diff --git a/packages/buefy-next/rollup.config.mjs b/packages/buefy-next/rollup.config.mjs
index aaf0bc682..ea4bf26f3 100644
--- a/packages/buefy-next/rollup.config.mjs
+++ b/packages/buefy-next/rollup.config.mjs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ const JS_COMPONENTS = [
     'tag',
     'taginput',
     'timepicker',
-    'toast',
     'upload',
 ]
 
diff --git a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.spec.js b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.spec.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.spec.js
rename to packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.spec.ts
index 1e99a18f7..ee500071e 100644
--- a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.spec.js
+++ b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { transformVNodeArgs } from 'vue'
 import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import type { VueWrapper } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { BToast, ToastProgrammatic } from '@components/toast'
 
-let wrapper
+let wrapper: VueWrapper<InstanceType<typeof BToast>>
 
 describe('BToast', () => {
-    HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentElement = jest.fn()
+    HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentElement = vi.fn()
     beforeEach(() => {
         wrapper = shallowMount(
             BToast,
@@ -38,32 +40,32 @@ describe('BToast', () => {
         })
 
         afterEach(() => {
-            jest.useRealTimers()
+            vi.useRealTimers()
         })
 
         it('should close after the duration', () => {
-            jest.useFakeTimers()
+            vi.useFakeTimers()
             const params = {
                 message: 'message',
                 duration: 1000,
-                onClose: jest.fn()
+                onClose: vi.fn()
             }
             new ToastProgrammatic().open(params)
-            jest.advanceTimersByTime(500)
+            vi.advanceTimersByTime(500)
             expect(params.onClose).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-            jest.advanceTimersByTime(500)
+            vi.advanceTimersByTime(500)
             expect(params.onClose).toHaveBeenCalled()
         })
 
         it('indefinitely should be able to be manually closed', () => {
-            jest.useFakeTimers()
+            vi.useFakeTimers()
             const params = {
                 message: 'message',
                 indefinite: true,
-                onClose: jest.fn()
+                onClose: vi.fn()
             }
             const toast = new ToastProgrammatic().open(params)
-            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000)
+            vi.advanceTimersByTime(10000)
             expect(params.onClose).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
             toast.close()
             expect(params.onClose).toHaveBeenCalled()
diff --git a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.vue b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.vue
index 6955c895c..774086f28 100644
--- a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.vue
+++ b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/Toast.vue
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@
     </transition>
 </template>
 
-<script>
+<script lang="ts">
+import { defineComponent } from 'vue'
+
 import config from '../../utils/config'
+import type { ExtractComponentProps } from '../../utils/helpers'
 import NoticeMixin from '../../utils/NoticeMixin'
 
-export default {
+const Toast = defineComponent({
     name: 'BToast',
     mixins: [NoticeMixin],
     data() {
@@ -35,5 +38,9 @@ export default {
             newDuration: this.duration || config.defaultToastDuration
         }
     }
-}
+})
+
+export type ToastProps = ExtractComponentProps<typeof Toast>
+
+export default Toast
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/__snapshots__/Toast.spec.js.snap b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/__snapshots__/Toast.spec.js.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 8abc5b8c2..000000000
--- a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/__snapshots__/Toast.spec.js.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-
-exports[`BToast render correctly 1`] = `
-<transition-stub enteractiveclass="fadeInDown" leaveactiveclass="fadeOut" appear="false" persisted="true" css="true">
-  <div class="toast is-dark is-top" aria-hidden="false" role="alert" style="">
-    <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html -->
-    <div></div>
-  </div>
-</transition-stub>
-`;
diff --git a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/__snapshots__/Toast.spec.ts.snap b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/__snapshots__/Toast.spec.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f701e7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/__snapshots__/Toast.spec.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Vitest Snapshot v1, https://vitest.dev/guide/snapshot.html
+
+exports[`BToast > render correctly 1`] = `
+"<transition-stub enteractiveclass=\\"fadeInDown\\" leaveactiveclass=\\"fadeOut\\" appear=\\"false\\" persisted=\\"true\\" css=\\"true\\">
+  <div class=\\"toast is-dark is-top\\" aria-hidden=\\"false\\" role=\\"alert\\" style=\\"\\">
+    <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html -->
+    <div></div>
+  </div>
+</transition-stub>"
+`;
diff --git a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/index.js b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/index.ts
similarity index 60%
rename from packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/index.js
rename to packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/index.ts
index bf69a91c7..280b5c1f7 100644
--- a/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/index.js
+++ b/packages/buefy-next/src/components/toast/index.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,58 @@
 import { createApp, h as createElement } from 'vue'
+import type { App, ComponentPublicInstance, VNode } from 'vue'
 
 import Toast from './Toast.vue'
+import type { ToastProps } from './Toast.vue'
 
 import config from '../../utils/config'
-import { merge, copyAppContext, getComponentFromVNode } from '../../utils/helpers'
+import { copyAppContext, getComponentFromVNode } from '../../utils/helpers'
 import { registerComponentProgrammatic } from '../../utils/plugins'
 
+export type ToastOpenParams = Omit<ToastProps, 'message'> & {
+    // programmatically opened toast can have VNode(s) as the message
+    message?: string | VNode | (string | VNode)[],
+    onClose?: () => void
+}
+
+// Minimal definition of a programmatically opened toast.
+//
+// ESLint does not like `{}` as a type but allowed here to make them look
+// similar to Vue's definition.
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
+type ToastProgrammaticInstance = ComponentPublicInstance<
+    {}, // P
+    {}, // B
+    {}, // D
+    {}, // C
+    { close: () => void } // M
+>
+/* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
+
 class ToastProgrammatic {
-    constructor(app) {
+    private app: App | undefined
+
+    constructor(app?: App) {
         this.app = app // may be undefined in the testing environment
     }
 
-    open(params) {
+    open(params: string | ToastOpenParams) {
         if (typeof params === 'string') {
             params = {
                 message: params
             }
         }
 
-        const defaultParam = {
-            position: config.defaultToastPosition || 'is-top'
-        }
-        if (params.parent) {
-            delete params.parent
+        let slot: ToastOpenParams['message']
+        let { message, ...restParams } = params
+        if (typeof message !== 'string') {
+            slot = message
+            message = undefined
         }
-        let slot
-        if (Array.isArray(params.message)) {
-            slot = params.message
-            delete params.message
+        const propsData: ToastProps = {
+            position: config.defaultToastPosition || 'is-top',
+            message,
+            ...restParams
         }
-        const propsData = merge(defaultParam, params)
         const container = document.createElement('div')
         // Vue 3 requires a new app to mount another component
         const vueInstance = createApp({
@@ -42,7 +65,7 @@ class ToastProgrammatic {
                 close() {
                     const toast = getComponentFromVNode(this.toastVNode)
                     if (toast) {
-                        toast.close()
+                        (toast as InstanceType<typeof Toast>).close()
                     }
                 }
             },
@@ -76,14 +99,15 @@ class ToastProgrammatic {
         } else {
             // adds $buefy global property
             // so that $buefy.globalNoticeInterval is available on the new Vue app
-            vueInstance.config.globalProperties.$buefy = {}
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+            vueInstance.config.globalProperties.$buefy = {} as any
         }
-        return vueInstance.mount(container)
+        return vueInstance.mount(container) as ToastProgrammaticInstance
     }
 }
 
 const Plugin = {
-    install(Vue) {
+    install(Vue: App) {
         registerComponentProgrammatic(Vue, 'toast', new ToastProgrammatic(Vue))
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/buefy-next/src/utils/vue-augmentation.ts b/packages/buefy-next/src/utils/vue-augmentation.ts
index 43deb647c..dc207b9b7 100644
--- a/packages/buefy-next/src/utils/vue-augmentation.ts
+++ b/packages/buefy-next/src/utils/vue-augmentation.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'vue'
 import type { LoadingProgrammatic } from '../components/loading'
 import type { ModalProgrammatic } from '../components/modal'
 import type { SnackbarProgrammatic } from '../components/snackbar'
+import type { ToastProgrammatic } from '../components/toast'
 import ConfigComponent from './ConfigComponent'
 
 // Augments the global property with `$buefy`.
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ declare module '@vue/runtime-core' {
             loading: LoadingProgrammatic,
             modal: ModalProgrammatic,
             snackbar: SnackbarProgrammatic,
+            toast: ToastProgrammatic,
             // TODO: make key-values more specific
             // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
             [key: string]: any
diff --git a/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/Toast.vue b/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/Toast.vue
index 5d880d3be..c9e10a4bc 100644
--- a/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/Toast.vue
+++ b/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/Toast.vue
@@ -17,16 +17,30 @@
     </div>
 </template>
 
-<script>
-    import { preformat } from '@/utils'
+<script lang="ts">
+    import { defineComponent } from 'vue'
+
+    import { preformat, shallowFields } from '@/utils'
+    import ApiView from '@/components/ApiView.vue'
+    import CodeView from '@/components/CodeView.vue'
+    import Example from '@/components/Example.vue'
+    import VariablesView from '@/components/VariablesView.vue'
+
     import api from './api/toast'
     import variables from './variables/toast'
-    import { shallowFields } from '@/utils'
 
-    import ExSimple from './examples/ExSimple'
+    import ExSimple from './examples/ExSimple.vue'
     import ExSimpleCode from './examples/ExSimple.vue?raw'
 
-    export default {
+    import outsideVueInstance from './outside-vue-instance.js?raw'
+
+    export default defineComponent({
+        components: {
+            ApiView,
+            CodeView,
+            Example,
+            VariablesView
+        },
         data() {
             return {
                 api,
@@ -35,13 +49,11 @@
                     ExSimple
                 }),
                 ExSimpleCode,
-                outsideVueInstance: `
-                import { ToastProgrammatic as Toast } from 'buefy'
-                Toast.open('Toasty!')`
+                outsideVueInstance,
             }
         },
         methods: {
             preformat
         }
-    }
+    })
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/api/toast.js b/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/api/toast.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/api/toast.js
rename to packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/api/toast.ts
diff --git a/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/examples/ExSimple.vue b/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/examples/ExSimple.vue
index a16309ebc..a3a03e20a 100644
--- a/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/examples/ExSimple.vue
+++ b/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/examples/ExSimple.vue
@@ -37,11 +37,18 @@
     </section>
 </template>
 
-<script>
-    export default {
+<script lang="ts">
+    import { defineComponent } from 'vue'
+    import { BButton } from '@ntohq/buefy-next'
+    import type { ToastProgrammatic } from '@ntohq/buefy-next'
+
+    type ToastProgrammaticInstance = ReturnType<ToastProgrammatic['open']>
+
+    export default defineComponent({
+        components: { BButton },
         data() {
             return {
-                indefinteToast: null
+                indefinteToast: null as ToastProgrammaticInstance | null
             }
         },
         methods: {
@@ -85,5 +92,5 @@
                 }
             }
         }
-    }
+    })
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/outside-vue-instance.js b/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/outside-vue-instance.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8aeaf25cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/outside-vue-instance.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import { ToastProgrammatic as Toast } from 'buefy'
+Toast.open('Toasty!')
diff --git a/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/variables/toast.js b/packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/variables/toast.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/variables/toast.js
rename to packages/docs/src/pages/components/toast/variables/toast.ts