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Curated tools, bots, analytics, and playbooks for growing Discord communities.

Awesome Discord Growth

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Curated resources for growing, analyzing, and sustaining Discord communities.
Focus: high-intent discovery, analytics, ethical AI, and real engagement (not spam).

Maintained by CommunityOne — Discord analytics, quests & engagement, and AI for Discord.
Research & guides: blog.communityone.io · Directory: communityone.io/servers

All in alphabetic order

Server Listing & Discovery

  • CommunityOne Servers — Modern listing platform with built-in analytics. Syncs announcements and Discord events, uses AI for semantic search, and helps communities grow with verified data.
    https://communityone.io/servers
  • Disboard — The original giant directory; huge Google footprint via SEO indexing. Estimated traffic is around 4M monthly active users. https://disboard.org/
  • Discadia — Around 2M users, currently the second-largest Discord server listing site. Offers paid promotion slots for visibility; one of the few major directories with a clear ad model.
    https://discadia.com/
  • Discord.me — The third-largest listing site. Best known for clean data separation: it naturally separates SFW and NSFW servers, giving better targeting and analytics quality.
    https://discord.me/
  • Unforused.org — New and niche, but promising.
    Similar to CommunityOne in concept — small community so far, but with strong moderation standards and early focus on NSFW separation.
    https://unforused.org/

🧭 General Purpose Bots

  • Carl-bot
    User-friendly moderation and role management suite with reaction roles, auto-responses, and detailed logs. Ideal for mid-sized servers that want reliability and simplicity.
  • CommunityOne
    The best AI-powered Discord bot for communities of any size. Includes Spark AI Q&A, Hype Engine quests, and real-time analytics to boost engagement and automate support. Perfect for knowledge-based or fast-growing servers.
  • Dyno
    Veteran moderation and utility bot trusted by millions. Excellent for logging, timed punishments, and anti-raid protection. Lightweight, stable, and highly configurable.
  • ProBot
    All-in-one utility bot known for beautiful welcome messages and color customization. Offers auto-moderation, and premium users get anti-raid protection.
  • Sapphire
    The top free alternative to MEE6. Combines moderation, leveling, AI moderation, and thread-cleaning automation. Great for communities that want a powerful, no-cost setup with social media alerts.

💰 Leveling & Economy Bots

  • Arcane
    A classic, free XP and leveling bot with good customization. Tracks activity, rewards roles, and integrates with YouTube/Twitch. Simple to set up, perfect for growing servers.
  • UnbelievaBoat
    Advanced economy bot with custom currency names, taxes, and shops. Similar to Arcane in leveling features, but designed for servers that want a full chat-based economy system.

⚙️ Special Utility Bots

  • Invite Tracker
    Tracks member invites and referrals with precision. Great for reward-based or growth-oriented servers.
  • Subo
    Smart AI-powered survey bot focused on user privacy. Collects feedback and insights to help community owners understand their members better.
  • Tickety
    Clean, flexible ticketing system with category-based tickets, automatic reminders, and a modern dashboard. Great for structured support teams.
  • Xenon
    Powerful server backup and template manager. Lets you clone setups, restore channels, and share server configurations easily.
  • YAGPDB
    Feature-rich moderation and automation bot with deep customization. Perfect for technical admins who want full control and advanced automod filters.
  • Beemo
    A multi-purpose moderation and utility bot with smart logging, customizable automod, and clever role tools. Known for reliability and ease of use in managing large communities.

🎶 Discord Music Bots

  • Jockey
    Reliable, long-standing music bot known for playlist management and stable performance. Excellent for larger groups where high-quality playback matters.
  • Lara Music
    Feature-rich bot with high-fidelity playback and premium playlist support. Ideal for large servers hosting regular music nights.
  • Rythmcore
    Modern AI DJ bot that manages playlists, recommends songs, and interacts with chat naturally — perfect for small, intimate voice sessions.
  • Rythm (Official Discord Activity)
    Integrated Discord Activity for shared listening sessions. Best for casual YouTube or Spotify music nights where everyone joins in voice.

🎮 Fun, Games & Memes

For Small Servers

  • Akinator
    The classic AI genie that guesses your character through yes/no questions. Great for quick, light entertainment.
  • Dank Memer
    The legendary meme and currency bot that pulls random memes and lets users create custom “dank” images. Perfect for casual laughs and economy play.
  • TacoShack
    Run your own taco shop, hire staff, and climb leaderboards. A simple yet addictive economy simulator.

For Mid-Sized Servers

  • Mudae
    Gacha-style anime game for collecting, trading, and battling characters. Works great in small or mid-sized anime/gaming communities.
  • Rumble Royale
    Casual multiplayer battle-royale text game. Easy to pick up and play with friends for quick bursts of fun.

For Large Servers

  • GarticBOT
    Multiplayer drawing and guessing game; fantastic for voice or event nights.
  • TriviaBot
    Run quizzes and trivia events for dozens of players simultaneously. Auto-scores responses in real time.
  • Truth or Dare
    Text-based icebreaker bot that generates dares, truths, and party challenges. Great for casual hangouts or events.

🆙 Up and coming bots

Discord bot developers: If you're actively working on a bot with a public repository, feel free to submit a PR and we'll give you a shoutout!


Guides & Playbooks

Dev: SDKs & Libraries

  • discord.js
    The most popular JavaScript/TypeScript library for building Discord bots. Full support for slash commands, interactions, and gateway events. https://discord.js.org/
  • discord.py
    Officially revived Python wrapper for the Discord API. Well-documented and ideal for developers who prefer Python. https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/
  • Disnake
    Community-maintained fork of discord.py with newer features and active updates. Great for developers wanting more cutting-edge Discord API support. https://disnake.dev/
  • Hikari
    Modern, fast, and strongly typed Python library for Discord bots. Known for performance and async-first design. https://www.hikari-py.dev/

Self-Hosting & Infra

  • Sharding & gateway patterns — Horizontal scaling for large bots.
  • Queues & caching — Kafka/Redis, idempotent workers.
  • Observability — Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry.

Contributing

We welcome PRs! See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Maintained by CommunityOne · Join the discussion on r/GrowYourDiscord · Chat with us on Discord

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