diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9106dd13..fd014455 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,4 +43,6 @@ dist
 .nostr
 
 # Docker Compose overrides
-docker-compose.overrides.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+docker-compose.overrides.yml
+# Export output
+*.jsonl
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0c409cf..4b391489 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -570,6 +570,16 @@ To see the integration test coverage report open `.coverage/integration/lcov-rep
   open .coverage/integration/lcov-report/index.html
   ```
 
+## Export Events
+
+Export all stored events to a [JSON Lines](https://jsonlines.org/) (`.jsonl`) file. Each line is a valid NIP-01 Nostr event JSON object. The export streams rows from the database using cursors, so it works safely on relays with millions of events without loading them into memory.
+
+```
+npm run export                            # writes to events.jsonl
+npm run export -- backup-2024-01-01.jsonl # custom filename
+```
+
+The script reads the same `DB_*` environment variables used by the relay (see [CONFIGURATION.md](CONFIGURATION.md)).
 ## Relay Maintenance
 
 Use `clean-db` to wipe or prune `events` table data. This also removes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2227f5bc..e208640f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "pretest:integration": "mkdir -p .test-reports/integration",
     "test:integration": "cucumber-js",
     "cover:integration": "nyc --report-dir .coverage/integration npm run test:integration -- -p cover",
+    "export": "node -r ts-node/register src/scripts/export-events.ts",
     "docker:compose:start": "./scripts/start",
     "docker:compose:stop": "./scripts/stop",
     "docker:compose:clean": "./scripts/clean",
diff --git a/src/scripts/export-events.ts b/src/scripts/export-events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9246473a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/export-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import 'pg-query-stream'
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+dotenv.config()
+
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import { pipeline } from 'stream/promises'
+import { Transform } from 'stream'
+
+import { getMasterDbClient } from '../database/client'
+
+type EventRow = {
+  event_id: Buffer
+  event_pubkey: Buffer
+  event_kind: number
+  event_created_at: number
+  event_content: string
+  event_tags: unknown[] | null
+  event_signature: Buffer
+}
+
+async function exportEvents(): Promise<void> {
+  const filename = process.argv[2] || 'events.jsonl'
+  const outputPath = path.resolve(filename)
+  const db = getMasterDbClient()
+  const abortController = new AbortController()
+  let interruptedBySignal: NodeJS.Signals | undefined
+
+  const onSignal = (signal: NodeJS.Signals) => {
+    if (abortController.signal.aborted) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    interruptedBySignal = signal
+    process.exitCode = 130
+    console.log(`${signal} received. Stopping export...`)
+    abortController.abort()
+  }
+
+  process
+    .on('SIGINT', onSignal)
+    .on('SIGTERM', onSignal)
+
+  try {
+    const firstEvent = await db('events')
+      .select('event_id')
+      .whereNull('deleted_at')
+      .first()
+
+    if (abortController.signal.aborted) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (!firstEvent) {
+      console.log('No events to export.')
+      return
+    }
+
+    console.log(`Exporting events to ${outputPath}`)
+
+    const output = fs.createWriteStream(outputPath)
+    let exported = 0
+
+    const dbStream = db('events')
+      .select(
+        'event_id',
+        'event_pubkey',
+        'event_kind',
+        'event_created_at',
+        'event_content',
+        'event_tags',
+        'event_signature',
+      )
+      .whereNull('deleted_at')
+      .orderBy('event_created_at', 'asc')
+      .orderBy('event_id', 'asc')
+      .stream()
+
+    const toJsonLine = new Transform({
+      objectMode: true,
+      transform(row: EventRow, _encoding, callback) {
+        const event = {
+          id: row.event_id.toString('hex'),
+          pubkey: row.event_pubkey.toString('hex'),
+          created_at: row.event_created_at,
+          kind: row.event_kind,
+          tags: Array.isArray(row.event_tags) ? row.event_tags : [],
+          content: row.event_content,
+          sig: row.event_signature.toString('hex'),
+        }
+
+        exported++
+        if (exported % 10000 === 0) {
+          console.log(`Exported ${exported} events...`)
+        }
+
+        callback(null, JSON.stringify(event) + '\n')
+      },
+    })
+
+    await pipeline(dbStream, toJsonLine, output, {
+      signal: abortController.signal,
+    })
+
+    console.log(`Export complete: ${exported} events written to ${outputPath}`)
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (abortController.signal.aborted) {
+      console.log(`Export interrupted by ${interruptedBySignal ?? 'signal'}.`)
+      process.exitCode = 130
+      return
+    }
+
+    throw error
+  } finally {
+    process
+      .off('SIGINT', onSignal)
+      .off('SIGTERM', onSignal)
+
+    await db.destroy()
+  }
+}
+
+exportEvents().catch((error) => {
+  console.error('Export failed:', error.message)
+  process.exit(1)
+})