# Install wxt with npm

⚡ Next-gen Web Extension Framework. Version 0.20.26 via npm; verified 2026-06-23.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:wxt
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g wxt
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:wxt
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/wxt>
- **Version:** 0.20.26
- **Source summary:** ⚡ Next-gen Web Extension Framework
- **Homepage:** <https://wxt.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://wxt.dev>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/wxt/-/wxt-0.20.26.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-11T12:35:29.619Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-23T18:08:39.397Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- wxt (cli)
- wxt-publish-extension (cli)
- wxt (alias)

## Dependencies

- @1natsu/wait-element
- @aklinker1/rollup-plugin-visualizer
- @webext-core/fake-browser
- @webext-core/isolated-element
- @webext-core/match-patterns
- @wxt-dev/browser
- @wxt-dev/storage
- async-mutex
- c12
- cac
- chokidar
- ci-info
- consola
- defu
- dotenv-expand
- esbuild
- filesize
- get-port-please
- giget
- hookable
- import-meta-resolve
- is-wsl
- json5
- jszip
- linkedom
- magicast
- nano-spawn
- nanospinner
- normalize-path
- nypm
- ohash
- open
- perfect-debounce
- picomatch
- prompts
- publish-browser-extension
- scule
- tinyglobby
- unimport
- vite
- vite-node
- web-ext-run

## Build dependencies

- @aklinker1/buildc
- @faker-js/faker
- @types/bun
- @types/lodash.merge
- @types/node
- @types/normalize-path
- @types/picomatch
- @types/prompts
- eslint
- extract-zip
- happy-dom
- lodash.merge
- oxlint
- publint
- tsdown
- typescript
- vitest
- vitest-plugin-random-seed

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.20.26
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-23
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 0.20.26, Next: 0.20.0-beta2
- **Version Count:** 215
- **Maintainers:** _aklinker1
- **Author:** Aaron Klinker
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Bun: >=1.2.0, Node: >=20.12.0
- **Peer Dependencies:** eslint
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/sponsors/wxt-dev>
- **Integrity:** sha512-PMGz7sAlONJgwBkOriInXOoEU6/jlGKrhSFvZfiBPHZocyYPfnw1lod9rGDra957H83WO+TnGjYwJiGYciSIqA==
- **Shasum:** e52dafb6117636f3577fb2f3f8d1afb68491c1eb
- **Unpacked Size:** 325,550
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2023-06-26T15:13:14.540Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-11T12:35:29.619Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-11T12:35:29.894Z


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [plasmo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/plasmo/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: async, browser, core, dotenv, dotenv-expand.
- [vinxi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/vinxi/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: chokidar, consola, core, defu, esbuild.
- [powerlines](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/powerlines/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: core, defu, dev, dotenv, esbuild.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph