Dude database - extract data

RouterOS The Dude
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Github has a repo (https://github.com/german77/TheDudeToHuman) called TheDudeToHuman. It’s a Mikrotik The Dude database exporter. Pulls the database from your mikrotik device loads the contents and saves the contents into a new database with symbols.

I have no knowledge of compiling or creating executables

Hoping someone here could take a look and possibly create a windows 64 bit executable?

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Source code downloaded and compiled 26/08/2025.
exe file requires some dll, all stored in
the_dude_to_human.zip (4.1 MB)
attached archive.

Updated version with better output file formatting and ip addresses decoding

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Thanks for the files.

Running The Dude 4.0beta3 and the database (dude.db) appears to open, however no usable data in the output file.

Extracted all files to a folder and placed dude.db in the same folder.
Ran the following in the folder where the files are placed: the_dude_to_human.exe -f dude.db -o out.json

Maybe I misinterpreted the purpose. I was hoping it would open The Dude datbase and make the Blobs useful. Maybe it's only for Mikrotik devices?

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my dude db from current v7 this program decode ok.
this is, for example, record for wi-fi access point.
ip address not fully decoded into xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
{"objectId":1868996, "name":"AP4", "parentIds":, "notifyIds":, "dnsNames":["AP4.domain.com."], "ip":[906037770], "secureMode":true, "routerOs":false, "dudeServer":false, "notifyUse":false, "proveEnabled":true, "lookup":1, "dnsLookupInterval":60, "macLookup":1, "typeId":10193, "agentId":4294967295, "snmpProfileId":4294967295, "proveInterval":0, "proveTimeout":0, "proveDownCount":0, "customField3":"", "customField2":"", "customField1":"", "password":"", "username":"", "mac":["dc:08:56:02:d3:70"]}

PS C:\Users\vladi\Desktop\problem\Dude_work> .\the_dude_to_human.exe -f .\dude.db -o zzzz.json
Reading database .\dude.db
Opened database successfully
Map 10159: Local
Map 21647: Wireless
Map 22261: Servers
Map 35385: Switches
Device 20691: HCC
Device 20701: FS
Device 20805: SBC
.......
Device 1868996: AP4
Saving database zzzz.json

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Updated my Dude to V7 and I can open the database. Thanks for leading me to the right path.