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signalbackup-tools
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Autogenerating a Book Series from Three Years of iMessages
I just do a research and there is a GitHub repo. Will try it later.
https://github.com/bepaald/signalbackup-tools
- Signalbackup-tools: Tool to work with Signal Backup files
- Signal Backup Tool
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Backup messages
If you'd like to browse your backup file on the desktop, I recommend using an external tool, like this
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to signal software engineers, data preservation, full fidelity html export of all conversation
signalbackup-tools seems to be the best at getting the data out into something more usable, and seems to still be actively developed.
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Backup to PDF
Thank you! If this one won't work, I also have this here, hahaha. https://github.com/bepaald/signalbackup-tools Still trying to get anything to work, but there must be a way.
- Offline chat backup
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Extracting Signal conversations
Signal is actually one of the easier ones to work with without even needing to obtain a full extraction of the phone. https://github.com/bepaald/signalbackup-tools
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View .backup file outside of Signal
Maybe https://github.com/bepaald/signalbackup-tools
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Is there some way to create an archive of all my messages that I can view outside of Signal?
This github link works for windows Github
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?
signal-backup-exporter - Python-based Signal app backup exporter.
signal-back - Decrypt Signal encrypted backups outside the app
signal-export - Export your Signal chats to markdown files with attachments
sigtop - Export messages from Signal Desktop
Signal-Android - Fork from a private messenger for Android with extra options added: full backup and (partial, ony text) xml backup of messages. Restore can happen at any time, not only after a fresh install. Import SMS database. Import of (unencrypted) WhatsApp databases. Removed apk expire. Choose between passphrase protection and the Android screenlock. Choice for the backup location (internal or removable storage on Android < 11 (on 11 and higher this is already possible)). Set the maptype in the place picker. Option to treat view-once media as normal media. Option to ignore remote deletion. Choose between FCM or websocket notification delivery.
signal_for_android_decryption - An (unofficial) tool which decrypts backup files produced by the Signal Android app.
signal-backup - Signal-backup is a python3 script to backup signal conversations, as html pages.
sigbak - Export messages from Signal Android backups
pakadali - Basic services for developers including placeholder generation, QR code generation
signal2html - Export a Signal backup to pretty HTML