Chromane

Chromane is a framework for developing chrome extensions with most of their UI code hosted outside of the chrome extension package, in a page that is included in the extension via an iFrame. Listed below are some benefits of this approach.

• Chrome extension package has smaller size and loads faster on first install.
• Less actual chrome extension code in the package which makes review process easier.
• Avoid the review process of changes unrelated to the actuall chrome extension code.
• Google-recommended config approach out of the box.
• Reduce reliance on the host website, changes to which may break our extension.
• Ability to use JS libraries and frameworks that require eval
• Enables a simple way of packaging web apps developed in a different place

Installation

$ npm i chromane
$ npx chromane init