Msgvault

Archive a lifetime of email and chat. Fast keyword search, opt-in semantic search, and local AI workflows.
Homepage:	https://www.msgvault.io/
Status:	Maintained ✅
Source Code:	https://github.com/kenn-io/msgvault
License:	https://github.com/kenn-io/msgvault#MIT-1-ov-file
Platforms:	Linux, Windows, Mac
Function:	Discovery,Transfer,Rendering,Storage,Personal Archiving,File Format Migration
Content type:	Email

Description

msgvault downloads a complete local copy of your email (from Gmail, IMAP, or local archives) and imports chats and texts from WhatsApp, iMessage, Google Voice, Facebook Messenger, and SMS Backup & Restore. Keyword search, analytics, the TUI, and the MCP server query local SQLite and Parquet files.

Development Activity

All development activity is visible on GitHub: https://github.com/kenn-io/msgvault/commits

Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2026-07-16 19:01:21

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1144146151/v0.18.0 v0.18.0]

by github-actions[bot]

2026-07-07 03:24:37

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1144146151/v0.17.1 v0.17.1]

by github-actions[bot]

2026-07-05 00:46:57

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/1144146151/v0.17.0 v0.17.0]

by github-actions[bot]

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2026-08-05 22:39:24

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/22c8efa22a718793faa8e92ac8a135e7503a2e81 Add portable field metadata and typed person attributes (#535)]

by salmonumbrella https://github.com/salmonumbrella

2026-08-05 20:16:30

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/74a6299c8dcb0cb3f664dfdc63d3e12563af15d4 docs: describe msgvault as an email, chat, and meeting archive (#546)]

by salmonumbrella https://github.com/salmonumbrella

2026-08-05 15:41:08

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/e12f4caac433b853c7ec9a9ca953f7aa62b163ea feat(api): add GET /api/v1/messages/changes content-change feed (#545)]

by danshapiro https://github.com/danshapiro

2026-08-05 02:23:29

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/a9835c9aa17599f6d612175173de56cae0d73317 fix(beeper): discover accounts missing from the accounts API (#544)]

by salmonumbrella https://github.com/salmonumbrella

2026-08-04 20:44:08

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/eefeb152e76b9c87765177b7943cd3d56c10bf5b Add lossless registry-backed vCard codec (#533)]

by salmonumbrella https://github.com/salmonumbrella