Exporting your channel list

[aknight2015]

So, due to massive technical issues I had to format and reinstall my OS 3 times in a single day. That meant I lost everything, including my channel list in Chatterino. I have names of streamers in there that I don't follow, as well as those I do. They are now gone. I'd like a way to export that information and then import it later.

[pajlada]

Your channel list is available in your Chatterino directory (see this wiki page for how to access it). You can make regular backups of that to save your settings and the channels you have open

[aknight2015]

Yeah. I just figured it out. Could you add a feature that makes it easier for less technical users? Just a button in the settings that just compresses the files in the directory and then prompts the user where they want to save it?

[8thony]

There is an open issue for this.

• UI to export/import settings for backing up settings #1989

I believe that @apa420 intended to work on this at the start of this year, iirc. I'm not sure if there has been progress toward this.

[apa420]

I did look at it, but couldn't quite get it to work. I don't have time atm to fix it, the issue is still there and I'm not assigned to it anymore.

[Nerixyz]

This is a good place where we could find a dependency that handles zip files (unless this is done in a single JSON blob), which we'll likely need if we're doing some kind of plugin-hub.