Litecissa Retriever
Recover your photos directly from the decentralized network — no account, no login, no Litecissa needed.
How to Use
Four steps to recover any photo from the permanent network.
Export JSON from Litecissa
In the Litecissa gallery, open any photo and click "Copy Retriever JSON" or "Download Retriever JSON". This JSON contains the transaction IDs and encryption key needed to recover your file.
Open Retriever and paste
Launch the Retriever app and paste the JSON into the input panel on the left side.
Click Retrieve
The app downloads each chunk from the decentralized network, decrypts them, and reassembles the original file. You can watch the progress in real time.
View and download
Once complete, your photo or video appears in the viewer. Click "Download Original File" to save it to your computer.
What is Retriever?
Retriever is a free standalone desktop app that lets you recover your photos and videos directly from the Arweave decentralized network — without needing a Litecissa account or even the Litecissa website.
When you upload photos through Litecissa, each file is encrypted and split into chunks stored across thousands of nodes worldwide. The Retriever downloads those chunks, decrypts them with your key, and reassembles the original file.
This is your safety net. Even if Litecissa disappears, your photos are still on the network. As long as you have the JSON (which contains the transaction IDs and your encryption key), you can always get them back.
JSON Format Reference
The Retriever JSON contains everything needed to recover a file.
{
"id": "abc123",
"importedTxids": ["txid_1", "txid_2", "..."],
"nodeName": "irys",
"encrypt_key": "base64_key...",
"filename": "photo.jpg"
}id— Unique identifier for the fileimportedTxids— Array of Arweave transaction IDs (one per chunk)nodeName— Storage network used (irys, arweave, or ardrive)encrypt_key— AES-256-GCM encryption key for decryption