# Importing from NodeBB
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 5, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049 "2016-04-05T07:24:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@lasercar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lasercar)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/1 "2016-04-05T07:24:51Z")
Is there a way to import users and posts from NodeBB into Discourse?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2016, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/2 "2016-04-05T07:26:18Z")
Have a look in [discourse/script/import\_scripts at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/master/script/import_scripts) – I don’t see any nodebb in there at the moment, though.
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### Author:  [@lasercar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lasercar)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/3 "2016-08-09T03:30:16Z")
Our community has decided that migrating from NodeBB would take too much time to be worth the effort, so we’ve decided to start a fresh Discourse forum.
Here is the unfinished importer I was working on. If anyone else needs to make a NodeBB importer, feel free to use this code.
[https://gist.github.com/lasercar/9d3ac73630e8cac948748435291a8c0c](https://gist.github.com/lasercar/9d3ac73630e8cac948748435291a8c0c)
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### Author:  [@charles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charles)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/4 "2016-09-01T21:54:53Z")
Any plans for nodebb to be included in import scripts?
> **[discourse/script/import\_scripts at main · discourse/discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/main/script/import_scripts)**
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> main/script/import\_scripts
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/5 "2016-09-02T00:00:39Z")
Sure, a PR to add an importer would be super welcome.
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### Author:  [@charles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charles)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/6 "2016-09-02T00:35:43Z")
Sorry @sam what does that mean?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/7 "2016-09-02T00:36:25Z")
Discourse is open source, if anyone wants to contribute an importer for nodebb it would be welcome.
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### Author:  [@charles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charles)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/8 "2016-09-02T01:21:41Z")
With topic marked solved, I guessed incorrectly someone was already working on it and it would be added to the list.
Sounds like anyone with NodeBB will have to wait for a developer. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-nodebb/42049/10 "2024-06-08T12:45:18Z")
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