# Migrate from Pelican

**URL:** <https://zola.discourse.group/t/migrate-from-pelican/500>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/migrate-from-pelican/500 "2020-07-20T13:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![HugoTrentesaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/hugotrentesaux/32/105_2.png) [@HugoTrentesaux](https://zola.discourse.group/u/HugoTrentesaux)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/migrate-from-pelican/500/1 "2020-07-20T13:57:47Z")

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I create this topic to track content talking about migrating from pelican to Zola.

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**Author:** ![HugoTrentesaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/hugotrentesaux/32/105_2.png) [@HugoTrentesaux](https://zola.discourse.group/u/HugoTrentesaux)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/migrate-from-pelican/500/2 "2020-07-20T13:57:54Z")

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> **[Siddhant Goel](https://sgoel.org/posts/moving-from-pelican-to-zola/)**
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> Siddhant Goel is a senior software developer and entrepreneur based in Munich, Germany. He focuses on writing web backend services, managing software development processes, and translating business requirements to product features. He has deep...

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**Author:** ![HugoTrentesaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/hugotrentesaux/32/105_2.png) [@HugoTrentesaux](https://zola.discourse.group/u/HugoTrentesaux)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/migrate-from-pelican/500/3 "2020-07-20T13:58:19Z")

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> [@Small twitter thread about my migration experience](https://zola.discourse.group/t/small-twitter-thread-about-my-migration-experience/121):
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> I’ve recently migrated [my devlog](https://ozkriff.github.io) to Zola and here’re some notes about the process:

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**Author:** ![HugoTrentesaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/hugotrentesaux/32/105_2.png) [@HugoTrentesaux](https://zola.discourse.group/u/HugoTrentesaux)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/migrate-from-pelican/500/4 "2020-07-20T17:55:02Z")

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I developed a basic python script to do the migration. Please file an issue if you need documentation or if you encounter an error.

> **[pelican\_to\_zola](https://git.42l.fr/HugoTrentesaux/pelican_to_zola)**
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> Scripts to translate Pelican content to Zola content.

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**Author:** ![HugoTrentesaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/hugotrentesaux/32/105_2.png) [@HugoTrentesaux](https://zola.discourse.group/u/HugoTrentesaux)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/migrate-from-pelican/500/5 "2020-07-25T22:03:36Z")

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The fact that Pelican supports relative internal linking and Zola not is a pain to migrate 😃