# How other tools use GhostGet

Account reads, message exports, and signed-in page captures supply information for contact search, writing, and research.

By [Hraness](https://hraness.com/) Published 24 September 2026 Updated 4 October 2026

Drafted with AI and reviewed by Ben Guo, a human editor.

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Contact search, writing assistance, and research all start with information that lives somewhere else. GhostGet supplies the connection: it reads supported accounts, exports message history, and captures signed-in pages for other tools to use.

## Where those connections are used

### PeopleBlade

PeopleBlade uses GhostGet to read contacts and search results from connected accounts such as Beeper and WhatsApp, and checks each result before saving it locally.

Read more: [How PeopleBlade uses GhostGet to read contacts from your accounts](https://peopleblade.com/blog/how-peopleblade-uses-ghostget)

### Sponge

Sponge captures signed-in pages through GhostGet, storing only a login name, and the hosted library at sponge.computer imports GhostGet's text-only capture bundles offline.

Read more: [Sponge, a local research service that keeps its sources and writes cited reports](https://sponge.computer/)

### TextButler

Messages reach TextButler through GhostGet, a separate Mac tool you install first for messaging sign-in and permissions, and TextButler's marked replies go back the same way.

Read more: [TextButler messaging assistant](https://textbutler.app/)

## Keep the source with the result

An import is most useful when the next tool can tell what it contains. A message export needs the conversation, sender, and time as well as the text. A page capture needs its source URL. Without that context, a useful fact can become a claim that nobody can trace.

GhostGet can export message history as a local bundle for a compatible importer. The export records its chat and message limits and whether it was cut short. If a bundle contains only part of a conversation, the next tool can preserve that distinction when it uses the text.

## Choose the next tool for the job

GhostGet handles the connection and the returned data. The receiving product handles its own task, such as contact search or writing from a message history. For the available connections and actions, use the [service directory](https://ghostget.com/docs/reference/provider-capabilities/). For a Beeper import, start with [connecting Beeper](https://ghostget.com/docs/how-to/connect-beeper/).

## Sources

1. [GhostGet message exports](https://github.com/hraness/ghostget/blob/20c1f999/README.md)
2. [TextButler account connections](https://github.com/hraness/textbutler)