webextension-polyfill VS testing-playground

Compare webextension-polyfill vs testing-playground and see what are their differences.

webextension-polyfill

A lightweight polyfill library for Promise-based WebExtension APIs in Chrome (by mozilla)

testing-playground

Simple and complete DOM testing playground that encourage good testing practices. (by testing-library)
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webextension-polyfill testing-playground
18 1
2,512 766
1.8% 1.4%
1.3 4.7
3 days ago 10 months ago
JavaScript JavaScript
Mozilla Public License 2.0 MIT License
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webextension-polyfill

Posts with mentions or reviews of webextension-polyfill. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-19.

testing-playground

Posts with mentions or reviews of testing-playground. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-13.
  • It's time to port your extension to Firefox
    3 projects | /r/firefox | 13 Feb 2021
    That's actually strange to read because right now I'm following a github issue which seems to imply the opposite :/ https://github.com/testing-library/testing-playground/pull/327#issuecomment-778046309

What are some alternatives?

When comparing webextension-polyfill and testing-playground you can also consider the following projects:

esbuild-react-chrome-extension - Simple chrome extension with React and Typescript, bundled by esbuild

browser-extension-svelte - A simple cross-browser extension made with Svelte

uBlock-Safari - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium, Firefox, and Safari. Fast and lean.

plasmo - 🧩 The Browser Extension Framework

webext-redux - A set of utilities for building Redux applications in Web Extensions.

browser-ext-react-esbuild - Browser extension implemented in TypeScript & React and built by esbuild for Chrome, Safari and possibly Mozilla Firefox

DOMPurify - DOMPurify - a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. DOMPurify works with a secure default, but offers a lot of configurability and hooks. Demo:

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

google-meet-push-to-talk - Chrome extension that enables push-to-talk for Google Meet

template - Template for building basic applications with Svelte

UT-Registration-Plus - This Chrome Extension improves the course registration experience at UT Austin by presenting more information to students on the Course Catalog! 50,000+ peak Users!

examples - 🔰 Example projects that demonstrate how to use the Plasmo Framework and integrate with popular tools