Migration

Bring your community to RaxBoard

Migrate your existing forum — members, content, attachments and more — into RaxBoard with the official Migrate add-on. Here is exactly what we support today and what is on the roadmap.

Supported platforms

PlatformVersionsStatusCoverage
XenForo2.0 – 2.3SupportedCore + Media Gallery + Resource Manager
vBulletin4.x / 5.xPlannedOn the roadmap
phpBB3.xPlannedOn the roadmap
MyBB1.8PlannedOn the roadmap
IPS Community (IP.Board)4.xPlannedOn the roadmap
SMF2.xPlannedOn the roadmap
Flarum1.xPlannedOn the roadmap
Discourse3.xPlannedOn the roadmap

What data is migrated

The XenForo importer moves the following data into RaxBoard, preserving IDs, relationships and timestamps wherever possible.

Members & profiles11 items
  • Users & profiles✓ XenForo
  • User groups & permissions✓ XenForo
  • Custom profile fields✓ XenForo
  • Avatars✓ XenForo
  • Trophies & achievements✓ XenForo
  • Followers✓ XenForo
  • Ignored users✓ XenForo
  • Bans✓ XenForo
  • Warnings✓ XenForo
  • Username change history✓ XenForo
  • Profile posts & comments✓ XenForo
Forums & content11 items
  • Forums & categories✓ XenForo
  • Threads✓ XenForo
  • Posts✓ XenForo
  • Thread prefixes✓ XenForo
  • Tags✓ XenForo
  • Polls & votes✓ XenForo
  • Reactions & likes✓ XenForo
  • Bookmarks✓ XenForo
  • Watched / subscribed threads✓ XenForo
  • Post edit history✓ XenForo
  • Read / unread state✓ XenForo
Attachments & media2 items
  • Post attachments✓ XenForo
  • Inline / embedded images✓ XenForo
Private conversations2 items
  • Conversations (private message threads)✓ XenForo
  • Conversation messages✓ XenForo
Moderation5 items
  • Moderators & permissions✓ XenForo
  • Moderator logs✓ XenForo
  • Reports✓ XenForo
  • Spam log✓ XenForo
  • Deletion log✓ XenForo
Media Gallery (XFMG)6 items
  • Albums✓ XenForo
  • Gallery categories✓ XenForo
  • Media items✓ XenForo
  • Comments✓ XenForo
  • Ratings✓ XenForo
  • Watches✓ XenForo
Resource Manager (XFRM)7 items
  • Resource categories✓ XenForo
  • Resources✓ XenForo
  • Versions✓ XenForo
  • Updates✓ XenForo
  • Ratings✓ XenForo
  • Downloads✓ XenForo
  • Watches✓ XenForo

Coverage depends on your source version and enabled add-ons. Media Gallery and Resource Manager data is migrated when those XenForo add-ons are present. Contact us for a migration review before you start.

Ready to move?

Get the Migrate add-on and import your community in a guided, resumable run — or contact us for hands-on migration help.

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