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sjzar/chatlog

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TLDR

A tool for reading and querying personal WeChat chat history stored on your device, now shut down and empty after WeChat raised compliance concerns with the project.

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    What it was
      WeChat chat reader
      Local data access
      Message querying
    Status
      Shut down Oct 2025
      Code deleted
      Compliance issue
    Audience
      Former users
      Chat data researchers
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Access and search your personal WeChat chat history from local device storage.

USE CASE 2

Export or analyze your own WeChat messaging data for personal use.

Getting it running

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Repository is empty, all code was removed after WeChat raised compliance concerns. No working version is available.

No license available, the repository is empty and the project has been shut down.

In plain English

Chatlog was a tool for reading and working with personal chat data, particularly from WeChat, the widely used Chinese messaging platform. Based on the description and topics listed, it provided a way to access, query, and use your own chat history stored locally on your device. This repository no longer contains any code. The README, written in Chinese, is a shutdown notice dated October 2025. The author explains that WeChat's official team contacted them with concerns about the project's core features violating compliance rules. To avoid legal issues and out of a sense of responsibility to the open source community, the author chose to delete all code and commit history from the repository. The notice states that the project is no longer available for download, that no support or updates will be provided, and that anyone who kept a local copy of the old code should delete it and is responsible for any risks from continued use. The author closes by thanking contributors and users for their involvement and says the experience and connections built through the project remain valuable to them. In short: this repository is archived and empty. Anyone looking for a WeChat chat log tool should search elsewhere, as no working version is available here.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I have a local WeChat database file. Help me write a Python script to read and search its message history.
Prompt 2
Build a simple command-line tool that lets me query a local WeChat chat backup and filter messages by date or contact name.
Prompt 3
What file formats do WeChat local backups use on macOS, and how can I parse them to extract plain-text messages?
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