rohan47 / create-web-ext

Tool to create a directory structure for getting started with an addon

create-web-ext

create-web-ext is a scaffolding tool for browser extensions. It takes input few parameters and outputs a complete scaffolded broswer extenions project.

Installation from source

You'll need:

• Node.js, 6.0.0 or higher
• npm, 3.0.0 or higher is recommended

Optionally, you may like:

• nvm, which helps manage node versions

If you had already installed create-web-ext from npm, you may need to uninstall it first:

npm uninstall --global create-web-ext

Change into the source and install all dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/web-ext-labs/create-web-ext.git
cd create-web-ext
npm install

Link it to your node installation:

npm link

You are all set, check

create-web-ext -v

You can now run it from any directory.