Browse and search through 1,546 topics from the sections Roblox removed from the DevForum.
Spanning over 46,700 posts, 10,000 attachments, and 1GB of data, from Sep 2025 to Mar 2026
Explore and download the 663 face decals that are being removed by Roblox.
Search by item name, compare old and new face designs, and download in .png. Heavily inspired by @twentydim’s excellent DevForum post and GitHub repo
Frequently asked questions
What does the Lounge archive cover?
Every post created across the former Roblox Discussion category, as well as any images attached to those posts. Other attachments, like videos, are not included.
How can I browse the Lounge archive?
There are a few categories on the home page, such as Most viewed or Oldest topics, and you can use the search bar to query by post title or author. (future updates may add full-text search)
Why was this created?
Despite a prevalence of off-topic discussion, the Lounge was genuinely useful for gathering opinions and discussing new updates, and I thought it would be a shame to lose it all
Can I get rid of my Lounge posts?
You can remove your name from a post by clicking the Report button and following the instructions to request anonymization - or just contact me
Did you accidentally archive every Development Discussion post and image as well?
thank you! i’ve tried to replicate the devforum look closely, with some minor tweaks
i forgot to mention in the original post, but i’m working on restoring more of the original “look” of some of the posts, like showing polls accurately or link previews. if you see anything that doesn’t look accurate just click the Report button
OP I love you for archiving the lounge. My gratitude cannot be fully expressed through a forum post but much rather a pleasant night where we would both hang out at a nice restaurant!
SQLite search doesn’t seem to work. I’ve tried for a good 30 minutes to get search by user or just in general to work.
vague terms like “the” only gives back one result. I assume not everything was indexed or how the search works is wrong somehow. It is a lot of data though.
I don’t seem to be able to do the code stuff, but maybe that’s only for under the hood and not people using it.
hi there, sqlite search is handled via interpolation into a MATCH query. it’s not direct SQL as then injection would be possible! for example try fame AND hall. the syntax is FTS5 and it’s matching the post’s title OR author_username.
ideally i’ll get full-text search working and indexed across all posts, but for now that’s beyond scope
hi! the archive respected deleted or moderated posts up until the very last scrape, a few minutes before the category closed. this means if you removed a topic or if it was deleted by mods, the archive automatically removed the corresponding topic/post.
if you want your name removed from all your posts, just let me know! you can do it through email or DM
you could also probably flag the post! i’ve seen people just change the title to something like “Deleted please ignore” and it’s usually cleaned up quickly
it’ll need full-text search to be implemented, meaning i’ll have to change the way posts are stored and queried in the SQLite DB. currently working on other projects but i’ll take a look at whether Typesense is a viable option for this.
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