EmailThis/extension-boilerplate resource

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3322 stars · 363 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A boilerplate template for building cross-browser extensions for Chrome, Opera, and Firefox using the WebExtensions API. It provides a Gulp-based workflow with ES6/Babel transpilation, SCSS support, live-reload, and environment/platform-specific configuration.

Use cases

• start a new chrome extension project
• build a firefox addon from a template
• write one codebase for multiple browsers
• set up gulp build for a webextension
• get live reload while developing a browser extension
• scaffold a cross-browser extension with es6 and scss

When to choose

• you want a quick starting point for a Chrome/Firefox/Opera extension
• you prefer a Gulp + Babel + Browserify workflow
• you need environment- and platform-specific config variables out of the box

When to avoid

• you use modern tooling like Vite, webpack, or a framework (React/Vue) extension scaffolds
• you target Safari or Edge specifically
• you need actively maintained tooling with recent WebExtensions API coverage

Facets

learning-resource · maturity maintenance

build-tool developer-tools cli browser-extensions web-development developer-tools cross-platform browser browser-extension webextensions chrome-extension firefox-addon opera-extension gulp es6 babel scss template live-reload boilerplate nodejs

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