# ElDavoo/wa-crypt-tools

Manage WhatsApp .crypt12, .crypt14 and .crypt15 files.

Repository: https://github.com/ElDavoo/wa-crypt-tools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wa-crypt-tools
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: python, android, whatsapp, crypt12, crypt13, crypt14, crypt15, whatsapp-backup, whatsapp-end-to-end-backup
Last push: 2026-09-02T12:03:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1938, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1136, forks 164 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:05.737737+00:00)

## What it is
A Python CLI tool suite for decrypting and encrypting WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business backup files in .crypt12, .crypt14, and .crypt15 formats. It requires the account's key file or 64-character key to perform decryption and supports creating encrypted backups.

## Use cases
- decrypt whatsapp msgstore.db.crypt15 backup file
- read whatsapp crypt14 database without phone
- convert whatsapp encrypted backup to plain sqlite database
- encrypt a whatsapp database back to crypt15 format
- extract whatsapp chat history from e2e encrypted backup
- recover whatsapp messages using encrypted_backup.key

## When to choose
- you have the WhatsApp key file or 64-char key and need to decrypt crypt12/14/15 backups
- you want a simple pip-installable command-line tool rather than a full forensic suite
- you need to re-encrypt a modified WhatsApp database into a valid crypt15 backup

## When to avoid
- you don't have the decryption key — the tool cannot break WhatsApp encryption
- you need a comprehensive WhatsApp forensics suite with reporting (consider whapa instead)
- you need a GUI-based workflow

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cryptography, security, cli, file-system
- domain: privacy, developer-tools, files, security
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: whatsapp, whatsapp-backup, crypt12, crypt14, crypt15, decryption, encryption, msgstore, android-backup

## Member repositories
- ElDavoo/wa-crypt-tools (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:05.737737+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 2026-08-30T06:38:17.903602+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ElDavoo/wa-crypt-tools (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:05.737737+00:00, sha a89ccbe86f97)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.