# tshaddix/webext-redux

A set of utilities for building Redux applications in Web Extensions.

Repository: https://github.com/tshaddix/webext-redux
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webext-redux
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: chrome-extension, redux, redux-application, redux-store, web-extension, react-chrome-redux, react-chrome-extension
Last push: 2025-02-18T21:38:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 26/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 7, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3876, "days_push": 561, "days_rel": 673, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1236, forks 184 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:05.209004+00:00)

## What it is
webext-redux is a JavaScript library providing utilities for building Redux-powered web browser extensions. It lets the background page hold the Redux store while popups and content scripts use a proxy store that dispatches actions and receives state updates over the extension messaging channel.

## Use cases
- share a single Redux store across a browser extension's background page and UI components
- dispatch Redux actions from a popup or content script to the background script
- sync extension state between content scripts, popups, and the service worker
- use react-redux with a proxy store in a Chrome extension popup
- apply Redux middleware to a proxy store in a web extension
- handle service worker restarts in a Manifest V3 extension with a central store

## When to choose
- you are building a Chrome/Firefox web extension and want Redux as the single source of truth
- your extension has multiple UI surfaces (popup, options page, content scripts) that need shared state
- you want to reuse existing Redux tooling like react-redux and middleware in an extension

## When to avoid
- your extension is simple enough that plain messaging APIs suffice
- you use a state management library other than Redux
- you are building a regular web app rather than a browser extension

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: state-management, middleware, developer-tools
- domain: browser-extensions, frontend, web-development
- platform: browser-extension
- tags: redux, web-extension, chrome-extension, proxy-store, background-script, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- tshaddix/webext-redux (main) score 26

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:05.209004+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 2026-08-30T08:22:01.409754+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tshaddix/webext-redux (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:05.209004+00:00, sha 899c894c1359)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/webext-redux (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:17.478670+00:00, sha 10bdcbd2dbb9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.