discatsharp

DisCatSharp

A Discord app library written in C# for .NET

Why DisCatSharp?

If you:

• want a library where you get kind and efficient help
• would like to have and use the most recent features of the Discord API
• are ready to build great things

Then this is the right place for you!

History

We squashed DisCatSharp's Git history because of its clone size and accumulated clutter. The original history remains available through the releases, tags, and the archived pre-squash repository.

Install

Install the latest stable release from NuGet:

dotnet add package DisCatSharp

To use the latest nightly release instead:

dotnet add package DisCatSharp --prerelease

Packages are also available from GitHub Packages.

Quick start

Create a Discord bot account, store its token in the DISCORD_TOKEN environment variable, and connect the client:

using DisCatSharp;
using DisCatSharp.Enums;

string token = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DISCORD_TOKEN")
    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Set the DISCORD_TOKEN environment variable.");

var discord = new DiscordClient(new DiscordConfiguration
{
    Token = token,
    TokenType = TokenType.Bot,
    Intents = DiscordIntents.AllUnprivileged
});

await discord.ConnectAsync();
await Task.Delay(Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);

Continue with the complete first bot guide.

Documentation

The documentation is available at docs.dcs.aitsys.dev. A backup is available at backup-docs.dcs.aitsys.dev.

AI coding assistants

Install the consumer skill globally for Codex:

gh skill install Aiko-IT-Systems/DisCatSharp use-discatsharp --agent codex --scope user --pin main

Then add the public, stateless documentation MCP as a Streamable HTTP server named discatsharp:

[mcp_servers.discatsharp]
url = "https://docs.dcs.aitsys.dev/mcp"

The MCP provides live documentation search, symbol lookup, full-page retrieval, and indexed source access. See the Agent Skills and MCP setup guide for GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, other Agent Skills clients, version pinning, and maintainer guidance.

Bugs and feature requests

Join our official support guild, open an issue, or email bugs@aitsys.dev.

Tutorials and examples

• Getting started
• Examples
• Template app (outdated)
• Public support app for the DisCatSharp server

Visual Studio tools

• DisCatSharp Analyzer documentation
• Snippets for Visual Studio

NuGet Packages

Main

Package	Purpose	LTS	Latest
DisCatSharp	Core Discord API client with Gateway, REST, entities, and events.
DisCatSharp.ApplicationCommands	Slash commands, context menus, autocomplete, and command groups.
DisCatSharp.CommandsNext	Prefix and text command framework.
DisCatSharp.Interactivity	Interactive waits, pagination, components, modals, and response helpers.

Voice

Package	Purpose	LTS	Latest
DisCatSharp.Lavalink	Lavalink v4 client for remote audio playback.
DisCatSharp.Voice	Direct Discord voice connections with audio send, receive, and DAVE support.
DisCatSharp.Voice.Natives	Native runtime libraries used by DisCatSharp.Voice.

Hosting

Package	Purpose	LTS	Latest
DisCatSharp.Configuration	Configuration models and binding for hosted bots.
DisCatSharp.Hosting	.NET Generic Host integration and bot lifetime management.
DisCatSharp.Hosting.AspNetCore	ASP.NET Core ingress for interactions, webhooks, OAuth callbacks, and linked roles.
DisCatSharp.Hosting.DependencyInjection	Dependency-injection helpers for clients and hosted bots.

Templates

Package	Purpose	LTS	Latest
DisCatSharp.ProjectTemplates	Project templates for creating hosted DisCatSharp bots.

Development / Commons

Package	Purpose	LTS	Latest
DisCatSharp.Attributes	Shared annotations used by DisCatSharp packages and tooling.
DisCatSharp.Common	Shared utilities, regular expressions, and converters.
DisCatSharp.Experimental	Experimental and unsupported Discord features that may change without notice.
DisCatSharp.Analyzer	Recommended analyzers and code fixes for DisCatSharp applications.

Extensions