x-migrate

Migrate X (Twitter) lists and follows between accounts.

Extract members from any X list or following page, then follow them or add them to a list on your destination account — with automatic rate-limit recovery, progress tracking, and a Rich TUI.

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• Google Chrome installed

Installation

pip install x-migrate
playwright install chromium

git clone https://github.com/tongliuTL/x-migrate
cd x-migrate
pip install -e .
playwright install chromium

Quick Start

Tip: All commands support the short alias xm — use it instead of x-migrate to save typing.

1. Run setup wizard (first time only)

xm setup

Creates ~/.x-migrate/config.toml with your source and destination Chrome profile paths and daily follow limit.

2. Extract members from an X list

xm extract --source list --url "https://x.com/i/lists/YOUR_LIST_ID"

The /members suffix is added automatically if omitted.

Or extract from someone's following list:

xm extract --source following --account "@handle"

3. Follow those members from your destination account

# Follow up to 20 members (default) with an interactive login prompt:
xm follow

# Increase the daily cap:
xm follow --limit 50

# Unattended mode — skips login prompts (requires a saved browser session):
xm follow --auto

# Auto-resume after a rate-limit hit, fully unattended:
xm follow --auto --backoff 2h

# Walk away and let it finish overnight:
xm follow --auto --limit 400 --backoff 3h

# Preview who would be followed without opening a browser:
xm follow --dry-run

4. Add to a list instead of following

xm list-add --list-name "My List Name"

5. Check progress

xm report

Shows migration progress from local data (no browser needed). To cross-check against your live following list:

xm report --verify

Rate Limits

X typically allows ~400 follows per day. x-migrate detects rate limiting automatically and can either stop (default) or sleep and retry:

Accepted backoff formats: 2h, 90m, 3600s. Progress is saved after every follow — it is always safe to Ctrl-C mid-run.

The --limit cap is the total for the entire invocation, across all retry sessions.

Configuration

~/.x-migrate/config.toml:

source_profile = "/path/to/source/profile"
dest_profile   = "/path/to/dest/profile"
daily_limit    = 20       # default for --limit when not specified
active_job     = "a1b2c3d4e5f6"   # auto-set by xm extract

Data Storage

All data is stored under ~/.x-migrate/:

Commands

All commands also work as x-migrate <command>.

xm follow options

Development

git clone https://github.com/tongliuTL/x-migrate
cd x-migrate
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on submitting changes.

Releasing a new version

1. Update version in pyproject.toml
2. Add a ## [X.Y.Z] — YYYY-MM-DD section to CHANGELOG.md
3. Commit and tag:

   git commit -m "chore: bump version and changelog (vX.Y.Z)"
   git tag vX.Y.Z
   git push && git push --tags
   

4. GitHub Actions runs tests, builds the wheel, publishes a GitHub Release, and pushes to PyPI automatically.

Pre-releases (e.g. v0.2.0-beta.1) are automatically marked as pre-release on GitHub.

Contributing

Bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests are welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT