crx-pack-webpack-plugin

A webpack5 plugin to pack crx, use crx3 and support typescript.

Usage

add the plugin:

yarn add crx-pack-webpack-plugin -D

configure the plugin:

new CrxPackWebpackPlugin({
  zip: true,
  xml: true,
  keyFile: "your-private-key.pem",
  contentPath: "./build",
  outputPath: "./release",
  updateURL: "http://localhost:8080",
  updateFilename: "update.xml",
  name: "example-name",
  autoClean: true,
})

Configuration Settings

| Option | Required | Type | Default | About | |---|---|---|---|---| | zip | no | boolean | true | provides a zip of the build files along with the CRX. | | xml | no | boolean | true | provides a xml of the build files along with the CRX. | | keyFile | yes | string | none | a private key required to update the extension. | | contenPath | yes | string | none | location of build files. | | outputPath | yes | string | none | where to export the built extension. | | updateURL | no | string | "http://localhost:8000/" | where to find updates.xml | | updateFilename | no | string | "update.xml" | filename for update.xml | | name | no | string | "package" | the name of the built extension. | | autoClean | no | boolean | false | whether to automatically empty files |

Alternatives

• crx-webpack-plugin
• crx3-webpack-plugin

Thank them for their inspiration