diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/export/all.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/export/all.ts
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+import { DataSource, MigrationExecutor } from '@n8n/typeorm';
+import * as assert from 'assert/strict';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import Container from 'typedi';
+
+import { BaseCommand } from '../base-command';
+
+export class ExportAllCommand extends BaseCommand {
+	static description = 'Export Everything';
+
+	static examples = ['$ n8n export:all'];
+
+	// TODO: add `exportPath` flag
+	static flags = {};
+
+	// eslint-disable-next-line complexity
+	async run() {
+		const connection = Container.get(DataSource);
+		const excludeList = [
+			'execution_annotation_tags',
+			'execution_annotations',
+			'execution_data',
+			'execution_entity',
+			'execution_metadata',
+			'annotation_tag_entity',
+		];
+		const tables = connection.entityMetadatas
+			.map((v) => v.tableName)
+			.filter((name) => !excludeList.includes(name));
+
+		const backupPath = '/tmp/backup';
+		await fs.promises.mkdir(backupPath, { recursive: true });
+
+		for (const tableName of tables) {
+			// TODO: implement batching
+			//const rows = await repo.find({ relations: [] });
+
+			const rows = await connection.query(`SELECT * from ${tableName}`);
+
+			const stream = fs.createWriteStream(join(backupPath, `${tableName}.jsonl`));
+
+			for (const row of rows) {
+				stream.write(JSON.stringify(row));
+				stream.write('\n');
+			}
+
+			stream.end();
+		}
+
+		const migrationExecutor = new MigrationExecutor(connection);
+		const executedMigrations = await migrationExecutor.getExecutedMigrations();
+		const lastExecutedMigration = executedMigrations.at(0);
+
+		assert.ok(lastExecutedMigration, 'should have been run by db.ts');
+
+		await fs.promises.writeFile(
+			join(backupPath, 'lastMigration'),
+			lastExecutedMigration.name,
+			'utf8',
+		);
+	}
+
+	async catch(error: Error) {
+		this.logger.error('Error exporting workflows. See log messages for details.');
+		this.logger.error(error.message);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/import/all.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/import/all.ts
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+# Goals
+
+* export all data (except execution related data) into a file
+* import from said file
+	* support flag `clean` (default: false)
+		* false: if db is empty commence else print error
+		* true: truncate all tables and commence
+* foreign keys are retained
+
+# Future Goals
+
+* making the export atomic
+	* for now users have to shut down all n8n instances while exporting and importing
+* have foreign keys on while importing
+	* for now we disable them before the import and enable them after it again
+
+# File Format
+
+* 1 file per table
+* 1 line per row
+* format: JSONL
+
+* metadata file
+	* contains last migration name that was run
+
+* tared/zipped in the end
+
+# Tasks
+
+* include only columns (and all of them) when serializing
+	* ignoring virtual properties and including ignored things like passwords
+