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Fixed appending empty channel exports
Several bugs related to appending empty channel exports have been fixed:
- Previously, the partition index hadn’t been adapted if the existing channel export had been empty. This had resulted in an uncaught exception as the target file had already existed.
- Previously, the HTML last message detection hadn’t worked if the export had been empty, resulting in an uncaught exception.
- Previously, empty TXT exports had been detected as message containing because the footer hadn’t been taken into account. This had resulted in an uncaught exception as no valid timestamp could have been retrieved.
- Previously, empty TXT & CSV exports would have been detected as message containing if they had contained enough empty lines. This has been fixed by testing whether the respective file has enough non-empty lines in a functional and lazy way.

Additionally, there have been multiple other improvements:
- The CSV last message detection has been improved to now use the last non-empty line. Previously, it wouldn’t have worked (and thrown an exception) if there had been any trailing empty lines.
- The info messages that a channel export is being appended had previously not been logged if the export had been empty. Therefore, new specific info logs have been added for this situation.
- If an empty channel had previously been exported and is still empty, the export will now be aborted (and a respective new info message will be logged).
- A comment has been added to the HTML template to prevent it from being changed without corresponding changes in the HTML last message detection.
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DiscordChatExporter.Cli Added an export progress logger 2025-10-28 02:34:21 +01:00
DiscordChatExporter.Cli.Tests Added explicit handling of existing export files 2025-10-25 19:17:00 +02:00
DiscordChatExporter.Core Fixed appending empty channel exports 2025-10-29 00:01:39 +01:00
DiscordChatExporter.Gui Added an export progress logger 2025-10-28 02:34:21 +01:00
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DiscordChatExporter

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Development of this project is entirely funded by the community. Consider donating to support!

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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.

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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):
  • 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 launch the GUI version of the app on MacOS, you need to first remove the downloaded file from quarantine. You can do that by running the following command in the terminal: xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine DiscordChatExporter.app.

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

channel list rendered output

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.