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Using external libraries

Web Maker lets you include external JavaScript and CSS libraries in your creations. Click the Add Library button in the header to open the library manager.

Adding a library #

There are three ways to add an external library:

1. Search on CDNJS #

Type a library name in the search bar at the top of the Add Library panel. Web Maker searches the CDNJS database and shows up to 10 suggestions. Select a library to automatically add its URL.

Use the "Choose from popular libraries" dropdown to quickly add commonly used libraries like jQuery, Bootstrap, React, Vue, D3, Three.js, Tailwind CSS, p5.js, Animate.css, and more.

3. Paste a CDN URL #

You can directly paste any CDN URL into the JS or CSS text areas. Put each library URL on a new line.

For example:

https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.0/jquery.min.js
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lodash/lodash.min.js

How it works #

  • CSS library URLs are injected as <link> tags in the <head> of your preview.
  • JS library URLs are injected as <script> tags before the closing </body> tag, so they load before your own JavaScript runs.

Supported CDN domains (Chrome extension) #

When using the Chrome extension, external libraries can be loaded from the following domains:

The web app does not have this domain restriction.


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Web Maker needs the following permissions to work with full capabilities. In words of Chrome extensions:

Read & change all your data on the websites that you visit - Worry not. This is just required for the new tab replacement feature where Web Maker shows up only if the new tab url is chrome://newtab/. Nothing is read, stored or changed.

Disclaimer

Web Maker does not track any user specific data. It uses Google Analytics to track aggregated events to improve user experience based on what features are used more. If still you want to opt-out of Google Analytics tracking, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or you can set up a filter in Adblock Plus or similar ad blocker tools like AdBlock, uBlock or Adblock Pro.

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