本文档来自以下github资源的翻译和整理，webextense开发的一个精心策划的资源列表。

• [bfred-it]Awesome-WebExtensions

webextension是一个用于开发浏览器插件的跨浏览器系统。该系统在很大程度上与谷歌Chrome和Opera支持的扩展API兼容。为这些浏览器编写的扩展在大多数情况下，只需要做小小修改，就同时能在Firefox或Microsoft Edge中运行，。

Getting started

• Chrome Extensions documentation - Documentation for the original Chrome extension model.
• Chrome Extensions API - Comprehensive documentation on the original API provided by Chrome.
• Mozilla's WebExtensions documentation - MDN wiki for the WebExtensions API.
• Browser support for WebExtensions - Compatibility table for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera.
• Microsoft Edge API support - Detailed WebExtensions support for Edge.
• Safari Extensions documentation - Developer documentation on building Safari extensions
• Opera API support - Detailed WebExtensions support for Opera.
• Porting Chrome Extensions to Firefox - Guide to prepare, install, and debug Chrome extensions to be ported in Firefox.
• Browser Extension Standard - Standard for the API, supported by Mozilla, Opera and Microsoft.

Community

• Google Groups - Discussions.
• Mozilla Discourse - Discussions.
• #webextensions - IRC channel by Mozilla.
• google-chrome-extension tag on Stack Overflow - Relevant questions.
• firefox-webextensions tag on Stack Overflow - Relevant questions.
• microsoft-edge-extension tag on Stack Overflow - Relevant questions.

Libraries and Frameworks

Code meant become part of the extension.

• webext-options-sync - Helps you manage and autosave your extension's options.
• webext-inject-on-install - Automatically add content scripts to existing tabs when your extension is installed. Chrome + Firefox.
• redux-webext - Uses redux for managing the state of your WebExtension
• mozilla/webextension-polyfill - Polyfill to support the standardized promise based API in the browser namespace.

Tools

Apps that help you manage your extensions.

• Chrome Webstore Upload - Upload the extension to the Chrome Web Store via cli (or on Travis, automatically).
• mozilla/web-ext Command line tool to help build, run, and test WebExtensions.
• chromepet - Get notified when your new version has been published.
• chrome-ext-downloader - Download any extension on Chrome Web Store to see how they do it.
• unzip-crx - Unzips Google Chrome (crx) files.
• chrome-store-api - Chrome Web Store API wrapper.
• Chrome extension source viewer - WebExtension to view source code of extensions directly on the store.
• @wext/shipit - Tool to automatically publish to Chrome Web Store, Mozilla Addons and Opera Addons.
• web-ext-translator - Translator tool to manage i18n messages.json.

Testing

• sinon-chrome - Mocks the Chrome Extensions API for testing.
• addons-validator - Validate an extension against Mozilla's guidelines.

Boilerplates

• create-webextension - Yarn WebExtension generator.
• extensionizr.com - Web UI that helps you create an initial configuration and files.
• generator-web-extension - WebExtension generator that creates everything you need to get started with cross-browser web-extension development.
• react-chrome-extension-boilerplate - React boilerplate with Hot reloading.

Sample Extensions

These are simple and modern WebExtensions repositories that could help you figure out where pieces go, including automatic deployment via Travis CI.

• npmhub
• Hide Files on GitHub
• Refined GitHub
• mdn/webextension-examples - Various example extensions curated for the MDN documentation.