# The Chrome extension publishes from your toolbar A side panel that takes a file or a block of pasted HTML and puts it on a live link, without going to the dashboard or leaving the tab you are in. ## Plan availability The extension works on every plan, free included. It signs in with an emailed code rather than a raw API token, which is why it is not gated the way the API is. - **Free:** included - **Starter:** included - **Pro:** included - **Business:** included - **Enterprise:** included ## One click from the toolbar to a link Pin the icon, open the panel, drop a file or paste HTML, and the panel hands back the live address. The extension is a side panel rather than a popup, which means it stays open while you work in the page beside it. You either drag a file onto it or paste a block of HTML into it, and it publishes through exactly the same pipeline as the dashboard: the same size limits, the same security check on the deploy, the same site list afterwards. The result appears in your account like anything else, so it can get a domain or a password later without being republished. It signs in with a code sent to your email, and the credential it stores is scoped so it can do one thing: publish. That is why it works on every plan including free, while raw API tokens are a paid feature. The two are genuinely different credentials, and the distinction is worth knowing before you go looking for a token you do not need. The panel is the shortest path from "I have this HTML in front of me" to "here is a link", which in practice is most of what people want from a static host. ## How to use it 1. **Install it and pin the icon.** Install from the Chrome Web Store listing, then pin the icon so the panel is one click away. Any Chromium browser that loads MV3 extensions will do. 2. **Sign in with an emailed code.** Enter the email on your account and paste the code we send. No password and no token to copy. 3. **Drop a file or paste HTML.** The panel publishes it and shows you the live address. It appears in your dashboard alongside everything else. ## When people reach for this - **HTML an assistant just wrote for you.** Copy the block out of the chat, paste it into the panel, get a link. Hosting an AI-generated website covers what to do when the output is a whole project rather than one file. - **A file somebody needs right now.** A PDF or an image that has to be a link rather than an attachment, without opening another tab to do it. - **A quick check of something you are writing.** Publish a draft page, look at it on your phone, then re-publish. The address stays the same each time. ## Doing this without us The alternative is the dashboard, which is fine, and a few more steps. - **Leaving the page you are on.** Droply: No. The panel opens beside it. Going to the dashboard: A new tab, and back again afterwards. - **Publishing pasted HTML.** Droply: Paste into the panel. Going to the dashboard: Save it as a file first, then upload it. - **Signing in.** Droply: Once, with an emailed code. Going to the dashboard: Whenever the session lapses. - **What it costs.** Droply: Nothing, on every plan including free. Going to the dashboard: Nothing, on every plan including free. Compared against the dashboard upload flow, which is the same product and the honest baseline here. Checked September 2026. ## When this is not the right tool It is a publish button. Managing what you published still happens in the dashboard. - It does not manage sites. Domains, passwords, expiry and rollback are dashboard settings. - It publishes what you hand it. It does not build a project, so a framework app still needs a build first. - It needs an existing account. Sign-up and billing stay on the site. - Plan limits apply. An upload over your plan's size cap is refused in the panel the same way it would be anywhere else. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does the extension cost anything? No. It works on every plan, including free, because it signs in with a scoped credential rather than a raw API token. ### Do I need an API token? No. It sends a code to your email and stores a credential that can only publish. Raw API tokens are a separate, paid feature; see the API page if that is what you are after. ### Which browsers does it work in? Chrome, and other Chromium browsers that load MV3 extensions. There is no Firefox or Safari build. ### Can I publish HTML I copied from somewhere? Yes. Paste it into the panel and it is published as a page. You do not have to save it as a file first. ### Where do the sites go? Into your account, exactly like a dashboard upload. They appear in the same list and take the same settings afterwards. ### Can I sign out of it? Yes, and you can also revoke its credential from the dashboard's token list, which is the right move if you lose the machine. ## Related features - [VS Code extension](https://droply.host/features/vscode-extension) - [Public API](https://droply.host/features/api) - [QR codes](https://droply.host/features/qr-codes)