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Interface: InlineConfig ​

Contents ​

Properties ​

alias ​

alias?: Record<string, string>

Add additional paths to the .wxt/tsconfig.json. Use this instead of overwriting the paths in the root tsconfig.json if you want to add new paths.

The key is the import alias and the value is either a relative path to the root directory or an absolute path.

Example ​

ts
{
   *   "testing": "src/utils/testing.ts"
   * }

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:327

analysis ​

analysis?: object

Type declaration ​

enabled ​

enabled?: boolean

Explicitly include bundle analysis when running wxt build. This can be overridden by the command line --analyze option.

Default ​
ts
false
keepArtifacts ​

keepArtifacts?: boolean

By default, the stats-*.json artifacts generated during bundle analysis are deleted. Set to true to keep them.

One stats file is output per build step.

Default ​
ts
false
open ​

open?: boolean

Set to true to automatically open the stats.html file when the build is finished. When building in CI, the browser will never open.

Default ​
ts
false
outputFile ​

outputFile?: string

Name of the output HTML file. Relative to the project's root directory.

Changing the filename of the outputFile also effects the names of the artifacts generated when setting keepArtifacts to true:

  • "stats.html" => "stats-*.json"
  • "stats/bundle.html" => "bundle-*.json"
  • ".analysis/index.html" => "index-*.json"
Default ​
ts
"stats.html"
template ​

template?: TemplateType

When running wxt build --analyze or setting analysis.enabled to true, customize how the bundle will be visualized. See rollup-plugin-visualizer for more details.

Default ​
ts
"treemap"

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:271

browser ​

browser?: string

Explicitly set a browser to build for. This will override the default browser for each command, and can be overridden by the command line --browser option.

Default ​

ts
"chrome"

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:109

configFile ​

configFile?: string | false

Only available when using the JS API. Not available in wxt.config.ts files

Path to wxt.config.ts file or false to disable config file discovery.

Default ​

ts
"wxt.config.ts"

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:76

debug ​

debug?: boolean

Set to true to show debug logs. Overridden by the command line --debug option.

Default ​

ts
false

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:82

dev ​

dev?: object

Config effecting dev mode only.

Type declaration ​

reloadCommand ​

reloadCommand?: string | false

Controls whether a custom keyboard shortcut command, Alt+R, is added during dev mode to quickly reload the extension.

If false, the shortcut is not added during development.

If set to a custom string, you can override the key combo used. See Chrome's command docs for available options.

Default ​
ts
"Alt+R"
server ​

server?: object

server.hostname ​

server.hostname?: string

Hostname to run the dev server on.

Default ​
ts
"localhost"
server.port ​

server.port?: number

Port to run the dev server on. Defaults to the first open port from 3000 to 3010.

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:359

entrypointLoader ​

entrypointLoader?: "vite-node" | "jiti"

Deprecated ​

Will be removed in v0.20.0, please migrate to using vite-node, the new default.

Method used to import entrypoint files during the build process to extract their options.

  • "vite-node" (default as of 0.19.0): Uses vite-node to import the entrypoints. Automatically includes vite config based on your wxt.config.ts file
  • "jiti": Simplest and fastest, but doesn't allow using any imported variables outside the entrypoint's main function

See ​

Importers

Default ​

ts
"vite-node"

Since ​

0.19.0

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:351

entrypointsDir ​

entrypointsDir?: string

Default ​

ts
"${config.srcDir}/entrypoints"

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:39

experimental ​

experimental?: object

Experimental settings - use with caution.

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:355

extensionApi ​

extensionApi?: "chrome" | "webextension-polyfill"

Which extension API to use.

  • "webextension-polyfill": Use browser and types from webextension-polyfill.
  • "chrome": Use the regular chrome (or browser for Firefox/Safari) globals provided by the browser. Types provided by @types/chrome.

Default ​

ts
"webextension-polyfill"

Since ​

0.19.0

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:337

filterEntrypoints ​

filterEntrypoints?: string[]

A list of entrypoint names ("popup", "options", etc.) to build. Will speed up the build if your extension has lots of entrypoints, and you don't need to build all of them to develop a feature.

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:49

hooks ​

hooks?: NestedHooks<WxtHooks>

Project hooks for running logic during the build process.

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:389

imports ​

imports?: false | WxtUnimportOptions

Customize auto-import options. Set to false to disable auto-imports.

For example, to add a directory to auto-import from, you can use:

ts
export default defineConfig({
  imports: {
    dirs: ["some-directory"]
  }
})

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:101

logger ​

logger?: Logger

Override the logger used.

Default ​

ts
consola

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:121

manifest ​

manifest?: UserManifest | Promise<UserManifest> | UserManifestFn

Customize the manifest.json output. Can be an object, promise, or function that returns an object or promise.

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:126

manifestVersion ​

manifestVersion?: TargetManifestVersion

Explicitly set a manifest version to target. This will override the default manifest version for each command, and can be overridden by the command line --mv2 or --mv3 option.

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:114

mode ​

mode?: string

Explicitly set a mode to run in. This will override the default mode for each command, and can be overridden by the command line --mode option.

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:87

modules ​

modules?: string[]

List of WXT module names to include. Can be the full package name ("wxt-module-analytics"), or just the suffix ("analytics" would resolve to "wxt-module-analytics").

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:395

modulesDir ​

modulesDir?: string

Default ​

ts
"${config.srcDir}/modules"

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:43

outDir ​

outDir?: string

Output directory that stored build folders and ZIPs.

Default ​

ts
".output"

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:55

outDirTemplate ​

outDirTemplate?: string

Template string for customizing the output directory structure. Available variables:

  • {{browser}}: The target browser (e.g., 'chrome', 'firefox')
  • {{manifestVersion}}: The manifest version (e.g., 2 or 3)
  • {{mode}}: The build mode (e.g., 'development', 'production')
  • {{modeSuffix}}: A suffix based on the mode ('-dev' for development, '' for production)
  • {{command}}: The WXT command being run (e.g., 'build', 'serve')

Example ​

ts
"{{browser}}-mv{{manifestVersion}}{{modeSuffix}}"

Default ​

"{{browser}}-mv{{manifestVersion}}"

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:68

publicDir ​

publicDir?: string

Directory containing files that will be copied to the output directory as-is.

Default ​

ts
"${config.root}/public"

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:35

root ​

root?: string

Your project's root directory containing the package.json used to fill out the manifest.json.

Default ​

ts
process.cwd()

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:19

runner ​

runner?: ExtensionRunnerConfig

Custom runner options. Options set here can be overridden in a web-ext.config.ts file.

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:130

srcDir ​

srcDir?: string

Directory containing all source code. Set to "src" to move all source code to a src/ directory.

After changing, don't forget to move the public/ and entrypoints/ directories into the new source dir.

Default ​

ts
config.root

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:29

transformManifest ​

transformManifest?: (manifest) => void

Parameters ​

▪ manifest: WebExtensionManifest

Returns ​

Deprecated ​

Use hooks.build.manifestGenerated to modify your manifest instead. This option will be removed in v1.0

Transform the final manifest before it's written to the file system. Edit the manifest parameter directly, do not return a new object. Return values are ignored.

Example ​

ts
defineConfig({
  // Add a CSS-only content script.
  transformManifest(manifest) {
    manifest.content_scripts.push({
      matches: ["*://google.com/*"],
      css: ["content-scripts/some-example.css"],
    });
  }
})

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:270

vite ​

vite?: (env) => WxtViteConfig | Promise<WxtViteConfig>

Return custom Vite options from a function. See <https://vitejs.dev/config/shared-options.html> .

root, configFile, and mode should be set in WXT's config instead of Vite's.

This is a function because any vite plugins added need to be recreated for each individual build step, incase they have internal state causing them to fail when reused.

Parameters ​

▪ env: ConfigEnv

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:410

zip ​

zip?: object

Type declaration ​

artifactTemplate ​

artifactTemplate?: string

Configure the filename output when zipping files.

Available template variables:

  • {{name}} - The project's name converted to kebab-case
  • {{version}} - The version_name or version from the manifest
  • {{browser}} - The target browser from the --browser CLI flag
  • {{mode}} - The current mode
  • {{manifestVersion}} - Either "2" or "3"
Default ​
ts
"{{name}}-{{version}}-{{browser}}.zip"
compressionLevel ​

compressionLevel?: 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Compression level to use when zipping files.

Levels: 0 (no compression) to 9 (maximum compression).

Default ​
ts
9
downloadPackages ​

downloadPackages?: string[]

The Firefox review process requires the extension be buildable from source to make reviewing easier. This field allows you to use private packages without exposing your auth tokens.

Just list the name of all the packages you want to download and include in the sources zip. Usually, these will be private packages behind auth tokens, but they don't have to be.

All packages listed here will be downloaded to in .wxt/local_modules/ and an overrides or resolutions field (depending on your package manager) will be added to the package.json, pointing to the downloaded packages.

DO NOT include versions or version filters. Just the package name. If multiple versions of a package are present in the project, all versions will be downloaded and referenced in the package.json correctly.

Default ​
ts
[]
Example ​
ts
// Correct:
["@scope/package-name", "package-name"]

// Incorrect, don't include versions!!!
["@scope/package-name@1.1.3", "package-name@^2"]
exclude ​

exclude?: string[]

Minimatch patterns of files to exclude when zipping the extension.

Example ​
ts
[
  "**/*.map", // Exclude all sourcemaps
]
excludeSources ​

excludeSources?: string[]

Minimatch patterns of files to exclude when creating a ZIP of all your source code for Firefox. Patterns are relative to your config.zip.sourcesRoot.

Hidden files, node_modules, and tests are ignored by default.

Example ​
ts
[
  "coverage", // Include the coverage directory in the `sourcesRoot`
]
includeSources ​

includeSources?: string[]

Minimatch patterns of files to include when creating a ZIP of all your source code for Firefox. Patterns are relative to your config.zip.sourcesRoot.

This setting overrides excludeSources. So if a file matches both lists, it is included in the ZIP.

Example ​
ts
[
  "coverage", // Ignore the coverage directory in the `sourcesRoot`
]
name ​

name?: string

Override the artifactTemplate's {name} template variable. Defaults to the package.json's name, or if that doesn't exist, the current working directories name.

sourcesRoot ​

sourcesRoot?: string

Root directory to ZIP when generating the sources ZIP.

Default ​
ts
config.root
sourcesTemplate ​

sourcesTemplate?: string

Configure the filename output when zipping files.

Available template variables:

  • {{name}} - The project's name converted to kebab-case
  • {{version}} - The version_name or version from the manifest
  • {{browser}} - The target browser from the --browser CLI flag
  • {{mode}} - The current mode
  • {{manifestVersion}} - Either "2" or "3"
Default ​
ts
"{{name}}-{{version}}-sources.zip"
zipSources ​

zipSources?: boolean

When zipping the extension, also zip sources.

  • undefined: zip sources if the target browser is "firefox" or "opera"
  • true: always zip sources
  • false: never zip sources
Default ​
ts
undefined

Source ​

packages/wxt/src/types.ts:131

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