ChatLab
ChatLab is a desktop app that analyzes your exported chat history from WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and others, with AI agents that search and summarize it, all stored on your own machine.
What it is good for
- Finding patterns and trends in exported chat history
- Asking questions about old conversations without uploading them
- Summarizing long chat records with an AI assistant
- Comparing message activity across several chat apps
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Install a desktop app or browser extension
Level 3 of 5. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- WhatsApp, LINE, QQ, Discord, Instagram, Telegram
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 7,612
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is ChatLab free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (AGPL-3.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use ChatLab?
- No. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- What does ChatLab work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with WhatsApp, LINE, QQ, Discord, Instagram, and Telegram.
- What is ChatLab good for?
- Finding patterns and trends in exported chat history, asking questions about old conversations without uploading them, summarizing long chat records with an AI assistant, and comparing message activity across several chat apps.
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