Awesome Discord Bot Tools

A curated collection of tools for developers working on Discord bots

Table of Contents

• Alternate Gateways

• Libraries

  • C
  • C#
  • C++
  • Crystal
  • Dart
  • Elixir
  • Go
  • JavaScript
  • Lua
  • Multi Lang
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Rust

• MISC

• Papers

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Alternate Gateways

• gateway-proxy - Drop-in proxy for Discord gateway connections and sessions allowing for zero downtime deploys
• rateway (maybe dead) - A stateful gateway for Discord Bots. Scaling well, it processes messages from the Discord gateway and puts them in AMQP exchanges

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Libraries

C

• Concord - A Discord API wrapper library made in C
• Orca - C Multi-REST API library for Discord, Slack, Reddit, etc.

C#

• Discord.Net An unofficial .Net wrapper for the Discord API
• DSharpPlus - A .NET Standard library for making bots using the Discord API.

C++

• D++ - D++ is Lightweight and scalable for small and huge bots!

Crystal

• discordcr - Minimalist Discord library for Crystal

Dart

• nyxx - Wrapper around Discord API for Dart

Elixir

• Nostrum - An Elixir library for the Discord API.

Go

• arikawa - A Golang library and framework for the Discord API
• corde - A high level discord interactions wrapper, simple, idiomatic, testable and extensible.
• discordgo - Go bindings for Discord
  • dgrs - A (WIP) DiscordGo state manager using Redis
  • ken - A cutting edge (haha), object-oriented and highly modular application command handler for Discordgo
  • Shards - Configurable, scalable and automatic sharding library for discordgo.
• disgo - A modular Golang Discord API Wrapper
• disgord - Go module for interacting with the documented Discord's bot interface

JavaScript

• detritusjs (dead) - A wheels-attached, pure-TypeScript library for the Discord API.

• discord.js - The most popular discord bot framework

  • discord-cross-hosting - Scale discord.js horizontally
  • discord-hybrid-sharding - Allows clustering with discord.js sharding
  • discord.js-light - All the power of discord.js, zero caching
  • Kurasuta - Discord.js sharder with clustering support

• Discordeno - Discord API library for Deno

• Eris - A lightweight and flexible library

  • eris-fleet - Cluster management for Discord bots using the Eris library
  • eris-sharder (dead) - Sharding manager for the discord Eris library
  • megane - A framework for large multi-process Discord bots
  • redis-sharder - Scalable and robust sharding solution for the Eris discord library.

• Harmony - An easy to use Discord API Library for Deno.

• Paracord (dead) - NodeJS Discord API framework built to scale

• slash-create - Creator and handler for Discord's slash commands

• Weather Stack - Ecosystem of tools for microservice Discord bots

JVM

Languages like Java, Scala, and Kotlin

• Discord4j - Discord4J is a fast, powerful, unopinionated, reactive library to enable quick and easy development
• Javacord - An easy to use multithreaded library for creating Discord bots in Java.
• Kord - Idiomatic Kotlin Wrapper for The Discord API

Lua

• Discordia - Discord API library written in Lua for the Luvit runtime environment

Multi Lang

Libraries designed for multiple languages

• Spectacles - A distributed Discord API wrapper

PHP

• DiscordPHP - An API to interact with the popular messaging app Discord

Python

• discord.py - An API wrapper for Discord written in Python.
  • jishaku - A debugging and testing cog for discord.py rewrite bots.
• hikari - A Discord API wrapper for Python and asyncio built on good intentions.
• interactions.py - A highly extensible, easy to use, and feature complete bot framework for Discord
• Nextcord - A Python wrapper for the Discord API forked from discord.py

Ruby

• discordrb - Discord API for Ruby

Rust

• serenity - A Rust library for the Discord API
• Songbird - Songbird is an async, cross-library compatible voice system for Discord, written in Rust.
• Twilight - twilight is a powerful asynchronous, flexible, and scalable ecosystem of Rust libraries for the Discord API

MISC

Items that doesn't fit into the other categories

• BotBlock.org - The single source for all Discord bot lists. Simplify sending your bot's guild count with the BotBlock API.
• discohook - Easily preview embeds
• gateway-queue - Ratelimited gateway queue for multiserviced bots.
• http-proxy - A ratelimited HTTP proxy in front of the Discord API

Papers

Papers/articles about effective bot design

• 112RG's Microservice - 112RG experiance in building microservice bots
• Best practices for Discord bots (The original guide)
• DasWolke's Microservice Bots - From the creator of the WeatherStack
• FireController's Best practices for Discord bots - A more updated version of meew0's best practices

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Contributing

Please try to keep your additon in line with the general formating of this document. Some basic guidlines are:

• List in alphanumeric order
• Provide a meanful description (ie. what sets it apart)
• Provide a link to the project