# ddz/whatsapp-media-decrypt

Decrypt WhatsApp encrypted media files

Repository: https://github.com/ddz/whatsapp-media-decrypt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/whatsapp-media-decrypt
Language: Go
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-10-02T14:19:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2411, "days_push": 2161, "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 1003, forks 97 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:11.228301+00:00)

## What it is
A Go command-line tool that decrypts WhatsApp encrypted media files (.enc) using the media key extracted from WhatsApp's local databases on iOS or Android. It demonstrates how the WhatsApp app itself decrypts media attachments without breaking end-to-end encryption.

## Use cases
- decrypt whatsapp .enc media files
- recover whatsapp images and videos from encrypted downloads
- forensic analysis of whatsapp media attachments
- decrypt whatsapp media using media key from ChatStorage.sqlite
- extract and decrypt whatsapp media from android msgstore.db
- investigate malicious content in whatsapp video attachments

## When to choose
- you have both the encrypted .enc file and the hex media key from a WhatsApp database
- you need a lightweight Go CLI for forensic or recovery decryption of WhatsApp media

## When to avoid
- you want to break WhatsApp end-to-end encryption without access to a device's media keys
- you need a maintained tool with a license and active development
- you need a GUI or non-technical workflow

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cryptography, security, cli
- domain: security, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: whatsapp, media-decryption, forensics, digital-forensics, encryption, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ddz/whatsapp-media-decrypt (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:11.228301+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 2026-08-30T07:16:05.706492+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ddz/whatsapp-media-decrypt (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:11.228301+00:00, sha 1704b6b0f25a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.