DiscordChatExporter (arandomhooman fork)

This is a fork of Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter with extra features (see Additions in this fork). All credit for the original application goes to Oleksii Holub (Tyrrrz) and its contributors. Licensed under MIT, the same as upstream.

DiscordChatExporter can 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.

Warning

While DiscordChatExporter allows it, automating user accounts is against Discord TOS and may result in you getting banned. If possible, use a bot to export chat logs from accessible channels.

Additions in this fork

On top of upstream DiscordChatExporter, this fork adds:

• Continue / resume exports — re-open an existing export and fetch only the messages added since, merging them into the existing file in place. Works for JSON, HTML, CSV, and SQLite, and can continue an entire server in one click (select-all across channels).
• SQLite (.db) export format — export a channel directly to a queryable SQLite database with built-in full-text search. Available in both the GUI and the CLI (-f Db).
• Library with full-text search — catalog your past exports and search message content across all of them at once (powered by the SQLite format).
• Offline format conversion — convert an existing JSON export into HTML (dark/light), TXT, CSV, or SQLite without re-downloading anything. Conversions stay high-fidelity: roles, colors, members, channels, and custom emoji are preserved via data embedded in the JSON export.
• Count-backed progress & ETA — progress and time-remaining estimates based on actual message counts rather than timestamp guesses.

Download

This fork publishes its own builds on its Releases page:

• GUI (desktop app): look for DiscordChatExporter.*.zip
• CLI (terminal app): look for DiscordChatExporter.Cli.*.zip

Or build it from source.

Important

To launch the GUI on macOS you may need to remove the download from quarantine: xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine DiscordChatExporter.app.

Note

Community packages (Scoop, WinGet, AUR, Nix, Docker) track the upstream release, not this fork.

Building from source

Requires the .NET 10 SDK.

git clone https://github.com/arandomhooman/DiscordChatExporter.git
cd DiscordChatExporter

# Run the GUI
dotnet run --project DiscordChatExporter.Gui -c Release

# Run the CLI
dotnet run --project DiscordChatExporter.Cli -c Release -- --help

# Or produce a self-contained build (e.g. Windows x64)
dotnet publish DiscordChatExporter.Gui -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained -o ./publish

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, SQLite
• 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
• Resume/continue exports, a searchable export library, and offline conversion of JSON exports into any other format (this fork)

Screenshots

Credits

A fork of Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter by Oleksii Holub and contributors, used under the MIT license (see License.txt). Please consider supporting the original author: https://tyrrrz.me/donate.

See also

• Chat Analytics — analyze chat patterns using DiscordChatExporter exports.
• DiscordChatExporter-frontend — a convenient viewer for exports.