Migrating an existing community to Discourse

[Simon_Oliver]

We’ve currently got 1,500 people on our community in Mattermost. We’re planning on moving to Discourse. Does anyone have any tips on what the best way to migrate a community over to Discourse is.

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

Mattermost is a chat application as far as I know!
Discourse and mattermost can co-exist!

[Simon_Oliver]

Thanks, we didn’t think of that

[Cameron_D]

This post may be worth a read

Effectively using Discourse together with group chat

[HAWK]

And there is this:

Preparing for and undertaking a platform migration

Migrating your community from one platform to another can be a daunting task. If you are planning a switch to Discourse, here are some tips to help things go as smoothly as possible. Early communication The biggest hurdle to overcome when migrating your community to another platform is fear of change. No one likes the unexpected, especially when it comes to a community that they feel invested in. You can mitigate this by briefing members on the upcoming transition in the weeks (or months) befo…

But yeah, FWIW we use both Mattermost and Discourse here at Discourse.

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

Discourse now has its own powerful Chat feature! The team uses it extensively as a replacement for Mattermost.

More info:

Discourse Chat is now available.

Official Discourse Chat Plugin

This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install this plugin separately. Summary Discourse Chat adds chat functionality to your Discourse instance. Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/main/plugins/chat Install Guide Discourse Chat is included as a core plugin Features As mentioned in our initial announcement and most recent update, this plugin adds chat functionality to you…