diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/index.js
index 42427dd9c4..d3527460b1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export { default as preprocess } from './preprocess/index.js';
  * @returns {CompileResult}
  */
 export function compile(source, options) {
+	options.customRenderer = true;
 	source = remove_bom(source);
 	state.reset_warning_filter(options.warningFilter);
 	const validated = validate_component_options(options, '');
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/Attribute.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/Attribute.js
index 3ba81767cc..05c8a99ae5 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/Attribute.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/Attribute.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function Attribute(node, context) {
 			const expression = get_attribute_expression(node);
 			const delegated_event = get_delegated_event(node.name.slice(2), expression, context);
 
-			if (delegated_event !== null) {
+			if (delegated_event !== null && !context.state.options.customRenderer) {
 				if (delegated_event.hoisted) {
 					delegated_event.function.metadata.hoisted = true;
 				}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js
index da0a89fb2f..0f4f1f2bf2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export function client_component(analysis, options) {
 		in_constructor: false,
 		instance_level_snippets: [],
 		module_level_snippets: [],
-		is_functional_template_mode: options.templatingMode === 'functional',
+		is_functional_template_mode: options.customRenderer || options.templatingMode === 'functional',
 
 		// these are set inside the `Fragment` visitor, and cannot be used until then
 		init: /** @type {any} */ (null),
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/events.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/events.js
index 2667a96f6a..e140a9dfeb 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/events.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/events.js
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ export function visit_event_attribute(node, context) {
 				context.state.node,
 				handler,
 				capture,
-				is_passive_event(event_name) ? true : undefined
+				is_passive_event(event_name) ? true : undefined,
+				context.state.options.customRenderer
 			)
 		);
 
@@ -90,13 +91,15 @@ export function visit_event_attribute(node, context) {
  * @param {Expression} handler
  * @param {boolean} capture
  * @param {boolean | undefined} passive
+ * @param {boolean | undefined} custom_renderer
  */
-export function build_event(event_name, node, handler, capture, passive) {
+export function build_event(event_name, node, handler, capture, passive, custom_renderer) {
 	return b.call(
 		'$.event',
 		b.literal(event_name),
 		node,
 		handler,
+		custom_renderer && b.true,
 		capture && b.true,
 		passive === undefined ? undefined : b.literal(passive)
 	);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/index.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/index.d.ts
index 4aa244ad51..513fa0caa1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/index.d.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ export interface CompileOptions extends ModuleCompileOptions {
 	 * @default 'string'
 	 */
 	templatingMode?: 'string' | 'functional';
+	/**
+	 *  If `true` the output will be adapted to accept a custom renderer.
+	 */
+	customRenderer?: boolean;
 	/**
 	 * Set to `true` to force the compiler into runes mode, even if there are no indications of runes usage.
 	 * Set to `false` to force the compiler into ignoring runes, even if there are indications of runes usage.
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/validate-options.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/validate-options.js
index 1d67951fd8..187e80875b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/validate-options.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/validate-options.js
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ export const validate_component_options =
 
 			templatingMode: list(['string', 'functional']),
 
+			customRenderer: boolean(false),
+
 			preserveWhitespace: boolean(false),
 
 			runes: boolean(undefined),
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/index.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/index.d.ts
index 38e6086689..a6d573fd8d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/index.d.ts
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ export type MountOptions<Props extends Record<string, any> = Record<string, any>
 	 * @default true
 	 */
 	intro?: boolean;
+	/**
+	 * The custom renderer to use to mount the component.
+	 */
+	customRenderer?: any;
 } & ({} extends Props
 	? {
 			/**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
index 0c1bb1dada..4b2392ba72 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
@@ -51,12 +51,21 @@ export function replay_events(dom) {
  * @param {EventTarget} dom
  * @param {EventListener} [handler]
  * @param {AddEventListenerOptions} [options]
+ * @param {boolean} [custom_renderer]
  */
-export function create_event(event_name, dom, handler, options = {}) {
+export function create_event(event_name, dom, handler, options = {}, custom_renderer = false) {
 	/**
 	 * @this {EventTarget}
 	 */
 	function target_handler(/** @type {Event} */ event) {
+		// if we have a custom renderer we just want to call the function
+		// without a reactive context because we don't know if event propagation
+		// is even a thing in the target renderer
+		if (custom_renderer) {
+			return without_reactive_context(() => {
+				return handler?.call(this, event);
+			});
+		}
 		if (!options.capture) {
 			// Only call in the bubble phase, else delegated events would be called before the capturing events
 			handle_event_propagation.call(dom, event);
@@ -109,13 +118,14 @@ export function on(element, type, handler, options = {}) {
  * @param {string} event_name
  * @param {Element} dom
  * @param {EventListener} [handler]
+ * @param {boolean} [custom_renderer]
  * @param {boolean} [capture]
  * @param {boolean} [passive]
  * @returns {void}
  */
-export function event(event_name, dom, handler, capture, passive) {
+export function event(event_name, dom, handler, custom_renderer, capture, passive) {
 	var options = { capture, passive };
-	var target_handler = create_event(event_name, dom, handler, options);
+	var target_handler = create_event(event_name, dom, handler, options, custom_renderer);
 
 	// @ts-ignore
 	if (dom === document.body || dom === window || dom === document) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/operations.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/operations.js
index 97062f04e3..1416723726 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/operations.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/operations.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ var first_child_getter;
 /** @type {() => Node | null} */
 var next_sibling_getter;
 
+var renderer;
+
 /**
  * Initialize these lazily to avoid issues when using the runtime in a server context
  * where these globals are not available while avoiding a separate server entry point
@@ -28,20 +30,23 @@ export function init_operations() {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$window = window;
-	$document = document;
-	is_firefox = /Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent);
+	$window = typeof window === 'undefined' ? /** @type {Window} */ ({}) : window;
+	$document = typeof document === 'undefined' ? /** @type {Document} */ ({}) : document;
+	is_firefox = typeof navigator === 'undefined' ? true : /Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent);
 
-	var element_prototype = Element.prototype;
-	var node_prototype = Node.prototype;
-	var text_prototype = Text.prototype;
+	var element_prototype;
+	if (window.Element) element_prototype = Element.prototype;
+	var node_prototype;
+	if (window.Node) node_prototype = Node.prototype;
+	var text_prototype;
+	if (window.Text) text_prototype = Text.prototype;
 
 	// @ts-ignore
-	first_child_getter = get_descriptor(node_prototype, 'firstChild').get;
+	first_child_getter = get_descriptor(node_prototype, 'firstChild')?.get;
 	// @ts-ignore
-	next_sibling_getter = get_descriptor(node_prototype, 'nextSibling').get;
+	next_sibling_getter = get_descriptor(node_prototype, 'nextSibling')?.get;
 
-	if (is_extensible(element_prototype)) {
+	if (element_prototype && is_extensible(element_prototype)) {
 		// the following assignments improve perf of lookups on DOM nodes
 		// @ts-expect-error
 		element_prototype.__click = undefined;
@@ -73,6 +78,9 @@ export function init_operations() {
  * @returns {Text}
  */
 export function create_text(value = '') {
+	if (renderer) {
+		return renderer.document.createTextNode(value);
+	}
 	return document.createTextNode(value);
 }
 
@@ -83,6 +91,9 @@ export function create_text(value = '') {
  */
 /*@__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__*/
 export function get_first_child(node) {
+	if (renderer_first_child) {
+		return renderer_first_child.call(node);
+	}
 	return first_child_getter.call(node);
 }
 
@@ -93,6 +104,9 @@ export function get_first_child(node) {
  */
 /*@__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__*/
 export function get_next_sibling(node) {
+	if (renderer_next_sibling) {
+		return renderer_next_sibling.call(node);
+	}
 	return next_sibling_getter.call(node);
 }
 
@@ -213,6 +227,9 @@ export function clear_text_content(node) {
  * @returns
  */
 export function create_element(tag, namespace, is) {
+	if (renderer) {
+		return renderer.document.createElement(tag);
+	}
 	let options = is ? { is } : undefined;
 	if (namespace) {
 		return document.createElementNS(namespace, tag, options);
@@ -221,6 +238,9 @@ export function create_element(tag, namespace, is) {
 }
 
 export function create_fragment() {
+	if (renderer) {
+		return renderer.document.createDocumentFragment();
+	}
 	return document.createDocumentFragment();
 }
 
@@ -229,6 +249,9 @@ export function create_fragment() {
  * @returns
  */
 export function create_comment(data = '') {
+	if (renderer) {
+		return renderer.document.createComment(data);
+	}
 	return document.createComment(data);
 }
 
@@ -245,3 +268,24 @@ export function set_attribute(element, key, value = '') {
 	}
 	return element.setAttribute(key, value);
 }
+
+var renderer_next_sibling;
+var renderer_first_child;
+
+export function push_renderer(custom_renderer) {
+	var old_next_sibling = renderer_next_sibling;
+	var old_first_child = renderer_first_child;
+	var old_renderer = renderer;
+	renderer_next_sibling = get_descriptor(custom_renderer.Node.prototype, 'nextSibling')?.get;
+	renderer_first_child = get_descriptor(custom_renderer.Node.prototype, 'firstChild')?.get;
+	renderer = custom_renderer;
+	return () => {
+		renderer_next_sibling = old_next_sibling;
+		renderer_first_child = old_first_child;
+		renderer = old_renderer;
+	};
+}
+
+export function get_renderer() {
+	return renderer;
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
index 468bb94ab4..7022e9903d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { set } from './sources.js';
 import * as e from '../errors.js';
 import { DEV } from 'esm-env';
 import { define_property } from '../../shared/utils.js';
-import { get_next_sibling } from '../dom/operations.js';
+import { get_next_sibling, get_renderer } from '../dom/operations.js';
 import { derived } from './deriveds.js';
 import { component_context, dev_current_component_function } from '../context.js';
 
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ function create_effect(type, fn, sync, push = true) {
 		nodes_end: null,
 		f: type | DIRTY,
 		first: null,
+		// we only need to update the renderer for render effects
+		renderer: (type & RENDER_EFFECT) !== 0 ? get_renderer() : undefined,
 		fn,
 		last: null,
 		next: null,
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/types.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/types.d.ts
index 5ef0097649..a76cef9fe2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/types.d.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ export interface Effect extends Reaction {
 	last: null | Effect;
 	/** Parent effect */
 	parent: Effect | null;
+	/** The original renderer used when mounting the root component */
+	renderer?: any;
 	/** Dev only */
 	component_function?: any;
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
index 3256fe8274..4985ca9a89 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
 	create_text,
 	get_first_child,
 	get_next_sibling,
-	init_operations
+	init_operations,
+	push_renderer
 } from './dom/operations.js';
 import { HYDRATION_END, HYDRATION_ERROR, HYDRATION_START } from '../../constants.js';
 import { active_effect } from './runtime.js';
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ export function mount(component, options) {
  *  	context?: Map<any, any>;
  * 		intro?: boolean;
  * 		recover?: boolean;
+ * 		customRenderer?: any;
  * 	} : {
  * 		target: Document | Element | ShadowRoot;
  * 		props: Props;
@@ -93,10 +95,15 @@ export function mount(component, options) {
  *  	context?: Map<any, any>;
  * 		intro?: boolean;
  * 		recover?: boolean;
+ * 		customRenderer?: any;
  * 	}} options
  * @returns {Exports}
  */
 export function hydrate(component, options) {
+	let cleanup_renderer = undefined;
+	if (options.customRenderer) {
+		cleanup_renderer = push_renderer(options.customRenderer);
+	}
 	init_operations();
 	options.intro = options.intro ?? false;
 	const target = options.target;
@@ -153,6 +160,7 @@ export function hydrate(component, options) {
 		set_hydrating(was_hydrating);
 		set_hydrate_node(previous_hydrate_node);
 		reset_head_anchor();
+		cleanup_renderer?.();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +173,14 @@ const document_listeners = new Map();
  * @param {MountOptions} options
  * @returns {Exports}
  */
-function _mount(Component, { target, anchor, props = {}, events, context, intro = true }) {
+function _mount(
+	Component,
+	{ target, anchor, props = {}, events, context, intro = true, customRenderer }
+) {
+	let cleanup_renderer = undefined;
+	if (customRenderer) {
+		cleanup_renderer = push_renderer(customRenderer);
+	}
 	init_operations();
 
 	var registered_events = new Set();
@@ -261,6 +276,7 @@ function _mount(Component, { target, anchor, props = {}, events, context, intro
 	});
 
 	mounted_components.set(component, unmount);
+	cleanup_renderer?.();
 	return component;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index a5d26412a4..c7dc3a8294 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
 	set_component_context,
 	set_dev_current_component_function
 } from './context.js';
-import { is_firefox } from './dom/operations.js';
+import { is_firefox, push_renderer } from './dom/operations.js';
 
 // Used for DEV time error handling
 /** @param {WeakSet<Error>} value */
@@ -421,6 +421,13 @@ export function update_reaction(reaction) {
 
 	reaction_sources = null;
 	set_component_context(reaction.ctx);
+	var cleanup_renderer = undefined;
+	if ((reaction.f & DERIVED) === 0) {
+		var effect = /** @type {Effect} */ (reaction);
+		if (effect.renderer) {
+			cleanup_renderer = push_renderer(effect.renderer);
+		}
+	}
 	untracking = false;
 	read_version++;
 
@@ -498,6 +505,7 @@ export function update_reaction(reaction) {
 		reaction_sources = previous_reaction_sources;
 		set_component_context(previous_component_context);
 		untracking = previous_untracking;
+		cleanup_renderer?.();
 
 		reaction.f ^= EFFECT_IS_UPDATING;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/renderer/index.ts b/packages/svelte/src/renderer/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a26007f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/renderer/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+const ELEMENT_NODE_TYPE = 1;
+const TEXT_NODE_TYPE = 3;
+const COMMENT_NODE_TYPE = 8;
+const FRAGMENT_NODE_TYPE = 11;
+
+export function createRenderer(opts) {
+	class Node {
+		tagName;
+		data;
+		parent;
+		nodeType;
+		nodeName;
+
+		#element;
+		#children = [];
+
+		constructor(node_type, element, tag) {
+			this.tagName = tag;
+			this.nodeName = tag;
+			this.#element = element;
+			this.nodeType = node_type;
+		}
+
+		get element() {
+			return this.#element;
+		}
+
+		get childNodes() {
+			return this.#children;
+		}
+
+		get firstChild() {
+			return this.#children[0];
+		}
+
+		get lastChild() {
+			return this.#children[this.#children.lenght - 1];
+		}
+
+		get nextSibling() {
+			if (this.parent) {
+				const idx = this.parent.#children.findIndex((el) => el === this);
+				return this.parent.#children[idx + 1] ?? null;
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		get className() {
+			return this.getAttribute('class');
+		}
+
+		set className(className) {
+			this.setAttribute('class', className);
+		}
+
+		setAttribute(key, value) {
+			opts.setAttribute(this.#element, key, value);
+		}
+
+		getAttribute(key) {
+			return opts.getAttribute(this.#element, key);
+		}
+
+		hasAttribute(key) {
+			return !!this.getAttribute(key);
+		}
+
+		removeAttribute(key) {
+			this.setAttribute(key, null);
+		}
+
+		addEventListener(name, handler, options) {
+			if (this.nodeType === FRAGMENT_NODE_TYPE) return;
+			opts.addEventListener(this.#element, name, handler, options);
+		}
+
+		remove() {
+			if (this.parent) {
+				this.parent.#children = this.parent.#children.filter((el) => el !== this);
+			}
+		}
+
+		appendChild(child) {
+			this.append(child);
+			return child;
+		}
+
+		before(node) {
+			if (this.parent) {
+				const idx = this.parent.#children.findIndex((el) => el === this);
+				const nodes = node.nodeType === FRAGMENT_NODE_TYPE ? node.childNodes : [node];
+				this.parent.#children.splice(idx, 0, ...nodes);
+				for (let node of nodes) {
+					opts.insert(node.#element, this.parent.#element, this.#element);
+					node.parent = this.parent;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		append(...nodes) {
+			for (let node of nodes) {
+				node.parent = this;
+				this.#children.push(node);
+				if (this.nodeType !== FRAGMENT_NODE_TYPE) {
+					opts.insert(node.#element, this.#element);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		cloneNode() {
+			const cloned = new Node(
+				this.nodeType,
+				this.#element != null ? opts.cloneNode(this.#element) : this.#element,
+				this.tagName
+			);
+			for (let node of this.#children) {
+				cloned.append(node.cloneNode());
+			}
+			return cloned;
+		}
+	}
+
+	class Document {
+		createElement(tag) {
+			const element = opts.createElement(tag);
+			return new Node(ELEMENT_NODE_TYPE, element, tag);
+		}
+		createDocumentFragment() {
+			return new Node(FRAGMENT_NODE_TYPE);
+		}
+		createComment(data) {
+			const comment = opts.createComment(data);
+			return new Node(COMMENT_NODE_TYPE, comment, data);
+		}
+		createTextNode(data) {
+			const element = opts.createTextNode(data);
+			return new Node(TEXT_NODE_TYPE, element, data);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return {
+		Node,
+		document: new Document()
+	};
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts b/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
index 19bb6e9279..f2553db5c4 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
@@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ declare module 'svelte/compiler' {
 		 * @default 'string'
 		 */
 		templatingMode?: 'string' | 'functional';
+		/**
+		 *  Allow to specify a module that exports a custom renderer for svelte components.
+		 */
+		customRenderer?: string;
 		/**
 		 * Set to `true` to force the compiler into runes mode, even if there are no indications of runes usage.
 		 * Set to `false` to force the compiler into ignoring runes, even if there are indications of runes usage.
@@ -2566,6 +2570,10 @@ declare module 'svelte/types/compiler/interfaces' {
 		 * @default 'string'
 		 */
 		templatingMode?: 'string' | 'functional';
+		/**
+		 *  Allow to specify a module that exports a custom renderer for svelte components.
+		 */
+		customRenderer?: string;
 		/**
 		 * Set to `true` to force the compiler into runes mode, even if there are no indications of runes usage.
 		 * Set to `false` to force the compiler into ignoring runes, even if there are indications of runes usage.