Browser extension templates

Open source starter templates for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. Preview the code, then create a project with one command.

Create a project from any template

npx extension@latest create my-new-react --template new-react
cd my-new-react
npm install
npm run dev

All 60 templates

  • Action (Popup) Adds a toolbar popup to the browser with a simple page.
  • Action Locales Adds a toolbar popup whose text follows your browser's language.
  • ChatGPT AI Sidebar Adds a sidebar panel where you can chat with ChatGPT about the page you are viewing.
  • Claude AI Sidebar Adds a sidebar panel where you can chat with Claude about the page you are viewing.
  • Gemini AI Sidebar Adds a sidebar panel where you can chat with Gemini about the page you are viewing.
  • Perplexity AI Sidebar Adds a sidebar panel where you can chat with Perplexity about the page you are viewing.
  • Content scripts Injects a small badge into every web page you visit, with an options page that moves it to the left or right edge.
  • Content CSS Modules Injects a small styled badge into every web page you visit.
  • Custom fonts in a content script Injects a badge rendered in a custom font into every web page you visit, with an options page that turns the custom font on and off.
  • Content Env Injects a small panel showing the extension's environment values into every web page you visit.
  • Content Less Injects a small styled badge into every web page you visit, with a Less options page that moves it to the left or right edge.
  • Content Less Modules Injects a small styled badge into every web page you visit, with a Less modules options page that moves it to the left or right edge.
  • Main-world Content Script Injects a small UI into every web page from both the extension and the page's own JavaScript world, with an options page that moves it to the left or right edge.
  • Content Multi One Entry Injects four small elements into every web page you visit.
  • Multi-entry Content Scripts Injects four small elements into every web page you visit.
  • Content Preact Shows an overlay UI on web pages and an options page that moves it from right to left.
  • Content React Shows a small overlay UI on every web page, with a React options page that moves it from right to left.
  • Content scripts with Sass Injects a small styled badge into every web page you visit, with a Sass options page that moves it to the left or right edge.
  • Content scripts with Sass modules Injects a small styled badge into every web page you visit, with a Sass modules options page that moves it to the left or right edge.
  • Content Svelte Shows a Svelte overlay on every web page you visit, with an options page that moves it from right to left.
  • Content TypeScript Shows a small overlay UI on every web page, with an options page that moves it from right to left.
  • Content Vue Shows a small overlay UI on every web page, with a Vue options page that moves it from right to left.
  • Devtools panel Adds a devtools panel to the browser that reads the inspected page.
  • Devtools panel Preact Adds a devtools panel written in Preact that reads the inspected page.
  • React devtools panel Adds a React devtools panel to the browser that reads the inspected page.
  • Devtools panel with Svelte Adds a Svelte devtools panel to the browser that reads the inspected page.
  • Devtools panel (TypeScript) Adds a devtools panel to the browser that reads the inspected page.
  • Devtools panel with Vue Adds a devtools panel built with Vue that reads the inspected page.
  • Initial A minimal extension that loads in your browser, ready to build on.
  • JavaScript Adds a sidebar panel to the browser with a simple page.
  • New Tab Replaces your new tab page with a simple page you can customize.
  • New Tab Browser Flags Replaces your new tab page with a launcher that opens the extension's sidebar panel.
  • New Tab Config ESLint Replaces your new tab page with a simple page.
  • New Tab Config Prettier Replaces your new tab page with a simple page.
  • New Tab Config Stylelint Replaces your new tab page with a simple page.
  • New Tab Crypto Replaces your new tab page with a page that hashes any text you type using SHA-256.
  • Environment Variables Replaces your new tab page with a page showing the extension's environment values.
  • New Tab Less Replaces your new tab page with a simple styled page.
  • New Tab Preact Replaces your new tab page with a simple Preact page.
  • New Tab React Replaces your new tab page with a simple React page.
  • New Tab React Router Replaces your new tab page with a small React app you can navigate across routes.
  • New Tab Sass Replaces your new tab page with a simple styled page.
  • New Tab Svelte Replaces your new tab page with a simple Svelte page.
  • New Tab TypeScript Replaces your new tab page with a simple page.
  • New Tab Vue Replaces your new tab page with a simple Vue page.
  • Options page Adds an options page to the browser that saves a setting with chrome.storage.
  • Playwright E2E Sidebar Adds a sidebar panel to the browser, covered end to end by Playwright tests.
  • Preact Adds a sidebar panel to the browser with a simple Preact page.
  • React Adds a sidebar panel to the browser with a simple React page.
  • Sidebar page Adds a sidebar panel to the browser with a simple page.
  • Sidebar Ant Design Adds a sidebar panel to the browser showing Ant Design components.
  • Sidebar Nx Adds a sidebar panel and shows a small overlay UI on every web page you visit.
  • Sidebar Turborepo Adds a sidebar panel and shows a small overlay UI on every web page you visit.
  • Sidebar shadcn Adds a sidebar panel to the browser built with shadcn/ui components.
  • Special Folders: pages/ Opens a welcome page in a new tab when the extension loads.
  • Special Folders Scripts Shows a small overlay on web pages and a toolbar popup that runs the extension's bundled scripts.
  • Svelte Adds a sidebar panel to the browser with a simple Svelte page.
  • Transformers.js Adds a sidebar panel that classifies the active page or your selected text with on-device AI models.
  • TypeScript Adds a sidebar panel to the browser with a simple page.
  • Vue Adds a sidebar panel to the browser with a simple Vue page.

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