title: About GitHub Enterprise Importer
intro: >-
With {% data variables.product.prodname_importer_proper_name %}, you can
migrate your enterprise to {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}
from various sources.
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghes: '*'
ghec: '*'
redirect_from:
- >-
/early-access/github/migrating-with-github-enterprise-importer/about-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/early-access/github/migrating-with-github-enterprise-importer/understanding-github-enterprise-importer/about-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/early-access/enterprise-importer/understanding-github-enterprise-importer/about-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/migrations/using-github-enterprise-importer/migrating-repositories-with-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/early-access/github/migrating-with-github-enterprise-importer/understanding-github-enterprise-importer/migration-support-for-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/early-access/enterprise-importer/understanding-github-enterprise-importer/migration-support-for-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/migrations/using-github-enterprise-importer/understanding-github-enterprise-importer/migration-support-for-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/early-access/github/migrating-with-github-enterprise-importer/preparing-to-migrate-with-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/early-access/github/migrating-with-github-enterprise-importer/running-a-migration-with-github-enterprise-importer/preparing-to-run-a-migration-with-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/early-access/enterprise-importer/preparing-to-migrate-with-github-enterprise-importer/preparing-to-run-a-migration-with-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/migrations/using-github-enterprise-importer/preparing-to-migrate-with-github-enterprise-importer/preparing-to-run-a-migration-with-github-enterprise-importer
- >-
/migrations/using-github-enterprise-importer/preparing-to-migrate-with-github-enterprise-importer
About {% data variables.product.prodname_importer_proper_name %}
{% data variables.product.prodname_importer_proper_name %} is a highly customizable migration tool designed to help you move your enterprise to {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}.
You can migrate on a repository-by-repository basis or, if your migration source is {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, on an organization-by-organization basis.
{% data variables.product.prodname_importer_proper_name %} allows you to customize your migration to meet your enterprise's unique needs with:
- A distinct migration permissions role for repository migrations, which allows you to designate teams and/or individual users to run a migration and removes the need for organization owners to complete the migration.
- High fidelity migration, which allows you to migrate a single repository, a series of repositories, or an entire organization.
- Support for custom trial run migrations, which allow you to run a migration as many times as you desire before running the production migration.
- Clear and unblocking error logging, so that migrations are allowed to continue with non-critical migration errors, such as not being able to move a single pull request comment. After the migration, you can review a log file that opens automatically.
- Users retain ownership of their history, to ensure that their Git history or {% data variables.product.github %} metadata is maintained across the migration.
{% data reusables.enterprise-migration-tool.tool-options %}
Supported migration paths
{% data reusables.enterprise-migration-tool.supported-migration-paths %}
Getting started
To learn more about the migration path you require, and the data that {% data variables.product.prodname_importer_proper_name %} migrates, see the following articles.