Caution
THIS IS A FORK This repository is a custom fork of the original webext-bridge by Server Side Up. Purpose: Added side panel support. Status: This version is maintained specifically for lexicora/lexicora-extension.
Messaging in web extensions made easy. Batteries included. webext-bridge is a tiny library that provides a simple and consistent API for sending and receiving messages between different parts of your web extension, such as background, content-script, devtools, popup, side-panel, options, and window contexts.
In addition to the standard features, this fork includes:
- Side Panel support: Added support for browser side panels.
- Optimizations: -.
Since this is a custom fork, you should install it directly from this repository using pnpm:
pnpm add https://github.com/lexicora/webext-bridge/releases/download/[TAG OF A RELEASE]/webext-bridge-6.0.1.tgzFor full documentation on the standard API, please refer to the Official Documentation.
If you are contributing to this fork:
- Clone the repository.
- Install dependencies: pnpm install
- Build the project: pnpm build (This is required to generate the dist folder used by the extension).
The original webext-bridge is created and maintained by Dan Pastori and Jay Rogers at Server Side Up.
License This project is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.