diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index 56a614dd0437..df415fce7604 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -1194,6 +1194,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/dom-impl/intellij.xml.dom.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/dom-impl/intellij.xml.dom.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/dom-tests/intellij.xml.dom.tests.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/dom-tests/intellij.xml.dom.tests.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/xml-frontback-impl/intellij.xml.frontback.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/xml-frontback-impl/intellij.xml.frontback.impl.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/xml-frontend-split/intellij.xml.frontend.split.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/xml-frontend-split/intellij.xml.frontend.split.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/impl/intellij.xml.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/impl/intellij.xml.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/IntelliLang/xml-support/intellij.xml.langInjection.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/IntelliLang/xml-support/intellij.xml.langInjection.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/xml-parser/intellij.xml.parser.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/xml-parser/intellij.xml.parser.iml" />
diff --git a/xml/xml-frontend-split/BUILD.bazel b/xml/xml-frontend-split/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aba1a9f31e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/xml-frontend-split/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+### auto-generated section `build intellij.xml.frontend.split` start
+load("@rules_jvm//:jvm.bzl", "jvm_library", "jvm_resources")
+
+jvm_resources(
+  name = "frontend-split_resources",
+  files = glob(["resources/**/*"]),
+  strip_prefix = "resources"
+)
+
+jvm_library(
+  name = "frontend-split",
+  module_name = "intellij.xml.frontend.split",
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+  srcs = glob(["src/**/*.kt", "src/**/*.java"], allow_empty = True),
+  deps = [
+    "@lib//:kotlin-stdlib",
+    "//platform/core-api:core",
+    "//platform/core-impl",
+    "//platform/util/base",
+    "//xml/xml-parser:parser",
+    "//platform/projectModel-api:projectModel",
+    "//platform/analysis-api:analysis",
+    "//platform/util",
+    "//platform/editor-ui-api:editor-ui",
+    "//xml/xml-frontback-impl:frontback-impl",
+  ],
+  runtime_deps = [":frontend-split_resources"]
+)
+### auto-generated section `build intellij.xml.frontend.split` end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xml/xml-frontend-split/intellij.xml.frontend.split.iml b/xml/xml-frontend-split/intellij.xml.frontend.split.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..969d86c816cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/xml-frontend-split/intellij.xml.frontend.split.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-stdlib" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.core" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.core.impl" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util.base" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.xml.parser" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.projectModel" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.analysis" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.editor.ui" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.xml.frontback.impl" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xml/xml-frontend-split/resources/intellij.xml.frontend.split.xml b/xml/xml-frontend-split/resources/intellij.xml.frontend.split.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff343bd90e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/xml-frontend-split/resources/intellij.xml.frontend.split.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<idea-plugin>
+  <extensionPoints>
+    <extensionPoint qualifiedName="com.intellij.embeddedTokenTypesProvider"
+                    interface="com.intellij.lexer.EmbeddedTokenTypesProvider"
+                    dynamic="true"/>
+    <extensionPoint qualifiedName="com.intellij.embeddedTokenHighlighter"
+                    interface="com.intellij.ide.highlighter.EmbeddedTokenHighlighter"
+                    dynamic="true"/>
+  </extensionPoints>
+
+  <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
+    <fileType name="XML"
+              language="XML"
+              extensions="ant;fxml;jhm;jnlp;jrxml;rng;tld;wsdl;xml;xsd;xsl;xslt;xul"
+              implementationClass="com.intellij.ide.highlighter.XmlFileType"
+              fieldName="INSTANCE"/>
+    <fileType name="DTD"
+              language="DTD"
+              extensions="dtd;elt;ent;mod"
+              implementationClass="com.intellij.ide.highlighter.DTDFileType"
+              fieldName="INSTANCE"/>
+    <fileType name="HTML"
+              language="HTML"
+              extensions="htm;html;sht;shtm;shtml"
+              implementationClass="com.intellij.ide.highlighter.HtmlFileType"
+              fieldName="INSTANCE"/>
+    <fileType name="XHTML"
+              language="XHTML"
+              extensions="xhtml"
+              implementationClass="com.intellij.ide.highlighter.XHtmlFileType"
+              fieldName="INSTANCE"/>
+
+    <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.lang.xml.BasicXmlElementFactory"
+                        serviceImplementation="com.intellij.xml.frontend.split.editor.FrontendXmlElementFactory"/>
+    <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.lang.html.BasicHtmlElementFactory"
+                        serviceImplementation="com.intellij.xml.frontend.split.editor.FrontendHtmlElementFactory"/>
+    <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.html.embedding.BasicHtmlRawTextElementFactory"
+                        serviceImplementation="com.intellij.xml.frontend.split.editor.FrontendHtmlElementFactory"/>
+
+    <lang.parserDefinition language="XML"
+                           implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.xml.XMLParserDefinition"/>
+    <lang.parserDefinition language="DTD"
+                           implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.dtd.DTDParserDefinition"/>
+    <lang.parserDefinition language="HTML"
+                           implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.html.HTMLParserDefinition"/>
+    <lang.parserDefinition language="XHTML"
+                           implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.xhtml.XHTMLParserDefinition"/>
+
+    <lang.syntaxHighlighterFactory language="XML"
+                                   implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.xml.XmlSyntaxHighlighterFactory"/>
+    <lang.syntaxHighlighterFactory language="DTD"
+                                   implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.dtd.DtdSyntaxHighlighterFactory"/>
+    <lang.syntaxHighlighterFactory language="HTML"
+                                   implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.html.HtmlSyntaxHighlighterFactory"/>
+    <lang.syntaxHighlighterFactory language="XHTML"
+                                   implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.xhtml.XhtmlSyntaxHighlighterFactory"/>
+
+    <virtualFileCustomDataConsumer implementation="com.intellij.xml.HtmlCodeStyleSettingsCustomDataSynchronizer"/>
+  </extensions>
+</idea-plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendFileImpl.kt b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendFileImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc990c16925c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendFileImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+package com.intellij.xml.frontend.split.editor
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.FileType
+import com.intellij.psi.FileViewProvider
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElementVisitor
+import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiFileImpl
+import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType
+
+abstract class FrontendFileImpl(
+  viewProvider: FileViewProvider,
+  elementType: IElementType,
+) : PsiFileImpl(elementType, elementType, viewProvider) {
+
+  override fun getFileType(): FileType =
+    viewProvider.fileType
+
+  override fun accept(visitor: PsiElementVisitor) {
+    visitor.visitFile(this)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendHtmlElementFactory.kt b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendHtmlElementFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..477e21fc32a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendHtmlElementFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.intellij.xml.frontend.split.editor
+
+import com.intellij.extapi.psi.ASTWrapperPsiElement
+import com.intellij.html.embedding.BasicHtmlRawTextElementFactory
+import com.intellij.lang.ASTNode
+import com.intellij.lang.html.BasicHtmlElementFactory
+import com.intellij.psi.FileViewProvider
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
+
+class FrontendHtmlElementFactory :
+  BasicHtmlElementFactory,
+  BasicHtmlRawTextElementFactory {
+
+  override fun createFile(viewProvider: FileViewProvider): PsiFile =
+    FrontendHtmlFileImpl(viewProvider)
+
+  override fun createElement(node: ASTNode): PsiElement =
+    ASTWrapperPsiElement(node)
+
+  override fun createRawTextElement(node: ASTNode): PsiElement =
+    ASTWrapperPsiElement(node)
+}
diff --git a/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendHtmlFileImpl.kt b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendHtmlFileImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d98a5df8a2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendHtmlFileImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.intellij.xml.frontend.split.editor
+
+import com.intellij.psi.FileViewProvider
+import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlElementType
+
+class FrontendHtmlFileImpl(
+  viewProvider: FileViewProvider,
+) : FrontendFileImpl(viewProvider, XmlElementType.HTML_FILE) {
+
+  override fun toString(): String =
+    "HtmlFile:$name"
+}
diff --git a/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendXmlElementFactory.kt b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendXmlElementFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2faeec045b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendXmlElementFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.intellij.xml.frontend.split.editor
+
+import com.intellij.extapi.psi.ASTWrapperPsiElement
+import com.intellij.lang.ASTNode
+import com.intellij.lang.xml.BasicXmlElementFactory
+import com.intellij.psi.FileViewProvider
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
+import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType
+import com.intellij.psi.tree.IFileElementType
+
+class FrontendXmlElementFactory :
+  BasicXmlElementFactory {
+  override fun createFile(
+    viewProvider: FileViewProvider,
+    elementType: IElementType,
+  ): PsiFile =
+    FrontendXmlFileImpl(viewProvider, IFileElementType(viewProvider.baseLanguage))
+
+  override fun createElement(node: ASTNode): PsiElement =
+    ASTWrapperPsiElement(node)
+}
diff --git a/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendXmlFileImpl.kt b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendXmlFileImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c9816ee16d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/xml-frontend-split/src/com/intellij/xml/frontend/split/editor/FrontendXmlFileImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.intellij.xml.frontend.split.editor
+
+import com.intellij.psi.FileViewProvider
+import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType
+
+class FrontendXmlFileImpl(
+  viewProvider: FileViewProvider,
+  elementType: IElementType,
+) : FrontendFileImpl(viewProvider, elementType) {
+
+  override fun toString(): String =
+    "XmlFile:$name"
+}