# lxieyang/chrome-extension-boilerplate-react

A Chrome Extensions boilerplate using React 18 and Webpack 5.

Repository: https://github.com/lxieyang/chrome-extension-boilerplate-react
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chrome-extension-boilerplate-react
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: boilerplate, chrome-extension, javascript, npm, react, typescript, webpack
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-07-24T22:21:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2601, "days_push": 770, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3931, forks 1152 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:29.970092+00:00)

## What it is
A Chrome Extension (Manifest V3) boilerplate built with React 18, TypeScript, and Webpack 5, including dev server hot reload and devtools support. It provides a ready-to-use starting template for developing modern Chrome extensions.

## Use cases
- start a new chrome extension project with react
- chrome extension manifest v3 starter template
- build a browser extension with typescript and webpack
- hot reload development setup for chrome extensions
- scaffold a chrome extension with popup and devtools pages

## When to choose
- you want a quick, modern starting point for a Chrome extension using React and TypeScript
- you need Manifest V3 support with hot reload during development

## When to avoid
- you are building extensions for Firefox or Safari without Chrome-specific APIs
- you prefer a framework other than React or a bundler other than Webpack

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, frontend-framework
- domain: browser-extensions, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser-extension
- tags: chrome-extension, manifest-v3, react, webpack, typescript, starter-template, hot-reload, boilerplate, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- lxieyang/chrome-extension-boilerplate-react (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:29.970092+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:31:27.873810+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lxieyang/chrome-extension-boilerplate-react (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:29.970092+00:00, sha 1c4e3d9f8ea1)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/chrome-extension-boilerplate-react (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:44.440848+00:00, sha fe01def240f6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.