ASBAR-Parser

Parses Android SMS Backup and Restore .xml files to extract media and format the text messages.

Creates a "text message bubble" styled format.

Requirements

This module requires ffmpeg to be installed and available in your system's PATH. Playwright's Chromium browser must also be installed before generating PDFs.

asbar install-browsers

If running the package directly with uv, use:

uv tool run --from asbar-parser asbar install-browsers

Usage

Run asbar in the directory that has your Android SMS Backup and Restore .xml file(s), or provide the directory path as an argument.

asbar "input/directory"