imessage-exporter This crate provides both a library to interact with iMessage data as well as a binary that can perform some useful read-only operations using that data. Binary The imessage-exporter binary exports iMessage data to txt or html formats. It can also run diagnostics to find problems with the iMessage database. Installation instructions for the binary are located here . Library The imessage_database library provides models that allow us to access iMessage information as native data structures. Documentation for the library is located here . Supported Features This crate supports every iMessage feature as of macOS 14.5 (23F79) and iOS 17.5 (21F79): Multi-part messages Replies/Threads Attachments Expressives Reactions Stickers Apple Pay URL Previews App Integrations Edited messages See more detail about supported features here . Frequently Asked Questions The FAQ document is located here . Special Thanks All of my friends, for putting up with me sending them random messages to test things SQLiteFlow , the SQL viewer I used to explore and reverse engineer the iMessage database Xplist , an invaluable tool for reverse engineering the payload_data plist format Compart , an amazing resource for looking up esoteric unicode details
