signal-message-exporter VS sigtop

https://github.com/alexlance/signal-message-exporter

here's a repo with this goal in mind. i haven't contributed in a while, but it's still actively developed and they write good code https://github.com/alexlance/signal-message-exporter thank u/alexlance & co in the usual kinds of ways.

But, the note also only concerns my project's built-in XML export function, not the one used in the instructions you link. I do plan on getting the XML export function working again in the near future, but for now, if you have a problem you should really open an issue at https://github.com/alexlance/signal-message-exporter/issues.

At the very least there are tools that allow you decrypt your chat backups and export them in JSON. So, even if importing the backup doesn't work you still have access to your message history, which is better that nothing.

Go to https://github.com/alexlance/signal-message-exporter click the green code button at the top and download zip, extract it to desktop.

It's harder on Signal but there are tools to do it on desktop.

https://github.com/tbvdm/sigtop

You can use SigTop to create a backup of all message history from Signal Desktop though. There is no way to restore the messages to your android phone though.

Yes. You can make a backup on android. You can probably also do so on MacOS though without having to buy an android phone. Check out SigTop. I am checking if this works for myself right now

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.

I wrote sigtop to export messages from Signal Desktop, and sigbak to export from Signal Android backups. HTH.

You might also be interested in sigtop, a utility I wrote. It probably is a much simpler solution to your problem.

I wrote a utility to export messages etc. from Signal Desktop. You may find it useful.

I have written sigbak (for Signal Android backups) and sigtop (for Signal Desktop) for that purpose.

If that doesn't help, it would be interesting to see if the missing messages exist in the Signal Desktop database. You could use sigtop for this. After you've built it, run this: