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

Note:
If you’re unsure which build is right for your system, consult with this page to determine your OS and CPU architecture.

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

• Cross-platform graphical and command-line interfaces
• 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.