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Surfer-Org/Protocol

Open-source framework for exporting your personal data. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Surfer-Org/Protocol · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

13/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 53
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 754
  • days_rel: 638
  • days_push: 617
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1475 stars · 72 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Surfer Protocol is an open-source framework for exporting personal data from platforms like Gmail, iMessages, Twitter, Notion, and ChatGPT. It consists of a desktop app that scrapes and exports user data locally, plus a Python SDK for building applications on top of that exported data.

Use cases

  • export my gmail messages to local files
  • download my twitter bookmarks
  • back up my chatgpt conversation history
  • build an ai clone trained on my own messages
  • reclaim my personal data from big tech platforms
  • export imessage conversations
  • leave a digital legacy of my online data

When to choose

  • you want to export personal data from supported platforms to local storage
  • you want to build apps on top of your own data via the Python SDK
  • you prefer a GUI-driven export process rather than manual API wrangling

When to avoid

  • you need a platform not yet supported by the exporters
  • you need a fully supported, production-grade data pipeline with guarantees
  • you want server-side or cloud-based export rather than local scraping

Facets

framework · maturity active

web-scraping etl sdk gui data-science privacy developer-tools cross-platform python data-portability personal-data-export data-ownership desktop-app python-sdk self-hosted data-engineering automation desktop typescript

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Member repositories

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Surfer-Org/Protocolmain13

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