# Install imessage-exporter

Command-line tool to export and inspect local iMessage database. Version 4.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:imessage-exporter
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install imessage-exporter
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:imessage-exporter
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/imessage-exporter>
- **Version:** 4.1.0
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool to export and inspect local iMessage database
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ReagentX/imessage-exporter>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ReagentX/imessage-exporter>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/ReagentX/imessage-exporter#readme>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/ReagentX/imessage-exporter/archive/refs/tags/4.1.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T17:06:37Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- imessage-exporter (cli)
- imessage-exporter (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- rust

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 4.1.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/ReagentX/imessage-exporter
- Upstream latest detected: 4.1.0 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** imessage-exporter
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


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- [gotify](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gotify/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, line, messaging, productivity.

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