# Questions about migrating from vbulletin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-vbulletin/129774
**Category:** Migration
**Created:** [September 29, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-vbulletin/129774 "2019-09-29T02:45:32Z")
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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-vbulletin/129774/2 "2019-09-29T06:28:06Z")

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Hi @Islander welcome to Discourse meta, I’ll try to answer your questions

> [@Islander](#):
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> How easy it is to migrate from vbulletin?

It’s not easy per se but it is a very straightforward process given that You’re comfortable with SSH, Databases and Docker.

> [@Islander](#):
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> Can we have the structure of forums or sections underneath which our users will create multiple threads?

Discourse has Supported for Nested categories one level deep. Topics can be created in the parent or sub category depending upon the permissions of the category.

> [@Islander](#):
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> Can we have chat feature for users?

There is a 3rd Party plugin known as Babble, this can be helpful for You.

> [@Babble Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/babble-a-chat-plugin/87297):
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> warning Please note that this plugin is no longer maintained and will likely cause problems in its current state: Babble is an simple, lightweight chat plugin for Discourse. It re-skins the existing topic view into a sidebar, allowing for quick conversations in your forum. Note the tag above - Babble has been tagged a “broken-plugin.” Check out the [demo site](https://discourse-babble.com) to see it in action, or view (and contribute to!) the code [on Github](https://www.github.com/gdpelican/babble). If you’d like to help translate Babble to your lan…

> [@Islander](#):
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> How about audio chat?

Not natively supported in Discourse but You are free to make a plugin to do that.

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