Unifier
A fast and versatile Discord bot uniting servers and platforms, brought to you by Green and ItsAsheer
Inspired by matrix-t2bot
What is Unifier?
Unifier is a bot written in Python which allows users to connect their Discord servers together to form one big global chat room. It is also compatible with Revolt and Guilded with support extensions, meaning that it can also be used as a bridge bot to connect servers from different platforms together.
We built Unifier to create a free, safe, and open conversing space, where the things we could talk about are limitless, as long as they are safe topics.
Features
Basic features
Like most bridge bots, Unifier has basic commands such as link, unlink, etc., so you can do most of what you'd need to do all on your messaging app of choice.
Fast and responsive bridge
Using threading and optimizations, Unifier has been tested to be able to send up to 33 messages a second through webhooks, so nobody needs to wait to see your messages. Do note that this speed will vary depending on lots of factors.
Revolt and Guilded support
With Revolt and Guilded support plugins, you can bring your communities outside of Discord together, or get a break from Discord without losing your community.
Support plugins need to be installed to enable support for these platforms.
Moderation commands
After you assign bot admins, they can assign moderators, who can help moderate the chat and take action against bad actors. Server moderators can also block members and servers from bridging messages to their servers should they find it necessary.
And more!
- Message cache backups: Unifier's message cache is backed up on graceful shutdowns, so it remembers message IDs between reboots for replying, editing, and deleting.
- Easy management: Unifier comes with a built-in upgrader, so upgrading your instance is a breeze. Even new configuration keys are added automatically, so you don't have to worry about them.
- Message reporting: Users can report messages to Unifier moderators, so they can more easily take action against bad actors.
- Plugins support: Anyone can always code and install plugins for Unifier to extend its functionality. If you need help making your own plugin, you can always use our template.
- Database-free: No need to get a database up and running. Everything is stored locally on the same system you use to run Unifier, so things are easier to set up and your data is more portable.
- External bridge support: Unifier supports external bridge services like matrix-t2bot, so you can connect platforms beyond what we can cover and avoid reconfiguring too much.
Setup
Guided setup
You can use Installer to install Unifier through a user interface on Discord. You can download Installer here.
Manual setup
Please follow our guides on GitBook to set up Unifier.
Managing updates
From v1.2.0, System Manager now manages updates. Please refer to this guide for managing updates.
Revolt and Guilded support
To install support plugins for Revolt and Guilded, please refer to this guide for Revolt, and this guide for Guilded.
License
Unifier is licensed under the AGPLv3. If you wish to use its source code, please read the license carefully before doing so.
Support
Need support? We're always available at our Discord server.
Acknowledgments
We want to thank:
- Nextcord, for continuing the discord.py project as Nextcord when it was discontinued, and also supporting context menu commands in a Cog
- Voxel Fox, for continuing the discord.py project as Novus when it was discontinued, which is the library we used to use until we moved to Nextcord
- Rapptz and discord.py developers, for creating the discord.py library Novus and Nextcord are based on
- Revolt, for creating revolt.py and an awesome open-source Discord alternative
- shayypy, for creating guilded.py
We also use the logging logger formatting code from discord.py, which is licensed under the MIT license. You can find more info in
the EXTERNAL_LICENSES.txt file.
Special thanks
As the project founder and leader, I want to give my special thanks to:
- ItsAsheer/NullyIsHere, for joining the team and helping me fix my shitty Python and adding a lot of amazing features to Unifier
- Ente Community, for offering me invaluable advice for open sourcing this project
- My best friend, for turning my life around for the better and always supporting me even at my worst
And lastly but most importantly, the late role model of mine I used to know very well: He's the one that brought me and my best friend together, as well as lots of other people together as well. Without him, I don't know if Unifier would have even existed, so I want to pick up where he left off and continue uniting people in his honor. I dedicate this project to him by open sourcing the code, so people can use it to bring people together just like how he did.
In return, we expect that all users honor those who made this project possible use the code responsibly. Please do not organize any hate groups or whatever with Unifier.
Note
Unifier's icon was co-created by @green. and @thegodlypenguin on Discord.
Unifier and UnifierHQ developers are not affiliated or associated with, or endorsed by Discord Inc., Guilded Inc. and Revolt.