Is ChatPDF - ChatGPT to PDF safe?

Clean risk

ChatPDF - ChatGPT to PDF sends the active ChatGPT page HTML to a localhost PDF service when you export.

When you click the PDF export button on ChatGPT, the extension injects a content script into the active tab and copies the page's full HTML. It sends that HTML to a localhost PDF service, then downloads the returned file as file.pdf.

carl007766v0.1.7Chrome Web Store
1Risk
Who publishes it

carl007766 - 1 other listing from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
carl007766

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 2k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.1.7. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Read and change your data on chatgpt.com

    https://chatgpt.com/*

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • Start, monitor and manage your downloads

    downloads

  • Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in

    cookies

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed ChatPDF - ChatGPT to PDF contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • localhost:8080

    ChatPDF - ChatGPT to PDF sends data to localhost:8080. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.

Updated 30 September 2026dpoljalgoeeedhiafbfkgdomfknebheh