Tools & Libraries
Extensions & Web Store
Extensions
Extensions are software programs, built on web technologies (such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) that enable users to customize the Chrome browsing experience.
Chrome Web Store
An online marketplace where users can browse for Chrome-integrated websites, Chrome apps, extensions, and themes.
Chrome Apps
Chrome Apps provided Chrome-specific APIs on top of standardized web technologies to enable you to create experiences that had more access to the underlying operating system. They were deprecated in 2020. Support for all platforms will end in June 2022.
Architecture
The Privacy Sandbox
The Privacy Sandbox is a series of proposals to satisfy cross-site use cases without third-party cookies or other tracking mechanisms.
Native Client
Native Client was a sandbox for running compiled C and C++ code in the browser efficiently and securely, independent of the user's operating system. It was deprecated in 2020 and support will end in June 2021.
Mobile Chrome
Information related to building for Chrome on smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices.
Web on Android
Information on libraries and APIs to embed web content into Android applications.