--- title: GitHub - ArcaneNibble/awawausb: WebUSB for fopses description: A Firefox browser extension that adds WebUSB support by bridging the browser to a native stub program via Firefox's native messaging API. The native stub is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github---arcanenibble-awawausb-webusb-for-fopses-gwnwbpisb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub - ArcaneNibble/awawausb: WebUSB for fopses | daily.dev og:description: A Firefox browser extension that adds WebUSB support by bridging the browser to a native stub program via Firefox's native messaging API. The native stub is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github---arcanenibble-awawausb-webusb-for-fopses-gwnwbpisb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gwnwBPIsb.png og:image:alt: GitHub - ArcaneNibble/awawausb: WebUSB for fopses og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub - ArcaneNibble/awawausb: WebUSB for fopses **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Firefox browser extension that adds WebUSB support by bridging the browser to a native stub program via Firefox's native messaging API. The native stub is written in Rust and supports macOS, Linux, and Windows. Installation requires both the .xpi extension and a platform-specific native stub binary, with setup instructions covering prebuilt binaries and building from source using Cargo. Linux support requires kernel 4.8+ with specific USB capabilities, while Windows targets the UCRT via mingw-w64. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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