Plasmo

Name: Plasmo
Rating: 4.79 (28 reviews)

The browser extension platform

4.8•28 reviews•

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The browser extension platform

4.8•28 reviews•

433 followers

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Chrome Extensions

Streamline the process of building browser extensions, allowing you to focus on shipping your product. Say goodbye to slow iteration and hello to a better development experience

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Thanks @__tosh for hunting us! 🚀 Hey Product Hunt! 👋 Stefan and Louis here, co-founders of Plasmo! Plasmo makes building browser extensions a piece of cake. 🍰 🤯 If you've built extensions in the past, you know how painful the process can be. Building a simple "hello world" extension takes a lot of work, let alone a full-fledged React app using Tailwind and Firebase that injects into a complex series of websites, all using their own technologies and unaware of the extension's existence. Complexity stacks up super fast! 🛠️ We decided to take action, so we created Plasmo! Plasmo is a two-part platform: the Framework and Itero. 🌐 🌟 Framework is our open-source, declarative framework that makes building browser extensions a breeze. Just name a file content.tsx, export a React component, and Plasmo Framework will automatically bundle it for you, mounting it onto every web page while ensuring styles don't leak. The same goes for background.ts, options.tsx, popup.tsx, etc. Using our examples, you can hit the ground running: With pnpm create plasmo --with-tailwind, you'll have a pre-configured extension using Tailwind already built for you. To explore more examples we offer, check out our examples repo [1] 🌠 🔧 Once you've crafted an awesome MVP and are ready to test it with your beta testers, we've built Itero TestBed—think Apple's TestFlight, but for browser extensions. 🔗 Connect TestBed to your GitHub repo, and each commit will automatically build and deploy your latest code changes to all of your beta testers—no review process needed! We're super passionate about browser extensions. If you've built something with Plasmo, please let us know! [1]: https://github.com/PlasmoHQ/exam...

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4.8

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Makers consistently praise Plasmo for dramatically improving extension development speed and workflow. The makers of

Magic Patterns

highlight pain-free setup, hot reloading, and simplified permissions, calling it far better than starting from scratch. The makers of

VocAdapt

credit the framework for making development effortless, while the makers of

Add to Sheets Chrome extension

note intuitive APIs that boost productivity. Broader user feedback echoes smooth onboarding, strong TypeScript support, and helpful community/Discord. Minor knocks mention Windows dependency issues and slow support on billing. Overall, developers feel empowered and faster.

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Plasmo massively simplified the browser extension creation experience by offering SDK tools that streamline the development process. With Plasmo, I could write React code within relevant folders (e.g., content scripts under contents/, background scripts under background/), eliminating the traditional complexities of configuring and managing various extension components manually. The product's Itero platform is excellent in sharing the product during development for feedback, by publishing it on-the-go, including any new changes, in seconds.

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I have to say that Plasmo has been a game-changer for me! As someone who is not an expert in building browser extensions, I was struggling to create my very first own extension. But with Plasmo, I found the perfect abstraction layer that let me start building with ease so I could focus on what matters most, the product. Using the Plasmo framework, I created Synclify, a free open-source extension that allows two people to sync their video playback by sharing a room code. This was a project that I had wanted to work on for a while, but I didn't know how to get started. Plasmo made it easy for me to get started and bring my idea to life. Overall, I highly recommend Plasmo to anyone who wants to create their own browser extensions but doesn't know where to start. The framework is user-friendly, and the support from the Plasmo team on Discord is fantastic. If you want to create a browser extension, try Plasmo – you won't be disappointed!

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We recently wrote a browser extension[1] without any prior experience, and Plasmo made it a breeze. Right from the start, we could focus on what we wanted to build, and not worry about the messy details involved in building a cross-browser extension. It just felt like writing a normal React app. Their documentation is also amazing. Can't recommend them enough. If you want to build a browser extension yourself, absolutely give Plasmo a try! [1]: https://liveblocks.io/devtools

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