diff --git a/script/import_scripts/base/generic_database.rb b/script/import_scripts/base/generic_database.rb
index f4062695e7a..2a6f2e2e841 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/base/generic_database.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/base/generic_database.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require "sqlite3"
 
 module ImportScripts
   class GenericDatabase
-    def initialize(directory, batch_size:, recreate: false, numeric_keys: false)
+    def initialize(directory, batch_size: 1000, recreate: false, numeric_keys: false)
       filename = "#{directory}/index.db"
       File.delete(filename) if recreate && File.exist?(filename)
 
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ module ImportScripts
     def insert_user(user)
       @db.execute(<<-SQL, prepare(user))
         INSERT OR REPLACE
-        INTO user (id, email, username, name, bio, avatar_path, created_at, last_seen_at, active)
-        VALUES (:id, :email, :username, :name, :bio, :avatar_path, :created_at, :last_seen_at, :active)
+        INTO user (id, email, username, name, bio, avatar_path, created_at, last_seen_at, active, staged, admin)
+        VALUES (:id, :email, :username, :name, :bio, :avatar_path, :created_at, :last_seen_at, :active, :staged, :admin)
       SQL
     end
 
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ module ImportScripts
 
       @db.transaction do
         @db.execute(<<-SQL, prepare(topic))
-          INSERT OR REPLACE INTO topic (id, title, raw, category_id, closed, user_id, created_at, url, upload_count)
-          VALUES (:id, :title, :raw, :category_id, :closed, :user_id, :created_at, :url, :upload_count)
+          INSERT OR REPLACE INTO topic (id, title, raw, category_id, closed, user_id, created_at, url, upload_count, tags)
+          VALUES (:id, :title, :raw, :category_id, :closed, :user_id, :created_at, :url, :upload_count, :tags)
         SQL
 
         attachments&.each do |attachment|
@@ -150,6 +150,28 @@ module ImportScripts
       SQL
     end
 
+    def calculate_user_last_seen_at_dates
+      @db.execute <<~SQL
+        UPDATE user
+        SET last_seen_at = (
+          SELECT MAX(created_at)
+          FROM post
+          WHERE post.user_id = user.id
+        )
+      SQL
+    end
+
+    def calculate_user_created_at_dates
+      @db.execute <<~SQL
+        UPDATE user
+        SET created_at = (
+          SELECT MIN(created_at)
+          FROM post
+          WHERE post.user_id = user.id
+        )
+      SQL
+    end
+
     def fetch_categories
       @db.execute(<<-SQL)
         SELECT *
@@ -325,6 +347,48 @@ module ImportScripts
       @db.get_first_value(sql)
     end
 
+    def create_missing_topics
+      posts = @db.execute(<<~SQL)
+          WITH missing_topics AS (SELECT *, RANK() OVER ( PARTITION BY topic_id ORDER BY created_at ) AS post_number
+                                    FROM post p
+                                   WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM topic t WHERE t.id = p.topic_id))
+        SELECT *
+          FROM missing_topics
+         WHERE post_number = 1
+      SQL
+
+      posts.each do |post|
+        @db.execute("DELETE FROM post WHERE id = ?", post["id"])
+
+        topic = post.except("post_number", "reply_to_post_id")
+        topic["id"] = topic.delete("topic_id")
+        topic = yield(topic)
+
+        @db.execute(<<-SQL, prepare(topic))
+          INSERT OR REPLACE INTO topic (id, title, raw, category_id, closed, user_id, created_at, url, upload_count, tags)
+          VALUES (:id, :title, :raw, :category_id, :closed, :user_id, :created_at, :url, :upload_count, :tags)
+        SQL
+
+        @db.execute("DELETE FROM post WHERE id = ?", post["id"])
+
+        @db.execute(<<-SQL, topic_id: topic["id"], post_id: post["id"])
+          INSERT OR REPLACE INTO topic_upload (topic_id, path)
+          SELECT :topic_id, path
+          FROM post_upload
+          WHERE post_id = :post_id
+        SQL
+
+        @db.execute("DELETE FROM post_upload WHERE post_id = ?", post["id"])
+
+        @db.execute(<<-SQL, topic_id: topic["id"], post_id: post["id"])
+          UPDATE like
+          SET topic_id = :topic_id,
+              post_id = NULL
+          WHERE post_id = :post_id
+        SQL
+      end
+    end
+
     private
 
     def configure_database
@@ -382,7 +446,9 @@ module ImportScripts
           avatar_path TEXT,
           created_at DATETIME,
           last_seen_at DATETIME,
-          active BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT true
+          active BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT true,
+          staged BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
+          admin BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false
         )
       SQL
 
@@ -400,7 +466,8 @@ module ImportScripts
           user_id #{key_data_type} NOT NULL,
           created_at DATETIME,
           url TEXT,
-          upload_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0
+          upload_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+          tags JSON
         )
       SQL
 
@@ -486,6 +553,8 @@ module ImportScripts
           hash[key] = value ? 1 : 0
         elsif value.is_a?(Date)
           hash[key] = value.to_s
+        elsif value.is_a?(Time)
+          hash[key] = value.utc.iso8601
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/slack.rb b/script/import_scripts/slack.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc6989f2b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/import_scripts/slack.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "colored2"
+require_relative "base"
+require_relative "base/generic_database"
+
+# Minimal Slack importer
+# It imports users and messages into Discourse topics/posts
+
+# Call it like this:
+# IMPORT=1 bundle install
+# IMPORT=1 bundle exec ruby script/import_scripts/slack.rb "PATH_TO_SLACK_EXPORT"
+#
+# You will need to create a channels-mapping.json file in order to map Slack channels to Discourse categories and tags.
+# The import script will create a template for you if you don't have one.
+
+class ImportScripts::Slack < ImportScripts::Base
+  TITLE_TIMEZONE = "America/Los_Angeles"
+
+  def initialize(base_path)
+    super()
+    @base_path = base_path
+    @db = ImportScripts::GenericDatabase.new(@base_path, recreate: true)
+  end
+
+  def execute
+    @channel_mapping = load_channel_mapping
+    read_json_files
+
+    import_users
+    import_categories
+    import_topics
+    import_posts
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def read_json_files
+    puts "", "Reading JSON files..."
+
+    json_from_file("users.json").each do |user|
+      next if user[:deleted]
+
+      @db.insert_user(
+        id: user[:id],
+        email: user[:profile][:email],
+        name: user[:real_name],
+        staged: !user[:is_email_confirmed],
+        admin: user[:is_admin],
+        avatar_path: user[:profile][:image_original],
+      )
+    end
+
+    @channel_mapping.each do |mapping|
+      @db.insert_category(id: mapping[:slack_channel], name: mapping[:discourse_category])
+
+      json_from_directory(mapping[:slack_channel]).each do |message|
+        raise "Unknown type: #{message[:type]}" if message[:type] != "message"
+
+        topic_id = message[:thread_ts] || message[:ts]
+        created_at = Time.at(message[:ts].to_f).in_time_zone(TITLE_TIMEZONE)
+        attachments = message[:files]&.map { |file| file[:url_private_download] }
+
+        if message[:ts] == topic_id
+          @db.insert_topic(
+            id: topic_id,
+            title: "Thread starting at #{created_at.iso8601}",
+            raw: message[:text].presence || "No text",
+            category_id: mapping[:slack_channel],
+            created_at: message[:ts],
+            user_id: message[:user],
+            tags: Oj.dump(mapping[:discourse_tags]),
+            attachments: attachments,
+          )
+        else
+          @db.insert_post(
+            id: message[:client_msg_id],
+            raw: message[:text].presence || "No text",
+            topic_id: topic_id,
+            created_at: message[:ts],
+            user_id: message[:user],
+            attachments: attachments,
+          )
+        end
+      end
+
+      @db.create_missing_topics do |topic|
+        created_at = Time.at(topic["created_at"].to_f).in_time_zone(TITLE_TIMEZONE)
+        topic[:title] = "Thread starting at #{created_at.iso8601}"
+        topic[:category_id] = mapping[:slack_channel]
+        topic[:tags] = Oj.dump(mapping[:discourse_tags])
+        topic
+      end
+    end
+
+    @db.calculate_user_created_at_dates
+    @db.calculate_user_last_seen_at_dates
+    @db.sort_posts_by_created_at
+  end
+
+  def import_categories
+    puts "", "Creating categories..."
+    rows = @db.fetch_categories
+
+    create_categories(rows) { |row| { id: row["id"], name: row["name"] } }
+  end
+
+  def import_users
+    puts "", "Creating users..."
+    total_count = @db.count_users
+    last_id = ""
+
+    batches do |offset|
+      rows, last_id = @db.fetch_users(last_id)
+      break if rows.empty?
+
+      next if all_records_exist?(:users, rows.map { |row| row["id"] })
+
+      create_users(rows, total: total_count, offset: offset) do |row|
+        {
+          id: row["id"],
+          email: row["email"].presence || fake_email,
+          name: row["name"],
+          created_at: row["created_at"],
+          last_seen_at: row["last_seen_at"],
+          active: row["active"] == 1,
+          staged: row["staged"] == 1,
+          admin: row["admin"] == 1,
+          merge: true,
+          post_create_action:
+            proc do |user|
+              if row["avatar_path"].present?
+                begin
+                  UserAvatar.import_url_for_user(row["avatar_path"], user)
+                rescue StandardError
+                  nil
+                end
+              end
+            end,
+        }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import_topics
+    puts "", "Creating topics..."
+    total_count = @db.count_topics
+    last_id = ""
+
+    batches do |offset|
+      rows, last_id = @db.fetch_topics(last_id)
+      break if rows.empty?
+
+      next if all_records_exist?(:posts, rows.map { |row| row["id"] })
+
+      create_posts(rows, total: total_count, offset: offset) do |row|
+        user_id = user_id_from_imported_user_id(row["user_id"]) || Discourse.system_user.id
+        attachments = @db.fetch_topic_attachments(row["id"]) if row["upload_count"] > 0
+
+        {
+          id: row["id"],
+          title: row["title"].present? ? row["title"].strip[0...255] : "Topic title missing",
+          raw: to_markdown(row["raw"], attachments, user_id),
+          category: category_id_from_imported_category_id(row["category_id"]),
+          user_id: user_id,
+          created_at: Time.at(row["created_at"].to_f),
+          tags: Oj.load(row["tags"]),
+        }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import_posts
+    puts "", "creating posts"
+    total_count = @db.count_posts
+    last_row_id = 0
+
+    batches do |offset|
+      rows, last_row_id = @db.fetch_sorted_posts(last_row_id)
+      break if rows.empty?
+
+      next if all_records_exist?(:posts, rows.map { |row| row["id"] })
+
+      create_posts(rows, total: total_count, offset: offset) do |row|
+        topic = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(row["topic_id"])
+        user_id = user_id_from_imported_user_id(row["user_id"]) || Discourse.system_user.id
+        attachments = @db.fetch_post_attachments(row["id"]) if row["upload_count"] > 0
+
+        {
+          id: row["id"],
+          raw: to_markdown(row["raw"], attachments, user_id),
+          user_id: user_id,
+          topic_id: topic[:topic_id],
+          created_at: Time.at(row["created_at"].to_f),
+        }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def json_from_file(relative_path)
+    absolute_path = File.join(@base_path, relative_path)
+    load_json(absolute_path)
+  end
+
+  def json_from_directory(directory)
+    base_path = File.join(@base_path, directory)
+    raise "Directory #{base_path} does not exist" unless File.directory?(base_path)
+
+    Enumerator.new do |y|
+      # Don't use Dir[] because it allocates an array with the path of every file it finds
+      # which can use a huge amount of memory!
+      IO.popen(["find", base_path, "-name", "*.json"]) do |io|
+        io.each_line do |path|
+          path.chomp!
+          load_json(path).each { |item| y.yield(item) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def load_json(path)
+    raise "File #{path} does not exist" unless File.exist?(path)
+    Oj.load(File.read(path), { mode: :strict, symbol_keys: true })
+  end
+
+  def load_channel_mapping
+    path = File.join(@base_path, "channel-mapping.json")
+
+    if !File.exist?(path)
+      create_channel_mapping_file(path)
+      puts "", "ERROR: channel-mapping.json is missing".red
+      puts "An example file has been created at #{path}".red, "Please edit it and try again.".red
+      exit 1
+    end
+
+    load_json(path)
+  end
+
+  def create_channel_mapping_file(mapping_file_path)
+    mapping =
+      Dir[File.join(@base_path, "/*/")].map do |path|
+        channel = File.basename(path)
+        { slack_channel: channel, discourse_category: channel, discourse_tags: [] }
+      end
+
+    File.write(mapping_file_path, Oj.dump(mapping, indent: 4))
+  end
+
+  def to_markdown(text, attachments, user_id)
+    # Emoji skin tones
+    text.gsub!(/::skin-tone-(\d):/, ':t\1:')
+
+    # Mentions
+    text.gsub!(/<@(\w+)>/) do
+      user_id = $1
+      username = @lookup.find_username_by_import_id(user_id)
+      username ? "@#{username}" : "`@#{user_id}`"
+    end
+
+    # Links
+    text.gsub!(%r{<(https?://[^|]+?)\|([^>]+?)>}, '[\2](\1)')
+    text.gsub!(%r{<(https?://[^>]+?)>}, '\1')
+
+    # Code blocks
+    text.gsub!(/```(.+?)```/m, "```\n\\1\n```")
+
+    # Images and files
+    if attachments
+      attachments.each do |attachment|
+        upload_markdown = download_file(attachment["path"], user_id)
+        text << "\n#{upload_markdown}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    text
+  end
+
+  def download_file(url, user_id)
+    uri = URI.parse(url)
+    filename = File.basename(uri.path)
+
+    tempfile =
+      FileHelper.download(
+        url,
+        max_file_size: SiteSetting.max_image_size_kb.kilobytes,
+        tmp_file_name: "sso-avatar",
+        follow_redirect: true,
+      )
+
+    return unless tempfile
+
+    upload = UploadCreator.new(tempfile, filename, origin: url).create_for(user_id)
+    html_for_upload(upload, filename)
+  ensure
+    tempfile.close! if tempfile && tempfile.respond_to?(:close!)
+  end
+end
+
+ImportScripts::Slack.new(ARGV[0]).perform