Package

web-ext

A command line tool to help build, run, and test web extensions

v10.7.0, 21 Sept 2026MPL-2.0ESM onlyTypes: None

$ npm install web-ext

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 164.4k; +319% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 26; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 days ago; v10.7.0
GitHub stars: 3.1k; 388 forks
Open issues / PRs: 192 / 29
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 235

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

164,385 downloads last week, 870,817 in the last month. The 12-month change of +319% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 10.7.0, 21 Sept 20263 days ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 192
Open pull requests: 29
Commits, last 52 weeks: 235
Dependents on npm: 36

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=20.0.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 538 kB
Dependencies (26): tmpjoseopenpinojszipyargszip-dirdebouncecamelcasees6-errorfx-runnerstrip-bomwatchpackdecamelizemultimatchparse-jsonaddons-linter@babel/runtimechrome-launcherfirefox-profilepromise-toolboxupdate-notifierhttps-proxy-agentsource-map-supportstrip-json-comments@devicefarmer/adbkit

Install

npm install web-ext

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/web-ext@10.7.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/web-ext@10.7.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/web-ext@10.7.0

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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