Cross-Platform Installer Module
Sign in to saveAlso known as XPInstall, .xpi, XPI, Mozilla Firefox browser extension
XPInstall (Cross-Platform Install) was a technology used by the Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and other XUL-based applications for installing Mozilla extensions that add functionality to the main application. Support for XPInstall was removed from Firefox in November 2017 with the release of Firefox 57.
Key facts
- File format.name
- XPInstall (XPI)
- File format.mime
- application/x-xpinstall
- File format.owner
- Mozilla Foundation
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- file format
- Based on
- ZIP
- Developer
- Mozilla Foundation
- Official website
- addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1
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- media type
- application/x-xpinstall
- file extension
- xpi
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Overview
- Deprecation
- Impact
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- External links
XPInstall (Cross-Platform Install) was a technology used by the Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and other XUL-based applications for installing Mozilla extensions that add functionality to the main application. Support for XPInstall was removed from Firefox in November 2017 with the release of Firefox 57.
== Overview == A XPI (pronounced "zippy" and derived from XPInstall) installer module is a ZIP file that contains an install script or a manifest at the root of the file, and a number of data files. XPI files allowed users to install add-ons, themes, and other extensions to customize their Mozilla applications.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cross-Platform Installer Module” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.