DiscordChatExporter

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DiscordChatExporter is an application that can be used to export message history from any Discord channel to a file. It works with direct messages, group messages, and server channels, and supports Discord's dialect of markdown as well as most other rich media features.

❔ If you have questions or issues, please refer to the docs.

💬 If you want to chat, join my Discord server.

Terms of use^[?]

By using this project or its source code, for any purpose and in any shape or form, you grant your implicit agreement to all the following statements:

• You condemn Russia and its military aggression against Ukraine
• You recognize that Russia is an occupant that unlawfully invaded a sovereign state
• You support Ukraine's territorial integrity, including its claims over temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas
• You reject false narratives perpetuated by Russian state propaganda

To learn more about the war and how you can help, click here. Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦

Download

• Graphical user interface (desktop app):
  • 🟢 Stable release: look for DiscordChatExporter.*.zip
  • 🟠 CI build: look for DiscordChatExporter.*.zip
• Command-line interface (terminal app):
  • 🟢 Stable release: look for DiscordChatExporter.Cli.*.zip
  • 🟠 CI build: look for DiscordChatExporter.Cli.*.zip
  • 🐋 Docker: docker pull tyrrrz/discordchatexporter
  • 📦 AUR: discord-chat-exporter-cli
  • 📦 Nix: discordchatexporter-cli

Important: To run DiscordChatExporter, you need to make sure that the .NET 8.0 Runtime is installed. You can download it here:

• .NET 8.0 Runtime for macOS x64
• .NET 8.0 Runtime for macOS arm64
• .NET 8.0 Runtime for Linux (find the correct download for your distro)
• On Windows, the runtime should be installed automatically when you run the application for the first time

This should not be necessary if you install DiscordChatExporter using a package manager, as it should take care of the dependencies for you. This is also not necessary if you are running DiscordChatExporter via Docker, because the image already contains the runtime.

Note: AUR and Nix packages linked above are maintained by the community. If you have any issues with them, please contact the corresponding maintainers.

Features

• Graphical and command-line interfaces
• Fully cross-platform
• Authentication via either a user or a bot token
• Multiple output formats: HTML (dark/light), TXT, CSV, JSON
• Support for markdown, attachments, embeds, emoji, and other rich media features
• File partitioning, date ranges, message filtering, and other export options
• Self-contained exports that can be viewed offline

Screenshots

See also

• Chat Analytics — solution for analyzing chat patterns of Discord users, using exports produced by DiscordChatExporter.
• DiscordChatExporter-frontend — convenient viewer for exports produced by DiscordChatExporter.