Importing and Exporting Boards

There are two ways to move a board in or out of the app:

Export a ZIP archive from the Share window, and import that ZIP on the other side.
Copy the board’s folder from disk, and connect to that folder on the other machine.

Both are built in, and both are described below.

1. Export and import a ZIP archive

Open Share board in the top bar. The Share Board dialog handles both directions — the export card at the top, the import panel at the bottom.

Share Board dialog with the Export Board card and the Import board drop zone

Download the archive

Click Download ZIP under Export Board. The app packs:

every card, note, arrow, frame and shape on the canvas,
all media files the board uses,
saved Video Editor and Mockup projects,
the media dock’s unsorted items,
every sub-board, nested inside the archive,
and a standalone HTML page — open it in any browser and the board renders without GreenLight DashBoard installed.

Import the archive

On the receiving machine, open the same Share dialog and use the Import board panel at the bottom. Pick a mode first, then drop the ZIP onto the drop zone (or click it and choose the file):

Replace — the current board is overwritten by the archive: canvas items, media, unsorted items and saved video projects all come from the ZIP.
Append — the current content stays and the archive is added on top of it, with fresh IDs so nothing collides.

The import always lands in the board that is open. To bring an archive in as its own board, create a new empty board first, open it, and then import with Replace.

2. Copy the board folder

Every board is a self-contained folder on disk: your media files plus a hidden .database/ directory holding the board data. Copy that folder and you have copied the board — no export step involved.

Find the folder

Click the folder icon in the top toolbar to open Connected Folder.

Connected Folder dialog showing the board's current folder path and the reveal button

Current folder is the board’s home on disk. The small folder button next to it opens that location in Finder (Explorer on Windows).

Copy the whole folder wherever you need it — an external drive, a network share, a Dropbox folder, or straight onto a new computer.

Copy the folder as a whole. Its hidden dot-folders — .database/ above all — are what makes it a board rather than a pile of media.
Close the board (or quit the app) before copying, so the data file isn’t being written mid-copy.

Connect the folder on the other machine

Open the boards list. Next to the green + button sits the import board folder icon.

Boards list toolbar with the add-board and import-board-folder buttons

Click it, pick the folder you copied, and a confirmation shows what was found — the board name, and how many cards, projects and sub-boards it contains. Confirm with Import board.

Nothing is copied. The folder you picked becomes the board’s home, wherever it sits.
Sub-board folders inside it (subboards/…) are registered along with the parent.
If a board with the same ID is already in your list, the button reads Import as copy and the folder is imported with fresh IDs instead of clashing with the existing board.
If the folder holds no board data file, is locked by another running instance, or was written by a newer app version, the dialog says so and refuses the import.

Importing a board folder needs the file picker, so it is available in the desktop app only.

Where to go next

Portable Board Folders — what lives inside a board folder, moving and reconnecting boards, per-board trash.
Connected Folder Sync — keeping a board pointed at a folder you also edit outside the app.
Generating a Share Link — publishing a board as a live link instead of a file.
Importing a Shared Board — receiving a board someone shared with you.

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