Free, open-source desktop app to explore local iPhone backups: photos & albums, Messages, WhatsApp, calls, voicemail, notes, voice memos and contacts. Supports encrypted backups, global search and PDF/CSV export. Fully offline — no account, no telemetry.
Hi Product Hunt! 👋
I built AppleFileViewer because I wanted to look through my iPhone backups
on my computer without paying for a subscription or uploading anything to a cloud.
What it does:
• Finds your local iTunes / Finder / Apple Devices backups automatically
• Photos with albums, Messages (with attachments), WhatsApp, Calls,
Voicemail, Notes, Voice Memos and Contacts
• Encrypted backups: unlock with your backup password — decrypted data
is wiped when you lock or quit
• Global search across everything, and export to PDF / CSV / TXT
• Windows, macOS and Linux, light & dark theme
Privacy first: it runs 100% offline, never writes to your backups,
no account, no telemetry. It's MIT-licensed — fork it, improve it!
Heads-up: builds aren't code-signed yet, so on first launch Windows
SmartScreen / macOS Gatekeeper will ask you to confirm (steps are on the site).
I'd love your feedback and feature ideas. Thanks for checking it out!