diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae5f179c..0df17fbe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ dist
 .nostr
 
 # Docker Compose overrides
-docker-compose.overrides.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+docker-compose.overrides.yml
+# Export output
+*.jsonl
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4effe45e..f800853e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -543,6 +543,17 @@ To see the integration test coverage report open `.coverage/integration/lcov-rep
   open .coverage/integration/lcov-report/index.html
   ```
 
+## Export Events
+
+Export all stored events to a [JSON Lines](https://jsonlines.org/) (`.jsonl`) file. Each line is a valid NIP-01 Nostr event JSON object. The export streams rows from the database using cursors, so it works safely on relays with millions of events without loading them into memory.
+
+```
+npm run export                            # writes to events.jsonl
+npm run export -- backup-2024-01-01.jsonl # custom filename
+```
+
+The script reads the same `DB_*` environment variables used by the relay (see [CONFIGURATION.md](CONFIGURATION.md)).
+
 ## Configuration
 
 You can change the default folder by setting the `NOSTR_CONFIG_DIR` environment variable to a different path.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59cf9877..2c0871c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "pretest:integration": "mkdir -p .test-reports/integration",
     "test:integration": "cucumber-js",
     "cover:integration": "nyc --report-dir .coverage/integration npm run test:integration -- -p cover",
+    "export": "node -r ts-node/register src/scripts/export-events.ts",
     "docker:compose:start": "./scripts/start",
     "docker:compose:stop": "./scripts/stop",
     "docker:compose:clean": "./scripts/clean",
diff --git a/src/scripts/export-events.ts b/src/scripts/export-events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2c08300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/export-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import 'pg-query-stream'
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+dotenv.config()
+
+import fs from 'fs'
+import knex from 'knex'
+import path from 'path'
+import { pipeline } from 'stream/promises'
+import { Transform } from 'stream'
+
+const getDbConfig = () => ({
+  client: 'pg',
+  connection: process.env.DB_URI || {
+    host: process.env.DB_HOST ?? 'localhost',
+    port: Number(process.env.DB_PORT ?? 5432),
+    user: process.env.DB_USER ?? 'postgres',
+    password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD ?? 'postgres',
+    database: process.env.DB_NAME ?? 'nostream',
+  },
+})
+
+async function exportEvents(): Promise<void> {
+  const filename = process.argv[2] || 'events.jsonl'
+  const outputPath = path.resolve(filename)
+  const db = knex(getDbConfig())
+
+  try {
+    const [{ count }] = await db('events')
+      .whereNull('deleted_at')
+      .count('* as count')
+    const total = Number(count)
+
+    if (total === 0) {
+      console.log('No events to export.')
+      return
+    }
+
+    console.log(`Exporting ${total} events to ${outputPath}`)
+
+    const output = fs.createWriteStream(outputPath)
+    let exported = 0
+
+    const trx = await db.transaction(null, { isolationLevel: 'repeatable read' })
+    try {
+      await trx.raw('SET TRANSACTION READ ONLY')
+
+      const dbStream = trx('events')
+        .select(
+          'event_id',
+          'event_pubkey',
+          'event_kind',
+          'event_created_at',
+          'event_content',
+          'event_tags',
+          'event_signature',
+        )
+        .whereNull('deleted_at')
+        .orderBy('event_created_at', 'asc')
+        .stream()
+
+      const toJsonLine = new Transform({
+        objectMode: true,
+        transform(row: any, _encoding, callback) {
+          const event = {
+            id: row.event_id.toString('hex'),
+            pubkey: row.event_pubkey.toString('hex'),
+            created_at: row.event_created_at,
+            kind: row.event_kind,
+            tags: row.event_tags || [],
+            content: row.event_content,
+            sig: row.event_signature.toString('hex'),
+          }
+
+          exported++
+          if (exported % 10000 === 0) {
+            console.log(`Exported ${exported}/${total} events...`)
+          }
+
+          callback(null, JSON.stringify(event) + '\n')
+        },
+      })
+
+      await pipeline(dbStream, toJsonLine, output)
+      await trx.commit()
+    } catch (err) {
+      await trx.rollback()
+      throw err
+    }
+
+    console.log(`Export complete: ${exported} events written to ${outputPath}`)
+  } finally {
+    await db.destroy()
+  }
+}
+
+exportEvents().catch((error) => {
+  console.error('Export failed:', error.message)
+  process.exit(1)
+})