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]

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Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2026-07-16 20:44:37

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/ace01073fb229518c808d030e75c828b08230fbb docs: promote changelog in navigation (#487)]

by wesm https://github.com/wesm

2026-07-16 20:11:15

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/bf5912aebff8d42c62d1a9f25fbc842fa144cb6c Update nix flake for v0.18.0 (#485)]

by wesm https://github.com/wesm

2026-07-16 20:05:13

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/339c49a34acce0f4764c277fc92331eb45f4a676 docs: document the 0.18.0 release (#486)]

by wesm https://github.com/wesm

2026-07-16 14:43:39

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/58c0af0fc2b392acbc8a50deb2f26a2e0ac06231 Make analytics cache publication transactional (#483)]

by wesm https://github.com/wesm

2026-07-16 14:43:07

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/a723e5dc600ae8ec26efa40a50f479af8f15184d Normalize daemon lifecycle CLI (#484)]

by wesm https://github.com/wesm