diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59c243b8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/static/third
diff --git a/prettier.config.js b/prettier.config.js
index 5f9d8da169..1a98a2c0e5 100644
--- a/prettier.config.js
+++ b/prettier.config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
 module.exports = {
     bracketSpacing: false,
+    tabWidth: 4,
+    trailingComma: "all",
+    overrides: [
+        {
+            files: ["frontend_tests/casper_tests/*.js", "frontend_tests/casper_lib/*.js"],
+            options: {
+                trailingComma: "es5",
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            files: ["**.yml", "**.yaml"],
+            options: {
+                tabWidth: 2,
+            },
+        },
+    ],
 };
diff --git a/tools/lint b/tools/lint
index 7d7753cd2a..a537c0abd5 100755
--- a/tools/lint
+++ b/tools/lint
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ def run() -> None:
     linter_config.external_linter('isort', ['isort'], ['py'],
                                   description="Sorts Python import statements",
                                   check_arg=['--check-only', '--diff'])
-    linter_config.external_linter('prettier', ['node_modules/.bin/prettier'], ['yaml', 'yml'],
+    linter_config.external_linter('prettier', ['node_modules/.bin/prettier'],
+                                  ['js', 'ts', 'yaml', 'yml'],
                                   check_arg=['--check'], fix_arg=['--write'],
-                                  description="Formats YAML files",
+                                  description="Formats JavaScript and YAML",
                                   # https://github.com/prettier/prettier/pull/8703
                                   suppress_line=lambda line: line in ["Checking formatting...\n", "All matched files use Prettier code style!\n"])