Discord Thread Migrator

A Discord bot that migrates messages from one forum thread to another forum channel or existing thread.

Features

• Migrate messages to a forum channel (bot creates new thread)
• Migrate messages to an existing thread
• Skip first N messages with skip option
• Include "Moved by" attribution
• Lock the source thread after migration
• Archive (close) the source thread after migration
• Preserves message content, attachments, embeds, and author avatars
• Only migrates non-bot messages
• Role-based access control
• Prevents concurrent migrations

Setup

cargo build --release

Configure environment variables:

DISCORD_TOKEN=your_bot_token
DISCORD_GUILD_ID=your_server_id
DISCORD_ROLE_ID=role_allowed_to_use_bot

Usage

Run /mv from a forum thread with:

Option	Description
channel	Target forum channel (bot creates new thread)
thread	Existing thread to send messages to
skip	Number of messages to skip from start (default: 0)
with_author	Include "Moved by" message (default: true)
lock	Lock the source thread after migration (default: true)
close	Archive (close) the source thread after migration (default: true)

Examples

/mv channel:#general           # Create new thread in #general
/mv thread:#existing-thread    # Send to existing thread
/mv channel:#general skip:5    # Skip first 5 messages
/mv thread:#x with_author:false  # No attribution
/mv channel:#general lock:false close:true  # Archive but don't lock