Documents maintained by the Browser Extension Community Group

Actively developed documents

Specifications

• The base specification for browser extensions, indented to cover the essential APIs, manifest format, packaging format, and the execution / security model
• Native messaging for browser extensions, indented to cover communication between extensions and native processes outside of the browser environment

Notes

Proposed documents

• Common directory structure, packaging, manifest, file extension
• Browser API, communication mechanisms (i.e. Local data storage) and security model
• Secure distribution approach (Public / Private app/extension stores)
• Communication between pages / tabs etc.