Show HN: WhatsKept – Searchable,agent-queryable WhatsApp history from iOS backup

Category: infrastructure

Tags: whatsapp, ios-backup, privacy, data-pipeline, sqlite, agent-tool

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

WhatsKept is a macOS tool that extracts, decrypts, and normalizes WhatsApp chat history from encrypted iOS backups into a local SQLite database with full-text search, OCR, and voice transcription, designed to be queried by AI coding agents like Claude Code or Copilot. It stands out for its privacy-first, on-device approach and thoughtful integration of Apple Vision and whisper.cpp, acting as a secure pipeline between iPhone data and LLM workspaces.

Target audience: backend devs, data engineers, privacy-conscious developers, AI agent users

Repository: https://github.com/alkait/WhatsKept · Go

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