diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 168db0db..e1be8f7d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ exclude = [
     'build',
 ]
 
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = "django_components.*"
+disallow_untyped_defs = true
+
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = [
     "tests"
diff --git a/src/django_components/__init__.py b/src/django_components/__init__.py
index b7f9ae82..12a573c8 100644
--- a/src/django_components/__init__.py
+++ b/src/django_components/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import importlib
 import importlib.util
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Union
 
 import django
 from django.utils.module_loading import autodiscover_modules
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ if django.VERSION < (3, 2):
     default_app_config = "django_components.apps.ComponentsConfig"
 
 
-def autodiscover():
+def autodiscover() -> None:
     from django_components.app_settings import app_settings
 
     if app_settings.AUTODISCOVER:
@@ -24,11 +25,11 @@ def autodiscover():
         for path in component_filepaths:
             import_file(path)
 
-    for path in app_settings.LIBRARIES:
-        importlib.import_module(path)
+    for path_lib in app_settings.LIBRARIES:
+        importlib.import_module(path_lib)
 
 
-def import_file(path):
+def import_file(path: Union[str, Path]) -> None:
     MODULE_PATH = path
     MODULE_NAME = Path(path).stem
     spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(MODULE_NAME, MODULE_PATH)
diff --git a/src/django_components/app_settings.py b/src/django_components/app_settings.py
index d4550e98..71e525fc 100644
--- a/src/django_components/app_settings.py
+++ b/src/django_components/app_settings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from enum import Enum
+from typing import List
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
@@ -9,27 +10,27 @@ class ContextBehavior(Enum):
 
 
 class AppSettings:
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.settings = getattr(settings, "COMPONENTS", {})
 
     @property
-    def AUTODISCOVER(self):
+    def AUTODISCOVER(self) -> bool:
         return self.settings.setdefault("autodiscover", True)
 
     @property
-    def LIBRARIES(self):
+    def LIBRARIES(self) -> List:
         return self.settings.setdefault("libraries", [])
 
     @property
-    def TEMPLATE_CACHE_SIZE(self):
+    def TEMPLATE_CACHE_SIZE(self) -> int:
         return self.settings.setdefault("template_cache_size", 128)
 
     @property
-    def CONTEXT_BEHAVIOR(self):
+    def CONTEXT_BEHAVIOR(self) -> ContextBehavior:
         raw_value = self.settings.setdefault("context_behavior", ContextBehavior.GLOBAL.value)
         return self._validate_context_behavior(raw_value)
 
-    def _validate_context_behavior(self, raw_value):
+    def _validate_context_behavior(self, raw_value: ContextBehavior) -> ContextBehavior:
         try:
             return ContextBehavior(raw_value)
         except ValueError:
diff --git a/src/django_components/apps.py b/src/django_components/apps.py
index 6cf3cb52..b96c1190 100644
--- a/src/django_components/apps.py
+++ b/src/django_components/apps.py
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ from django.apps import AppConfig
 class ComponentsConfig(AppConfig):
     name = "django_components"
 
-    def ready(self):
+    def ready(self) -> None:
         self.module.autodiscover()
diff --git a/src/django_components/component.py b/src/django_components/component.py
index d840db87..12e9310e 100644
--- a/src/django_components/component.py
+++ b/src/django_components/component.py
@@ -2,7 +2,22 @@ import difflib
 import inspect
 import os
 from collections import ChainMap
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    ClassVar,
+    Dict,
+    Iterable,
+    List,
+    Mapping,
+    MutableMapping,
+    Optional,
+    Set,
+    Tuple,
+    Type,
+    TypeVar,
+    Union,
+)
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.forms.widgets import Media, MediaDefiningClass
@@ -12,7 +27,7 @@ from django.template.context import Context
 from django.template.exceptions import TemplateSyntaxError
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.utils.html import escape
-from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.utils.safestring import SafeString, mark_safe
 from django.views import View
 
 # Global registry var and register() function moved to separate module.
@@ -39,9 +54,11 @@ from django_components.templatetags.component_tags import (
 )
 from django_components.utils import search
 
+_T = TypeVar("_T")
+
 
 class SimplifiedInterfaceMediaDefiningClass(MediaDefiningClass):
-    def __new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs):
+    def __new__(mcs, name: str, bases: Tuple[Type, ...], attrs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Type:
         if "Media" in attrs:
             media: Component.Media = attrs["Media"]
 
@@ -68,7 +85,7 @@ class SimplifiedInterfaceMediaDefiningClass(MediaDefiningClass):
         return super().__new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs)
 
 
-def _resolve_component_relative_files(attrs: dict):
+def _resolve_component_relative_files(attrs: MutableMapping) -> None:
     """
     Check if component's HTML, JS and CSS files refer to files in the same directory
     as the component class. If so, modify the attributes so the class Django's rendering
@@ -96,7 +113,7 @@ def _resolve_component_relative_files(attrs: dict):
     # Check if filepath refers to a file that's in the same directory as the component class.
     # If yes, modify the path to refer to the relative file.
     # If not, don't modify anything.
-    def resolve_file(filepath: str):
+    def resolve_file(filepath: str) -> str:
         maybe_resolved_filepath = os.path.join(comp_dir_abs, filepath)
         component_import_filepath = os.path.join(comp_dir_rel, filepath)
 
@@ -128,7 +145,9 @@ def _resolve_component_relative_files(attrs: dict):
             media.js = [resolve_file(filepath) for filepath in media.js]
 
 
-def _get_dir_path_from_component_module_path(component_module_path: str, candidate_dirs: List[str]):
+def _get_dir_path_from_component_module_path(
+    component_module_path: str, candidate_dirs: Union[List[str], List[Path]]
+) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     # Transform python module notation "pkg.module.name" to file path "pkg/module/name"
     # Thus, we should get file path relative to Django project root
     comp_path = os.sep.join(component_module_path.split("."))
@@ -185,19 +204,19 @@ class Component(View, metaclass=SimplifiedInterfaceMediaDefiningClass):
         self.outer_context: Context = outer_context or Context()
         self.fill_content = fill_content
 
-    def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs):
+    def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         cls.class_hash = hash(inspect.getfile(cls) + cls.__name__)
 
-    def get_context_data(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    def get_context_data(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         return {}
 
-    def get_template_name(self, context) -> Optional[str]:
+    def get_template_name(self, context: Mapping) -> Optional[str]:
         return self.template_name
 
-    def get_template_string(self, context) -> Optional[str]:
+    def get_template_string(self, context: Mapping) -> Optional[str]:
         return self.template
 
-    def render_dependencies(self):
+    def render_dependencies(self) -> SafeString:
         """Helper function to render all dependencies for a component."""
         dependencies = []
 
@@ -211,19 +230,19 @@ class Component(View, metaclass=SimplifiedInterfaceMediaDefiningClass):
 
         return mark_safe("\n".join(dependencies))
 
-    def render_css_dependencies(self):
+    def render_css_dependencies(self) -> SafeString:
         """Render only CSS dependencies available in the media class or provided as a string."""
         if self.css is not None:
             return mark_safe(f"<style>{self.css}</style>")
         return mark_safe("\n".join(self.media.render_css()))
 
-    def render_js_dependencies(self):
+    def render_js_dependencies(self) -> SafeString:
         """Render only JS dependencies available in the media class or provided as a string."""
         if self.js is not None:
             return mark_safe(f"<script>{self.js}</script>")
         return mark_safe("\n".join(self.media.render_js()))
 
-    def get_template(self, context) -> Template:
+    def get_template(self, context: Mapping) -> Template:
         template_string = self.get_template_string(context)
         if template_string is not None:
             return Template(template_string)
@@ -260,9 +279,9 @@ class Component(View, metaclass=SimplifiedInterfaceMediaDefiningClass):
         context_data: Dict[str, Any],
         slots_data: Optional[Dict[SlotName, str]] = None,
         escape_slots_content: bool = True,
-        *args,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
+        *args: Any,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> HttpResponse:
         return HttpResponse(
             self.render(context_data, slots_data, escape_slots_content),
             *args,
@@ -273,7 +292,7 @@ class Component(View, metaclass=SimplifiedInterfaceMediaDefiningClass):
         self,
         slots_data: Dict[SlotName, str],
         escape_content: bool = True,
-    ):
+    ) -> None:
         """Fill component slots outside of template rendering."""
         self.fill_content = [
             (
@@ -342,7 +361,7 @@ class Component(View, metaclass=SimplifiedInterfaceMediaDefiningClass):
                 f"even though none of its slots is marked as 'default'."
             )
 
-        unfilled_slots: Set[str] = set(k for k, v in slot_name2fill_content.items() if v is None)
+        unfilled_slots: Set[str] = {k for k, v in slot_name2fill_content.items() if v is None}
         unmatched_fills: Set[str] = named_fills_content.keys() - slot_name2fill_content.keys()
 
         # Check that 'required' slots are filled.
diff --git a/src/django_components/management/commands/startcomponent.py b/src/django_components/management/commands/startcomponent.py
index 6054ebbd..3e3b0c01 100644
--- a/src/django_components/management/commands/startcomponent.py
+++ b/src/django_components/management/commands/startcomponent.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import os
 from textwrap import dedent
+from typing import Any
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError, CommandParser
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = "Creates a new component"
 
-    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+    def add_arguments(self, parser: CommandParser) -> None:
         parser.add_argument("name", type=str, help="The name of the component to create")
         parser.add_argument(
             "--path",
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             default=False,
         )
 
-    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def handle(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         name = kwargs["name"]
 
         if name:
diff --git a/src/django_components/management/commands/upgradecomponent.py b/src/django_components/management/commands/upgradecomponent.py
index 5c912e06..ab31fa1a 100644
--- a/src/django_components/management/commands/upgradecomponent.py
+++ b/src/django_components/management/commands/upgradecomponent.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import os
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandParser
 from django.template.engine import Engine
 
 from django_components.template_loader import Loader
@@ -12,10 +13,10 @@ from django_components.template_loader import Loader
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = "Updates component and component_block tags to the new syntax"
 
-    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+    def add_arguments(self, parser: CommandParser) -> None:
         parser.add_argument("--path", type=str, help="Path to search for components")
 
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+    def handle(self, *args: Any, **options: Any) -> None:
         current_engine = Engine.get_default()
         loader = Loader(current_engine)
         dirs = loader.get_dirs()
diff --git a/src/django_components/middleware.py b/src/django_components/middleware.py
index 4655398c..3005827a 100644
--- a/src/django_components/middleware.py
+++ b/src/django_components/middleware.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import re
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.forms import Media
-from django.http import StreamingHttpResponse
+from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, StreamingHttpResponse
+from django.http.response import HttpResponseBase
 
 from django_components.component_registry import registry
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django_components.component import Component
+
 RENDERED_COMPONENTS_CONTEXT_KEY = "_COMPONENT_DEPENDENCIES"
 CSS_DEPENDENCY_PLACEHOLDER = '<link name="CSS_PLACEHOLDER">'
 JS_DEPENDENCY_PLACEHOLDER = '<script name="JS_PLACEHOLDER"></script>'
@@ -24,10 +30,10 @@ class ComponentDependencyMiddleware:
 
     dependency_regex = COMPONENT_COMMENT_REGEX
 
-    def __init__(self, get_response):
+    def __init__(self, get_response: "Callable[[HttpRequest], HttpResponse]") -> None:
         self.get_response = get_response
 
-    def __call__(self, request):
+    def __call__(self, request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponseBase:
         response = self.get_response(request)
         if (
             getattr(settings, "COMPONENTS", {}).get("RENDER_DEPENDENCIES", False)
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ class ComponentDependencyMiddleware:
         return response
 
 
-def process_response_content(content):
+def process_response_content(content: bytes) -> bytes:
     component_names_seen = {match.group("name") for match in COMPONENT_COMMENT_REGEX.finditer(content)}
     all_components = [registry.get(name.decode("utf-8"))("") for name in component_names_seen]
     all_media = join_media(all_components)
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ def process_response_content(content):
     return PLACEHOLDER_REGEX.sub(DependencyReplacer(css_dependencies, js_dependencies), content)
 
 
-def add_module_attribute_to_scripts(scripts):
+def add_module_attribute_to_scripts(scripts: str) -> str:
     return re.sub(SCRIPT_TAG_REGEX, '<script type="module"', scripts)
 
 
@@ -58,11 +64,11 @@ class DependencyReplacer:
     CSS_PLACEHOLDER = bytes(CSS_DEPENDENCY_PLACEHOLDER, encoding="utf-8")
     JS_PLACEHOLDER = bytes(JS_DEPENDENCY_PLACEHOLDER, encoding="utf-8")
 
-    def __init__(self, css_string, js_string):
+    def __init__(self, css_string: bytes, js_string: bytes) -> None:
         self.js_string = js_string
         self.css_string = css_string
 
-    def __call__(self, match):
+    def __call__(self, match: "re.Match[bytes]") -> bytes:
         if match[0] == self.CSS_PLACEHOLDER:
             replacement, self.css_string = self.css_string, b""
         elif match[0] == self.JS_PLACEHOLDER:
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ class DependencyReplacer:
         return replacement
 
 
-def join_media(components):
+def join_media(components: Iterable["Component"]) -> Media:
     """Return combined media object for iterable of components."""
 
     return sum([component.media for component in components], Media())
diff --git a/src/django_components/template_loader.py b/src/django_components/template_loader.py
index 46b654cb..ea897b88 100644
--- a/src/django_components/template_loader.py
+++ b/src/django_components/template_loader.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Template loader that loads templates from each Django app's "components" directo
 
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Set
+from typing import List, Set
 
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from django_components.logger import logger
 
 # Same as `Path.is_relative_to`, defined as standalone function because `Path.is_relative_to`
 # is marked for deprecation.
-def path_is_relative_to(child_path: str, parent_path: str):
+def path_is_relative_to(child_path: str, parent_path: str) -> bool:
     # If the relative path doesn't start with `..`, then child is descendant of parent
     # See https://stackoverflow.com/a/7288073/9788634
     rel_path = os.path.relpath(child_path, parent_path)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def path_is_relative_to(child_path: str, parent_path: str):
 
 
 class Loader(FilesystemLoader):
-    def get_dirs(self):
+    def get_dirs(self) -> List[Path]:
         # Allow to configure from settings which dirs should be checked for components
         if hasattr(settings, "STATICFILES_DIRS") and len(settings.STATICFILES_DIRS):
             component_dirs = settings.STATICFILES_DIRS
diff --git a/src/django_components/templatetags/component_tags.py b/src/django_components/templatetags/component_tags.py
index a675e86a..ca0e4250 100644
--- a/src/django_components/templatetags/component_tags.py
+++ b/src/django_components/templatetags/component_tags.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterable, List, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, Union
 
 if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 9):
     from typing import ChainMap
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ else:
 import django.template
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.template import Context, Template
-from django.template.base import FilterExpression, Node, NodeList, TextNode, TokenType
+from django.template.base import FilterExpression, Node, NodeList, Parser, TextNode, Token, TokenType
 from django.template.defaulttags import CommentNode
 from django.template.exceptions import TemplateSyntaxError
 from django.template.library import parse_bits
-from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.utils.safestring import SafeString, mark_safe
 
 from django_components.app_settings import app_settings
 from django_components.component_registry import ComponentRegistry
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ FillContent = Tuple[NodeList, Optional[AliasName]]
 FilledSlotsContext = ChainMap[Tuple[SlotName, Template], FillContent]
 
 
-def get_components_from_registry(registry: ComponentRegistry):
+def get_components_from_registry(registry: ComponentRegistry) -> List["Component"]:
     """Returns a list unique components from the registry."""
 
     unique_component_classes = set(registry.all().values())
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def get_components_from_registry(registry: ComponentRegistry):
     return components
 
 
-def get_components_from_preload_str(preload_str):
+def get_components_from_preload_str(preload_str: str) -> List["Component"]:
     """Returns a list of unique components from a comma-separated str"""
 
     components = []
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def get_components_from_preload_str(preload_str):
 
 
 @register.simple_tag(name="component_dependencies")
-def component_dependencies_tag(preload=""):
+def component_dependencies_tag(preload: str = "") -> SafeString:
     """Marks location where CSS link and JS script tags should be rendered."""
 
     if is_dependency_middleware_active():
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def component_dependencies_tag(preload=""):
 
 
 @register.simple_tag(name="component_css_dependencies")
-def component_css_dependencies_tag(preload=""):
+def component_css_dependencies_tag(preload: str = "") -> SafeString:
     """Marks location where CSS link tags should be rendered."""
 
     if is_dependency_middleware_active():
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def component_css_dependencies_tag(preload=""):
 
 
 @register.simple_tag(name="component_js_dependencies")
-def component_js_dependencies_tag(preload=""):
+def component_js_dependencies_tag(preload: str = "") -> SafeString:
     """Marks location where JS script tags should be rendered."""
 
     if is_dependency_middleware_active():
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class TemplateAwareNodeMixin:
             )
 
     @template.setter
-    def template(self, value) -> None:
+    def template(self, value: Template) -> None:
         self._template = value
 
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class SlotNode(Node, TemplateAwareNodeMixin):
         self.is_default = is_default
 
     @property
-    def active_flags(self):
+    def active_flags(self) -> List[str]:
         m = []
         if self.is_required:
             m.append("required")
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ class SlotNode(Node, TemplateAwareNodeMixin):
             m.append("default")
         return m
 
-    def __repr__(self):
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"<Slot Node: {self.name}. Contents: {repr(self.nodelist)}. Options: {self.active_flags}>"
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def render(self, context: Context) -> SafeString:
         try:
             filled_slots_map: FilledSlotsContext = context[FILLED_SLOTS_CONTENT_CONTEXT_KEY]
         except KeyError:
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class SlotNode(Node, TemplateAwareNodeMixin):
 
 
 @register.tag("slot")
-def do_slot(parser, token):
+def do_slot(parser: Parser, token: Token) -> SlotNode:
     bits = token.split_contents()
     args = bits[1:]
     # e.g. {% slot <name> %}
@@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ class BaseFillNode(Node):
     def __init__(self, nodelist: NodeList):
         self.nodelist: NodeList = nodelist
 
-    def __repr__(self):
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def render(self, context: Context) -> str:
         raise TemplateSyntaxError(
             "{% fill ... %} block cannot be rendered directly. "
             "You are probably seeing this because you have used one outside "
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class NamedFillNode(BaseFillNode):
         self.name_fexp = name_fexp
         self.alias_fexp = alias_fexp
 
-    def __repr__(self):
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"<{type(self)} Name: {self.name_fexp}. Contents: {repr(self.nodelist)}.>"
 
 
@@ -291,12 +291,12 @@ class ImplicitFillNode(BaseFillNode):
     as 'default'.
     """
 
-    def __repr__(self):
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"<{type(self)} Contents: {repr(self.nodelist)}.>"
 
 
 @register.tag("fill")
-def do_fill(parser, token):
+def do_fill(parser: Parser, token: Token) -> NamedFillNode:
     """Block tag whose contents 'fill' (are inserted into) an identically named
     'slot'-block in the component template referred to by a parent component.
     It exists to make component nesting easier.
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ class ComponentNode(Node):
     def __init__(
         self,
         name_fexp: FilterExpression,
-        context_args,
-        context_kwargs,
-        isolated_context=False,
+        context_args: List[FilterExpression],
+        context_kwargs: Mapping[str, FilterExpression],
+        isolated_context: bool = False,
         fill_nodes: Union[ImplicitFillNode, Iterable[NamedFillNode]] = (),
-    ):
+    ) -> None:
         self.name_fexp = name_fexp
         self.context_args = context_args or []
         self.context_kwargs = context_kwargs or {}
@@ -345,19 +345,19 @@ class ComponentNode(Node):
         self.fill_nodes = fill_nodes
         self.nodelist = self._create_nodelist(fill_nodes)
 
-    def _create_nodelist(self, fill_nodes) -> NodeList:
+    def _create_nodelist(self, fill_nodes: Union[Iterable[Node], ImplicitFillNode]) -> NodeList:
         if isinstance(fill_nodes, ImplicitFillNode):
             return NodeList([fill_nodes])
         else:
             return NodeList(fill_nodes)
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<ComponentNode: %s. Contents: %r>" % (
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return "<ComponentNode: {}. Contents: {!r}>".format(
             self.name_fexp,
             getattr(self, "nodelist", None),  # 'nodelist' attribute only assigned later.
         )
 
-    def render(self, context: Context):
+    def render(self, context: Context) -> str:
         resolved_component_name = self.name_fexp.resolve(context)
         component_cls: Type[Component] = component_registry.get(resolved_component_name)
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class ComponentNode(Node):
 
 
 @register.tag(name="component")
-def do_component(parser, token):
+def do_component(parser: Parser, token: Token) -> ComponentNode:
     """
     To give the component access to the template context:
         {% component "name" positional_arg keyword_arg=value ... %}
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ def try_parse_as_default_fill(
         return ImplicitFillNode(nodelist=nodelist)
 
 
-def block_has_content(nodelist) -> bool:
+def block_has_content(nodelist: NodeList) -> bool:
     for node in nodelist:
         if isinstance(node, TextNode) and node.s.isspace():
             pass
@@ -512,16 +512,16 @@ def is_whitespace_node(node: Node) -> bool:
     return isinstance(node, TextNode) and node.s.isspace()
 
 
-def is_whitespace_token(token):
+def is_whitespace_token(token: Token) -> bool:
     return token.token_type == TokenType.TEXT and not token.contents.strip()
 
 
-def is_block_tag_token(token, name):
+def is_block_tag_token(token: Token, name: str) -> bool:
     return token.token_type == TokenType.BLOCK and token.split_contents()[0] == name
 
 
 @register.tag(name="if_filled")
-def do_if_filled_block(parser, token):
+def do_if_filled_block(parser: Parser, token: Token) -> "IfSlotFilledNode":
     """
     ### Usage
 
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ class _IfSlotFilledBranchNode(Node):
     def render(self, context: Context) -> str:
         return self.nodelist.render(context)
 
-    def evaluate(self, context) -> bool:
+    def evaluate(self, context: Context) -> bool:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
@@ -632,13 +632,13 @@ class IfSlotFilledConditionBranchNode(_IfSlotFilledBranchNode, TemplateAwareNode
         self,
         slot_name: str,
         nodelist: NodeList,
-        is_positive=True,
+        is_positive: Union[bool, None] = True,
     ) -> None:
         self.slot_name = slot_name
-        self.is_positive: bool = is_positive
+        self.is_positive: Optional[bool] = is_positive
         super().__init__(nodelist)
 
-    def evaluate(self, context) -> bool:
+    def evaluate(self, context: Context) -> bool:
         try:
             filled_slots: FilledSlotsContext = context[FILLED_SLOTS_CONTENT_CONTEXT_KEY]
         except KeyError:
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ class IfSlotFilledConditionBranchNode(_IfSlotFilledBranchNode, TemplateAwareNode
 
 
 class IfSlotFilledElseBranchNode(_IfSlotFilledBranchNode):
-    def evaluate(self, context) -> bool:
+    def evaluate(self, context: Context) -> bool:
         return True
 
 
@@ -666,13 +666,13 @@ class IfSlotFilledNode(Node):
         self.branches = branches
         self.nodelist = self._create_nodelist(branches)
 
-    def __repr__(self):
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"<{self.__class__.__name__}>"
 
-    def _create_nodelist(self, branches) -> NodeList:
+    def _create_nodelist(self, branches: List[_IfSlotFilledBranchNode]) -> NodeList:
         return NodeList(branches)
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def render(self, context: Context) -> str:
         for node in self.branches:
             if isinstance(node, IfSlotFilledElseBranchNode):
                 return node.render(context)
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ class IfSlotFilledNode(Node):
         return ""
 
 
-def check_for_isolated_context_keyword(bits):
+def check_for_isolated_context_keyword(bits: List[str]) -> Tuple[List[str], bool]:
     """Return True and strip the last word if token ends with 'only' keyword or if CONTEXT_BEHAVIOR is 'isolated'."""
 
     if bits[-1] == "only":
@@ -694,7 +694,9 @@ def check_for_isolated_context_keyword(bits):
     return bits, False
 
 
-def parse_component_with_args(parser, bits, tag_name):
+def parse_component_with_args(
+    parser: Parser, bits: List[str], tag_name: str
+) -> Tuple[str, List[FilterExpression], Mapping[str, FilterExpression]]:
     tag_args, tag_kwargs = parse_bits(
         parser=parser,
         bits=bits,
@@ -726,21 +728,21 @@ def parse_component_with_args(parser, bits, tag_name):
     return component_name, context_args, context_kwargs
 
 
-def safe_resolve(context_item, context):
+def safe_resolve(context_item: FilterExpression, context: Context) -> Any:
     """Resolve FilterExpressions and Variables in context if possible.  Return other items unchanged."""
 
     return context_item.resolve(context) if hasattr(context_item, "resolve") else context_item
 
 
-def is_wrapped_in_quotes(s):
+def is_wrapped_in_quotes(s: str) -> bool:
     return s.startswith(('"', "'")) and s[0] == s[-1]
 
 
-def is_dependency_middleware_active():
+def is_dependency_middleware_active() -> bool:
     return getattr(settings, "COMPONENTS", {}).get("RENDER_DEPENDENCIES", False)
 
 
-def norm_and_validate_name(name: str, tag: str, context: Optional[str] = None):
+def norm_and_validate_name(name: str, tag: str, context: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     """
     Notes:
         - Value of `tag` in {"slot", "fill", "alias"}
@@ -756,7 +758,7 @@ def strip_quotes(s: str) -> str:
     return s.strip("\"'")
 
 
-def bool_from_string(s: str):
+def bool_from_string(s: str) -> bool:
     s = strip_quotes(s.lower())
     if s == "true":
         return True
diff --git a/src/django_components/types.py b/src/django_components/types.py
index 388a341c..5ea69c48 100644
--- a/src/django_components/types.py
+++ b/src/django_components/types.py
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
+import typing
+from typing import Any
+
 try:
     from typing import Annotated  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
 
+    @typing.no_type_check
     class Annotated:  # type: ignore
-        def __init__(self, type_, *args, **kwargs):
+        def __init__(self, type_: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
             self.type_ = type_
             self.metadata = args, kwargs
 
-        def __repr__(self):
+        def __repr__(self) -> str:
             return f"Annotated[{self.type_}, {self.metadata[0]!r}, {self.metadata[1]!r}]"
 
-        def __getitem__(self, params):
+        def __getitem__(self, params: Any) -> "Annotated":  # type: ignore
             if not isinstance(params, tuple):
                 params = (params,)
             return Annotated(self.type_, *params, **self.metadata[1])  # type: ignore
diff --git a/src/django_components/utils.py b/src/django_components/utils.py
index b9303251..49ad9b7f 100644
--- a/src/django_components/utils.py
+++ b/src/django_components/utils.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import glob
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import List, Optional, Union
 
 from django.template.engine import Engine
 
 from django_components.template_loader import Loader
 
 
-def search(search_glob: Optional[str] = None, engine: Optional[Engine] = None):
+def search(search_glob: Optional[str] = None, engine: Optional[Engine] = None) -> Union[List[str], List[Path]]:
     """
     Search for directories that may contain components.