README.md

Deserializer for ios/macos plists

This converts an NSKeyedArchive plist into a normal unserialized one, that can be easily read.

Update - This is now available for use as a library (installable via pip) here, if you need to use in your code.

Usage

C:\> Deserializer.exe sample.plist

For json output instead of plist, use the -j option

C:\> Deserializer.exe -j sample.plist

The deserialized file will be stored in the same folder as source plist, and will have _deserialized.plist or _deserialized.json appended to its name.

Usage as a library

import deserializer

input_path = 'c:\\nskeyedarchive.plist'
f = open(input_path, 'rb')
deserialised_plist = deserializer.process_nsa_plist(input_path, f)

# writing out the resulting plist to plist/json
deserializer.write_plist_to_file(deserialised_plist, 'c:\\nskeyedarchive_deserialized.plist')
deserializer.write_plist_to_json_file(deserialised_plist, 'c:\\nskeyedarchive_deserialized.json')

Download

The compiled exe for windows is here.

Dependencies

This tool has a dependency on biplist and ccl_bplist. Use the supplied ccl_bplist.py as it is a modified version.