# Migrating from Nabble to Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-nabble-to-discourse/201031
**Category:** Migration
**Tags:** nabble
**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-nabble-to-discourse/201031 "2021-08-19T20:51:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![dougouverson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dougouverson/32/231590_2.png) [@dougouverson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dougouverson)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-nabble-to-discourse/201031/1 "2021-08-19T20:51:19Z")

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I’m a member of a tech community that has been using Nabble for 10 years or so.

I recommended making the change to Discourse.

What would be involved in migrating from Nabble to Discourse? Has anybody undertaken such a job?

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### Author: ![oshyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/oshyan/32/212644_2.png) [@oshyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oshyan)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-nabble-to-discourse/201031/2 "2021-08-19T22:18:09Z")

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You’re in luck, there appears to be a Nabble importer included with Discourse. See Github for reference:

> **[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

I believe you can export from Nabble, if you have permissions (you said you’re a _member_, you may have to be an _admin_, I don’t know Nabble permissions though).

[http://n8.nabble.com/help/Answer.jtp?id=54](http://n8.nabble.com/help/Answer.jtp?id=54)

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### Author: ![dougouverson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dougouverson/32/231590_2.png) [@dougouverson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dougouverson)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-nabble-to-discourse/201031/3 "2021-08-31T13:14:05Z")

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Looks like the link is broken.

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### Author: ![Simon\_Manning](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon_manning/32/198596_2.png) [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-nabble-to-discourse/201031/4 "2021-08-31T14:57:28Z")

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Looks like it moved from `n8.` to `s1.` 🤷‍♂️ [Nabble - Help - Can I export my forum to a standard format?](http://s1.nabble.com/help/Answer.jtp?id=54)

If it moves again, it can currently be reached by visiting [nabble.com](http://nabble.com), using the Help link at the bottom and searching for “Can I export my forum to a standard format”