archive
Pack Chromium profile files into a zip for cross-host restore.
archive bundles Chromium-based browser profile files into a single zip, ready to move to another machine and decrypt with restore
. It needs no keys and does not decrypt anything during collection.
Note
archiveis Chromium-only. Firefox and Safari are skipped because they do not implement this cross-host archive format.
Flags
| Flag | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
-b, --browser | all | Target browser, or all |
-c, --category | all | Data categories (comma-separated), or all |
-o, --output | browser-data.zip | Output archive path |
--category accepts the same values as dump
: password, cookie, bookmark, history, download, creditcard, extension, localstorage, sessionstorage.
Examples
# Archive every detected Chromium browser's relevant files
hack-browser-data archive
# Archive just Chrome cookies into a named zip
hack-browser-data archive --browser chrome --category cookie --output chrome-cookies.zip[INF] Archived 1284 entries to browser-data.zipSee Cross-Host Decryption for the full workflow.
The archive can contain encrypted credential databases plus plaintext browsing history, bookmarks, download paths, extensions, and storage. Treat it as sensitive even when it is stored separately from keys.json.