# Flarum to Discourse Migration with users and discussion
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/flarum-to-discourse-migration-with-users-and-discussion/346814
**Category:** Migration
**Tags:** flarum
**Created:** [January 13, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flarum-to-discourse-migration-with-users-and-discussion/346814 "2025-01-13T06:58:29Z")
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flarum-to-discourse-migration-with-users-and-discussion/346814/2 "2025-01-13T07:02:13Z")
These may help you to get started:
> [@Migrate from another forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-another-forum-to-discourse/16616/1):
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> mega This guide serves as a high level overview of the migration process. For specifics on the wide range of forum softwares to import, including Vanilla, phpBB3, SMF2, bbPress, and vBulletin, review our [dedicated tutorials](https://meta.discourse.org/tags/c/documentation/10/migrations). Not all scripts have tutorials, but an exhaustive list of available imports is available under the [script/import\_scripts](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/main/script/import_scripts) folder on GitHub. For larger migrations, there is also a faster [script/bulk\_import](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/main/script/bulk_import) system that writes directly to the database. So you want to mi…
> [@Set up an environment to migrate another forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-an-environment-to-migrate-another-forum-to-discourse/88252/1):
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> Want to setup a Discourse import environment? Let’s get started! Setup a Discourse instance on DigitalOcean Setup a Discourse instance on DigitalOcean using our [official guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md). Email setup is not required for migration. I accessed the instance using DigitalOcean allotted IP instead of setting up a domain name. Download the import data on server cd /var/discourse/shared/ mkdir import\_data Download the import data (using curl, wget, sftp, etc) and unzip the files if required. Let’s assume the…
For reference, here is the Flarum import script:
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If you need other people’s help, you can hire someone in #Marketplace, with a reasonable budget.
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