ColorNote backup decryptor

Converts a ColorNote .backup file into a JSON file.

How to use

./decrypt.sh <input-backup-file> <output-json-file>

Example

Open ColorNote > More (bottom-right corner icon) > Settings > Backup > download the latest version.

./decrypt.sh colornote-20260520.backup notes.json

notes.json should now contain an array of Note objects like:

{
    "_id": 1,
    "title": "My first Note",
    "note": "Blabla...",
    "encrypted": 0,
    "modified_date": 1346029934922,
    "active_state": 16,
    "folder_id": 0,
    "status": 0,
    "space": 0,
    "type": 0,
    "note_ext": "",
    "note_type": 0,
    "color_index": 1,
    "importance": 0,
    "created_date": 1342473378327,
    "minor_modified_date": 1346497591592,
    "reminder_type": 0,
    "reminder_repeat": 0,
    "reminder_date": 0,
    "reminder_base": 0,
    "reminder_last": 0,
    "reminder_repeat_ends": 0,
    "reminder_duration": 0,
    "reminder_option": 0,
    "latitude": 0,
    "longitude": 0,
    "tags": "",
    "account_id": 0,
    "dirty": 0,
    "staged": 0,
    "uuid": "c04946b1-1685-497a-93ef-d26e5b818b5b",
    "revision": 7
}