# BlueMatthew/WechatExporter

Wechat Chat History Exporter 微信聊天记录导出备份程序

Repository: https://github.com/BlueMatthew/WechatExporter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wechatexporter
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: wechat, export, history, chat, friend, itunes, backup, libmp3lame, silk, libplist, dump
Last push: 2025-02-26T15:51:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 26/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 8, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2144, "days_push": 553, "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 8409, forks 959 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:20.982874+00:00)

## What it is
A cross-platform desktop application (C++) that exports and backs up WeChat chat histories from an iPhone/iPad iTunes backup into Text, HTML, or PDF formats. It supports incremental exports, message filtering, group chat names, and decoding of voice messages.

## Use cases
- export wechat chat history from itunes backup
- backup wechat messages to html or pdf
- convert wechat voice messages from silk format
- merge wechat group chat exports incrementally
- recover wechat conversations after deleting them from phone
- read wechat chat logs on a computer

## When to choose
- you back up your iPhone with iTunes and want a readable archive of WeChat conversations
- you need offline, self-hosted export of WeChat messages without third-party cloud services
- you want incremental backups so you can delete chats from the phone after exporting

## When to avoid
- you use Android only and have no access to an iPhone/iPad to migrate chats to
- you need to export chats directly from the WeChat app without an iTunes backup
- you need a Linux-native build or a fully automated headless pipeline

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: pdf, parser, developer-tools
- domain: messaging-platforms, privacy, files, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: wechat, chat-export, itunes-backup, backup, chat-history, silk-audio-decode, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- BlueMatthew/WechatExporter (main) score 26

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.982874+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 2026-08-29T17:27:18.280497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BlueMatthew/WechatExporter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.982874+00:00, sha cf7162f531d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.