Slurp is a new CLI tool for GoToSocial that is making post migration possible from Mastodon and Pixelfed archive formats. Learn about the complexities of previous import solutions and how I slurped up my Pixelfed archive into a new GoToSocial account.

Jeff Sikes

Importing Pixelfed Posts to GoToSocial with Slurp

Recently, I wanted to migrate my Pixelfed content over to a GoToSocial instance. Enter Slurp, a new CLI tool that’s making this process much easi...

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I did an export of my Pixelfed account, and it couldn't have been easier thanks to this Posty utility and Netlify. Basically, archive your posts, upload to Posty, download the result, upload the folder to Netlify. Done! Why the Posty step? Because Pixelfed doesn't include your media attachments in the backup, just a link. I have bigger plans, but for now, more than happy with how simple this was and the posty format provides options for later.

Posty - Upload

Posty: Turn your Mastodon Archive into a beautiful, functional static HTML site!

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