Get Out

Get Out is a CLI tool to export Slack messages (DMs, groups, channels) to Google Docs with an organized folder structure.

Key Features

  • Browser-based extraction – Access DMs and private group messages via Chrome DevTools Protocol
  • API-based extraction – Access public/private channels via Slack bot token
  • Google Drive integration – Creates organized folder hierarchy with daily Google Docs
  • Thread support – Exports threads to separate subfolders with linked references
  • @Mention linking – Converts @mentions to clickable Google email links
  • Cross-conversation link resolution – Second-pass scan resolves forward references across conversations
  • Batch and parallel export – --all-dms, --all-groups, and --parallel N for bulk exports
  • Checkpoint/Resume – Granular checkpointing after each doc with --resume for crash recovery
  • Incremental sync – --sync mode exports only new messages since last run

Installation

brew tap jflowers/tools
brew install get-out