A bridge/compatibility layer for Chromium Extensions, so you can install it on Zen.

[jabirbooks]

I’d like to discuss the idea of a compatibility layer that allows Chromium extensions to work in Zen Browser with little or no modification. Access to a huge ecosystem of extensions is one of the biggest advantages of Chromium-based browsers, and improving compatibility could make Zen a lot more appealing to new users.

The goal is not to have 100% feature parity, but to have enough API compatibility so that most widely used extensions work out of the box. This can include translating Chromium APIs, dealing with manifest differences, normalizing extension lifecycle behavior, and where possible providing fallback implementations for unsupported functionality.

Has anybody thought of this kind of thing before? If so, what are the technical challenges or architectural limitations that would need to be overcome to make this practical?