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Install web-ext with npm

A command line tool to help build, run, and test web extensions. Version 10.4.0 via npm; verified 2026-06-12.

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install

Additional install commands

Portable and language managers

npmverified · 100%
npm install -g web-ext

local npm package metadata

overview

Package summary

A command line tool to help build, run, and test web extensions

Commands and aliases

  • web-ext

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for web-ext. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
  • Installs with 26 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 33 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
web-extcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version10.4.0
manager updated2026-06-12
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keynpm:web-ext
Version10.4.0
Package managernpm
Package manager pagehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/web-ext
Homepagehttps://github.com/mozilla/web-ext
Repositoryhttps://github.com/mozilla/web-ext
Upstream docshttps://github.com/mozilla/web-ext
LicenseMPL-2.0
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/web-ext/-/web-ext-10.4.0.tgz
Issue trackerhttp://github.com/mozilla/web-ext/issues
Last updated2026-06-12T13:41:50.185Z
Published2026-06-12T13:41:50.185Z
Pulseupdated
Dependencies@babel/runtime, @devicefarmer/adbkit, addons-linter, camelcase, chrome-launcher, debounce, decamelize, es6-error, firefox-profile, fx-runner, https-proxy-agent, jose, jszip, multimatch, open, parse-json, pino, promise-toolbox, source-map-support, strip-bom, strip-json-comments, tmp, update-notifier, watchpack, yargs, zip-dir
Build dependencies@babel/cli, @babel/core, @babel/eslint-parser, @babel/preset-env, @babel/register, @commitlint/cli, @commitlint/config-conventional, @eslint/compat, @eslint/eslintrc, @eslint/js, babel-plugin-istanbul, babel-plugin-transform-inline-environment-variables, chai, chai-as-promised, copy-dir, crc-32, cross-env, deepcopy, eslint, eslint-plugin-import, fs-extra, git-rev-sync, globals, html-entities, mocha, nyc, prettier, pretty-quick, prettyjson, shelljs, sinon, testdouble, yauzl
Bottlenot recorded
npm postinstallnot defined
Servicenone declared
Keywordsweb, extensions, web extensions, browser extensions, firefox, mozilla, add-ons, google, chrome, opera

registry facts

Source database details

Source Databasenpm registry
Dist Tags
Latest
10.4.0
Version Count101
Maintainers
  • addons-robot
AuthorKumar McMillan
Publisheraddons-robot
Engines
Node
>=20.0.0
npm
>=8.0.0
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Shasumaee65aab1405b9f0db5779d7f6d3a3a5e0cd5639
Unpacked Size585,629
File Count0
Created At2016-02-01T18:11:12.794Z
Latest Published At2026-06-12T13:41:50.185Z
Modified At2026-06-12T13:41:50.290Z

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

web-ext

nix profile install nixpkgs#web-ext
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Web Ext
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/web-ext/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

web-ext

sudo port install web-ext
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Web Ext
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/web-ext/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • web-extSame normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: browser, build, ext, extensions, firefox.

Same workflow

  • addons-linterBoth packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: add, add-ons, addons, addons-linter, browser.
  • cy2Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: agent, https, https-proxy-agent, map, proxy.
  • web-extSame normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Nucleus package database
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment