# Best and most complete importer for SMF2 forum?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-and-most-complete-importer-for-smf2-forum/27595>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** smf\
**Created:** [4월 15, 2015, 1:28오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-and-most-complete-importer-for-smf2-forum/27595 "2015-04-15T13:28:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![AgustinCordes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/agustincordes/32/115967_2.png) [@AgustinCordes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AgustinCordes)\
**Post date:** [4월 15, 2015, 1:28오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-and-most-complete-importer-for-smf2-forum/27595/1 "2015-04-15T13:28:30Z")

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Hey all! So I pulled the plug and installed Discourse to run a few tests. I fell in love with it and quickly decided to migrate our existing community.

So we are currently running **SMF2** but I noticed that the official plugin does not support importing private messages, among other features. I would consider moving our current forum to an intermediary software (such as **MyBB** or **phpBB** ) if that means a more complete migration to Discourse. Which importer would you say is the most mature and reliable?

It’s not a very large community (about 12000) but it’s healthy, friendly, and some categories work as “know how” about game development. Thus, I’d like to keep as much stuff as possible.

Thanks in advance!

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