Is RECAP safe?

Clean risk

RECAP uploads PACER docket pages and downloaded court documents to the public CourtListener archive.

When the 'recap_enabled' option is on, RECAP sends the HTML of PACER docket, case-query, and appellate (ACMS) pages, along with any PDFs you download, to courtlistener.com's REST API using a fixed API token shared by all installs rather than a per-user credential. This is the extension's core function: it builds the free, public RECAP archive of U.S. federal court records from documents users already have access to. Uploading can be turned off in the extension's options page.

recap-extension-publishersv2.8.9Chrome Web Store
1Risk
Who publishes it

Free Law Project - no other listings under this identity, 16 shared hostnames

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

Publisher
recap-extension-publishers
Declared legal entity
Free Law Project
Registered address
6432 Raymond St, Oakland, CA 94609, US
Registered contact
Michael Lissner
Website
free.law/recap/faq/

Shared hosts - 16 hostnames

Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.

donate.free.law
Also called by 1 other listing
ecf.ca9.uscourts.gov
Also called by 1 other listing: RECAP
ecf.caed.uscourts.gov
Also called by 1 other listing
ecf.cafc.uscourts.gov
Also called by 1 other listing
ecf.mied.uscourts.gov
Also called by 1 other listing
ecf.nyeb.uscourts.gov
Also called by 1 other listing: RECAP
ecf.paeb.uscourts.gov
Also called by 1 other listing: RECAP
free.law
Also called by 1 other listing
pacer.psc.uscourts.gov
Also called by 1 other listing: RECAP
ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov
Also called by 2 other listings
ecf.ca2.uscourts.gov
Also called by 2 other listings, including Faster Suite Browser Link
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov
Also called by 2 other listings, including Faster Suite Browser Link
ecf.flnd.uscourts.gov
Also called by 2 other listings, including Faster Suite Browser Link
ecf.mad.uscourts.gov
Also called by 2 other listings, including Faster Suite Browser Link
storage.courtlistener.com
Also called by 3 other listings
courtlistener.com
Also called by 6 other listings, including CaseSnappy Summarizer: AI-Powered Legal Insights

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

Publishers can request a review.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.8.8. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 2.8.9, which we have not unpacked yet.

  • Read and change your data on uscourts.gov

    *://*.uscourts.gov/

  • Read and change your data on ca1-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca1-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca2-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca2-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca3-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca3-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca4-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca4-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca5-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca5-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca6-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca6-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca7-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca7-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca8-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca8-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca9-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca9-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca10-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca10-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca11-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca11-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on cafc-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://cafc-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on cadc-showdoc.azurewebsites.us

    *://cadc-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca1-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca1-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca2-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca2-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca3-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca3-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca4-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca4-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca5-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca5-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca6-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca6-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca7-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca7-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca8-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca8-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca9-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca9-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca10-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca10-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca11-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://ca11-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on cafc-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://cafc-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on cadc-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us

    *://cadc-showdocservices.azurewebsites.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca1-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca1-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca2-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca2-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca3-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca3-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca4-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca4-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca5-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca5-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca6-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca6-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca7-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca7-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca8-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca8-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca9-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca9-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca10-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca10-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca11-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://ca11-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on cafc-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://cafc-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on cadc-portal.powerappsportals.us

    *://cadc-portal.powerappsportals.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca1.fedcourts.us

    *://ca1.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca2.fedcourts.us

    *://ca2.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca3.fedcourts.us

    *://ca3.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca4.fedcourts.us

    *://ca4.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca5.fedcourts.us

    *://ca5.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca6.fedcourts.us

    *://ca6.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca7.fedcourts.us

    *://ca7.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca8.fedcourts.us

    *://ca8.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca9.fedcourts.us

    *://ca9.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca10.fedcourts.us

    *://ca10.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on ca11.fedcourts.us

    *://ca11.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on cafc.fedcourts.us

    *://cafc.fedcourts.us/

  • Read and change your data on cadc.fedcourts.us

    *://cadc.fedcourts.us/

  • Show you desktop notifications

    notifications

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser

    unlimitedStorage

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

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

    cookies

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed RECAP 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.

  • www.courtlistener.com

    RECAP sends data to www.courtlistener.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026oiillickanjlaeghobeeknbddaonmjnc