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title: "Extension kickstarters"
manual: "TYPO3 Explained"
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# Extension kickstarters {#extension-kickstart}

There is no "official" tool to create a TYPO3 extension, however, there are a
number of community-managed tools that you can use.

**[Creating a new extension from scratch](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:extension-create-new)**

-   Create a directory with the extension name
-   Create the [composer.json](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:files-composer-json@main) file

**[Kickstart a TYPO3 extension with "Make"](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:extension-make@main)**

"Make" can be used to quickly create an extension using only a few
basic commands in the console. "Make" can also be used to
kickstart functionality like console commands (CLI), backend
controllers and event listeners. It cannot be used to kickstart
site packages or Extbase extensions.

**[Extension Kickstarter](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:ext-kickstarter@main)**

The [Site Package Builder](https://get.typo3.org/sitepackage)
makes it easy to create an extension containing a
site package (theme) for a site. It can also be used to kickstart
an arbitrary extension by removing unneeded files.

**[Extension Builder](https://docs.typo3.org/p/friendsoftypo3/extension-builder/main/en-us/Index.html)**

The Extension Builder, [`friendsoftypo3/extension-builder`](https://packagist.org/packages/friendsoftypo3/extension-builder)
helps you create a TYPO3 extension
based on the domain-driven MVC framework [Extbase](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:extbase-extension-framework@main)
and the templating engine [Fluid](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:fluid@main).

-   [Extension Kickstarter](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:extension-kickstarter@main)
-   [From Scratch](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:creating-a-new-extension-from-scratch@main)
-   [Make](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:make@main)
    -   [Create a new backend controller](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:create-a-new-backend-controller@main)
    -   [Create a new console command](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:create-a-new-console-command@main)

## Extension kickstarter matrix {#extension-builder}

| Feature | [`friendsoftypo3/kickstarter`](https://packagist.org/packages/friendsoftypo3/kickstarter) | [`b13/make`](https://packagist.org/packages/b13/make) | [`friendsoftypo3/extension-builder`](https://packagist.org/packages/friendsoftypo3/extension-builder) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GUI available | (✅) Still experimental | ❌ | ✅ Web-based GUI (Extbase modeler in TYPO3 backend) |
| Command line support | ✅ CLI commands via `vendor/bin/typo3 make:*` | ✅ CLI commands via `vendor/bin/typo3 make:*` | ❌ Not directly; uses GUI to generate and export code |
| Creates extension | ✅ Creates new extension skeleton | ✅ Creates modern extension skeleton | ✅ Generates full Extbase+Fluid extension with GUI modeler |
| Controller | ✅ Extbase or native TYPO3 controller | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Supports generation of controllers and backend modules via modeler |
| Module | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Backend controller (Module) | ✅ GUI lets you define backend modules based on controllers/actions |
| Repository | ✅ Extbase repository generation | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Supports definition of domain repositories via modeler |
| Model | ✅ Domain model with property mapping | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Supports domain model generation and inheritance relations |
| Plugin | ✅ Generates plugin + TypoScript | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Lets you define frontend plugins in GUI |
| Table | ✅ Generates TCA | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Creates TCA and maps to existing tables via modeler |
| Event | ✅ Creates event class | ❌ Not supported | ❌ No direct support |
| Eventlistener | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ❌ Not supported |
| Typeconverter | ✅ Generates Extbase TypeConverter | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported |
| Upgrade Wizard | ✅ Generates Upgrade Wizard class | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported |
| Testing | ✅ Adds testing environment | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Includes PHPUnit tests scaffolding for extension skeleton |
| Command | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Generates Symfony Console command | ❌ Not supported |
| Middleware | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Creates PSR‑15 Middleware | ❌ Not supported |