# ohyicong/decrypt-chrome-passwords

Repository: https://github.com/ohyicong/decrypt-chrome-passwords
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/decrypt-chrome-passwords
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-12-14T14:52:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 57, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2074, "days_push": 262, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1068, forks 214 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.546027+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, cryptography, parser
- domain: security, privacy, windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: chrome-passwords, credential-decryption, security-awareness, sqlite, dpapi

## Member repositories
- ohyicong/decrypt-chrome-passwords (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.546027+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:54:44.546225+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ohyicong/decrypt-chrome-passwords (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.546027+00:00, sha 9fea46e0cd6a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.