RECAP

RECAP improves the experience of using PACER, the online public access system for the U.S. federal courts.

RECAP: Chrome Extension for Improved PACER Experience

RECAP is a Chrome extension that revolutionizes how users interact with the U.S. Federal Courts' PACER system. By offering free availability of documents purchased since 2009, enabling email alerts for federal dockets, and adding federal filings to the searchable RECAP Archive, it provides an incredibly enriched, money-saving experience. It preserves bought items for historical records while maintaining compatibility with ECF logins.

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Extension stats

By: https://free.law

Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.66

(50)

Version: 2.8.2 (Last updated: 2024-12-04)

Creation date: 2020-06-19

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Overrides search engine: Yes

Permissions:

notifications
storage
unlimitedStorage
activeTab
tabs
cookies
scripting

Host permissions:

*://*.uscourts.gov/
*://ca1-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca2-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca3-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca4-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca5-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca6-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca7-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca8-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca9-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

Size: 1.53M

Email: in*****@free.law

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 5,720 ▲ 101

Other rankings

#10919 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 27

#21 in legal keyword 6

#23 in purchase keyword 11

#42 in browser extension keyword 76 ▼ 4

#52 in will keyword 3 ▼ 7

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

RECAP (v2.8.2)

4.76

(17) 2,114+

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Key points:

This extension was created in 2009 at Princeton and is now run by Free Law Project, a non-profit that's working to improve the American legal system. Please join us in our mission of making the legal system more equitable and competitive.
If you use PACER, this free extension will save you money. Every document you purchase will be uploaded to the "RECAP Archive" and every document others have purchased since 2009 will be available to you for free as you use PACER.
You can use this extension to create email alerts for federal dockets.
This extension has already added millions of federal filings to the Internet Archive and to a searchable archive at https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/.
As of 2021, we have nearly 500 tons of filings, if they were all printed on single-sided paper.
The more people that use this extension, the more money we all save. Help your friends by uploading content and tell them to install RECAP for you too.

RECAP has four main features. First, when you purchase an item on PACER, RECAP anonymously uploads that item to our archive hosted at https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/ where it can be searched or downloaded for free by others.

User reviews

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Pros

Helps save money on PACER fees by uploading and sharing documents for free.
Lightweight and easy to use, with nice bonus features that integrate with CourtListener.
Community-supported and appreciated for its contribution to access to legal documents.
Alerts users when the document they are looking for is already available in the archive.

Cons