Safari Extension support

bestlem

Note that for some extensions - e.g. 1password the Safari Extension does not work well on macOS - it can't deal with Safari profiles.

This is the main reason I am using Orion so that I don't have to use Safari extensions.

Vlad

Well what do you know - never say never. @dino figured out a way to natively load Safari extensions and it works! Coming to OrionRC soon first.

Orion will be the only browser in the world to support extensions from all three major browsers - Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

Vlad

We now support Safari web extensions https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/safari-web-extensions

Closing this.

Nya

For people trying to figure out how to add Safari extensions:

Extensions > Add Extensions > Install From Disk > [browse to /Applications] .... and select your Safari extension.

There’s multiple types of Safari extensions:

web-extensions: Made using JS, works almost identically to chrome/ff extensions

native code extensions: Made using Swift (or another language linked via swift), uses a custom secure connection to Safari and therefore cannot be used by Orion

content blocking extensions:

"only Safari Web Extensions are currently supported."

source

slimw

Anybody have any luck with Stop the Madness Pro? I've tried both the Chrome and Firefox versions. It doesn't load settings, apparently due to a native messaging failure.

Vlad

slimw Try Safari version?

3x071c

slimw Regular StopTheMadness isn't working either. There is a chrome version in the same folder, but it has fewer features. I presume it is a native extension (there's an executable in StopTheMadness.appex/Contents/MacOS/StopTheMadness, but no manifest).

slimw

Vlad Didn't see a manifest.json file for the Safari extension in the app bundle, so I don't think it's a web extension. Is native messaging supposed to be working?

tycecyle

Good overview on the different kinds of Safari extensions: https://underpassapp.com/news/2023-4-24.html

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