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+# Chrome Extension boilerplate created with React Typescript
+
+## Getting started
+
+Create a project based on this boilerplate.
+
+```
+$ npx degit https://github.com/sivertschou/react-typescript-chrome-extension-boilerplate.git <project-name>
+```
+
+Navigate to the project directory and install the dependencies.
+
+```
+$ npm install
+```
+
+To build the extension, and rebuild it when the files are changed, run
+
+```
+$ npm start
+```
+
+After the project has been built, a directory named `dist` has been created. You have to add this directory to your Chrome browser:
+
+1. Open Chrome.
+2. Navigate to `chrome://extensions`.
+3. Enable _Developer mode_.
+4. Click _Load unpacked_.
+5. Select the `dist` directory.