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.xpis are just zip files.

You can literally just save them from addons.mozilla.org and look inside - it's js so it's not compiled, and obfuscated code is against Mozilla policy.

Automatic updates are optional too.

Microsoft Application Inspector might be handy for some superficial profiling - https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInspector

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> obfuscated code is against Mozilla policy

You can submit obfuscated code as long as you also upload non-obfuscated code to Mozilla. Not sure if that separate code upload is public or not...

Obfuscated code is not allowed on any of the browser extension stores. Mozilla requires the attachment of the original source code if you use a bundler such as webpack, or if the code is minified.

Only reviewers have access to the source code, unless you configure the listing to make the code public.

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