andreas-mausch/whatsapp-viewer
Small tool to display chats from the Android msgstore.db database (crypt12) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
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: 4545
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1102
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1433 stars · 445 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A small Windows application (with command-line support) that decrypts and displays WhatsApp chat history from the Android msgstore.db database, supporting crypt5 through crypt14 formats. It can export conversations to txt, html, and and resolve contact names from wa.db.
Use cases
- read whatsapp chats on pc
- backup whatsapp messages to computer
- decrypt msgstore.db crypt12 file
- export whatsapp chat to txt or
- view old whatsapp conversations without phone
- recover whatsapp messages after losing phone
When to choose
- you have root access and the key file from an Android phone
- you need a dependency-free Windows tool to read WhatsApp backups
- you want to export chats to txt, html, or
When to avoid
- you use the latest WhatsApp database format, which is not yet supported
- you lost the key file or your phone - decryption is impossible
- you need iPhone or Blackberry backup support
- you need a maintained, actively updated tool
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
cryptography parser developer-tools gui cli privacy android-tools files messaging-platforms windows whatsapp msgstore-db crypt12 chat-backup sqlite message-viewer decryption desktop android
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/andreas-mausch/whatsapp-viewer · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5500e800ebd3
- homepage: https://andreas-mausch.de/whatsapp-viewer/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 32d5c8c487f3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| andreas-mausch/whatsapp-viewer | main | 23 |
For agents
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