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AppleFileViewer

Browse your iPhone backups on Windows, macOS & Linux

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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.

PH · launched Sep 27, 2026 · 4 upvotes (top 8%) · 1 view

Niche: data backup software · 72 launches, 15 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Data infrastructure
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Productivity
  • Open Source
  • Developer Tools
  • GitHub

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Could you build this?

Yes iOS backup file structures (Manifest.db, SQLite databases, and keychain unwrapping) are well-documented and open source libraries exist in Python, Node, and Rust to inspect and extract them locally.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 1170 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #118 of 1171 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 323 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Gallerya · ph · 2026-10-20 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • BackiGo · ph · 2026-09-10 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • TidyRoll · ph · 2026-10-03 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • iphone-backup-extractor · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • Mirivilo · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • PhotoShelf · ph · 2026-11-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • NoteRescue · ph · 2026-11-03 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • SecureKit Private Vault · ph · 2026-09-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52

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