SimplyView

Render Markdown, HTML, JSON, and source code files inline in Google Drive — exactly the way they were meant to be read. Drive opens most non-Google file formats as plain source. SimplyView is a free Chrome extension that adds a "View" button to Drive's file viewer and folder modal preview, so the file you click actually renders instead of dumping its source at you. Built for developers, product managers, writers, designers, and anyone whose Drive isn't 100% Google Docs. If you store READMEs, design specs, configs, API responses, or scripts in Drive, SimplyView turns Drive into a viewer you'd actually want to use. 🪄 Real Rendering, Not Source Markdown shows up as formatted text with proper headings, tables, task lists, and syntax-highlighted code blocks — the same look you'd get on GitHub. HTML pages render the way a browser would render them. JSON becomes a collapsible tree you can search and copy from. Source code files are highlighted with line numbers and a one-click copy button. 🪟 Works in Drive and Chat SimplyView shows up in two places most preview extensions miss. The standalone file viewer (where you land when you open a Drive link) AND the modal preview that opens when you double-click a file inside a folder. Navigate between files inside the modal and SimplyView keeps up. It also works in Google Chat: every file chip in a conversation gets a View button, and uploads open rendered instead of as source. 🌙 Built-In Dark Mode The viewer follows your system theme automatically. Rendered content, the overlay, and syntax highlighting all swap together — no flash of light, no manual toggle. ⌨️ Keyboard-First Press Cmd+Shift+Y on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+Y on Windows and Linux to open the current file without reaching for the mouse. Press Esc to close. 🔒 Nothing Leaves Your Browser SimplyView has no servers, no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. It fetches files only from Google Drive, using the session your browser is already signed into. The full source code is published on GitHub — you can audit exactly what runs inside the extension. Get back the hour a week you spend squinting at raw source code in Drive. 📃 Privacy Policy: https://github.com/yakshitpatel/simplyview/blob/main/PRIVACY.md 🛠 Source Code: https://github.com/yakshitpatel/simplyview