => f.path,
   );
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/docsPreferredVersion.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/docsPreferredVersion.tsx
index cd4bb935b6..a2da2c71b6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/docsPreferredVersion.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/docsPreferredVersion.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function readStorageState({
 }: {
   pluginIds: string[];
   versionPersistence: DocsVersionPersistence;
-  allDocsData: Record<string, GlobalPluginData>;
+  allDocsData: {[pluginId: string]: GlobalPluginData};
 }): DocsPreferredVersionState {
   /**
    * The storage value we read might be stale, and belong to a version that does
@@ -227,10 +227,9 @@ export function useDocsPreferredVersion(
   return {preferredVersion, savePreferredVersionName};
 }
 
-export function useDocsPreferredVersionByPluginId(): Record<
-  string,
-  GlobalVersion | null
-> {
+export function useDocsPreferredVersionByPluginId(): {
+  [pluginId: string]: GlobalVersion | null;
+} {
   const allDocsData = useAllDocsData();
   const [state] = useDocsPreferredVersionContext();
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/tabGroupChoice.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/tabGroupChoice.tsx
index 72b561d053..47919921e8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/tabGroupChoice.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/tabGroupChoice.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function useContextValue(): ContextValue {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     try {
-      const localStorageChoices: Record<string, string> = {};
+      const localStorageChoices: {[groupId: string]: string} = {};
       listStorageKeys().forEach((storageKey) => {
         if (storageKey.startsWith(TAB_CHOICE_PREFIX)) {
           const groupId = storageKey.substring(TAB_CHOICE_PREFIX.length);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/tagsUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/tagsUtils.ts
index 4405a8631d..99dfdc9d37 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/tagsUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/tagsUtils.ts
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ function getTagLetter(tag: string): string {
 export function listTagsByLetters(
   tags: readonly TagsListItem[],
 ): TagLetterEntry[] {
-  const groups: Record<string, TagsListItem[]> = {};
+  const groups: {[initial: string]: TagsListItem[]} = {};
   Object.values(tags).forEach((tag) => {
-    const letter = getTagLetter(tag.name);
-    groups[letter] ??= [];
-    groups[letter]!.push(tag);
+    const initial = getTagLetter(tag.name);
+    groups[initial] ??= [];
+    groups[initial]!.push(tag);
   });
 
   return (
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/useThemeConfig.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/useThemeConfig.ts
index 8d30137088..684b573b96 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/useThemeConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/useThemeConfig.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export type NavbarItem = {
   items?: NavbarItem[];
   label?: string;
   position?: 'left' | 'right';
-} & Record<string, unknown>;
+} & {[key: string]: unknown};
 
 export type NavbarLogo = {
   src: string;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export type FooterLinkItem = {
   href?: string;
   html?: string;
   prependBaseUrlToHref?: string;
-} & Record<string, unknown>;
+} & {[key: string]: unknown};
 
 export type FooterLogo = {
   alt?: string;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export type ThemeConfig = {
   hideableSidebar: boolean;
   autoCollapseSidebarCategories: boolean;
   image?: string;
-  metadata: Array<Record<string, string>>;
+  metadata: Array<{[key: string]: string}>;
   sidebarCollapsible: boolean;
   tableOfContents: TableOfContents;
 };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.ts
index 7f753e496e..6d0cb4cfca 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 import type {Joi} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 import {validateThemeConfig, DEFAULT_CONFIG} from '../validateThemeConfig';
 
-function testValidateThemeConfig(themeConfig: Record<string, unknown>) {
-  function validate(schema: Joi.Schema, cfg: Record<string, unknown>) {
+function testValidateThemeConfig(themeConfig: {[key: string]: unknown}) {
+  function validate(schema: Joi.Schema, cfg: {[key: string]: unknown}) {
     const {value, error} = schema.validate(cfg, {
       convert: false,
     });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme-search-algolia.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme-search-algolia.d.ts
index 3689679f1f..1aea75deab 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme-search-algolia.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme-search-algolia.d.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/theme-search-algolia' {
       appId: string;
       apiKey: string;
       indexName: string;
-      searchParameters: Record<string, unknown>;
+      searchParameters: {[key: string]: unknown};
       searchPagePath: string | false | null;
     };
   };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchPage/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchPage/index.tsx
index 8ce17fa12a..5a79ce3105 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchPage/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchPage/index.tsx
@@ -54,15 +54,16 @@ function useDocsSearchVersionsHelpers() {
 
   // State of the version select menus / algolia facet filters
   // docsPluginId -> versionName map
-  const [searchVersions, setSearchVersions] = useState<Record<string, string>>(
-    () =>
-      Object.entries(allDocsData).reduce(
-        (acc, [pluginId, pluginData]) => ({
-          ...acc,
-          [pluginId]: pluginData.versions[0]!.name,
-        }),
-        {},
-      ),
+  const [searchVersions, setSearchVersions] = useState<{
+    [pluginId: string]: string;
+  }>(() =>
+    Object.entries(allDocsData).reduce(
+      (acc, [pluginId, pluginData]) => ({
+        ...acc,
+        [pluginId]: pluginData.versions[0]!.name,
+      }),
+      {},
+    ),
   );
 
   // Set the value of a single select menu
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
index e88aa90f14..0dc8db2597 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('theme translations', () => {
             (await fs.readJSON(
               path.join(baseMessagesDirPath, baseMessagesFile),
               'utf-8',
-            )) as Record<string, string>,
+            )) as {[key: string]: string},
           ),
         ),
       ).then((translations) =>
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/src/index.ts
index ef39ca61e9..f586fe0d9f 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/src/index.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export async function readDefaultCodeTranslationMessages({
   dirPath?: string;
   locale: string;
   name: string;
-}): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
+}): Promise<{[msgId: string]: string}> {
   const localesToTry = codeTranslationLocalesToTry(locale);
 
   // Return the content of the first file that match
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
index 21bcdf60c9..41866831df 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export type Config = Overwrite<
  * package.json.
  * - `type: 'synthetic'`, docusaurus generated internal plugin.
  */
-export type DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
+export type PluginVersionInformation =
   | {
       readonly type: 'package';
       readonly name?: string;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export type DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
 export interface DocusaurusSiteMetadata {
   readonly docusaurusVersion: string;
   readonly siteVersion?: string;
-  readonly pluginVersions: Record<string, DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation>;
+  readonly pluginVersions: {[pluginName: string]: PluginVersionInformation};
 }
 
 // Inspired by Chrome JSON, because it's a widely supported i18n format
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export interface DocusaurusSiteMetadata {
 // https://docs.transifex.com/formats/chrome-json
 // https://help.phrase.com/help/chrome-json-messages
 export type TranslationMessage = {message: string; description?: string};
-export type TranslationFileContent = Record<string, TranslationMessage>;
+export type TranslationFileContent = {[key: string]: TranslationMessage};
 export type TranslationFile = {path: string; content: TranslationFileContent};
 export type TranslationFiles = TranslationFile[];
 
@@ -127,22 +127,24 @@ export type I18nLocaleConfig = {
 export type I18nConfig = {
   defaultLocale: string;
   locales: [string, ...string[]];
-  localeConfigs: Record<string, Partial<I18nLocaleConfig>>;
+  localeConfigs: {[locale: string]: Partial<I18nLocaleConfig>};
 };
 
 export type I18n = {
   defaultLocale: string;
   locales: [string, ...string[]];
   currentLocale: string;
-  localeConfigs: Record<string, I18nLocaleConfig>;
+  localeConfigs: {[locale: string]: I18nLocaleConfig};
 };
 
+export type GlobalData = {[pluginName: string]: {[pluginId: string]: unknown}};
+
 export interface DocusaurusContext {
   siteConfig: DocusaurusConfig;
   siteMetadata: DocusaurusSiteMetadata;
-  globalData: Record<string, unknown>;
+  globalData: GlobalData;
   i18n: I18n;
-  codeTranslations: Record<string, string>;
+  codeTranslations: {[msgId: string]: string};
 
   // Don't put mutable values here, to avoid triggering re-renders
   // We could reconsider that choice if context selectors are implemented
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ export type ImportedPresetModule = PresetModule & {
   default?: PresetModule;
 };
 
-export type PresetConfig = string | [string, Record<string, unknown>];
+export type PresetConfig = string | [string, {[key: string]: unknown}];
 
 export type HostPortCLIOptions = {
   host?: string;
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ export interface LoadContext {
   baseUrl: string; // TODO to remove: useless, there's already siteConfig.baseUrl!
   i18n: I18n;
   ssrTemplate: string;
-  codeTranslations: Record<string, string>;
+  codeTranslations: {[msgId: string]: string};
 }
 
 export interface InjectedHtmlTags {
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ export interface Props extends LoadContext, InjectedHtmlTags {
 export interface PluginContentLoadedActions {
   addRoute: (config: RouteConfig) => void;
   createData: (name: string, data: string) => Promise<string>;
-  setGlobalData: <T = unknown>(data: T) => void;
+  setGlobalData: (data: unknown) => void;
 }
 
 export type AllContent = {
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ export type AllContent = {
 };
 
 // TODO improve type (not exposed by postcss-loader)
-export type PostCssOptions = Record<string, unknown> & {plugins: unknown[]};
+export type PostCssOptions = {[key: string]: unknown} & {plugins: unknown[]};
 
 export interface Plugin<Content = unknown> {
   name: string;
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ export interface Plugin<Content = unknown> {
 
 export type InitializedPlugin<Content = unknown> = Plugin<Content> & {
   readonly options: Required<PluginOptions>;
-  readonly version: DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation;
+  readonly version: PluginVersionInformation;
   /**
    * The absolute path to the folder containing the entry point file.
    */
@@ -305,12 +307,12 @@ export type SwizzleAction = 'eject' | 'wrap';
 export type SwizzleActionStatus = 'safe' | 'unsafe' | 'forbidden';
 
 export type SwizzleComponentConfig = {
-  actions: Record<SwizzleAction, SwizzleActionStatus>;
+  actions: {[action in SwizzleAction]: SwizzleActionStatus};
   description?: string;
 };
 
 export type SwizzleConfig = {
-  components: Record<string, SwizzleComponentConfig>;
+  components: {[componentName: string]: SwizzleComponentConfig};
   // Other settings could be added here,
   // For example: the ability to declare the config as exhaustive
   // so that we can emit errors
@@ -332,13 +334,12 @@ export type ImportedPluginModule = PluginModule & {
 };
 
 export type ConfigureWebpackFn = Plugin<unknown>['configureWebpack'];
-export type ConfigureWebpackFnMergeStrategy = Record<
-  string,
-  CustomizeRuleString
->;
+export type ConfigureWebpackFnMergeStrategy = {
+  [key: string]: CustomizeRuleString;
+};
 export type ConfigurePostCssFn = Plugin<unknown>['configurePostCss'];
 
-export type PluginOptions = {id?: string} & Record<string, unknown>;
+export type PluginOptions = {id?: string} & {[key: string]: unknown};
 
 export type PluginConfig =
   | string
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ export interface ConfigureWebpackUtils {
   ) => RuleSetRule[];
   getJSLoader: (options: {
     isServer: boolean;
-    babelOptions?: Record<string, unknown>;
+    babelOptions?: {[key: string]: unknown};
   }) => RuleSetRule;
 }
 
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ interface HtmlTagObject {
    * Attributes of the html tag
    * E.g. `{'disabled': true, 'value': 'demo', 'rel': 'preconnect'}`
    */
-  attributes?: Partial<Record<string, string | boolean>>;
+  attributes?: Partial<{[key: string]: string | boolean}>;
   /**
    * The tag name e.g. `div`, `script`, `link`, `meta`
    */
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationUtils.ts
index fed60afc8e..33145624da 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils-validation/src/validationUtils.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function normalizeThemeConfig<T>(
  * Validate front matter with better error message
  */
 export function validateFrontMatter<T>(
-  frontMatter: Record<string, unknown>,
+  frontMatter: {[key: string]: unknown},
   schema: Joi.ObjectSchema<T>,
 ): T {
   const {value, error, warning} = schema.validate(frontMatter, {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/emitUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/emitUtils.test.ts
index a84e8f7a72..2fe8cb7d34 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/emitUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/emitUtils.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 describe('genChunkName', () => {
   it('works', () => {
-    const firstAssert: Record<string, string> = {
+    const firstAssert: {[key: string]: string} = {
       '/docs/adding-blog': 'docs-adding-blog-062',
       '/docs/versioning': 'docs-versioning-8a8',
       '/': 'index',
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('genChunkName', () => {
   });
 
   it('emits different chunk names for different paths even with same preferred name', () => {
-    const secondAssert: Record<string, string> = {
+    const secondAssert: {[key: string]: string} = {
       '/blog/1': 'blog-85-f-089',
       '/blog/2': 'blog-353-489',
     };
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('genChunkName', () => {
   });
 
   it('only generates short unique IDs', () => {
-    const thirdAssert: Record<string, string> = {
+    const thirdAssert: {[key: string]: string} = {
       a: '0cc175b9',
       b: '92eb5ffe',
       c: '4a8a08f0',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/hashUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/hashUtils.test.ts
index ab73d50737..6cc32c0e46 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/hashUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/hashUtils.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {simpleHash, docuHash} from '../hashUtils';
 
 describe('hashUtils', () => {
   it('simpleHash', () => {
-    const asserts: Record<string, string> = {
+    const asserts: {[key: string]: string} = {
       '': 'd41',
       '/foo-bar': '096',
       '/foo/bar': '1df',
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('hashUtils', () => {
 
 describe('docuHash', () => {
   it('docuHash works', () => {
-    const asserts: Record<string, string> = {
+    const asserts: {[key: string]: string} = {
       '': '-d41',
       '/': 'index',
       '/foo-bar': 'foo-bar-096',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/jsUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/jsUtils.test.ts
index b196e2a45b..49a2844b47 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/jsUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/jsUtils.test.ts
@@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ describe('mapAsyncSequential', () => {
   }
 
   it('maps sequentially', async () => {
-    const itemToTimeout: Record<string, number> = {
+    const itemToTimeout: {[key: string]: number} = {
       '1': 200,
       '2': 600,
       '3': 400,
     };
     const items = Object.keys(itemToTimeout);
 
-    const itemMapStartsAt: Record<string, number> = {};
-    const itemMapEndsAt: Record<string, number> = {};
+    const itemMapStartsAt: {[key: string]: number} = {};
+    const itemMapEndsAt: {[key: string]: number} = {};
 
     const timeBefore = Date.now();
     await expect(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/pathUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/pathUtils.test.ts
index 2eebb267ea..eaf2b61cd9 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/pathUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/pathUtils.test.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe('toMessageRelativeFilePath', () => {
 
 describe('escapePath', () => {
   it('works', () => {
-    const asserts: Record<string, string> = {
+    const asserts: {[key: string]: string} = {
       'c:/aaaa\\bbbb': 'c:/aaaa\\\\bbbb',
       'c:\\aaaa\\bbbb\\★': 'c:\\\\aaaa\\\\bbbb\\\\★',
       '\\\\?\\c:\\aaaa\\bbbb': '\\\\\\\\?\\\\c:\\\\aaaa\\\\bbbb',
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ describe('escapePath', () => {
 
 describe('posixPath', () => {
   it('works', () => {
-    const asserts: Record<string, string> = {
+    const asserts: {[key: string]: string} = {
       'c:/aaaa\\bbbb': 'c:/aaaa/bbbb',
       'c:\\aaaa\\bbbb\\★': 'c:\\aaaa\\bbbb\\★',
       '\\\\?\\c:\\aaaa\\bbbb': '\\\\?\\c:\\aaaa\\bbbb',
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ describe('posixPath', () => {
 
 describe('aliasedSitePath', () => {
   it('works', () => {
-    const asserts: Record<string, string> = {
+    const asserts: {[key: string]: string} = {
       'user/website/docs/asd.md': '@site/docs/asd.md',
       'user/website/versioned_docs/foo/bar.md':
         '@site/versioned_docs/foo/bar.md',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/urlUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/urlUtils.test.ts
index ce067a1489..30625e4005 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/urlUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/urlUtils.test.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe('getEditUrl', () => {
 
 describe('fileToPath', () => {
   it('works', () => {
-    const asserts: Record<string, string> = {
+    const asserts: {[key: string]: string} = {
       'index.md': '/',
       'hello/index.md': '/hello/',
       'foo.md': '/foo',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
index c05012d902..fe8353646c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function replaceMarkdownLinks<T extends ContentPaths>({
   /**
    * A map from source paths to their URLs. Source paths are `@site` aliased.
    */
-  sourceToPermalink: Record<string, string>;
+  sourceToPermalink: {[aliasedPath: string]: string};
 }): {
   /**
    * The content with all Markdown file references replaced with their URLs.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownUtils.ts
index 3e0d2c615d..de92ce0f33 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownUtils.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export function createExcerpt(fileString: string): string | undefined {
  */
 export function parseFrontMatter(markdownFileContent: string): {
   /** Front matter as parsed by gray-matter. */
-  frontMatter: Record<string, unknown>;
+  frontMatter: {[key: string]: unknown};
   /** The remaining content, trimmed. */
   content: string;
 } {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export function parseMarkdownString(
   options?: ParseMarkdownContentTitleOptions,
 ): {
   /** @see {@link parseFrontMatter} */
-  frontMatter: Record<string, unknown>;
+  frontMatter: {[key: string]: unknown};
   /** @see {@link parseMarkdownContentTitle} */
   contentTitle: string | undefined;
   /** @see {@link createExcerpt} */
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/choosePort.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/choosePort.ts
index 618df3e69e..8fec0ff0b9 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/choosePort.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/choosePort.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import prompts from 'prompts';
 
 const isInteractive = process.stdout.isTTY;
 
-const execOptions: Record<string, unknown> = {
-  encoding: 'utf8',
+const execOptions = {
+  encoding: 'utf8' as const,
   stdio: [
-    'pipe', // stdin (default)
-    'pipe', // stdout (default)
-    'ignore', // stderr
+    'pipe' as const, // stdin (default)
+    'pipe' as const, // stdout (default)
+    'ignore' as const, // stderr
   ],
 };
 
@@ -37,19 +37,18 @@ function clearConsole(): void {
 // Gets process id of what is on port
 function getProcessIdOnPort(port: number): string {
   return execSync(`lsof -i:${port} -P -t -sTCP:LISTEN`, execOptions)
-    .toString()
     .split('\n')[0]!
     .trim();
 }
 
 // Gets process command
 function getProcessCommand(processId: string): string {
-  const command: Buffer = execSync(
+  const command = execSync(
     `ps -o command -p ${processId} | sed -n 2p`,
     execOptions,
   );
 
-  return command.toString().replace(/\n$/, '');
+  return command.replace(/\n$/, '');
 }
 
 // Gets directory of a process from its process id
@@ -57,9 +56,7 @@ function getDirectoryOfProcessById(processId: string): string {
   return execSync(
     `lsof -p ${processId} | awk '$4=="cwd" {for (i=9; i<=NF; i++) printf "%s ", $i}'`,
     execOptions,
-  )
-    .toString()
-    .trim();
+  ).trim();
 }
 
 // Gets process on port
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/docusaurus.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/docusaurus.ts
index 0c024c0fc4..20923a84d4 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/docusaurus.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/docusaurus.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import prefetchHelper from './prefetch';
 import preloadHelper from './preload';
 import flat from './flat';
 
-const fetched: Record<string, boolean> = {};
-const loaded: Record<string, boolean> = {};
+const fetched: {[key: string]: boolean} = {};
+const loaded: {[key: string]: boolean} = {};
 
 declare global {
   // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase, no-underscore-dangle
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/exports/ComponentCreator.tsx b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/exports/ComponentCreator.tsx
index b33b8cff35..9d59a19492 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/exports/ComponentCreator.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/exports/ComponentCreator.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import registry from '@generated/registry';
 import flat from '../flat';
 import {RouteContextProvider} from '../routeContext';
 
-type OptsLoader = Record<string, typeof registry[keyof typeof registry][0]>;
-
 export default function ComponentCreator(
   path: string,
   hash: string,
@@ -40,7 +38,8 @@ export default function ComponentCreator(
   const chunkNames = routesChunkNames[chunkNamesKey]!;
   const optsModules: string[] = [];
   const optsWebpack: string[] = [];
-  const optsLoader: OptsLoader = {};
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  const optsLoader: {[key: string]: () => Promise<any>} = {};
 
   /* Prepare opts data that react-loadable needs
   https://github.com/jamiebuilds/react-loadable#declaring-which-modules-are-being-loaded
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/exports/useGlobalData.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/exports/useGlobalData.ts
index 155ee22e6f..598f87dfe9 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/exports/useGlobalData.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/exports/useGlobalData.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 
 import useDocusaurusContext from './useDocusaurusContext';
 import {DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID} from './constants';
+import type {GlobalData} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
-export default function useGlobalData(): Record<string, unknown> {
+export default function useGlobalData(): GlobalData {
   const {globalData} = useDocusaurusContext();
   if (!globalData) {
     throw new Error('Docusaurus global data not found.');
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ export default function useGlobalData(): Record<string, unknown> {
   return globalData;
 }
 
-export function useAllPluginInstancesData<T = unknown>(
+export function useAllPluginInstancesData(
   pluginName: string,
-): Record<string, T> {
+): GlobalData[string] {
   const globalData = useGlobalData();
   const pluginGlobalData = globalData[pluginName];
   if (!pluginGlobalData) {
@@ -26,13 +27,13 @@ export function useAllPluginInstancesData<T = unknown>(
       `Docusaurus plugin global data not found for "${pluginName}" plugin.`,
     );
   }
-  return pluginGlobalData as Record<string, T>;
+  return pluginGlobalData;
 }
 
-export function usePluginData<T = unknown>(
+export function usePluginData(
   pluginName: string,
   pluginId: string = DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
-): T {
+): GlobalData[string][string] {
   const pluginGlobalData = useAllPluginInstancesData(pluginName);
   const pluginInstanceGlobalData = pluginGlobalData[pluginId];
   if (!pluginInstanceGlobalData) {
@@ -40,5 +41,5 @@ export function usePluginData<T = unknown>(
       `Docusaurus plugin global data not found for "${pluginName}" plugin with id "${pluginId}".`,
     );
   }
-  return pluginInstanceGlobalData as T;
+  return pluginInstanceGlobalData;
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/flat.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/flat.ts
index d1c7fe5fea..76b2f57a37 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/flat.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/flat.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import type {RouteChunksTree} from '@docusaurus/types';
 const isTree = (x: string | RouteChunksTree): x is RouteChunksTree =>
   typeof x === 'object' && !!x && Object.keys(x).length > 0;
 
-export default function flat(target: RouteChunksTree): Record<string, string> {
+export default function flat(target: RouteChunksTree): {
+  [keyPath: string]: string;
+} {
   const delimiter = '.';
-  const output: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const output: {[keyPath: string]: string} = {};
 
   function step(object: RouteChunksTree, prefix?: string | number) {
     Object.entries(object).forEach(([key, value]) => {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/normalizeLocation.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/normalizeLocation.ts
index 6d443c316e..94a74da700 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/normalizeLocation.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/normalizeLocation.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import type {Location} from 'history';
 
 // Memoize previously normalized pathnames.
-const pathnames: Record<string, string> = {};
+const pathnames: {[rawPathname: string]: string} = {};
 
 export default function normalizeLocation<T extends Location>(location: T): T {
   if (pathnames[location.pathname]) {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/prefetch.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/prefetch.ts
index 338f1b14fb..8223c7d89d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/prefetch.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/prefetch.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const supportedPrefetchStrategy = support('prefetch')
   ? linkPrefetchStrategy
   : xhrPrefetchStrategy;
 
-const preFetched: Record<string, boolean> = {};
+const preFetched: {[url: string]: boolean} = {};
 
 export default function prefetch(url: string): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
index bc1e7f557a..e727616533 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ async function buildLocale({
     },
   );
 
-  const allCollectedLinks: Record<string, string[]> = {};
+  const allCollectedLinks: {[location: string]: string[]} = {};
 
   let serverConfig: Configuration = await createServerConfig({
     props,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/swizzle/common.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/swizzle/common.ts
index 84449a009d..1dfdb04cf3 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/swizzle/common.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/swizzle/common.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ export function actionStatusLabel(status: SwizzleActionStatus): string {
   return _.capitalize(status);
 }
 
-const SwizzleActionStatusColors: Record<
-  SwizzleActionStatus,
-  (str: string) => string
-> = {
+const SwizzleActionStatusColors: {
+  [status in SwizzleActionStatus]: (str: string) => string;
+} = {
   safe: logger.green,
   unsafe: logger.yellow,
   forbidden: logger.red,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/deps.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/deps.d.ts
index fc3a7287ff..f977549c7c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/deps.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/deps.d.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ declare module 'react-loadable-ssr-addon-v5-slorber' {
 
   export type Manifest = {
     entrypoints: string[];
-    origins: Record<string, number[]>;
-    assets: Array<Record<string, Asset[]>>;
+    origins: {[key: string]: number[]};
+    assets: Array<{[key: string]: Asset[]}>;
   };
 
   export function getBundles(
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ declare module 'react-loadable-ssr-addon-v5-slorber' {
 
 declare module '@slorber/static-site-generator-webpack-plugin' {
   export type Locals = {
-    routesLocation: Record<string, string>;
+    routesLocation: {[filePath: string]: string};
     generatedFilesDir: string;
     headTags: string;
     preBodyTags: string;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ declare module '@slorber/static-site-generator-webpack-plugin' {
       locals: Locals;
       paths: string[];
       preferFoldersOutput?: boolean;
-      globals: Record<string, unknown>;
+      globals: {[key: string]: unknown};
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/brokenLinks.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/brokenLinks.ts
index e156599ce6..c213ca19ef 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/brokenLinks.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/brokenLinks.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ function getAllBrokenLinks({
   allCollectedLinks,
   routes,
 }: {
-  allCollectedLinks: Record<string, string[]>;
+  allCollectedLinks: {[location: string]: string[]};
   routes: RouteConfig[];
-}): Record<string, BrokenLink[]> {
+}): {[location: string]: BrokenLink[]} {
   const filteredRoutes = filterIntermediateRoutes(routes);
 
   const allBrokenLinks = _.mapValues(allCollectedLinks, (pageLinks, pagePath) =>
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ function getAllBrokenLinks({
   return _.pickBy(allBrokenLinks, (brokenLinks) => brokenLinks.length > 0);
 }
 
-function getBrokenLinksErrorMessage(
-  allBrokenLinks: Record<string, BrokenLink[]>,
-): string | undefined {
+function getBrokenLinksErrorMessage(allBrokenLinks: {
+  [location: string]: BrokenLink[];
+}): string | undefined {
   if (Object.keys(allBrokenLinks).length === 0) {
     return undefined;
   }
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ async function filterExistingFileLinks({
 }: {
   baseUrl: string;
   outDir: string;
-  allCollectedLinks: Record<string, string[]>;
-}): Promise<Record<string, string[]>> {
+  allCollectedLinks: {[location: string]: string[]};
+}): Promise<{[location: string]: string[]}> {
   async function linkFileExists(link: string) {
     // /baseUrl/javadoc/ -> /outDir/javadoc
     const baseFilePath = onlyPathname(
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export async function handleBrokenLinks({
   baseUrl,
   outDir,
 }: {
-  allCollectedLinks: Record<string, string[]>;
+  allCollectedLinks: {[location: string]: string[]};
   onBrokenLinks: ReportingSeverity;
   routes: RouteConfig[];
   baseUrl: string;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/index.ts
index a45418ced6..ae4c371c1f 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/index.ts
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ ${Object.entries(registry)
     JSON.stringify(i18n, null, 2),
   );
 
-  const codeTranslationsWithFallbacks: Record<string, string> = {
+  const codeTranslationsWithFallbacks: {[msgId: string]: string} = {
     ...(await getPluginsDefaultCodeTranslationMessages(plugins)),
     ...codeTranslations,
   };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/index.ts
index 56142e8c66..fc2cf0cff7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
   PluginContentLoadedActions,
   RouteConfig,
   AllContent,
+  GlobalData,
   TranslationFiles,
   ThemeConfig,
   LoadedPlugin,
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ export async function loadPlugins({
 }): Promise<{
   plugins: LoadedPlugin[];
   pluginsRouteConfigs: RouteConfig[];
-  globalData: unknown;
+  globalData: GlobalData;
   themeConfigTranslated: ThemeConfig;
 }> {
   // 1. Plugin Lifecycle - Initialization/Constructor.
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ export async function loadPlugins({
   // 3. Plugin Lifecycle - contentLoaded.
   const pluginsRouteConfigs: RouteConfig[] = [];
 
-  const globalData: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>> = {};
+  const globalData: GlobalData = {};
 
   await Promise.all(
     contentLoadedTranslatedPlugins.map(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/init.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/init.ts
index 918476e983..410eb96f7c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/init.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/init.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {createRequire} from 'module';
 import path from 'path';
 import importFresh from 'import-fresh';
 import type {
-  DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation,
+  PluginVersionInformation,
   ImportedPluginModule,
   LoadContext,
   PluginModule,
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export default async function initPlugins({
 
   async function doGetPluginVersion(
     normalizedPluginConfig: NormalizedPluginConfig,
-  ): Promise<DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation> {
+  ): Promise<PluginVersionInformation> {
     // get plugin version
     if (normalizedPluginConfig.pluginModule?.path) {
       const pluginPath = pluginRequire.resolve(
@@ -198,8 +198,9 @@ export default async function initPlugins({
   async function initializePlugin(
     normalizedPluginConfig: NormalizedPluginConfig,
   ): Promise<InitializedPlugin> {
-    const pluginVersion: DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
-      await doGetPluginVersion(normalizedPluginConfig);
+    const pluginVersion: PluginVersionInformation = await doGetPluginVersion(
+      normalizedPluginConfig,
+    );
     const pluginOptions = doValidatePluginOptions(normalizedPluginConfig);
 
     // Side-effect: merge the normalized theme config in the original one
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/routes.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/routes.ts
index ba5508bfd9..b6221ec4b2 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/routes.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/routes.ts
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ function isModule(value: unknown): value is Module {
   if (
     typeof value === 'object' &&
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
-    (value as Record<string, unknown>)?.__import &&
-    (value as Record<string, unknown>)?.path
+    (value as {[key: string]: unknown})?.__import &&
+    (value as {[key: string]: unknown})?.path
   ) {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/translations/translations.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/translations/translations.ts
index 1b3458b297..0cd6b0b373 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/translations/translations.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/translations/translations.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ export async function localizePluginTranslationFile({
 
 export async function getPluginsDefaultCodeTranslationMessages(
   plugins: InitializedPlugin[],
-): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
+): Promise<{[msgId: string]: string}> {
   const pluginsMessages = await Promise.all(
     plugins.map((plugin) => plugin.getDefaultCodeTranslationMessages?.() ?? {}),
   );
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ export function applyDefaultCodeTranslations({
   extractedCodeTranslations,
   defaultCodeMessages,
 }: {
-  extractedCodeTranslations: Record<string, TranslationMessage>;
-  defaultCodeMessages: Record<string, string>;
-}): Record<string, TranslationMessage> {
+  extractedCodeTranslations: {[msgId: string]: TranslationMessage};
+  defaultCodeMessages: {[msgId: string]: string};
+}): {[msgId: string]: TranslationMessage} {
   const unusedDefaultCodeMessages = _.difference(
     Object.keys(defaultCodeMessages),
     Object.keys(extractedCodeTranslations),
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/translations/translationsExtractor.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/translations/translationsExtractor.ts
index 0c74a548e4..3be8f1f13b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/translations/translationsExtractor.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/translations/translationsExtractor.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function logSourceCodeFileTranslationsWarnings(
 
 type SourceCodeFileTranslations = {
   sourceCodeFilePath: string;
-  translations: Record<string, TranslationMessage>;
+  translations: {[msgId: string]: TranslationMessage};
   warnings: string[];
 };
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ function extractSourceCodeAstTranslations(
 Full code: ${generate(node).code}`;
   }
 
-  const translations: Record<string, TranslationMessage> = {};
+  const translations: {[msgId: string]: TranslationMessage} = {};
   const warnings: string[] = [];
   let translateComponentName: string | undefined;
   let translateFunctionName: string | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/versions/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/versions/index.ts
index e2f717419b..54a3777fd1 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/versions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/versions/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import type {DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation} from '@docusaurus/types';
+import type {PluginVersionInformation} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async function getPackageJsonName(
 export async function getPluginVersion(
   pluginPath: string,
   siteDir: string,
-): Promise<DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation> {
+): Promise<PluginVersionInformation> {
   let potentialPluginPackageJsonDirectory = path.dirname(pluginPath);
   while (potentialPluginPackageJsonDirectory !== '/') {
     const packageJsonPath = path.join(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
index 7f4f963139..8754e70c9d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ export function excludeJS(modulePath: string): boolean {
   );
 }
 
-export async function getDocusaurusAliases(): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
+export async function getDocusaurusAliases(): Promise<{
+  [aliasName: string]: string;
+}> {
   const dirPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../client/exports');
   const extensions = ['.js', '.ts', '.tsx'];
 
-  const aliases: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const aliases: {[key: string]: string} = {};
 
   (await fs.readdir(dirPath))
     .filter((fileName) => extensions.includes(path.extname(fileName)))
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/server.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/server.ts
index cc3578d058..3adc362a41 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/server.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/server.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default async function createServerConfig({
   } = props;
   const config = await createBaseConfig(props, true);
 
-  const routesLocation: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const routesLocation: {[filePath: string]: string} = {};
   // Array of paths to be rendered. Relative to output directory
   const ssgPaths = routesPaths.map((str) => {
     const ssgPath =
diff --git a/packages/lqip-loader/src/lqip.ts b/packages/lqip-loader/src/lqip.ts
index 537e036843..f6ab095a18 100644
--- a/packages/lqip-loader/src/lqip.ts
+++ b/packages/lqip-loader/src/lqip.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const {version} = require('../package.json');
 
 const ERROR_EXT = `Error: Input file is missing or uses unsupported image format, lqip v${version}`;
 
-const SUPPORTED_MIMES: Record<string, string> = {
+const SUPPORTED_MIMES: {[ext: string]: string} = {
   jpeg: 'image/jpeg',
   jpg: 'image/jpeg',
   png: 'image/png',
diff --git a/website/docs/docusaurus-core.md b/website/docs/docusaurus-core.md
index 6fec152f62..00a2848715 100644
--- a/website/docs/docusaurus-core.md
+++ b/website/docs/docusaurus-core.md
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ You can even omit the children prop and specify a translation string in your `co
 React hook to access Docusaurus Context. The context contains the `siteConfig` object from [docusaurus.config.js](api/docusaurus.config.js.md) and some additional site metadata.
 
 ```ts
-type DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
+type PluginVersionInformation =
   | {readonly type: 'package'; readonly version?: string}
   | {readonly type: 'project'}
   | {readonly type: 'local'}
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ type DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
 interface DocusaurusSiteMetadata {
   readonly docusaurusVersion: string;
   readonly siteVersion?: string;
-  readonly pluginVersions: Record<string, DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation>;
+  readonly pluginVersions: Record<string, PluginVersionInformation>;
 }
 
 interface I18nLocaleConfig {
diff --git a/website/src/data/users.tsx b/website/src/data/users.tsx
index cd9fe43af7..624ca2c8d4 100644
--- a/website/src/data/users.tsx
+++ b/website/src/data/users.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export type User = {
 // Available tags to assign to your site
 // Please choose all tags that you think might apply.
 // We'll remove inappropriate tags, but it's less likely that we add tags.
-export const Tags: Record<TagType, Tag> = {
+export const Tags: {[type in TagType]: Tag} = {
   // DO NOT USE THIS TAG: we choose sites to add to favorites
   favorite: {
     label: 'Favorite',
diff --git a/website/src/utils/colorUtils.ts b/website/src/utils/colorUtils.ts
index 78c4895c4b..faecb4341b 100644
--- a/website/src/utils/colorUtils.ts
+++ b/website/src/utils/colorUtils.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ export type ColorState = {
   shades: Shades;
 };
 
-export type Shades = Record<
-  string,
-  {
+export type Shades = {
+  [cssVar: string]: {
     adjustment: number;
     adjustmentInput: string;
     displayOrder: number;
     codeOrder: number;
-  }
->;
+  };
+};
 export const COLOR_SHADES: Shades = {
   '--ifm-color-primary': {
     adjustment: 0,
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-beta.16/docusaurus-core.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-beta.16/docusaurus-core.md
index 6fec152f62..00a2848715 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-beta.16/docusaurus-core.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-beta.16/docusaurus-core.md
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ You can even omit the children prop and specify a translation string in your `co
 React hook to access Docusaurus Context. The context contains the `siteConfig` object from [docusaurus.config.js](api/docusaurus.config.js.md) and some additional site metadata.
 
 ```ts
-type DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
+type PluginVersionInformation =
   | {readonly type: 'package'; readonly version?: string}
   | {readonly type: 'project'}
   | {readonly type: 'local'}
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ type DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
 interface DocusaurusSiteMetadata {
   readonly docusaurusVersion: string;
   readonly siteVersion?: string;
-  readonly pluginVersions: Record<string, DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation>;
+  readonly pluginVersions: Record<string, PluginVersionInformation>;
 }
 
 interface I18nLocaleConfig {
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-beta.17/docusaurus-core.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-beta.17/docusaurus-core.md
index 6fec152f62..00a2848715 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-beta.17/docusaurus-core.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-beta.17/docusaurus-core.md
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ You can even omit the children prop and specify a translation string in your `co
 React hook to access Docusaurus Context. The context contains the `siteConfig` object from [docusaurus.config.js](api/docusaurus.config.js.md) and some additional site metadata.
 
 ```ts
-type DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
+type PluginVersionInformation =
   | {readonly type: 'package'; readonly version?: string}
   | {readonly type: 'project'}
   | {readonly type: 'local'}
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ type DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation =
 interface DocusaurusSiteMetadata {
   readonly docusaurusVersion: string;
   readonly siteVersion?: string;
-  readonly pluginVersions: Record<string, DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation>;
+  readonly pluginVersions: Record<string, PluginVersionInformation>;
 }
 
 interface I18nLocaleConfig {