【Feature Request】Can I export the issue to excel

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Feature Description

Now is 2025, is there any intention to support export the issue to excel?

I know duplicated with #4808, but I suggest reassessing this feature.

In real-world projects, the archiving and retention of work orders are critical. Additionally, it is often necessary to export Excel files and share them with product managers or customer, sometimes requiring weekly or even daily exports.

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[wxiaoguang]

You can use API to export anything you want to anything you need.

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@wxiaoguang
However, users aren't necessarily programmers. Due to the lack of an export feature, product managers have repeatedly suggested switching to ZenTao for bug management. As the person leading the internal adoption of Gitea, I still prefer to handle all project workflows within a single Gitea platform.

[AdamMajer]

You don't need to be an expert programmer. The API are accessible via curl -- there are examples. Then it's just a matter of iterating over the result and building your table(s). And if you don't have ability inhouse to make such an export tool, then I'm sure there are plenty of people available outside your organization to make such an export tool for your needs.

Export tools like these are generally custom pieces of software that are tailored to your needs. Gitea's API already provides general export functionality, you "just" need to convert the data into proper format.

ZenTao seems to be something like Jira which is a different thing than Gitea. Use the right tool for the job 😉 Keep in mind that ZenTeo is under different license than Gitea.

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@AdamMajer
Hi, it's undeniable that adding a token request header with curl is easy. However, for those outside the industry, it's as difficult as writing an operating system—because they simply don't know how.

And ZenTao indeed has a different positioning than gitea, but in terms of current project management standards, only the work item management of ZenTao is used, similar to gitea issues, so it's hoped that one gitea can handle it all.

[delvh]

However, for those outside the industry, it's as difficult as writing an operating system—because they simply don't know how.

The good thing is: LLMs exist nowadays. Letting them write a script that exports the issue into excel format should be fairly easily possible.
I'd never let them rampage on productive code, but writing scripts is really easy nowadays, even with zero coding experience.