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A web app to easily transfer your user data from one Lemmy instance to another (stablenarwhal.github.io)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Emotet to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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So I wrote a little web app that allows a user to move their user data, like settings and subscribed/banned communities, from one account/instance to another.

It runs completely client-side, but is hosted on GitHub for the moment. Maybe it'll be of some use!

Features:

Export user data from any Lemmy instance (>=v0.19)
Download user data as a text file
Modify user data in the browser, e.g. to add or remove followed instances
Transfer user data to the target account on the target instance

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[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't there already an export option built into Lemmy?

[–] Emotet 2 points 4 months ago

The export/import functionality is, yes. This implementation uses the same API endpoints, but the main reason for this existing:

An instance I was on slowly died, starting with the frontend (default web UI). At least at the time, no client implemented the export/import functionality, so I wrote a simple script in Bash to download the user data, if the backend still works.

Running a script can still be a challenge to some users, so I wrote a web application with the same functionality.

It's a bit redundant if we're talking about regularly working instances, but can be of use if the frontend isn't available for some reason.