/lemmy_migrate

Migrate your subscribed Lemmy communites to a new account

Primary LanguagePythonGNU Affero General Public License v3.0AGPL-3.0

Lemmy Migrate

Code style: black Ruff

Migrate your subscribed Lemmy communities from one account to another

Usage

usage: lemmy_migrate [-h] -c <config file> [-u] [-e <export file>] [-i <import file>]

Migrate subscribed communities from one account to another

options:
  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
  -c <config file>  Path to config file
  -u                use to update main account subscriptions
  -e <export file>  Export main account subscriptions to json
  -i <import file>  Import subscriptions from json file
  -d                DryRun, make no changes

Run

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python lemmy_migrate.py

Configuration

Operation is now controlled by a configuration file as such:

[Main Account]
Site = https://sh.itjust.works
User = Imauser
Password = apasswod
2fa = False

[Account 2]
Site = https://lemmy.ml
User = cooluser
Password = badpassword
2fa = True
Exclude = news,politics

[Main Account] is required for your primary account, and you can have as many secondary accounts as you wish. Label for secondary accounts can be anything.

Requirements

Python >= 3.10