Write Chrome Extensions in Python (Part 1)

In Python?!! That’s right, and it’s pretty painless with PyScript…

Pete Fison
PythonIQ
4 min readNov 11, 2022

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Screenshot by author: Chrome in dark mode with an extension written in Python/PyScript

PyScript has been around for a while now and provides a remarkably easy way to embed Python code directly into HTML pages. But until now, the creation of browser extensions in Python has been something of a closed door — a private members’ club exclusively for JavaScript…

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Pete Fison
PythonIQ

Experienced Python developer with a special interest in web scraping, data wrangling, ETL, NLP, and AI Prompt Engineering. Former IT Director & Video Producer.