Open IPython notebooks (*.ipynb) in read-only view (like a HTML file)

Question

Nowadays with more and more IPython notebook files (*.ipynb) around, it is very disturbing every time when I want to peek at some notebook I have to open a server for it, and ca

Answer 1

I use Github Gist for that. You'll need a Github account.

If you specify *.ipynb file extension there for your content copy/paste, it'll detect it and format as html view. You'll be able even sharing it with someone using link if that's interesting. No tools required other than having a browser.

I've found some glitches in formatting though, mostly with output plots, but it's reasonably rare.

Random example here: https://gist.github.com/Clockware/aa7e01722579841d5888ca83385a5f1d