Awesome-WebExtensions
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A curated list of awesome resources for WebExtensions development.
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Extension dev guide
A curated list of resources and tools for developing browser extensions
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Getting started
- Chrome Extensions documentation
Documentation for the original Chrome extension model
- Mozilla's WebExtensions documentation
MDN wiki for the WebExtensions API
- Browser support for WebExtensions
Compatibility table for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera
- Safari Extensions documentation
Developer documentation on building Safari extensions. Technically not WebExtensions, the API is completely different
- Opera API support
Detailed WebExtensions support for Opera
- Browser Extension Standard
Standard for the API, supported by Mozilla, Opera and Microsoft
Community
- Google Groups
Discussions
- Mozilla Discourse
Discussions
- #addons:mozilla.org
Matrix channel by Mozilla
- google-chrome-extension tag on Stack Overflow
Relevant questions
- firefox-addon-webextensions tag on Stack Overflow
Relevant questions
- microsoft-edge-extension tag on Stack Overflow
Relevant questions
Libraries and Frameworks
webext-options-sync
Helps you manage and autosave your extension's options
webext-storage-cache
Map-like promised cache storage with expiration
webext-dynamic-content-scripts
Automatically inject your on custom domains
mozilla/webextension-polyfill
Polyfill to support the standardized promise based API in the namespace
- @types/firefox-webext-browser
Supplies TypeScript types for the namespace
redux-webext
Uses Redux for managing the state of your WebExtension
ExtPay
Take secure payments in extensions without needing to run a server backend
inject-react-anywhere
Inject React components into 3rd party sites with convenient API and styles isolation
Tools
Chrome Webstore Upload
Upload the extension to the Chrome Web Store via cli (or on Travis, automatically)
mozilla/web-ext
Command line tool to help build, run, and test WebExtensions
chromepet
Get notified when your new version has been published
chrome-ext-downloader
Download any extension on Chrome Web Store to see how they do it
chrome-store-api
Chrome Web Store API wrapper
Chrome extension source viewer
WebExtension to view source code of extensions directly on the store
@wext/shipit
Tool to automatically publish to Chrome Web Store, Mozilla Addons and Opera Addons
wext-manifest-loader
Webpack loader that lets you specify properties to appear only in specific browsers
webextension-manifest-loader
Webpack loader that loads browser tailored manifest.json. It also imports all importable properties, allowing you to have 'manifest.json' as your only webpack entry point
webpack-extension-reloader
A Webpack plugin to automatically reload browser extensions during development
webpack-target-webextension
Adds code-splitting support to WebExtensions build with Webpack
Extension.js
Plug-and-play, zero-config, cross-browser extension development tool
Testing
sinon-chrome
Mocks the Chrome Extensions API for testing
addons-linter
Validate an extension against Mozilla's guidelines
webextensions-jsdom
Load popup, sidebar and background with JSDOM based on the manifest.json
webextensions-api-fake
In-memory WebExtensions API Fake Implementation (includes TypeScript types)
webextensions-api-mock
WebExtensions API as sinon stubs (includes TypeScript types)
webextensions-schema
Programmatically consume the WebExtensions Schema JSON files
Boilerplates
browser-extension-template
Barebones boilerplate with parcel, options handler and auto-publishing
create-webextension
Yarn WebExtension generator
generator-web-extension
WebExtension generator that creates everything you need to get started with cross-browser web-extension development
WXT
Next-gen framework for developing web extensions
Sample Extensions
mdn/webextension-examples
Various example extensions curated for the MDN documentation
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