electron-browser-shell

A minimal, tabbed web browser with support for Chrome extensions—built on Electron.

Packages

Name	Description
shell	A minimal, tabbed web browser used as a testbed for development of Chrome extension support.
electron-chrome-extensions	Adds additional API support for Chrome extensions to Electron.
electron-chrome-context-menu	Chrome context menu for Electron browsers.

Usage

# Get the code
git clone [e-mail]:samuelmaddock/electron-browser-shell.git
cd electron-browser-shell

# Install and launch the browser
yarn
yarn start

Install extensions

Load unpacked extensions into ./extensions then launch the browser.

Roadmap

🚀 Current

• [x] Browser tabs
• [x] Unpacked extension loader
• [x] Initial chrome.tabs extensions API
• [x] Initial extension popup support
• [ ] Support for common chrome.* extension APIs
• [ ] Robust extension popup support
• [ ] Manifest V3 support
• [ ] Respect extension manifest permissions

🤞 Eventually

• [ ] Extension management (enable/disable/uninstall)
• [ ] .CRX extension loader
• [ ] Installation prompt UX
• [ ] Chrome Web Store extension installer
• [ ] Microsoft Edge Add-ons extension installer
• [ ] Automatic extension updates
• [ ] Full support of chrome.* extension APIs

🤔 Considering

• [ ] Opt-in support for custom webRequest blocking implementation
• [ ] Browser tab discarding

❌ Not planned

• Chrome Platform App APIs

License

GPL-3

For proprietary use, please contact me or sponsor me on GitHub under the appropriate tier to acquire a proprietary-use license. These contributions help make development and maintenance of this project more sustainable and show appreciation for the work thus far.

Contributor license agreement

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The owners of the electron-browser-shell project will also be granted the right to relicense the contributed source code and its derivative works.