EmbedGenerator is a free, open-source, extensible bot for Discord servers, built on top of disnake.py. This bot is generally self-hosted either on a dedicated server (like a Raspberry Pi) or general cloud hosting like AWS etc. You can think of this bot as privacy focused, as you are in total control of the code, so you can be sure that your information is secure.
This bot has been in development since 2024 and has only two command:
- When bot has been connected to server his owner has been pontificated.
This bot runs on Python. You will need at least python 3.10.
- Install Python
- Activate venv in console
python -m venv venv - Install all needed packages
pip install -r requirements.txt. You can also deleterequirements.txtafter. - Configurate
.env(Add your token). - Run
python main.pyto start bot.
Once you've setup your keys and checked that the features you want are working, you have a couple of options for running the bot.
You could run the bot along side everything else on your pc. However it's probably a good idea to run your bot on a separate computer such as a linux server or a Raspberry Pi so it does not interfere with your normal operations and to keep it running even if you were to sleep or shutdown your PC.
There is a number of cloud hosting providers that can run small Python applications like this. The following have been tested to work, you'll have to extrapolate if you want to use some other provider (AWS, etc)
- Create heroku account, install heroku-cli, create a new Dyno.
- Git clone the repo and follow the instructions in the Deploy section to setup pushing to heroku
- Go to settings and setup Config Vars the name of the vars are exactly the same as the auth.json file. You DO NOT need the quotes around the values in config vars
- Run
heroku scale worker=1in the bot installation directory to run the bot as a worker rather than a webserver.