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 cannot do it in read-only mode. Due to auto-save I can accidentally change the file when reading it if not in read-only mode.

I hope something like this: ipython notebook mynb.ipynb --read-only would work, but sadly it doesn't (although still it creates a server which I don't really want in read-only view). What I really want is to open an ipynb file like a HTML file for reading; currently it seems a missing view of ipynb file, and now the notebook is more like a black-box or near-binary file alone.

(P.S. I am using Linux/Ubuntu.)

Answer 1

Try this ipynb Viewer. This renders ipython notebook as a static web-page. Also ypu can convert ipyhton notebook to other formats using

ipython nbconvert --to FORMAT notebook.ipynb. 

Refer Convert Ipython notebook to other formats. Using this you can convert ipython notebook to HTML.

Answer 2

When you change the notebook files' permissions, jupyter's auto-save doesn't touch them:

chmod a-w *.ipynb

Then jupyter goes into read-only mode: