Form Rescue · v1.0.0

Never lose the words you were still writing.

Form Rescue autosaves meaningful form drafts locally, confirms each successful write, and helps you restore text without overwriting what is already there.

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Local-only No account No analytics

Draft stored on this device

Recovery you can verify

Know what was saved before you need it.

Live status confirms the latest successful local write. Recovery Center groups drafts by page, keeps useful versions, and puts preview, copy, and restore behind deliberate actions.

Successful-write timestamp
Searchable draft history
Version-aware safe restore

Recovery Center with local draft history, preview, versions, and restore controls

Your drafts, under your control

Useful defaults. Clear controls.

Choose where Form Rescue runs, how long drafts stay, how much local space it may use, and whether local values are encrypted.

Site by site first

Website access begins with the narrowest practical choice and can be revoked anytime.

Retention you set

Keep drafts for 1 to 365 days and choose a local storage limit.

Optional encrypted vault

Encrypt local draft values with a password that is never stored.

One-click cleanup

Delete one draft, exclude a website, or clear every local record and setting.

Form Rescue settings showing site access, retention, capture, vault, and privacy controls

Sensitive by default

Protection begins before storage.

Form Rescue classifies fields in the page before values reach the background storage layer. Hard-blocked secrets stay out. Other private fields and sensitive routes require a separate, per-website decision.

Read the complete privacy model

Local architecture

A short path from page to recovery.

Detect

Recognize supported fields on an approved page.

Classify

Exclude secrets and pause private contexts.

Store locally

Write useful versions to local IndexedDB.

Recover

Preview, copy, or restore after your action.

Permission map

Every permission has one visible job.

activeTab

Read the current page only after you click the toolbar button.

storage

Keep settings and vault configuration in Chrome-managed local storage.

alarms

Run local retention cleanup on a schedule.

scripting

Start the packaged capture layer after Chrome confirms website access.

contextMenus

Open Recovery Center from Chrome's context menu.

Website access

Optional. Start site by site, or explicitly allow regular websites.

Frequently asked

The practical details.

Does Form Rescue upload my drafts?

No. Form Rescue has no account, backend, analytics, advertising, or cloud sync. Drafts and page context remain in your local Chrome profile.

What will it never save?

Passwords, payment cards, one-time codes, tokens, private keys, recovery phrases, hidden inputs, and file inputs are blocked. Other private identifiers and sensitive routes stay paused unless you explicitly allow one website.

Will recovery overwrite my current work?

Not silently. Recovery Center lets you preview and compare versions. Form Rescue checks the current field and asks for an intentional restore action.

Can I encrypt local drafts?

Yes. The optional vault encrypts draft values locally with AES-GCM and a password that Form Rescue does not store. Exported JSON backups remain readable plaintext.

Does it work on every website?

Form Rescue supports standard controls and many contenteditable editors, but websites can implement forms in ways a browser extension cannot safely recover. Treat it as a recovery aid and keep independent copies of critical content.

Documentation

Claims you can inspect.

Privacy policyData handled, local storage, and user controls.Terms of useScope, responsibilities, and important limitations.SupportContact Extension Crate about Form Rescue.