Shipped My First Extension (as promised)

Two weeks ago I posted about learning WXT to build my first browser extension. Well, I shipped it just 3 days ago - Email Buttons for Gmail.

What it does: Adds styled buttons and QR codes to Gmail emails.

Tech stack:

• WXT + Vite + React
• TypeScript
• Landing page (Next.js)
• Stripe

What I like about WXT:

• Content script hot reload was a game-changes during dev
• Built-in bundling handled everything (especially come to publishing time)
• Abstracts away the complexities of Chrome APIs, which make feature building the only thing I focus on

Results after 3 days of launch:

• 10 organic installs (I didn't share to any launchpads or directories like I did for NewsletterStack)
• Launching on Product Hunt today (If you want to support me - PH link) - We are at the 4th place for product of the day at the moment I'm writing this.
• So far, the reactions have been great especially from the marketing communities. (will share more once the metrics come in, chrome web store data is lagging 2 days behind)

WXT 100% delivered on the smooth DX. I highly recommend for anyone building extensions.