# How to prepare your community for a Discourse migration

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prepare-your-community-for-a-discourse-migration/372039
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [June 27, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prepare-your-community-for-a-discourse-migration/372039 "2025-06-27T17:51:23Z")
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### Author: ![ruben](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ruben/32/519532_2.png) [@ruben](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ruben)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prepare-your-community-for-a-discourse-migration/372039/1 "2025-06-27T17:51:23Z")

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A community rarely changes their platform lightly. The motivation is often to improve the experience, enhance functionality, and ensure the platform evolves alongside the community.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2025/06/how-to-prepare-your-community-for-a-discourse-migration](https://blog.discourse.org/2025/06/how-to-prepare-your-community-for-a-discourse-migration)

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prepare-your-community-for-a-discourse-migration/372039/2 "2025-06-27T23:51:20Z")

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This is an amazing post 👏! I think it will help answer a lot of people’s concerns facing migrations. Great read!

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### Author: ![Michael12](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michael12/32/507366_2.png) [@Michael12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael12)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prepare-your-community-for-a-discourse-migration/372039/3 "2025-06-28T00:15:36Z")

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Definitely agree, it’s helpful to see migration steps laid out clearly. A lot of communities underestimate the planning it takes, especially around content structure and user expectations. It’s good to see more discussions happening around how to do it thoughtfully.

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prepare-your-community-for-a-discourse-migration/372039/4 "2025-06-28T01:36:44Z")

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Agreed. Well written, @ruben.