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Sameera Liyanage
Sameera Liyanage

Reputation: 1380

Is it possible to run a Chrome extension in the Edge web browser?

I wanted to create an extension for the Edge web browser, and I have a Chrome extension related to it.

Is it possible to run a Chrome extension in the Edge web browser?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 715

Answers (1)

Xan
Xan

Reputation: 77523

Update (2016-03-19)

Not yet, but Edge decided to support the roughly the same WebExtensions model as Firefox - partial compatibility with Chrome extensions. They will be offered through Windows Store.

Edge has started rolling out experimental extension support. This is currently in Insider Preview builds and an extremely closed platform preview / closed beta. See also updated FAQs.

Some choice Twitter quotes from devs:

Jacob Rossi on porting extensions

Lots of questions on this: yes we're working on a porting tool to run Chrome extensions in Edge. Not yet finished and not all APIs supported

Jacob Rossi on Store accessibility for developers

extn's in Store will at first be a carefully selected set covering top scenarios and API coverage, opening up to more in future

Kyle Pflug on sideloading non-Store extensions

We'll allow side-loading after launch, but will require dev mode toggle & will have appropriate warnings in UI

Upvotes: 10

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