Big Sur Safari WebExtensions API support

[damo78]

This is just a question so hope it is okay to post here.

I've noticed that in Apple's Big Sur release they've added WebExtensions API support to Safari and suggested for developers it's an easy port. Is there a chance of having a Redux Dev Tools extension in Safari now?

[Methuselah96]

Yeah, it sounds like it should be possible. I'll plan to include a Safari extension release for 3.0 if it truly is an easy port. I also need to add support for Edge as well.

[trytuna]

Any update on this?

[dvaldivia]

@Methuselah96 any luck? anything we can help with? I can gladly try and port some of the needed code if you point me in the right direction

[dvaldivia]

I tried using the export tool from apple which allows to import existing extensions and port them to safari via

xcrun safari-web-extension-converter /path/to/extension

the result can run in safari, but I get no output, the background is there so I assume part of the extension is loading, but it would be useful to know if there's any way to get a console or output from that component, do you guys know?

[markvl91]

In Safari 17 the extension generated by using the xcrun safari-web-extension-converter tool on the non-prod Firefox version of the extension only requires removing the chrome.notifications.onClicked reference in the background page script in order to get a fully working Redux DevTools.

So close, but I can image the distribution overhead that Apple requires for Safari extensions nowadays still makes this quite the hassle...