# DiscordChatExporter
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✅ **Project status: active** .
DiscordChatExporter can be used to export message history from a [Discord ](https://discord.com ) channel to a file.
It works with direct messages, group messages, and server channels, and supports Discord's dialect of markdown as well as all other rich media features.
❓ **If you have questions or issues, please refer to the [wiki](https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/wiki)** .
💬 **If you want to chat, join my [Discord server](https://discord.gg/2SUWKFnHSm)** .
## Download
This application comes in two flavors: graphical user interface (**GUI**) and command line interface (**CLI**).
The following table lists all available download options:
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< th > Downloads< / th >
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< td > < b > GUI< / b > < / td >
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< li > 🟢 < b > < a href = "https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/releases/latest" > Stable release< / a > < / b > (< code > DiscordChatExporter.zip< / code > )< / li >
< li > 🟠 < a href = "https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/actions/workflows/CI.yml" > CI build< / a > (< code > DiscordChatExporter.zip< / code > )< / li >
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< li > Windows < b > 7< / b > or higher< / li >
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< / tr >
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< td > < b > CLI< / b > < / td >
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< li > 🟢 < b > < a href = "https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/releases/latest" > Stable release< / a > < / b > (< code > DiscordChatExporter.CLI.zip< / code > ) ⚙️< / li >
< li > 🟠 < a href = "https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/actions/workflows/CI.yml" > CI build< / a > (< code > DiscordChatExporter.CLI.zip< / code > ) ⚙️< / li >
< li > 🐋 < a href = "https://hub.docker.com/r/tyrrrz/discordchatexporter" > Docker< / a > (< code > tyrrrz/discordchatexporter< / code > )< / li >
< li > 📦 < a href = "https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/discord-chat-exporter-cli" > AUR< / a > (< code > discord-chat-exporter-cli< / code > ) 🦄< / li >
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< li > Windows < b > 7< / b > or higher< / li >
< li > macOS < b > 10.13 (High Sierra)< / b > or higher< / li >
< li > Linux (multiple distros)< / li >
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- ⚙️ - Requires .NET runtime to be installed manually:
- [.NET Core v3.1 Runtime for **Windows x64** ](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/thank-you/runtime-desktop-3.1.0-windows-x64-installer )
- [.NET Core v3.1 Runtime for **Windows x86** ](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/thank-you/runtime-desktop-3.1.0-windows-x86-installer )
- [.NET Core v3.1 Runtime for **macOS x64** ](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/thank-you/runtime-3.1.0-macos-x64-installer )
- [.NET Core v3.1 Runtime for **Linux** ](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux ) (find your distro)
- 🦄 - Community-maintained resource
## Features
- Graphical user interface (Windows)
- Command line interface (Windows, Linux, macOS)
- Support for both user and bot tokens
- Support for Discord's dialect of markdown
- Support for Discord's message filter syntax
- Support for attachments, embeds, emoji, and other rich media features
- Multiple output formats: HTML (dark/light), TXT, CSV, JSON
- File partitioning, date ranges, and other export options
- Exports messages on the fly without buffering in-memory
## Screenshots
## Building the project locally
Prerequisites:
- [.NET 5.0 SDK ](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0 )
- [.NET 3.1 SDK ](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/3.1 ) (temporarily as the app still targets .NET 3.1, but requires .NET 5.0 to build)
- _(Recommended)_ C#/.NET IDE, such as [JetBrains Rider ](https://www.jetbrains.com/rider ), [VS Code ](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/csharp ), or [Visual Studio ](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com ).
To build the entire solution run the following command in the root of the repository:
```sh
> dotnet build
```
This will generate runtime artifacts for each project:
```plaintext
./DiscordChatExporter.Gui/bin/[Debug|Release]/[runtime]/*
./DiscordChatExporter.Cli/bin/[Debug|Release]/[runtime]/*
```
You can also build and run a specific project directly.
To do that, navigate to its directory and use `dotnet run` :
```sh
> cd DiscordChatExporter.Gui
> dotnet run
```
