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WXT
Next-gen framework for developing web extensions.
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It's like Nuxt, but for Web Extensions
Get Started ā¢ Configuration ā¢ Examples ā¢ Changelog ā¢ Discord
Demo
https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/assets/10101283/4d678939-1bdb-495c-9c36-3aa281d84c94
Quick Start
Bootstrap a new project:
# npm
npx wxt@latest init
# pnpm
pnpm dlx wxt@latest init
# bun
bunx wxt@latest init
Or see the installation guide to get started with WXT.
Features
- š Supports all browsers
- ā Supports both MV2 and MV3
- ā” Dev mode with HMR & fast reload
- š File based entrypoints
- š TypeScript
- š¦¾ Auto-imports
- š¤ Automated publishing
- šØ Frontend framework agnostic: works with Vue, React, Svelte, etc
- š¦ Module system for reusing code between extensions
- šļø Quickly bootstrap a new project
- š Bundle analysis
- ā¬ļø Download and bundle remote URL imports
Sponsors
WXT is a MIT-licensed open source project with its ongoing development made possible entirely by the support of these awesome backers. If you'd like to join them, please consider sponsoring WXT's development.
Contributors
Published under the MIT license.
Made by @aklinker1 and community š
FAQs
ā” Next-gen Web Extension Framework
The npm package wxt receives a total of 29,592 weekly downloads. As such, wxt popularity was classified as popular.
We found that wxt demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago.Ā It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 02 Jun 2025
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