| What it does | Legal research platform with API, MCP-Server and SDKs for German case law
| Free command-line tool to export your entire Clio account with documents to your own computer
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| Stage | Not given
| Established
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| Founded | Not given
| 2015
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| Based in | DE
| RS
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| Pricing model | Freemium
| Open source
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| Pricing | Free: 0€/month (30 Credits, one-time, 30 days); Starter: 29€/month including 19% VAT (300 Credits/month); Professional: 79€/month including 19% VAT (1,000 Credits/month, API Budget prepaid at 9 ct per Credit); Enterprise: Custom pricing. Individual actions cost: Search 1 Credit, Full text of decisio
| Free. Requires Node.js 20 or later and a Clio developer app (free from Clio). Optional: Clio Backup setup at $500 one time for nightly automated backups to OneDrive, SharePoint or S3.
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| Key features | - REST API with OpenAPI documentation
- MCP-Server for AI assistant integration
- SDKs for five languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, Go, Rust
- Semantic search with AI reranking
- Citation check for legal documents
- Reference network between court decisions
- Source anchoring to original documents with margin numbers
- Research map: single question returned as map of norms and decisions
- Agent Skills for Claude with research and citation checking
- Full-text access to German court decisions
| - Export all Clio data types: matters, contacts, notes, tasks, calendar entries, time entries, expenses and bills
- Documents exported to folders per matter with folder structure preserved
- Records exported as both JSON and CSV formats
- Read-only operation with no ability to modify Clio account
- Resumable exports that continue without duplicates after interruptions
- Dry-run mode to estimate export time before running full export
- Completion report matching record counts with Clio to verify nothing is missing
- Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux with Node.js 20 or later
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| What makes it different | - Multiple access methods unified: REST API, MCP-Server, and SDKs all use the same token and access the same data
- Integrated with Claude and ChatGPT for AI-powered legal research
- Data processing in Germany with optional KI processing without external services for Enterprise
- No per-user pricing; shared credit allowance for entire organization
- Specialized German law focus with domain-specific API endpoints
| - Includes documents, bills and trust transactions that Clio's built-in export omits
- Completely free and open source under MIT license
- Data stays on your encrypted disk, you control all credentials and storage
- Logs do not contain client data for privacy and security
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 5 ● no change since last check | 30 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 0 | 3 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 10 | 34 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 4 | 61 |
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Klaracase
Clio Export