Generator web extension

Advanced WebExtension generator that creates everything you need to get started with cross-browser web-extension development.

From webextension-toolbox·Updated June 11, 2026·View on GitHub·

**generator web extension** is Advanced WebExtension generator that creates everything you need to get started with cross-browser web-extension development. The project is written primarily in JavaScript, distributed under the Other license, first published in 2018. Key topics include: chrome-extension, edge-extension, firefox-extension, generator, opera-extension.

Latest release: v0.0.5

February 10, 2018View Changelog →

Generator: WebExtension

Advanced WebExtension generator that creates everything you need to get started with cross-browser extension/addon development.

Under the hood it uses webextension-toolbox for compiling the extensions.

Install

shell
$ npm install -g yo generator-web-extension

Getting Started

First make a new directory, and cd into it: mkdir my-web-extension && cd $_
Run: yo web-extension.

GIF showing the demo

Options

--skip-install

Skips the automatic execution of npm after
scaffolding has finished.

License

This project is free software released under the MIT license.

Contributors

Showing top 5 contributors by commit count.

balcsida

27 commits

HaNdTriX

21 commits

renovate-bot

3 commits

greenkeeper[bot]

2 commits

dependabot-preview[bot]

1 commits

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