https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt

⚡ Next-gen Web Extension Framework
https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt

build-tool chrome-extensions dev-server hmr wxt

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⚡ Next-gen Web Extension Framework

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt
• Owner: wxt-dev
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-06-25T15:48:11.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-06T01:53:56.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-07T10:52:34.471Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: build-tool, chrome-extensions, dev-server, hmr, wxt
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://wxt.dev
• Size: 8.03 MB
• Stars: 6,776
• Watchers: 21
• Forks: 302
• Open Issues: 124
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS
  • Security: SECURITY.md

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README

          


#  WXT

[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wxt)

[![downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wxt)

[![license | MIT](https://img.shields.io/npm/l/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048)](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/LICENSE)

[![coverage](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/wxt-dev/wxt?labelColor=black&color=%234fa048)](https://codecov.io/github/wxt-dev/wxt)

Next-gen framework for developing web extensions.
⚡
It's like Nuxt, but for Web Extensions

[Get Started](https://wxt.dev/guide/installation.html) •

[Configuration](https://wxt.dev/api/config.html) •

[Examples](https://wxt.dev/examples.html) •

[Changelog](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/packages/wxt/CHANGELOG.md) •

[Discord](https://discord.gg/ZFsZqGery9)



![Example CLI Output](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxt-dev/wxt/HEAD/docs/assets/cli-output.png)

## Demo

## Quick Start

Bootstrap a new project:

```sh

# npm

npx wxt@latest init

# pnpm

pnpm dlx wxt@latest init

# bun

bunx wxt@latest init

```

Or see the [installation guide](https://wxt.dev/guide/installation.html) to get started with WXT.

## Features

- 🌐 Supports all browsers

- ✅ Supports both MV2 and MV3

- ⚡ Dev mode with HMR & fast reload

- 📂 File based entrypoints

- 🚔 TypeScript

- 🦾 Auto-imports

- 🤖 Automated publishing

- 🎨 Frontend framework agnostic: works with Vue, React, Svelte, etc

- 📦 [Module system](https://wxt.dev/guide/essentials/wxt-modules.html#overview) for reusing code between extensions

- 🖍️ Quickly bootstrap a new project

- 📏 Bundle analysis

- ⬇️ Download and bundle remote URL imports

## Sponsors

WXT is a [MIT-licensed](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/LICENSE) 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](https://github.com/sponsors/wxt-dev).

[![WXT Sponsors](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxt-dev/static/refs/heads/main/sponsorkit/sponsors.svg)](https://github.com/sponsors/wxt-dev)

## Contributors

Published under the [MIT](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/main/LICENSE) license.

Made by [@aklinker1](https://github.com/aklinker1) and [community](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/graphs/contributors) 💛

[![WXT contributors](https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=wxt-dev/wxt)](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/graphs/contributors)