Mastodon Migration #595

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opened 2023-07-20 10:44:48 +00:00 by ryan · 2 comments

ryan commented

2023-07-20 10:44:48 +00:00

I want to migrate my single-user mastodon instance to akkoma to reduce resource usage.

However, I don't want to lose (in decreasing priority) followers, posts, and media.

Is there any migration tools to transfer accounts from mastodon to akkoma?

I found https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/migrator/ but it seems to have been dead for a couple of years.

I want to migrate my single-user mastodon instance to akkoma to reduce resource usage. However, I don't want to lose (in decreasing priority) followers, posts, and media. Is there any migration tools to transfer accounts from mastodon to akkoma? I found https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/migrator/ but it seems to have been dead for a couple of years.

floatingghost commented

2023-07-20 11:04:03 +00:00

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now this depends on what you mean by "transfer accounts"

moving accounts without follower loss is 100% possible via standard account migration; this will however result in the loss of your posts/media but is very reliable

in the past it was attempted to migrate entire instances from one software to another, but this is... not easy. shooting a moving target from a train and all that

your best option will be to spin up akkoma on a subdomain then use mastodon/akkoma's "account transfer" feature to point one to the other

now this depends on what you mean by "transfer accounts" moving accounts without follower loss is 100% possible via standard account migration; this will however result in the loss of your posts/media but is very reliable in the past it was attempted to migrate entire instances from one software to another, but this is... not easy. shooting a moving target from a train and all that your best option will be to spin up akkoma on a subdomain then use mastodon/akkoma's "account transfer" feature to point one to the other

floatingghost commented

2023-07-27 12:57:55 +00:00

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closing this as solved with above, reply if anything is unclear