DiscordChatExporter/Readme.md

DiscordChatExporter

🟢 Project status: active^[?]

DiscordChatExporter can be used to export message history from a 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 all other rich media features.

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

💬 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

This application comes in two flavors: graphical user interface (GUI) and command line interface (CLI). The following table lists all available download options:

	Downloads	Supported OS
GUI	🟢 Stable release (DiscordChatExporter.zip) 🟠 CI build (DiscordChatExporter.zip)	Windows 7 or higher
CLI	🟢 Stable release (DiscordChatExporter.CLI.zip 🟠 CI build (DiscordChatExporter.CLI.zip) 🐋 Docker (tyrrrz/discordchatexporter) 📦 AUR (discord-chat-exporter-cli)	Windows 7 or higher macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or higher Linux (multiple distros)

Note: DiscordChatExporter's AUR package is maintained by the community.

Warning: To run DiscordChatExporter on macOS or Linux, you will need to additionally install .NET Runtime v6:

• .NET Runtime v6 for macOS x64
• .NET Runtime v6 for macOS Arm64
• .NET Runtime v6 for Linux (find the correct download for your distro)

This is not required if you installed DiscordChatExporter using a package manager, or if you plan to run DiscordChatExporter via Docker.

Features

• Graphical user interface (Windows)
• Command line interface (Windows, Linux, macOS)
• Authentication via both user and bot tokens
• 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 don't require internet

Screenshots