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AppleFileViewer
Browse your iPhone backups on Windows, macOS & Linux
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!
About AppleFileViewer on Product Hunt
“Browse your iPhone backups on Windows, macOS & Linux”
AppleFileViewer was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #26 on the daily leaderboard. 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.
On the analytics side, AppleFileViewer competes within Productivity, Open Source, Developer Tools and GitHub — topics that collectively have 1.3M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how AppleFileViewer performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted AppleFileViewer?
AppleFileViewer was hunted by Gokhan Ozgezer. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of AppleFileViewer including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Gokhan Ozgezer