{"id":16646636,"url":"https://github.com/alexdelorenzo/save_skype","last_synced_at":"2025-04-09T16:05:51.624Z","repository":{"id":57464030,"uuid":"41601914","full_name":"alexdelorenzo/save_skype","owner":"alexdelorenzo","description":"💬 Data forensics and recovery utility for Skype chats and history","archived":false,"fork":false,"pushed_at":"2021-10-29T00:27:28.000Z","size":42,"stargazers_count":14,"open_issues_count":2,"forks_count":2,"subscribers_count":2,"default_branch":"master","last_synced_at":"2025-04-09T16:05:43.268Z","etag":null,"topics":["chat","data-recovery","digital-forensics","history","logs","skype"],"latest_commit_sha":null,"homepage":"https://alexdelorenzo.dev/2015/09/01/recover-and-save-skype-chat-history-and","language":"Python","has_issues":true,"has_wiki":null,"has_pages":null,"mirror_url":null,"source_name":null,"license":"agpl-3.0","status":null,"scm":"git","pull_requests_enabled":true,"icon_url":"https://github.com/alexdelorenzo.png","metadata":{"files":{"readme":"README.md","changelog":null,"contributing":null,"funding":".github/FUNDING.yml","license":"LICENSE","code_of_conduct":null,"threat_model":null,"audit":null,"citation":null,"codeowners":null,"security":null,"support":null},"funding":{"github":["alexdelorenzo"]}},"created_at":"2015-08-29T17:42:29.000Z","updated_at":"2023-12-22T11:46:32.000Z","dependencies_parsed_at":"2022-09-05T06:01:50.986Z","dependency_job_id":null,"html_url":"https://github.com/alexdelorenzo/save_skype","commit_stats":null,"previous_names":["thismachinechills/save_skype"],"tags_count":1,"template":false,"template_full_name":null,"repository_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/alexdelorenzo%2Fsave_skype","tags_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/alexdelorenzo%2Fsave_skype/tags","releases_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/alexdelorenzo%2Fsave_skype/releases","manifests_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/alexdelorenzo%2Fsave_skype/manifests","owner_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners/alexdelorenzo","download_url":"https://codeload.github.com/alexdelorenzo/save_skype/tar.gz/refs/heads/master","host":{"name":"GitHub","url":"https://github.com","kind":"github","repositories_count":248065289,"owners_count":21041871,"icon_url":"https://github.com/github.png","version":null,"created_at":"2022-05-30T11:31:42.601Z","updated_at":"2022-07-04T15:15:14.044Z","host_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub","repositories_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories","repository_names_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repository_names","owners_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners"}},"keywords":["chat","data-recovery","digital-forensics","history","logs","skype"],"created_at":"2024-10-12T08:42:42.158Z","updated_at":"2025-04-09T16:05:51.607Z","avatar_url":"https://github.com/alexdelorenzo.png","language":"Python","funding_links":["https://github.com/sponsors/alexdelorenzo"],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"readme":"# save_skype\nMessages will persist in the Skype app's database even after they're deleted, and this utility will recover them as text files.\n\n## Installation\n`pip3 install save_skype`\n\nOr\n\n- Pull the repo\n- Install dependencies w/ pip\n`pip3 install -r requirements.txt \u0026\u0026 python3 setup.py install`\n\n\n\n## Usage\n- Get the path of your main.db\n`~/.Skype/USERNAME/main.db`\n\n```\nalex@mba:/media/alex/Downloads/save_skype$ save_skype --help\nUsage: save_skype [OPTIONS] FILE\n\nOptions:\n  -s, --save TEXT  Path to save chats\n  --help           Show this message and exit.\n\nalex@mba:/media/alex/Downloads/save_skype$ save_skype ~/.Skype/MY_USERNAME/main.db\nchat_896_other1_me.txt\nchat_1536_me_other2.txt\nchat_901_me_other3.txt\nchat_2057_me_other4.txt\n...\n\nFiles saved to .\n```\n\n## License\nSee `LICENSE`. Message me if you'd like to use this project with a different license.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Falexdelorenzo%2Fsave_skype","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Falexdelorenzo%2Fsave_skype","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Falexdelorenzo%2Fsave_skype/lists"}