An unopiniated starter for developing Chrome extensions using Next.js

First, install dependencies and build the project:

npm install && npm run build

This will create an /out directory that can you can add to Chrome as an extension. The manifest.json links pages/index.js to the generated index.html. On top of that, the /public/inject.js script is configured to run on any host url.

Second, start developing:

npm run dev

You can start editing the extension by modifying pages/index.js or any file in /public. The extension will automatically re-build as you make changes.

🚩 Note: gsed is used during build and development steps to bundle the project in a Chrome extension. Therefore, you will need to have this CLI installed on your development machine.

brew install gsed // homebrew installation

Open the Extension Management page by navigating to chrome://extensions. Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle switch next to Developer mode. Click the Load unpacked button and select the /out directory.

To learn more about Next.js or extensions, take a look at the following resources:

• Chrome Extensions Documentation
• Next.js Documentation

This template was originally inspired by the following article, Creating a Chrome Extension with NextJS.