feat: Export Conversations

[oooskarrr]

Problem Statement

I was really surprised that this feature doesn't exist yet; it seems so basic. There is currently no way to export a conversation or thread.

Feature Idea

Offer the option to export conversations or threads in various formats, especially Markdown.

I really love Jan, but I keep going back to other apps, such as CherryStudio, because I am repeatedly annoyed by the fact that I cannot easily export a useful conversation I just had.

Thank you for considering developing this feature.

[LazyYuuki]

Hi @oooskarrr , can you give us more context on what is your intention for exported conversation to be used for? And what format are you expecting it?

We have consider this before, but we are not so sure what would exporting conversation entail:

• Is it export as a plain .md?
• Is it export as a json? And if so which format should it be in?

IF you just want to chat threads, a way to do this right now also is to navigate to the Settings -> General -> Show App Log location -> navigate to threads folder. It should contains all of your threads there.

[oooskarrr]

Thank you for taking time to consider this feature request. Yes, I would love to export the conversations in Markdown format. Mainly for archiving, and also so I can easily use them in other conversations as a file attachment.

I love how Cherry Studio is currently implementing this feature. First, they let you choose what export options you want to enable. Then, you can simply right-click any conversation and export it to the format you would like.

The output then looks like this:

I just shared these screenshots for "inspiration". I'm not necessarily looking for all these features in Jan, just an easy option to export a single conversation as a Markdown file.

I'm aware that you can currently access the conversations in .jsonl format, but it's simply not easily accessible to the average user due to its json formatting and \n line breaks etc.

[mpetruc]

+1. Yes, there's a "copy" option, but only for the latest bot message. It would be very helpful to export the whole convo chain, in my case as MD to Obsidian. Thank you for considering.