Text Editor for Drive

A powerful and lightweight Text editor, extractor for Google Drive. It allow you to edit the Text file, Extract text from file.

Text Editor for Drive - Edit, Extract Text Files on Google Drive

Text Editor for Drive is a feature-rich Chrome extension enabling users to efficiently manage text-based documents, code files, and e-books on Google Drive. It stands apart for capabilities including syntax highlighting, Vim editor mode support, text extraction from binary and mail attachment files. Additionally, it supports a wide array of file formats from standard PDF and DOCX to uniquely specialized formats like .dbf, .hlp, .mobi, and many more.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.68
(326)
Version: 1.0.1.4 (Last updated: 2019-01-17)
Creation date: 2019-01-16
Permissions:
  • unlimitedStorage
Size: 12.81K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 6,622 ▲ 102

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Lightweight text editor
  • Integrates well with Google Drive
  • Simple and easy to use for text editing
  • Supports VIM key-bindings
Cons
  • Not secure (does not use HTTPS)
  • No autosave feature
  • Small editing window size
  • Cannot preview saved files in Drive
  • Issues with file type compatibility
Most mentioned
  • Lack of HTTPS security
  • Need for autosave functionality
  • Small size of the editing window
  • Inability to preview files in Drive
  • Problems logging in or using the app
User reviews
Works ok, but beware it's STILL not safe, even few years has passed. It uses http instead of https, so remember not to type anything sensitive using this app.
by Grzegorz Kurek, 2020-07-31
Good lightweight text editor. Only issue I face is that files saved by the app cannot be previewed in Drive. Anyway to fix that?
by Ahmed Azhad, 2020-07-26
No save prompt is a deal breaker. Please ping me when there is an option to get this or an autosave. And no https? These are weird and regrettable failures, making all the interesting features void.
by Bertus van Heusden, 2020-07-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Text Editor for Drive does not require any sensitive permissions.

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