HackBrowserData

HackBrowserData is a command-line tool for decrypting and exporting browser data (passwords, history, cookies, bookmarks, credit cards, download history, localStorage, sessionStorage and extensions) from the browser. It supports the most popular browsers on the market and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Disclaimer: This tool is only intended for security research. Users are responsible for all legal and related liabilities resulting from the use of this tool. The original author does not assume any legal responsibility.

Supported Data Categories

Category	Chromium-based	Firefox
Password	✅	✅
Cookie	✅	✅
Bookmark	✅	✅
History	✅	✅
Download	✅	✅
Credit Card	✅	-
Extension	✅	✅
LocalStorage	✅	✅
SessionStorage	✅	-

Supported Browsers

On macOS, some Chromium-based browsers require a current user password to decrypt.

Browser	Windows	macOS	Linux
Chrome	✅	✅	✅
Chrome Beta	✅	✅	✅
Chromium	✅	✅	✅
Edge	✅	✅	✅
Brave	✅	✅	✅
Opera	✅	✅	✅
OperaGX	✅	✅	-
Vivaldi	✅	✅	✅
Yandex	✅	✅	-
CocCoc	✅	✅	-
Arc	-	✅	-
QQ	✅	-	-
360 ChromeX	✅	-	-
360 Chrome	✅	-	-
DC Browser	✅	-	-
Sogou Explorer	✅	-	-
Firefox	✅	✅	✅

Getting Started

Install

Installation of HackBrowserData is dead-simple, just download the release for your system and run the binary.

You can also install via Homebrew:

brew install moonD4rk/tap/hack-browser-data

In some situations, this security tool will be treated as a virus by Windows Defender or other antivirus software and can not be executed. The code is all open source, you can modify and compile by yourself.

Building from source

Requires Go 1.20+.

git clone https://github.com/moonD4rk/HackBrowserData
cd HackBrowserData
go build ./cmd/hack-browser-data/

Cross-platform build

# For Windows
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build ./cmd/hack-browser-data/

# For Linux
GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build ./cmd/hack-browser-data/

Usage

$ hack-browser-data -h
hack-browser-data decrypts and exports browser data from Chromium-based
browsers and Firefox on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

GitHub: https://github.com/moonD4rk/HackBrowserData

Usage:
  hack-browser-data [flags]
  hack-browser-data [command]

Available Commands:
  dump        Extract and decrypt browser data (default command)
  help        Help about any command
  list        List detected browsers and profiles
  version     Print version information

Flags:
  -b, --browser string        target browser: all|chrome|firefox|edge|... (default "all")
  -c, --category string       data categories (comma-separated): all|password,cookie,... (default "all")
  -d, --dir string            output directory (default "results")
  -f, --format string         output format: csv|json|cookie-editor (default "csv")
  -h, --help                  help for hack-browser-data
      --keychain-pw string    macOS keychain password
  -p, --profile-path string   custom profile dir path, get with chrome://version
  -v, --verbose               enable debug logging
      --zip                   compress output to zip

Use "hack-browser-data [command] --help" for more information about a command.

dump - Extract and decrypt browser data (default)

Running hack-browser-data without a subcommand defaults to dump.

Flag	Short	Default	Description
--browser	-b	all	Target browser (all|chrome|firefox|edge|...)
--category	-c	all	Data categories, comma-separated (all|password|cookie|bookmark|history|download|creditcard|extension|localstorage|sessionstorage)
--format	-f	csv	Output format (csv|json|cookie-editor)
--dir	-d	results	Output directory
--profile-path	-p		Custom profile dir path, get with chrome://version
--keychain-pw			macOS keychain password
--zip		false	Compress output to zip

list - List detected browsers and profiles

Flag	Default	Description
--detail	false	Show per-category entry counts

version - Print version information

hack-browser-data version

Global flags

Flag	Short	Description
--verbose	-v	Enable debug logging

Examples

# Extract all data from all browsers (default)
hack-browser-data

# Extract specific browser and categories
hack-browser-data dump -b chrome -c password,cookie

# Export in JSON format to a custom directory
hack-browser-data dump -b chrome -f json -d output

# Export cookies in CookieEditor format
hack-browser-data dump -f cookie-editor

# Compress output to zip
hack-browser-data dump --zip

# List detected browsers and profiles
hack-browser-data list

# List with per-category entry counts
hack-browser-data list --detail

# Use custom profile path
hack-browser-data dump -b chrome -p "/path/to/User Data/Default"

Contributing

We welcome and appreciate any contributions made by the community (GitHub issues/pull requests, email feedback, etc.).

Please see the Contribution Guide before contributing.

Contributors

Roger	Aquilao Official	uinfziuna8n	Cyrus	stevenlele	Carlo Mandelli
slimwang	Amir.	a-urth	Ciprian Conache	Santiago Ramirez	beichen
guoguangwu	zhe6652	LC	mirefly	YuXJ	zznQ

Stargazers over time

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HackBrowserData is a part of 404Team StarLink-Galaxy, if you have any questions about HackBrowserData or want to find a partner to communicate with, please refer to the Starlink group.

JetBrains OS licenses

HackBrowserData had been being developed with GoLand IDE under the free JetBrains Open Source license(s) granted by JetBrains s.r.o., hence I would like to express my thanks here.