# \#mybb **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/mybb/584.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Migrating a myBB forum to Discourse using Kubuntu in a VM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-a-mybb-forum-to-discourse-using-kubuntu-in-a-vm/266051)
**Author:** [@silverdr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/silverdr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-a-mybb-forum-to-discourse-using-kubuntu-in-a-vm/266051 "2023-04-10T12:35:20Z")
After spending way too many hours I thought I was close but then… $ bundle exec ruby script/import\_scripts/mybb.rb Loading existing groups... Loading existing users... Loading existing categories... Loading existing po… --- ## [User login problem after mybb DB conversion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-login-problem-after-mybb-db-conversion/249583)
**Author:** [@Clement2005](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Clement2005)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-login-problem-after-mybb-db-conversion/249583 "2022-12-22T13:47:08Z")
Okay so I managed to successfully convert my mybb database and load into Discourse following this guide Then after loading ember/cli and visiting localhsot:4200 I see that all the posts and users were loaded but when I … --- ## [Mybb Migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-migration/249059)
**Author:** [@Clement2005](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Clement2005)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-migration/249059 "2022-12-15T21:54:46Z")
Hello everyone! So I have a Mybb forum currently which is not actually that big in terms of posts and members but because of it being an old application and not being mobile friendly I am seriously looking at Discourse … --- ## [MyBB import script error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-import-script-error/155584)
**Author:** [@Newuser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Newuser)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-import-script-error/155584 "2020-06-22T16:10:33Z")
Hi there, Currently I’m trying to migrate my forum from MyBB to Discourse. So far without success, despite having read several topics about it. This is what I have done so far at my latest attempt: Downloaded the dat… --- ## [Imported MyBB database MyCode issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-mybb-database-mycode-issue/144173)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-mybb-database-mycode-issue/144173 "2020-03-13T22:53:26Z")
I am in the process of migrating a MyBB forum to Discourse I see with imported posts a lot, but not all, contain visible MyCode formatting tags. example (there are also apparent UTF-8 character encoding issues, which i… --- ## [Imported MyBB database character encoding issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-mybb-database-character-encoding-issue/144156)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-mybb-database-character-encoding-issue/144156 "2020-03-13T09:56:25Z")
Hi, I have a bunch of posts and even usernames imported from a MyBB forum that are displaying random characters like ’ and  From what I can glean from reports of similar behavior in WordPress, this may be a Latin1 v… --- ## [How to use mybb.ru 2 import script?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-mybb-ru-2-import-script/139425)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-mybb-ru-2-import-script/139425 "2020-01-25T03:17:33Z")
I am try into find information on how to use the new mybb.ru import script just added to latest Discourse 2.4.0 beta 10 version (according to the changelog) Clicking the link in the changlelog takes me to what is presum… --- ## [Members problem on importing Mybb to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-problem-on-importing-mybb-to-discourse/68603)
**Author:** [@bekircem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bekircem)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-problem-on-importing-mybb-to-discourse/68603 "2017-09-04T18:44:22Z")
Hi, I’ve installed development enviroment on my Ubuntu local machine. I did it importing steps, it’s work but there are some problems. My Mybb forum has 9k user and 300k post. Posts are seems successfully imported. Bu… --- ## [Mybb.rb imports nothing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-rb-imports-nothing/42070)
**Author:** [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-rb-imports-nothing/42070 "2017-08-09T18:02:56Z")
I’m running the mybb.rb script as described by @elberet and the script is running and returns successfully, but no changes result. The script contains the correct remote host name, db name, pw, etc. The remote server is… --- ## [MyBB importer: "Invalid codepoint"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-invalid-codepoint/40015)
**Author:** [@jacotec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jacotec)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-invalid-codepoint/40015 "2016-02-23T08:56:04Z")
Hi, I’m trying to do a test import of my “MyBB” board with around 30.000 posts in it. I’ve got the importer running, but it’s struggling at a specific post: 8795 / 29774 ( 29.5%) \[208248 items/min\] /usr/local/lib/rub… --- ## [MyBB importer script failing at creating users stage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-script-failing-at-creating-users-stage/33828)
**Author:** [@SentinelX101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SentinelX101)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-script-failing-at-creating-users-stage/33828 "2015-09-29T06:54:07Z")
When running the mybb.rb importer script I get the following error. loading existing groups... loading existing users... loading existing categories... loading existing posts... loading existing topics... creating user…