Install Chuyi from our site

Step-by-step instructions for Chrome, Edge and other Chromium-based browsers, and for Firefox. Store links for Chuyi Text: Chrome Web Store · Firefox Add-ons. Chuyi Voice: Chrome Web Store.

Before you start

No automatic updates. Copies installed from our site don't update automatically. When a store listing is available for that extension, we recommend switching to it: remove the copy you installed from our site, then install from the store.

Keep the folder. After loading an unpacked extension, don't delete or move the extracted folder. The browser loads the extension from it.

Chuyi Voice needs an account and a plan. Sign in and buy a voice plan on the Pricing page. Use the same email in the voice extension as at checkout.

Which browsers? Chuyi Text: Chrome, Edge and other Chromium-based browsers, and Firefox 140 or later. Chuyi Voice: WhatsApp Web in desktop Chrome, Edge and other Chromium-based browsers; there is no Firefox version. Mobile browsers are not supported.

Packages

PackageVersionSHA-256File
Chuyi Text (Chrome, Edge)0.2.41c8cc79497b6d0e2c0b52543494ebd871b0acd2716695e52f0128f692567487dchuyi-translate-0.2.4.zip
Chuyi Text (Firefox, signed by Mozilla)0.2.426cdba08c4df195100998a08a777dbc15a13f693c9ac8dad3d8f23641ca5b524chuyi_chat_translator-0.2.4.xpi
Chuyi Voice (Chrome, Edge)0.1.0fec0d97f5c90119f6f6081c7b6f09213deab819807e35effe50511a18523daccchuyi-voice-0.1.0.zip

Check the file (optional)

Compare the result with the SHA-256 above. They should match exactly.

Windows (Command Prompt or PowerShell):certutil -hashfile chuyi-translate-0.2.4.zip SHA256 certutil -hashfile chuyi-voice-0.1.0.zip SHA256

macOS / Linux (Terminal):shasum -a 256 chuyi-translate-0.2.4.zip shasum -a 256 chuyi-voice-0.1.0.zip

Chrome and Edge (and other Chromium browsers)

Chuyi Voice can also be installed from the Chrome Web Store in Chrome. The steps below install the .zip from our site — use them for Edge and other Chromium browsers, or as an alternative in Chrome.

  1. Download the .zip. Chuyi Text: chuyi-translate-0.2.4.zip. Chuyi Voice: chuyi-voice-0.1.0.zip.
  2. Extract it. Windows: right-click the file → Extract All. macOS: double-click the file. Put the folder somewhere you'll keep it, such as Documents.
  3. Open the extensions page. Type chrome://extensions in Chrome's address bar, or edge://extensions in Edge, and press Enter.
  4. Turn on Developer mode. Chrome: the switch at the top right. Edge: the switch in the left sidebar.
  5. Click “Load unpacked”.
  6. Select the extracted folder — the one that directly contains manifest.json — and confirm.
  7. Pin it to the toolbar. Click the extensions (puzzle piece) icon next to the address bar, then pin Chuyi so its icon stays visible.

If WhatsApp Web, Telegram Web or Messenger was already open, reload the tab. To install both Chuyi Text and Chuyi Voice, repeat steps 2–7 for each .zip; each needs its own folder.

chuyi-voice-0.1.0.zip→
chuyi-voice-0.1.0/
  ├─ manifest.json
  ├─ background.js
  ├─ icons/
  └─ …
Illustration: the downloaded .zip becomes a folder; select the folder that contains manifest.json.
chrome://extensions · edge://extensions
Load unpackedDeveloper mode
Illustration of the extensions page: turn on Developer mode, then click “Load unpacked”. Not a screenshot; your browser looks different.
web.whatsapp.com
Chuyi📌 Pin
Illustration: pin the extension from the extensions menu in the toolbar.

Firefox (Chuyi Text)

Option A (recommended): install from Firefox Add-ons

  1. Open Chuyi on Firefox Add-ons.
  2. Click Add to Firefox, then Add.
  3. Optional: click the extensions button in the toolbar and pin Chuyi.

Option B: install the signed .xpi from our site

  1. In Firefox, click chuyi_chat_translator-0.2.4.xpi. This file is signed by Mozilla (Firefox Add-ons).
  2. If Firefox says it prevented this site from asking you to install software, click Continue to Installation, then Add.
  3. Or save the file, open about:addons, click the gear icon → Install Add-on From File…, choose the .xpi and click Add.

Requires Firefox 140 or later. Chuyi Voice has no Firefox version.

Questions? Email [email protected]. Back to the Download page.