Discover yourself from conversations.
Request your Messenger messages from Facebook, drop the download here, pick a conversation, a person and a time period, and get a portrait of how they communicate, built on established psychological frameworks. Names, emails, phone numbers and addresses are masked in your browser before sending.
Drop the exported file here, or click to choose it
Facebook Messenger export, messages only
Accepts .zip, or one message_1.json
Masking, then reading, then writing.
Keep this tab open. Closing the browser will stop the process.
Step through it, then the last step brings the conversation in.
Drop your file here
or click to choose it · read in your browser
STEP 1 OF 4
Pick the one person you want a Portrait of. Their messages are read; everyone else stays context.
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Pick a preset time, or drag to select a time period.
Your chat is masked on this device (names, numbers, emails and links), only the masked text is sent, and conversations stay in your browser until you clear it.
Either way, the next thing that happens is your Portrait.
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A Messenger chat analyzer reads an exported Facebook Messenger conversation and describes the patterns in it. Portraitor shows how one person communicates: tone, relationship, traits and change over time. It describes message patterns, not a diagnosis.
In the Messenger app, open Accounts Center, choose Export your information, select Messages only in JSON format and start the export. When the email arrives, drop the .zip into the upload box.
In the Messenger app, tap Menu, then Accounts Center.
Tap Your information and permissions.
Tap Export your information.
Tap Create export.
Choose your Facebook profile.
Tap Export to device.
Tap Customize information, clear all selections, then tick Messages only.
Match this configuration (format JSON) and pick the date range you want analyzed, then tap Start export.
This can take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on how much data you requested.
The download email can take a few hours. Request it, then come back when it lands.
The Messenger analysis uses four lenses: relationship context, Big Five personality traits, Transactional Analysis and change over time.
Established before anything else is interpreted. The same sentence means one thing from a manager and something else from a partner.
One label with a confidence score and a short justification, drawn from topics, terms of address and shared context, alongside an approximate positive / neutral / negative split of the whole conversation.
The standard trait model in personality research. Each of the five is reported as a lean, never as a score out of ten.
A direction per trait, with how it helps and where it creates friction. Each carries a frequency label and a confidence score.
Five ego states. The voice someone uses on an ordinary day is rarely the voice they use in an argument.
Which states dominate in calm exchanges, which appear under tension, which show up when they talk about people who are not present, and whether the balance shifts across the timeline.
A conversation is not one snapshot. The material is split into phases and the moments where something turned are named.
A before-and-after description for each turning point, and whether the change was a short spike or became the new baseline.
Two common questions: choosing a chat and privacy.
Yes. The export arrives as one archive covering the date range you pick, and Portraitor lists the conversations inside it so you can choose one. Group chats appear in the list too.
You choose the conversation in step 1 and the person in step 2.
Names, emails, phone numbers and addresses are masked in your browser before anything is sent. Photos, videos and voice notes are never opened or sent, and the export asks for messages only.
Your saved portraits remain in your own browser. Read the Privacy Policy.
Yes. Portraitor reads WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram exports too. Export, upload, pick a person.
A chat log covering several years between Daniel and one other participant, ranging over everyday updates, professional pressures and ambitions, close relationships, family matters, and financial strain.
Based solely on the supplied written material. It does not constitute a clinical evaluation, and interpretations are probabilistic.
Inferred Relationship Type: Close friendship / supportive confidant.
Confidence: 85%
Justification: Sustained openness and mutual support; both discuss relationship difficulty, work stress and money in detail.
Approximate Percentages of Exchanges: positive 55-65%, neutral 20-30%, negative or tense 10-20%.
General Interaction Climate: Largely supportive, with external stressors introducing shared tension rather than conflict between the two.
Consistently responsive to the other participant’s emotional state, turning concern into practical help rather than reassurance alone, and shares his own difficulties in return.
Real people. Real texts. Real change.
What I love is the privacy-first approach. You can ask the questions you’d never normally ask AI, without compromising your privacy. And for me, it gives me insights that I can actually use.
It was really interesting to understand and see what patterns were in the conversation. Once I could see the patterns, it became really eye-opening for me and for how my relationship works.
The instructions were very clear and easy to follow, especially for someone who isn’t very technically minded.
Quick answers about Messenger chats.
No. A Messenger portrait costs $10 once, with no account and no renewal. The Pass is $19 a month for 10 portraits.
Yes, for Messenger. Facebook Messenger chats come from your Facebook account's information export, and Portraitor reads the messages in that export to describe how one person communicates.
From a few minutes to a few hours, depending on how much data you request. You get an email when the download is ready.
No. Drop the .zip as it arrives, so you can pick any conversation in it. If you already unzipped it, you can drop one conversation's message_1.json instead, but a long chat can span several numbered files and that reads only the one you drop.
Yes. Group conversations appear in the list after you upload the export. Pick the group, then choose the one person to analyze.
Identifying details are removed in your browser before anything is sent. The export asks for messages only, and photos, videos and voice notes are never opened or sent.
Practical posts for spotting patterns and choosing a next step.
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