# Improving import and export support

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-import-and-export-support/12110
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 21, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-import-and-export-support/12110 "2014-01-21T23:36:55Z")
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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-import-and-export-support/12110/28 "2014-06-17T14:37:04Z")

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Here is the howto for migration:

> [@Migrate from another forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-to-discourse-from-another-forum-software/16616/):
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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…

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