A simple Chromium based extension to back up and restore your bookmarks using Google Drive.
- Clone this repo and rename
manifest.json.example→manifest.json - Load the extension:
- Open your browser’s extensions page (
chrome://extensions,brave://extensions, oredge://extensions) → enable Developer mode → Load unpacked → select this folder. - Open Settings → Extenstions → Allow Google login for extension
- Open your browser’s extensions page (
- Go to Google Cloud Console.
- Enable the Google Drive API.
- Create OAuth credentials (Web application).
- Add Authorised redirect URIs →
https://EXTENSION-ID.chromiumapp.org - Add Data Access Scopes →
.../auth/drive.file - Replace the
oauth2.client_idinmanifest.jsonfile with your client ID. - Click the extension icon → Backup or Restore bookmarks.
- Bookmarks are stored in a file called
bookmarks-peasy-sync.jsonon your Google Drive. - Backup overwrites this file, Restore loads from it.

