A tool to export and search iMessages from local chat.db
Project description
iMessage Exporter
A Python tool to search and export iMessages from your local macOS chat.db.
Installation
- Clone this repository.
- Install in editable mode:
pip install -e .
Usage
The tool provides a CLI command imessage-exporter.
List Recent Chats
imessage-exporter --list-chats
Search Messages
Search for a specific term:
imessage-exporter --search "hello"
Filter by Date
Get messages from today:
imessage-exporter --today
Get messages from a specific date:
imessage-exporter --date 2023-10-27
Combine Filters
Search for "meeting" in messages from today:
imessage-exporter --search "meeting" --today
Permissions
This tool requires Full Disk Access for the terminal or IDE running it, as it reads directly from ~/Library/Messages/chat.db.
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