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Chrome Tailor

Creates Firefox extensions from Google Chrome extensions.

Note: currently only works for Firefox 38+

Usage

chrome-tailor has two commands: run and xpi, with details below. Some options are:

• -b, --binary <path> Use the specified Firefox binary to run the add-on. Used in run and test.
• --jetpack <path> For Development Path to chrome tailor jetpack.
• --sdk <path> For Development Path to addon-sdk.
• -b, --binary <path> Use the specified Firefox binary to run the add-on. Used in run and test.
• -v, --verbose Prints additional debugging information.

Commands

• chrome-tailor run Runs the current add-on on Firefox.
• chrome-tailor crx Creates a .crx file.
• chrome-tailor xpi Creates a .xpi file.

Install

In order to install you must first have npm installed. Then to install chrome-tailor run this command:

npm install chrome-tailor -g

Usage

To try a Google Chrome extension's source on Firefox Nightly, run this command:

chrome-tailor run -b nightly

Currently Implemented Google Chrome APIs

• chrome.browserAction.onClick.addListener
• chrome.extension.getURL
• chrome.extension.inIncognitoContext
• chrome.extension.isAllowedIncognitoAccess
• chrome.extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess
• chrome.extension.setUpdateUrlData
• chrome.history.addUrl
• chrome.history.deleteAll
• chrome.history.deleteUrl
• chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener
• chrome.runtime.sendMessage
• chrome.tabs.create
• chrome.tabs.duplicate
• chrome.tabs.executeScript
• chrome.tabs.getCurrent
• chrome.tabs.query
• chrome.tabs.remove
• chrome.tabs.sendMessage
• chrome.topSites.get

Currently Supported manifest.json Properties

{
  "name": "",
  "author": "",
  "description": "",
  "version": "",
  "homepage_url": "",
  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": "",
    "default_title": "",
    "default_popup": "",
  },
  "background": {
    "script": "", // or ..
    "page": ""
  },
  "content_scripts": [
    // ...
  ],
  "permissions": [
    "history",
    "tabs",
    "topSites"
  ],
  overrides: {
    "newtab": ""
  }
}