# YouTube API key (optional – required for YouTube search) YT_API_KEY=YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY
# In .env DASHBOARD_ENABLED=true DASHBOARD_PORT=8080 Run with npm run dashboard . The dashboard uses Discord OAuth2; you must register a Redirect URI ( https://yourdomain.com/auth/callback ) in the Developer Portal. 7.3 Scaling with Multiple Shards For bots in >2,500 guilds: thumperdc
[INFO] Logged in as ThumperDC#1234 (ID: 987654321098765432) [INFO] Ready! Connected to 0 guilds. Now add the bot to a server (see Invite URL below) and test a slash command, e.g.: # YouTube API key (optional – required for
[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Enable with sudo systemctl enable thumperdc && sudo systemctl start thumperdc . | Q | A | |---|---| | Do I need a premium subscription for music? | No. ThumperDC uses YouTube and SoundCloud public streams. Spotify playback requires a Spotify Premium token and is optional. | | Can I host the bot for free? | Yes, on any VPS with at least 256 MiB RAM and a modest CPU. The bot’s baseline RAM usage is ~50 MiB. | | Is there a public instance I can test? | Some community servers run a public “demo” instance. Ask the maintainer on the official GitHub Issues page for an invite. | | ** Connected to 0 guilds
# (Optional) Database URL – if you want PostgreSQL/MySQL # DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432/thumperdc
[Service] Type=simple User=discordbot WorkingDirectory=/opt/thumperdc ExecStart=/usr/bin/node src/index.js Restart=on-failure EnvironmentFile=/opt/thumperdc/.env
# Prefix for legacy commands (slash commands don’t need this) PREFIX=!