modbender edisclaw
E-Discovery shouldn't cost more than the lawsuit.
Firms spend $3,000–$18,000 per gigabyte outsourcing e-discovery. edisclaw brings the entire processing pipeline into your terminal—collect, deduplicate, cull by keyword and date, tag for relevance, and export production-ready load files. All locally. All under your control.
You don't need a vendor. You need a command.
Who it's for: Litigators handling discovery, paralegals managing document review, solo attorneys who can't afford Relativity, and in-house teams running internal investigations.
What it replaces: $50K+ vendor invoices, Relativity seats you don't need, and the 3-week turnaround that kills your case timeline.
Pricing
| Feature | Free | Pro ($49/mo) | Litigation ($199/mo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESI processing | Up to 1 GB | Up to 50 GB | Unlimited |
| Deduplication | MD5 only | MD5 + fuzzy near-dedup | Full near-dedup + email threading |
| Keyword search | Basic grep | Regex + proximity + stemming | Full-text index + Boolean |
| Date culling | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| File type filtering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| TAR (Technology Assisted Review) | — | Seed set + prioritize | Full active learning loop |
| Load file export | — | Concordance (.dat) | Concordance + Relativity + EDRM XML |
| Email threading | — | Basic | Full conversation threading |
| OCR for scanned docs | — | ✅ | ✅ + batch |
| Matters | 1 active | 10 active | Unlimited |
| Team reviewers | — | — | Up to 15 |
| Audit trail | Basic | Full | Full + court-ready certification |
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Core Commands
Collection & Ingestion
edisclaw ingest ./custodian_files/ --matter "Smith v. Jones"edisclaw ingest mailbox.pst --matter "Smith v. Jones" --custodian "J. Smith"edisclaw ingest ./emails/ --format mbox --matter "Smith v. Jones"edisclaw ingest --source gdrive --custodian "CEO" --matter "Investigation"(Pro)edisclaw status --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Processing progress
Deduplication
edisclaw dedup --matter "Smith v. Jones"— MD5 exact dedupedisclaw dedup --matter "Smith v. Jones" --near— Near-dedup (Pro)edisclaw dedup report --matter "Smith v. Jones"— How much was removed
Culling & Filtering
edisclaw cull --matter "Smith v. Jones" --date-from 2024-01-01 --date-to 2025-12-31edisclaw cull --matter "Smith v. Jones" --filetype pdf,docx,xlsx,msgedisclaw cull --matter "Smith v. Jones" --exclude-filetype jpg,png,gif— Remove imagesedisclaw cull --matter "Smith v. Jones" --min-size 1KB— Remove empty/tiny filesedisclaw cull report --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Culling summary
Keyword Search
edisclaw search "merger" --matter "Smith v. Jones"edisclaw search "merger AND acquisition" --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Booleanedisclaw search "merger w/5 acquisition" --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Proximity (Pro)edisclaw search --terms-file keywords.txt --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Batch keyword listedisclaw search --report --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Keyword hit report
Review & Tagging
edisclaw review start --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Interactive review modeedisclaw tag --id DOC-001234 --tags "responsive,hot"— Tag documentsedisclaw tag --id DOC-001234 --privilege "attorney-client"— Privilege tagedisclaw review stats --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Review progress
Technology Assisted Review (Litigation)
edisclaw tar seed --matter "Smith v. Jones" --count 200— Generate seed setedisclaw tar train --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Train model on coded docsedisclaw tar prioritize --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Rank by likely relevanceedisclaw tar validate --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Statistical validationedisclaw tar report --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Court-defensible TAR report
Production
edisclaw produce --matter "Smith v. Jones" --tag "responsive" --format concordanceedisclaw produce --matter "Smith v. Jones" --bates-prefix "SMITH" --start 000001edisclaw produce --matter "Smith v. Jones" --redact-pii --format pdf(Litigation)edisclaw produce --matter "Smith v. Jones" --format edrm-xml(Litigation)edisclaw produce log --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Production log
Reporting
edisclaw stats --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Full matter statisticsedisclaw stats --matter "Smith v. Jones" --by-custodian— Per custodian breakdownedisclaw stats --matter "Smith v. Jones" --by-filetype— File type distributionedisclaw timeline --matter "Smith v. Jones"— Document timeline visualization
Common Workflows
Standard E-Discovery Pipeline
# 1. Ingest custodian data
edisclaw ingest ./custodian_smith/ --matter "Case-2026" --custodian "Smith"
edisclaw ingest ./custodian_jones/ --matter "Case-2026" --custodian "Jones"
# 2. Deduplicate
edisclaw dedup --matter "Case-2026"
# 3. Date & file type culling
edisclaw cull --matter "Case-2026" --date-from 2023-01-01 --date-to 2025-12-31
# 4. Keyword search
edisclaw search --terms-file agreed_keywords.txt --matter "Case-2026"
# 5. Review & tag
edisclaw review start --matter "Case-2026"
# 6. Produce
edisclaw produce --matter "Case-2026" --tag "responsive" --bates-prefix "PROD" --start 000001
Notes
- All data stored locally in
~/.edisclaw/— ESI never leaves your machine on Free tier - Processing speeds: ~2 GB/hour on Free, ~10 GB/hour on Pro (parallelized)
- Supports: PST, MBOX, EML, MSG, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, TXT, CSV, HTML, images
- Combine with
privilegeclawfor automated privilege detection - Combine with
batesclawfor advanced Bates numbering workflows - Court-defensible audit logs on all tiers
Security & Compliance
- No data transmitted externally on Free tier
- Pro/Litigation: encrypted API for TAR models only (no document content sent)
- EDRM framework compliant
- Chain of custody logging:
edisclaw audit --matter "Smith v. Jones" - Defensibility report:
edisclaw defensibility-report --matter "Smith v. Jones"(Litigation)