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- Mozilla’s Browser Extension Development Tools
- Provides a high-level overview of the various tools available for webextensions development by the Mozilla community.
- create-web-ext – Scaffolds a browser extension.
- web-ext – Stars: 1.5k – Updated: 1/2021 – Checked: 1/2021 – auto reload browser extension upon file change, launch extension in specific versions of firefox, lint, package extension, sign extension.
- web-ext-webpack-plugin – integrations web-ext run and lint into webpack config.
- webextension-polyfill – provides polyfills for some webextension APIs that aren’t directly supported by Chrome.
- webextensions-examples – Number of different example extensions.
- about:debugging – Manually install Firefox extensions for debugging.
- Addon Debugging Window (Browser Toolbox) – Access to dev tools for your debugging.
- Translation Tools – for internationalizing/localizing your extension.
- Webpack Extension Reloader – Stars: 339 – Updated: 11/2019 – Reviewed: 1/2021.
- Webpack plugin that reloads extensions automatically as files change.
- Exthouse* – Stars: 374 – Updated: 7/2020 – Reviewed: 1/2021.
- Allows one to test the impact of a browser extension on web performance.
Chrome Oriented
- Chrome Extension Hot Reloader – Stars: 425 – Updated: 11/2019 – Reviewed: 6/2020.
- Mozilla’s WebExtension PolyFill – Stars: 1k – Updated: 3/2020 – Reviewed: 6/2020.
- Promise-based APIs for Chrome browser extensions.
- CRX (oncletom) – Stars: 420 – Updated: 7/2019 – Checked: 9/2020.
- Node.js CLI for packing Google Chrome extensions.
- Yeoman Generator Chrome Extension – Stars: 2.3k – Updated: 10/2019 – Reviewed: 6/2020.
- Chrome Extension CLI – Stars: 499 – Updated: 8/2020 – Checked: 9/2020.
- CRX Viewer – Stars: 800 – Updated: 1/2021 – Checked: 12/2021.
- Allows one to view the source code of any extension in the Chrome Web Store without installing the extension.
Compatibility
Security
- Browser Extension Analysis Framework – Stars: 258 – Updated: 5/2020 – Checked: 9/2020
- Analyzes extensions for security vulnerabilities.
- CRXcavator – Provides a risk score for all Chrome Web Store extensions updated every three hours.