# Database migration script documentation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-migration-script-documentation/384880>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 7, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-migration-script-documentation/384880 "2025-10-07T11:47:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-migration-script-documentation/384880/2 "2025-10-16T21:54:50Z")

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When I had content to migrate from a platform with no available Discourse script, I had no luck finding real documentation about these things. Existing scripts were beyond me to reverse-engineer. I ended up manually importing a topic at a time via the Rails console – not very scalable.

If I’d had a bigger project (and a budget) I’d have probably have contracted @pfaffman for [his migration service](https://www.literatecomputing.com/services/discourse-migration/).

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