diff --git a/eslint.config.ts b/eslint.config.ts
index 35e26ed111d..50c1bcecd7f 100644
--- a/eslint.config.ts
+++ b/eslint.config.ts
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ export default defineConfig([
       'func-names': [0],
       'func-style': [0],
       'getter-return': [2],
+      'gitea/unescaped-html-literal': [2],
       'grouped-accessor-pairs': [2],
       'guard-for-in': [0],
       'id-denylist': [0],
@@ -1239,6 +1240,9 @@ export default defineConfig([
   {
     files: ['*', 'tools/**/*', 'tests/**/*'],
     languageOptions: {globals: globals.nodeBuiltin},
+    rules: {
+      'gitea/unescaped-html-literal': [0],
+    },
   },
   {
     files: ['web_src/**/*'],
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/unescaped-html-literal.test.ts b/tools/eslint-rules/unescaped-html-literal.test.ts
index af3d473e764..636279bbe94 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/unescaped-html-literal.test.ts
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/unescaped-html-literal.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ ruleTester.run('unescaped-html-literal', rule, {
       code: 'const helloTemplate = (name) => html`<div>Hello ${name}!</div>`;',
       languageOptions: {ecmaVersion: 2017},
     },
+    {
+      code: 'const attr = htmlRaw` width="${width}"`, img = htmlRaw`<img ${attr}>`, cmp = "a < b";',
+      languageOptions: {ecmaVersion: 2017},
+    },
   ],
   invalid: [
     {
@@ -66,6 +70,21 @@ ruleTester.run('unescaped-html-literal', rule, {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: "const rowHTML = `${cells}</tr>`, tailHTML = '</tbody>', textHTML = 'Hello <b>World</b>'",
+      languageOptions: {ecmaVersion: 2017},
+      errors: [
+        {
+          message: 'Unescaped HTML literal. Use html`` tag template literal for secure escaping.',
+        },
+        {
+          message: 'Unescaped HTML literal. Use html`` tag template literal for secure escaping.',
+        },
+        {
+          message: 'Unescaped HTML literal. Use html`` tag template literal for secure escaping.',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
     {
       code: 'const helloHTML = foo`<div>Hello ${name}!</div>`',
       languageOptions: {ecmaVersion: 2017},
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/unescaped-html-literal.ts b/tools/eslint-rules/unescaped-html-literal.ts
index 87c40f0518e..3ae51a97ecc 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/unescaped-html-literal.ts
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/unescaped-html-literal.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // https://github.com/github/eslint-plugin-github/blob/main/lib/rules/unescaped-html-literal.js
 import type {JSRuleDefinition, JSRuleDefinitionTypeOptions} from 'eslint';
 
-const htmlOpenTag = /^\s*<[a-zA-Z]/;
+const htmlTag = /<\/?[a-z][\w-]*[\s/>]/i;
+const escapingTags = new Set(['html', 'htmlRaw']);
 
 const rule: JSRuleDefinition<JSRuleDefinitionTypeOptions> = {
   meta: {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ const rule: JSRuleDefinition<JSRuleDefinitionTypeOptions> = {
 
   create: (context) => ({
     Literal(node) {
-      if (typeof node.value !== 'string' || !htmlOpenTag.test(node.value)) return;
+      if (typeof node.value !== 'string' || !htmlTag.test(node.value)) return;
 
       context.report({
         node,
@@ -22,11 +23,10 @@ const rule: JSRuleDefinition<JSRuleDefinitionTypeOptions> = {
       });
     },
     TemplateLiteral(node) {
-      const templateStart = node.quasis[0]?.value.raw;
-      if (!templateStart || !htmlOpenTag.test(templateStart)) return;
+      if (node.quasis.every((quasi) => !htmlTag.test(quasi.value.raw))) return;
 
       const parent = node.parent;
-      if (parent?.type === 'TaggedTemplateExpression' && parent.tag.type === 'Identifier' && parent.tag.name === 'html') return;
+      if (parent?.type === 'TaggedTemplateExpression' && parent.tag.type === 'Identifier' && escapingTags.has(parent.tag.name)) return;
 
       context.report({
         node,
diff --git a/web_src/js/components/ActivityHeatmap.vue b/web_src/js/components/ActivityHeatmap.vue
index 48d92229314..067fa15d4dd 100644
--- a/web_src/js/components/ActivityHeatmap.vue
+++ b/web_src/js/components/ActivityHeatmap.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {computed, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted} from 'vue';
 import tippy, {createSingleton} from 'tippy.js';
 import type {CreateSingletonInstance, Instance} from 'tippy.js';
 import {getCurrentLocale} from '../utils.ts';
+import {html} from '../utils/html.ts';
 
 type HeatmapValue = {date: Date; count: number};
 type HeatmapCell = {date: Date; colorIndex: number; ariaLabel: string; tooltip: string};
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ const grid = computed(() => {
         date: new Date(cursor),
         colorIndex: hit ? hit.colorIndex : 0,
         ariaLabel: `${head} ${on} ${dateStr}`,
-        tooltip: `<b>${head}</b> ${on} ${dateStr}`,
+        tooltip: html`<b>${head}</b> ${on} ${dateStr}`,
       });
       cursor.setDate(cursor.getDate() + 1);
     }
diff --git a/web_src/js/markup/mermaid.ts b/web_src/js/markup/mermaid.ts
index d81fb1c7ff0..efcf574ff8b 100644
--- a/web_src/js/markup/mermaid.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/markup/mermaid.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function initMarkupCodeMermaid(elMarkup: HTMLElement): Promise<void
       // create an iframe to sandbox the svg with styles, and set correct height by reading svg's viewBox height
       const iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
       iframe.classList.add('markup-content-iframe', 'tw-invisible');
-      iframe.srcdoc = '<style>body { margin: 0; overflow: hidden; } #mermaid { display: block; margin: 0 auto; }</style>';
+      iframe.srcdoc = html`<style>body { margin: 0; overflow: hidden; } #mermaid { display: block; margin: 0 auto; }</style>`;
       const viewBoxHeight = svgNode.viewBox.baseVal?.height;
       if (viewBoxHeight) iframe.style.height = `${Math.max(Math.ceil(viewBoxHeight), 85)}px`; // min-height keeps the buttons from overlapping
 
diff --git a/web_src/js/modules/devtest.ts b/web_src/js/modules/devtest.ts
index 8efe7e99596..f4f225c4037 100644
--- a/web_src/js/modules/devtest.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/modules/devtest.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function initDevtestAnsiRender(container: HTMLElement) {
     ...withSource(`first${esc}[Ksecond${esc}[2Jthird`),
     ...withSource(`cursor ${esc}[3Amovement, private ${esc}[?25lCSI, ${esc}]0;title${esc}\\titles, ${esc}Pquery${esc}\\strings, truncated${esc}[38;5;`),
     ...withSource('Reading... 10%\b\b\b100%'),
-    ...withSource('<script>alert(1)</script> & "quotes", and a bare url https://example.com'),
+    ...withSource('<script>alert(1)</script> & "quotes", and a bare url https://example.com'), // eslint-disable-line gitea/unescaped-html-literal -- plain text that the console must escape
     ' ',
     `${esc}[31man unterminated color`,
     'carries into the following lines',
diff --git a/web_src/js/modules/shortcut.ts b/web_src/js/modules/shortcut.ts
index 58d2ac26a4a..44622228b1e 100644
--- a/web_src/js/modules/shortcut.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/modules/shortcut.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function showShortcutHelp() {
     seenShortcuts.add(shortcutIdentifier);
     let keysHtml = '';
     for (const keys of shortcutKeys.split(' ')) {
-      keysHtml += `<kbd>${keys}</kbd> `;
+      keysHtml += html`<kbd>${keys}</kbd> `;
     }
     list.append(createElementFromHTML(html`<tr><td>${htmlRaw(keysHtml)}</td><td>${label}</td></tr>`));
   }
diff --git a/web_src/js/modules/tippy.ts b/web_src/js/modules/tippy.ts
index 531cfa9ceb5..68865bbfbd5 100644
--- a/web_src/js/modules/tippy.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/modules/tippy.ts
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ function attachTooltip(target: Element, content: Content | null = null): Instanc
 
   let allowHTML = target.getAttribute('data-tooltip-render') === 'html';
   if (!allowHTML && typeof content === 'string') {
-    content = htmlEscape(content);
-    content = content.replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+    content = htmlEscape(content).split('\n').join(html`<br>`);
     allowHTML = true;
   }