{"repo":"soakes/telegram-message-exporter","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/soakes/telegram-message-exporter","clone":"git clone https://github.com/soakes/telegram-message-exporter.git","description":"Offline recovery + export tool for Telegram (macOS). Decrypts local db_sqlite and exports to HTML/Markdown/CSV.","language":"Python","stars":23,"topics":["chat-export","export","forensics","macos","python","recovery","sqlcipher","sqlite","telegram","telegram-desktop"],"license":"MIT","category":"databases-storage","readme_excerpt":"💬 Telegram for macOS Message Exporter Offline recovery and transcript export for the native Telegram for macOS app. Built for recovery situations where the only remaining copy of a Telegram conversation is the encrypted local cache on a Mac. The tool decrypts the local db sqlite , understands Telegram's Postbox storage well enough to find peers and messages, then writes a readable transcript in HTML, Markdown, or CSV. This targets the native Telegram for macOS app from macos.telegram.org or the Homebrew telegram cask. It does not target the cross-platform Telegram Desktop/Qt app, iOS backups, Android backups, the Mac App Store version, or Telegram's cloud export format. Quick links: 🚀 Quick Start · 🔄 How It Works · 🧪 Usage · 🧰 CLI Reference · 🩺 Troubleshooting · 🙏 Credits 🧭 Table of Contents - 📖 Overview - ✨ Capabilities - 🔄 How It Works - ✅ Requirements - 🚀 Quick Start - 🧪 Usage - 🧰 CLI Reference - 📄 Output Formats - 🗺️ Key Paths - 🔐 Safety and Privacy - 🩺 Troubleshooting - ⚠️ Limitations - ❓ FAQ - 🔖 Versioning - 🧹 Quality Checks - 🗂️ Project Structure - 🙏 Credits - 🤝 Contributing - 📄 License --- 📖 Overview Telegram for macOS stores local message data in an encrypted SQLite database. When a chat has been deleted from Telegram's cloud state, the local cache can be the last useful source of evidence, provided it still exists on disk and has not been overwritten or synced away. telegram-message-exporter provides a focused recovery path: - decrypt the loc","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/soakes","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/soakes/telegram-message-exporter/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}