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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. vanilla/porter ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) vanilla/porter ============== Vanilla Porter is a tool for exporting other forums to Vanilla. v2.5(6y ago)413424[1 issues](https://github.com/vanilla/porter/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/vanilla/porter/pulls)GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.6.0 Since Nov 22Pushed 1y ago17 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/vanilla/porter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/vanilla/porter)[ RSS](/packages/vanilla-porter/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (1)Versions (27)Used By (0) Vanilla Porter ============== [](#vanilla-porter) Vanilla Porter is a nifty tool for exporting your old & busted forum into a fresh Vanilla Forum. It will create a zipped text file that can be imported directly to Vanilla via the Dashboard. **Do NOT use Vanilla Porter for UPGRADING**. It is for *migrating* from other forums, including the incompatible Vanilla 1.x series. ### Requirements [](#requirements) Porter requires PHP 5.3+ and a connection to your existing database. That's it! ### Getting started [](#getting-started) Please use the [official release](http://vanillaforums.org/addon/porter-core), which is a single file. View the [official documentation](http://docs.vanillaforums.com/developers/importing) for important usage notes. If you have a PHP-based forum (vBulletin, phpBB, etc) you can likely drop this right on your server and run it from there. For more complicated arrangements (like jForum, i.e. a Java environment), we suggest exporting your database to a PHP/MySQL server and running it there. ### Roll your own! [](#roll-your-own) To support a new forum source, copy "sample\_package.php", rename it to your platform, put it in the `packages` folder, and follow its inline documentation. You can run Vanilla Porter via `index.php` which will use the source files rather than the single-file official release. This makes it easier to keep it up-to-date and debug problems. Send us a pull request when it's ready, and sign our [contributor's agreement](http://vanillaforums.org/contributors) (requires a vanillaforums.org forum account). ### Command line support [](#command-line-support) Porter can run via the command line. Execute the `index.php` file with the `--help` flag for a full list of options. For developers with very large databases or ones still in production, we recommend running your export from the command line on your localhost environment with a copy of the database. It just makes life easier. ### Building a release [](#building-a-release) Run `make.php`, which will build a single file named `vanilla2export.php`. Easy peasy. ### Health Score 39 — LowBetter than 86% of packages Maintenance31 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity22 Limited adoption so far Community30 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity68 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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