Feature
The app finds new versions and offers them to you. Each one is cryptographically signed; Chat Hoarding app refuses anything that doesn't match, even if the update feed were tampered with.
Chat Hoarding for Mac fetches a signed update feed at chathoarding.app/appcast.xml. Every shipping version carries an Ed25519 signature. The public key is baked into the app at compile time; the private key lives only in our build keychain. Without a matching signature, the app refuses to install, even if the feed XML were spoofed.
FAQ
Can I disable auto-update?
There's no off switch in Settings today; the Updates tab holds the beta-channel toggle and Check for Updates. On the second launch the app asks whether to check for updates automatically; say no and it only checks when you pick Check for Updates. When a new version is found, the app shows it to you first, and you can skip it and stay on the version you have.
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Other capabilities
Decrypts the Crypt15 backup locally
AES-256-GCM decryption with your 64-digit key. msgstore.db.crypt15, the only database WhatsApp writes to the user-accessible backup folder. Keys never leave the Mac.
Easy, Medium, Advanced: get the backup off the phone
Companion app over wireless share, USB drag-drop via OpenMTP, or fully automatic adb pull bundled inside Chat Hoarding for Mac.
The whole conversation, not just the words
Voice notes, photos, videos, calls, locations, group history, and deletion markers with sender attribution.
Receipts on every message: sent, delivered, read, played
Three-state check indicator with timestamps. Per-recipient breakdown in group chats. Same icons WhatsApp uses.
Names instead of phone numbers
Auto-fills from your device address book (vCard exported by Chat Hoarding for Android, or pulled via adb), or manually per JID. Handles @lid privacy IDs.
.tarc, one file, lifetime archive
Bundles manifest, decrypted msgstore.db, an optional contacts.json (imported address book) and manual_contacts.json (your in-app renames), and the media folder, all inside a macOS package. Double-click to open. Survives the phone.
Two network calls. That's it.
Decryption, browsing, archive creation: fully on-device. Companion has no INTERNET permission. Chat Hoarding for Mac's only outbound calls are license activation and the update check.
Search across every chat, jump to every hit
Substring search across the whole archive: cross-chat hit counts in the sidebar, in-chat match counter with cycling. Same .tarc, instant results.
WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business, same archive
Chat Hoarding scans both com.whatsapp and com.whatsapp.w4b paths. Either backup, either app, same Crypt15 pipeline, one .tarc file.
Bold, italic, @mentions, replies — preserved as they were sent
Markdown markup (*bold*, _italic_, ~strike~, `code`), inline links, @mentions resolved to display names, reply-to threading rendered above each bubble.
Save your WhatsApp history forever.
$99 one-time. 2 Macs, revocable. 14-day refund.
