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signal-backup-decode
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sigbak
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This is how to backup/export an entire chat transcript,pics,vids,etc. from Signal, archive it outside of signal & be able to review it later on without signal needed,etc.
I wrote sigbak and sigtop to export Signal messages. I believe they are reasonably straightforward to use, and have sufficient documentation. And I, too, welcome suggestions for improvements.
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Ideas on how to save/organize memories of conversations with loved ones?
I wrote sigtop to export messages from Signal Desktop, and sigbak to export from Signal Android backups. HTH.
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What the hell is with people being too stubborn to use anything but the default messaging app?
If they are not encrypted, I'm curious about the use of sigbak (https://github.com/tbvdm/sigbak).
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Can't restore backup invalid passcode? But it's not!
Also, there are third-party tools that can export from Signal backups. You could try one of those tools and see if it can read the backup successfully. I wrote sigbak, but there are others as well.
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Getting chat backup as readable file
AFAIK, signal-back is no longer maintained and doesn't work with current backups. You could use sigbak (which I wrote) to export your conversations to plain text.
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Restoring one Single Chat from foreign Backup
You could use sigbak (which I wrote) to export your conversation from a backup to a text file. If you need help, feel free to let me know.
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Restoring a signal backup from a different number
https://github.com/tbvdm/sigbak (last updated December 2021)
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Export (not backup) Signal conservations
I've begun writing sigbak shortly after backups were introduced in Signal and kept it up to date ever since.
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Anyone familiar with sigbak know if you can export in csv format?
I am trying to export my chats in plaintext from android version of signal. This very useful tool (thank you to the author) works but exports all chats in a textfile in a format that I can't organize by contact/phone number. So I would like to get it as a csv/spreadsheet compatible format so I can do searches and isolate just one contact by their number. https://github.com/tbvdm/sigbak
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Export Chats
I have written a utility to export conversations from Signal Android backups. Maybe it's useful to you.
signal-backup-decode
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This is how to backup/export an entire chat transcript,pics,vids,etc. from Signal, archive it outside of signal & be able to review it later on without signal needed,etc.
https://www.yoranbrondsema.com/post/the-guide-to-extracting-statistics-from-your-signal-conversations/ https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/irbxii/how_can_i_export_and_save_signal_chats/ https://rado0z.github.io/Decrypt_Android_Database http://jhnet.co.uk/articles/signal_backups https://pypi.org/project/signal2html/ https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/kx31hw/signalbackup_a_tool_to_save_your_signal/ https://github.com/manwefm/signal-backup https://github.com/bepaald/signalbackup-tools https://gitlab.com/splatops/cntn-signalbackup-tools https://github.com/xeals/signal-back https://github.com/pajowu/signal-backup-decode https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/cyyncx/application_to_open_signal_backups_on_windows/ https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/8mfawf/comment/e84rkia/ https://www.incredigeek.com/home/extract-encrypted-signal-backup/ https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/n3mwfx/backup_file/ https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/fxyowe/decrypting_backup_for_import_to_android_messages/ https://kabanashvili.com/blog/post/backup-and-decrypt-signal_1f91be7ok9jvmqrf
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Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
> I'm confused at what is stopping you from doing this?
As far as I know the backup is encrypted.
> Are you not able to import these backups into the desktop client?
No, the desktop client is not standalone, and ONLY syncs with the a phone to get content. Moreover, if you don't use the client for a period (2-3 weeks in my experience?) it de-syncs that desktop client. Re-connecting that desktop to your phone will only sync messages starting as-of the connection, so there's no way to get the desktop app to pull your whole history. (This is another gripe I have about their sacrifice of actual usability for security that only helps a few very specific use-cases.)
You're probably rigth about hacking something together. Someone has created a library [0] allegedly for decoding the backup files. Friday night is D&D night though, so I haven't had the chance. :-)
[0] https://github.com/pajowu/signal-backup-decode
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SMS Export is now live *in beta* in Android 5.52
The backups are using protobuf, I use https://github.com/pajowu/signal-backup-decode to decode the backup file. You end up with a sqlite database and some files. Afterwards, I run queries via nodejs against sqlite to produce the HTML, that is a bit quick and dirty at the moment and not open source so far.
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Decrypt backup for court case
You can also try https://github.com/pajowu/signal-backup-decode, the author is active (replied to issues 12 days ago). On the previous repository, the author appears to be inactive (I should have checked, my bad).
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Restoring a signal backup from a different number
https://github.com/pajowu/signal-backup-decode (last updated march 2021)
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.backup file
I use signal-backup-decode to explore my backups, but that's a command line tool that decrypts the backup with the secret key and exports the actual content as a database and a set of files for images, attachments, etc.
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I need to get 800k messages from signal into plaintext on my computer and signal-back doesn't work, maybe because of the size or because it's been abandoned. What are my options?
I'm not sure I can help, but can you update your post with more info? Does the official backup give you an error? You should be able to back up and then copy the files to your computer and use a tool like this to decode into plain text.
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Max limit for plain text export?
That should work with signal. There are tools to decrypt the backup and access the database. For example this: https://github.com/pajowu/signal-backup-decode
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Adding Encrypted Group Calls To Signal
I have to agree here. At least on Android you can extract the database
Does not mean you can not extract the database. Given you have the password for it. Sadly only for Android so far it seems.
What are some alternatives?
signal2html - Export a Signal backup to pretty HTML
signal-back - Decrypt Signal encrypted backups outside the app
sigtop - Export messages from Signal Desktop
signal-export - Export your Signal chats to markdown files with attachments
signal_for_android_decryption - An (unofficial) tool which decrypts backup files produced by the Signal Android app.
signal-message-exporter - Export SMS, MMS, and Signal messages out of Signal
signalbackup-tools - Tool to work with Signal Backup files.
QKSMS - The most beautiful SMS messenger for Android