ChatLift

Tracking since May 8, 2026.

Changelog

• May 12, 2026
  description

  ChatLift lets you back up your ChatGPT conversations as offline files you own forever. Export a single chat, all chats in a project, or your entire conversation history — including any images, in JSON, Markdown, or HTML.
  
  **Never lose your chats again.** Whether you're downgrading from Plus, switching accounts, archiving important conversations, or just want a local copy, ChatLift gives you complete control over your ChatGPT data.
  
  ✦ KEY FEATURES
  
  • **Multiple formats** — Export as JSON (raw data), Markdown (clean text), or HTML (full ChatGPT-style view)
  • **Export single chat, project, or everything** — Right-click any chat in the sidebar, click the Export tab on a project page, or back up your whole account from the popup
  • **Includes images & attachments** — All images and uploaded files in your chats are downloaded and bundled with the export
  • **HTML view that looks like ChatGPT** — Open the exported HTML in any browser and read it just like the original
  • **Chunked downloads for large accounts** — Backups arrive in ~25-chat ZIPs as they finish, so cancelling never wastes work
  • **Resume after interruption** — Browser closed, computer restarted, network dropped? Pick up exactly where you left off, with zero re-downloading
  • **Track your backup progress** — See "X / Y chats backed up offline" at a glance; only new chats are exported next time
  • **Multiple parallel exports** — Run several backups at once across different projects
  • **Dark & light theme** — UI matches ChatGPT's current theme automatically
  
  ✦ PRIVACY-FIRST DESIGN
  
  • **100% local** — Everything happens in your browser. Your chats are never sent to any server other than ChatGPT itself.
  • **No analytics, no tracking, no ads** — We don't collect any information about you or your chats.
  • **No account required** — Just install and click. Uses your existing ChatGPT login.
  • **Open about what we access** — Only your own ChatGPT data, only when you tell it to export.
  
  ✦ HOW TO USE
  
  1. Install the extension and open chatgpt.com (you must be logged in)
  2. Click the ChatLift icon to export the current chat or all your chats
  3. Right-click any chat in the sidebar → "Export with ChatLift"
  4. On a project page, click the "Export" tab next to Chats / Sources
  5. Pick formats (JSON / Markdown / HTML) and download
  
  ✦ PERFECT FOR
  
  • Anyone downgrading from ChatGPT Plus who wants to keep their project chats
  • Researchers and students archiving conversations for reference
  • Writers preserving creative work and prompts
  • Developers saving chat-based debugging sessions
  • Anyone who values owning a copy of their own data
  
  ✦ TECHNICAL DETAILS
  
  ChatLift uses ChatGPT's own internal API with your existing browser session — the same calls ChatGPT's website makes when you load a chat. No scraping, no DOM parsing, no fragile UI hacks. This makes exports reliable, fast, and complete (including alternate branches and regenerated responses).

  ChatLift lets you back up your ChatGPT conversations as offline files you own forever. Export a single chat, all chats in a project, or your entire conversation history — including any images, in JSON, Markdown, or HTML.
  
  **Never lose your chats again.** Whether you're downgrading from Plus, switching accounts, archiving important conversations, or just want a local copy, ChatLift gives you complete control over your ChatGPT data.
  
  ✦ KEY FEATURES
  
  • Multiple formats — Export as JSON (raw data), Markdown (clean text), or HTML (full ChatGPT-style view)
  • Export single chat, project, or everything — Right-click any chat in the sidebar, click the Export tab on a project page, or back up your whole account from the popup
  • Includes images & attachments — All images and uploaded files in your chats are downloaded and bundled with the export
  • HTML view that looks like ChatGPT — Open the exported HTML in any browser and read it just like the original
  • Chunked downloads for large accounts— Backups arrive in ~25-chat ZIPs as they finish, so cancelling never wastes work
  • Resume after interruption — Browser closed, computer restarted, network dropped? Pick up exactly where you left off, with zero re-downloading
  • Track your backup progress — See "X / Y chats backed up offline" at a glance; only new chats are exported next time
  • Multiple parallel exports — Run several backups at once across different projects
  • Dark & light theme — UI matches ChatGPT's current theme automatically
  
  ✦ PRIVACY-FIRST DESIGN
  
  • 100% local — Everything happens in your browser. Your chats are never sent to any server other than ChatGPT itself.
  • No analytics, no tracking, no ads — We don't collect any information about you or your chats.
  • No account required — Just install and click. Uses your existing ChatGPT login.
  • Open about what we access — Only your own ChatGPT data, only when you tell it to export.
  
  ✦ HOW TO USE
  
  1. Install the extension and open chatgpt.com (you must be logged in)
  2. Click the ChatLift icon to export the current chat or all your chats
  3. Right-click any chat in the sidebar → "Export with ChatLift"
  4. On a project page, click the "Export" tab next to Chats / Sources
  5. Pick formats (JSON / Markdown / HTML) and download
  
  ✦ PERFECT FOR
  
  • Anyone downgrading from ChatGPT Plus who wants to keep their project chats
  • Researchers and students archiving conversations for reference
  • Writers preserving creative work and prompts
  • Developers saving chat-based debugging sessions
  • Anyone who values owning a copy of their own data
  
  ✦ TECHNICAL DETAILS
  
  ChatLift uses ChatGPT's own internal API with your existing browser session — the same calls ChatGPT's website makes when you load a chat. No scraping, no DOM parsing, no fragile UI hacks. This makes exports reliable, fast, and complete (including alternate branches and regenerated responses).

Permissions & access

Permissions

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Host access

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