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RECAP

by Free Law Project · free.law · Workflow & Planning
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

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

Users
40K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.7 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
63
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#4,008
#3,478 among extensions
Version
2.8.9
updated 4 Aug 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
3,00022K40KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 40,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
103663Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 63 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About RECAP

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. Second, before you purchase an item that is in our collection, a link will be provided for you — right inside PACER — to get it for free. Any of the millions of items that have been uploaded so far are already available to you for free. Third, as you're looking at dockets on PACER, you'll see links to get alerts for those dockets via our website, CourtListener.com. Finally, allows you to search our archive from your browser URL bar by using the "recap" shortcut. All of the items that you purchase are also uploaded to the Internet Archive for historical preservation. We are not creating a walled garden. RECAP is compatible with ECF logins and will not upload documents from sealed cases. Learn more at https://free.law/recap/

Growth

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30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months+10K+33.3%+8+0.01
1 year+20K+100.0%+9+0.01

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where RECAP appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
purchase#25+10
legal#34−5
sheets erweiterung#34+27
browser extension#56new
will#58new
item#66+15

Version history

28 versions recorded
2.8.94 Aug 2026
2.8.819 Feb 2026
2.8.73 Feb 2026
2.8.69 Dec 2025
2.8.516 Jun 2025
2.8.428 Feb 2025
2.8.331 Dec 2024
2.8.24 Dec 2024

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
19 Jun 2020
Size
1.5 MB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
free.law
Support
free.law
Extension ID
oiillickanjlaeghobeeknbddaonmjnc

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 2
Permissions
notificationsstorageunlimitedStorageactiveTabtabscookiesscripting
Site access
*://*.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/and 43 more

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