diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 640956f73424..90c07d5d750c 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ ignorePatterns:
 parserOptions:
   sourceType: module
   ecmaVersion: 2021
+  ecmaFeatures:
+    jsx: true
 
 plugins:
   - eslint-plugin-unicorn
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0ec6f4345605..94a9d7a43920 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         "font-awesome": "4.7.0",
         "jquery": "3.6.0",
         "jquery.are-you-sure": "1.9.0",
+        "jsx-dom": "7.0.0-beta.5",
         "less": "4.1.1",
         "less-loader": "8.1.1",
         "license-checker-webpack-plugin": "0.2.1",
@@ -3044,6 +3045,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-b0tGHbfegbhPJpxpiBPU2sCkigAqtM9O121le6bbOlgyV+NyGyCmVfJ6QW9eRjz8CpNfWEOYBIMIGRYkLwsIYg==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/csstype": {
+      "version": "3.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/csstype/-/csstype-3.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jXKhWqXPmlUeoQnF/EhTtTl4C9SnrxSH/jZUih3jmO6lBKr99rP3/+FmrMj4EFpOXzMtXHAZkd3x0E6h6Fgflw=="
+    },
     "node_modules/d3": {
       "version": "5.16.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/d3/-/d3-5.16.0.tgz",
@@ -7498,6 +7504,14 @@
         "verror": "1.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/jsx-dom": {
+      "version": "7.0.0-beta.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsx-dom/-/jsx-dom-7.0.0-beta.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SJRvQmFwVItkI3/pXXZ3piW07hLCSbrA5hGTxpsbAKoZ2VFl0j8QFwgSytdq3F7VsoC9TWZWheIpk8qT2ZecpQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "csstype": "^3.0.7"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/khroma": {
       "version": "1.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/khroma/-/khroma-1.4.1.tgz",
@@ -16022,6 +16036,11 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "csstype": {
+      "version": "3.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/csstype/-/csstype-3.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jXKhWqXPmlUeoQnF/EhTtTl4C9SnrxSH/jZUih3jmO6lBKr99rP3/+FmrMj4EFpOXzMtXHAZkd3x0E6h6Fgflw=="
+    },
     "d3": {
       "version": "5.16.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/d3/-/d3-5.16.0.tgz",
@@ -19506,6 +19525,14 @@
         "verror": "1.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "jsx-dom": {
+      "version": "7.0.0-beta.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsx-dom/-/jsx-dom-7.0.0-beta.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SJRvQmFwVItkI3/pXXZ3piW07hLCSbrA5hGTxpsbAKoZ2VFl0j8QFwgSytdq3F7VsoC9TWZWheIpk8qT2ZecpQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "csstype": "^3.0.7"
+      }
+    },
     "khroma": {
       "version": "1.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/khroma/-/khroma-1.4.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5da3dfab2080..4eda9ed69dfc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "font-awesome": "4.7.0",
     "jquery": "3.6.0",
     "jquery.are-you-sure": "1.9.0",
+    "jsx-dom": "7.0.0-beta.5",
     "less": "4.1.1",
     "less-loader": "8.1.1",
     "license-checker-webpack-plugin": "0.2.1",
diff --git a/web_src/js/components.js b/web_src/js/components.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38e533f91bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web_src/js/components.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import {contrastColor} from './utils.js';
+
+// These components might look like React components but they are
+// not. They return DOM nodes via JSX transformation using jsx-dom.
+// https://github.com/proteriax/jsx-dom
+
+export function Label({label}) {
+  const backgroundColor = `#${label.color}`;
+  const color = contrastColor(backgroundColor);
+  const style = `color: ${color}; background-color: ${backgroundColor}`;
+
+  return (
+    <div class="ui label" style={style}>
+      {label.name}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/contextpopup.js b/web_src/js/features/contextpopup.js
index c16820cf1f74..5e28caff190f 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/contextpopup.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/contextpopup.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import {htmlEscape} from 'escape-goat';
-import {svg} from '../svg.js';
+import {Label} from '../components.js';
+import {SVG} from '../svg.js';
 
 const {AppSubUrl} = window.config;
 
@@ -22,40 +22,24 @@ function issuePopup(owner, repo, index, $element) {
       body = `${body.substring(0, 85)}...`;
     }
 
-    let labels = '';
-    for (let i = 0; i < issue.labels.length; i++) {
-      const label = issue.labels[i];
-      const red = parseInt(label.color.substring(0, 2), 16);
-      const green = parseInt(label.color.substring(2, 4), 16);
-      const blue = parseInt(label.color.substring(4, 6), 16);
-      let color = '#ffffff';
-      if ((red * 0.299 + green * 0.587 + blue * 0.114) > 125) {
-        color = '#000000';
-      }
-      labels += `<div class="ui label" style="color: ${color}; background-color:#${label.color};">${htmlEscape(label.name)}</div>`;
-    }
-    if (labels.length > 0) {
-      labels = `<p>${labels}</p>`;
-    }
-
-    let octicon, color;
+    let icon, color;
     if (issue.pull_request !== null) {
       if (issue.state === 'open') {
         color = 'green';
-        octicon = 'octicon-git-pull-request'; // Open PR
+        icon = 'octicon-git-pull-request'; // Open PR
       } else if (issue.pull_request.merged === true) {
         color = 'purple';
-        octicon = 'octicon-git-merge'; // Merged PR
+        icon = 'octicon-git-merge'; // Merged PR
       } else {
         color = 'red';
-        octicon = 'octicon-git-pull-request'; // Closed PR
+        icon = 'octicon-git-pull-request'; // Closed PR
       }
     } else if (issue.state === 'open') {
       color = 'green';
-      octicon = 'octicon-issue-opened'; // Open Issue
+      icon = 'octicon-issue-opened'; // Open Issue
     } else {
       color = 'red';
-      octicon = 'octicon-issue-closed'; // Closed Issue
+      icon = 'octicon-issue-closed'; // Closed Issue
     }
 
     $element.popup({
@@ -63,14 +47,24 @@ function issuePopup(owner, repo, index, $element) {
       delay: {
         show: 250
       },
-      html: `
-<div>
-  <p><small>${htmlEscape(issue.repository.full_name)} on ${createdAt}</small></p>
-  <p><span class="${color}">${svg(octicon)}</span> <strong>${htmlEscape(issue.title)}</strong> #${index}</p>
-  <p>${htmlEscape(body)}</p>
-  ${labels}
-</div>
-`
+      html: (
+        <div>
+          <p><small>{issue.repository.full_name} on {createdAt}</small></p>
+          <p>
+            <span class={color}><SVG name={icon}/></span>
+            <strong class="mx-2">{issue.title}</strong>
+            #{index}
+          </p>
+          <p>{body}</p>
+          {issue.labels && issue.labels.length && (
+            <p>
+              {issue.labels.map((label) => (
+                <Label label={label}/>
+              ))}
+            </p>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      )
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/web_src/js/svg.js b/web_src/js/svg.js
index 0960256e2121..f57139b032cc 100644
--- a/web_src/js/svg.js
+++ b/web_src/js/svg.js
@@ -35,15 +35,23 @@ export const svgs = {
 const parser = new DOMParser();
 const serializer = new XMLSerializer();
 
-// retrieve a HTML string for given SVG icon name, size and additional classes
-export function svg(name, size = 16, className = '') {
-  if (!(name in svgs)) return '';
-  if (size === 16 && !className) return svgs[name];
+// returns <svg> DOM node for given SVG icon name, size and additional classes
+export function SVG({name, size = 16, className = ''}) {
+  if (!(name in svgs)) return null;
 
-  const document = parser.parseFromString(svgs[name], 'image/svg+xml');
-  const svgNode = document.firstChild;
+  // parse as html to avoid namespace issues
+  const document = parser.parseFromString(svgs[name], 'text/html');
+  const svgNode = document.body.firstChild;
   if (size !== 16) svgNode.setAttribute('width', String(size));
   if (size !== 16) svgNode.setAttribute('height', String(size));
   if (className) svgNode.classList.add(...className.split(/\s+/));
-  return serializer.serializeToString(svgNode);
+  return svgNode;
+}
+
+// returns a HTML string for given SVG icon name, size and additional classes
+export function svg(name, size = 16, className = '') {
+  if (!(name in svgs)) return '';
+  if (size === 16 && !className) return svgs[name];
+  const svgElement = <SVG name={name} size={size} className={className}/>;
+  return serializer.serializeToString(svgElement);
 }
diff --git a/web_src/js/utils.js b/web_src/js/utils.js
index 58d0d6b39ec2..fed88c5b7927 100644
--- a/web_src/js/utils.js
+++ b/web_src/js/utils.js
@@ -51,3 +51,13 @@ export function mqBinarySearch(feature, minValue, maxValue, step, unit) {
   }
   return mqBinarySearch(feature, minValue, mid - step, step, unit); // feature is < mid
 }
+
+// get a contrasting foreground color for a given 6-digit background color
+export function contrastColor(hex) {
+  const result = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex);
+  if (!result) return '#fff';
+  const r = parseInt(result[1], 16);
+  const g = parseInt(result[2], 16);
+  const b = parseInt(result[3], 16);
+  return ((r * 299) + (g * 587) + (b * 114)) / 1000 > 125 ? '#000' : '#fff';
+}
diff --git a/web_src/js/utils.test.js b/web_src/js/utils.test.js
index 859046c87c97..b1ee5f65e930 100644
--- a/web_src/js/utils.test.js
+++ b/web_src/js/utils.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-  basename, extname, isObject, uniq, stripTags, joinPaths,
+  basename, extname, isObject, uniq, stripTags, joinPaths, contrastColor,
 } from './utils.js';
 
 test('basename', () => {
@@ -66,3 +66,14 @@ test('uniq', () => {
 test('stripTags', () => {
   expect(stripTags('<a>test</a>')).toEqual('test');
 });
+
+test('contrastColor', () => {
+  expect(contrastColor('#000000')).toEqual('#fff');
+  expect(contrastColor('#333333')).toEqual('#fff');
+  expect(contrastColor('#ff0000')).toEqual('#fff');
+  expect(contrastColor('#0000ff')).toEqual('#fff');
+  expect(contrastColor('#cccccc')).toEqual('#000');
+  expect(contrastColor('#ffffff')).toEqual('#000');
+  expect(contrastColor('000000')).toEqual('#fff');
+  expect(contrastColor('ffffff')).toEqual('#000');
+});
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 9b27bb55ac64..453ea8fb31ee 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
 
 const {VueLoaderPlugin} = VueLoader;
 const {ESBuildMinifyPlugin} = EsBuildLoader;
-const {SourceMapDevToolPlugin} = webpack;
+const {SourceMapDevToolPlugin, ProvidePlugin} = webpack;
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const glob = (pattern) => fastGlob.sync(pattern, {cwd: __dirname, absolute: true});
 
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ export default {
           {
             loader: 'esbuild-loader',
             options: {
-              target: 'es2015'
+              target: 'es2015',
+              loader: 'jsx',
+              jsxFactory: 'h',
+              jsxFragment: 'Fragment',
             },
           },
         ],
@@ -205,6 +208,10 @@ export default {
     new MonacoWebpackPlugin({
       filename: 'js/monaco-[name].worker.js',
     }),
+    new ProvidePlugin({
+      h: ['jsx-dom', 'h'],
+      Fragment: ['jsx-dom', 'Fragment'],
+    }),
     isProduction ? new LicenseCheckerWebpackPlugin({
       outputFilename: 'js/licenses.txt',
       outputWriter: ({dependencies}) => {