diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/features/emoji/mapping-compiletime.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/features/emoji/mapping-compiletime.ts
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+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+
+import type { EmojiData, UnicodeMap } from './types';
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const data = require('@emoji-mart/data/sets/14/twitter.json');
+
+const stripLeadingZeros = /^0+/;
+
+/*
+ * Twemoji strips their hex codes from unicode codepoints to make it look "pretty"
+ * - leading 0s are removed
+ * - fe0f is removed unless it has 200d
+ * - fe0f is NOT removed for 1f441-fe0f-200d-1f5e8-fe0f even though it has a 200d
+ *
+ * this is all wrong
+ */
+const blacklist = {
+  '1f441-fe0f-200d-1f5e8-fe0f': true,
+};
+
+const tweaks = {
+  '#⃣': ['23-20e3', 'hash'],
+  '*⃣': ['2a-20e3', 'keycap_star'],
+  '0⃣': ['30-20e3', 'zero'],
+  '1⃣': ['31-20e3', 'one'],
+  '2⃣': ['32-20e3', 'two'],
+  '3⃣': ['33-20e3', 'three'],
+  '4⃣': ['34-20e3', 'four'],
+  '5⃣': ['35-20e3', 'five'],
+  '6⃣': ['36-20e3', 'six'],
+  '7⃣': ['37-20e3', 'seven'],
+  '8⃣': ['38-20e3', 'eight'],
+  '9⃣': ['39-20e3', 'nine'],
+  '❤‍🔥': ['2764-fe0f-200d-1f525', 'heart_on_fire'],
+  '❤‍🩹': ['2764-fe0f-200d-1fa79', 'mending_heart'],
+  '👁‍🗨️': ['1f441-fe0f-200d-1f5e8-fe0f', 'eye-in-speech-bubble'],
+  '👁️‍🗨': ['1f441-fe0f-200d-1f5e8-fe0f', 'eye-in-speech-bubble'],
+  '👁‍🗨': ['1f441-fe0f-200d-1f5e8-fe0f', 'eye-in-speech-bubble'],
+  '🕵‍♂️': ['1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'male-detective'],
+  '🕵️‍♂': ['1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'male-detective'],
+  '🕵‍♂': ['1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'male-detective'],
+  '🕵‍♀️': ['1f575-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'female-detective'],
+  '🕵️‍♀': ['1f575-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'female-detective'],
+  '🕵‍♀': ['1f575-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'female-detective'],
+  '🏌‍♂️': ['1f3cc-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-golfing'],
+  '🏌️‍♂': ['1f3cc-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-golfing'],
+  '🏌‍♂': ['1f3cc-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-golfing'],
+  '🏌‍♀️': ['1f3cc-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-golfing'],
+  '🏌️‍♀': ['1f3cc-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-golfing'],
+  '🏌‍♀': ['1f3cc-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-golfing'],
+  '⛹‍♂️': ['26f9-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-bouncing-ball'],
+  '⛹️‍♂': ['26f9-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-bouncing-ball'],
+  '⛹‍♂': ['26f9-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-bouncing-ball'],
+  '⛹‍♀️': ['26f9-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-bouncing-ball'],
+  '⛹️‍♀': ['26f9-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-bouncing-ball'],
+  '⛹‍♀': ['26f9-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-bouncing-ball'],
+  '🏋‍♂️': ['1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-lifting-weights'],
+  '🏋️‍♂': ['1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-lifting-weights'],
+  '🏋‍♂': ['1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f', 'man-lifting-weights'],
+  '🏋‍♀️': ['1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-lifting-weights'],
+  '🏋️‍♀': ['1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-lifting-weights'],
+  '🏋‍♀': ['1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2640-fe0f', 'woman-lifting-weights'],
+  '🏳‍🌈': ['1f3f3-fe0f-200d-1f308', 'rainbow_flag'],
+  '🏳‍⚧️': ['1f3f3-fe0f-200d-26a7-fe0f', 'transgender_flag'],
+  '🏳️‍⚧': ['1f3f3-fe0f-200d-26a7-fe0f', 'transgender_flag'],
+  '🏳‍⚧': ['1f3f3-fe0f-200d-26a7-fe0f', 'transgender_flag'],
+};
+
+const stripcodes = (unified: string, native: string) => {
+  const stripped = unified.replace(stripLeadingZeros, '');
+
+  if (unified.includes('200d') && !(unified in blacklist)) {
+    return stripped;
+  } else {
+    return stripped.replaceAll('-fe0f', '');
+  }
+};
+
+const generateMappings = (emojiMap: EmojiData['emojis']): UnicodeMap => {
+  const result: UnicodeMap = {};
+  const emojis = Object.values(emojiMap ?? {});
+
+  for (const value of emojis) {
+    for (const item of value.skins) {
+      const { unified, native } = item;
+      const stripped = stripcodes(unified, native);
+
+      result[native] = { unified: stripped, shortcode: value.id };
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const [native, [unified, shortcode]] of Object.entries(tweaks)) {
+    const stripped = stripcodes(unified, native);
+
+    result[native] = { unified: stripped, shortcode };
+  }
+
+  return result;
+};
+
+const unicodeMapping = generateMappings(data.emojis);
+
+export default () => ({
+  data: unicodeMapping,
+});
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/features/emoji/types.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/features/emoji/types.ts
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index 000000000..d1cbbf450
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+interface UnicodeMap {
+  [s: string]: {
+    unified: string;
+    shortcode: string;
+  };
+}
+
+interface NativeEmoji {
+  unified: string;
+  native: string;
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+}
+
+interface CustomEmoji {
+  src: string;
+}
+
+interface Emoji<T> {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  keywords: string[];
+  skins: T[];
+  version?: number;
+}
+
+interface EmojiCategory {
+  id: string;
+  emojis: string[];
+}
+
+interface EmojiMap {
+  [s: string]: Emoji<NativeEmoji>;
+}
+
+interface EmojiAlias {
+  [s: string]: string;
+}
+
+interface EmojiSheet {
+  cols: number;
+  rows: number;
+}
+
+interface EmojiData {
+  categories: EmojiCategory[];
+  emojis: EmojiMap;
+  aliases: EmojiAlias;
+  sheet: EmojiSheet;
+}
+
+export type {
+  UnicodeMap,
+  NativeEmoji,
+  CustomEmoji,
+  Emoji,
+  EmojiCategory,
+  EmojiMap,
+  EmojiAlias,
+  EmojiSheet,
+  EmojiData,
+};