ohyicong/decrypt-chrome-passwords

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1068 stars · 214 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Python script that decrypts Chrome passwords saved locally on a Windows machine, exporting them to a CSV file. It is intended to raise awareness of the credential storage vulnerability in Chrome's password manager.

Use cases

• decrypt chrome saved passwords on windows
• recover chrome passwords from local database
• demonstrate chrome credential storage vulnerability
• export saved browser passwords to csv
• security awareness demo of browser password storage

When to choose

• you need to recover your own forgotten Chrome passwords on Windows
• you want a simple educational demo of how Chrome stores credentials locally
• you need a quick script to export Chrome passwords to CSV

When to avoid

• you need cross-platform support (only tested on Windows)
• you want a production-grade password recovery or auditing tool
• you need a maintained tool with a license or guaranteed updates

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

security cryptography parser security privacy windows developer-tools windows python cli chrome-passwords credential-decryption security-awareness sqlite dpapi

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