Open Source Nabble / Nabble API / Migrating from Nabble

Posted by eponymous on Jun 02, 2009; 6:27am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Open-Source-Nabble-Nabble-API-Migrating-from-Nabble-tp3010596.html

There are many things which I like about the Nabble forum software. Including that it is free to use, and easy to embed in a website.

I am a web developer and have installed a few Nabble forums (not under this username), and I find it frustrating whenever a user requests a feature for a forum that I cannot provide. So I have the following two requests (and I am sure I'm not alone):

I would like to see Nabble become open source software, or have an open source version available that users can install on their own servers if they desire.

And I would like Nabble to have an API that I can use to better integrate Nabble with websites in which it is embeded, and to extend the functionality of Nabble. This may be a better option for the owners of Nabble who may want to maintain control of it, while allowing users more flexibility.

I must admit that I had previously installed Nabble in haste and had not done the due diligence. That being said, I would like to examine the scenario that I want to migrate from Nabble to another forum software. Is there a way to export data (including messages and users), preferably to a suitable format that allows easy importing into another popular forum (such as phpBB or SMF, etc.), or in a more general format such as XML, CSV, or (at worst) a raw database dump?

Thank you