Vite config possible

These have an interactive configuration similar to Vite, allowing you to select the framework (Vue, React, etc.)

Vite Plugin Web Extension (lightweight pick)

https://vite-plugin-web-extension.aklinker1.io/

• Vite: with initializer
• Chrome and Firefox
• Newer, works nicely, dev loads extension into separate browser profile

CRXJS

https://crxjs.dev/vite-plugin

• Chrome only?
• Vite: with initializer
• HRM broken with Vite 4.3 crxjs/chrome-extension-tools#693

@samrum/vite-plugin-web-extension

https://github.com/samrum/vite-plugin-web-extension

• Chrome and Firefox
• Vite: with initializer
• No hot reloading, need to reload extension manually

Opinionated templates

These come with a configuration already prepared for Vue and a bunch of common dependencies for a quicker start, at the cost of a heavier distributable if you don't use everything

Vitesse webext (heavyweight pick)

https://github.com/antfu/vitesse-webext

• Vue 2/3 with Typescript
• Chrome and Firefox
• Vite
• Lots of dependencies already setup and good starting components

vite-vue3-chrome-extension-v3

https://github.com/mubaidr/vite-vue3-chrome-extension-v3

• Vue 3 with Typescript only
• Template built from CRXJS
• Vite
• Inspired by Vitesse webext, but with slightly different dependencies

vue-cli-plugin-chrome-extension-cli (Deprecated)

https://github.com/sanyu1225/vue-cli-plugin-chrome-extension-cli

• Chrome only
• Vue CLI only (deprecated)
• Vue2/3