A production-ready Discord Server Backup Bot that automatically archives channels, threads, messages, roles, and attachments to secure storage, then restores them on demand. It eliminates risky manual exports, preserves server state during migrations, and gives teams a repeatable, auditable backup pipeline.
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What it does: Captures scheduled and on-demand backups of Discord servers, including channels, threads, messages, reactions, member snapshots, roles/permissions, webhooks, emojis, and attachments, with compression, encryption, and integrity checks.
What it automates: End-to-end export → package → upload (S3/Cloud/Drive) → verify → retention cleanup → restore wizard.
Benefits: Zero-touch recovery, safe server migrations, legal/operational audit trails, and peace of mind for community owners.
- End-to-end pipelines: full & incremental backups with integrity hashes and resumable uploads.
- Attachment offloading: streams media/attachments to object storage with deduplication.
- Role & permission snapshots: reproduce server structure and access controls reliably.
- Restore wizard: recreate channels/threads/roles safely within rate limits.
- Observability: rich logs, metrics, and alerts for failed jobs or API throttling.
- Real Devices and Emulators: Optional Android client control for edge workflows (e.g., exporting from mobile-only contexts), orchestrated through Appilot device farms alongside API-based backups.
- No-ADB Wireless Automation: Secure wireless triggers/monitoring for mobile fallback flows without requiring ADB cables or local pairing.
- Mimicking Human Behavior: Human-like pacing for UI-driven fallbacks (typing, scrolling, media loads) to avoid detection and reduce rate-limit spikes.
- Multiple Accounts Support: Rotate service accounts/bot tokens and per-guild credentials with isolated storage buckets and scoped permissions.
- Multi-Device Integration: Run parallel backup jobs across containers, emulators, and real devices to accelerate large server exports.
- Exponential Growth for Your Account: Scale backups safely as communities grow—sharded workers, queue-based concurrency, and storage tiering keep throughput high as data volume increases.
- Premium Support: SLA-backed assistance, onboarding, disaster-recovery drills, and guided restores for critical incidents.
- Immutable Backups: Content-addressed packages with SHA256 manifests prevent tampering and guarantee integrity.
- Zero-Downtime Scheduling: Cron/queue orchestrations run outside peak activity windows; incremental deltas minimize API load.
- Granular Retention Policies: Keep-hourly/daily/weekly/monthly buckets with automatic pruning and legal hold overrides.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Scheduled Full & Incremental Backups | Define per-guild policies (hourly deltas, nightly fulls) with lock-free manifests and diff-based packaging. |
| Channel & Thread Archiving | Preserve structure, topic, slowmode, permissions, and message history with reaction and reply graphs. |
| Attachment Offload to S3/Cloud | Stream media to S3/Wasabi/MinIO/Drive with dedup, multipart uploads, and lifecycle rules. |
| Role/Permission Snapshots | Export roles, colors, positions, and permission overwrites; replay safely during restore. |
| Web Dashboard & Restore Wizard | Select ranges (by date/channel), dry-run previews, and stepwise restore respecting rate limits. |
| Encryption & Compression | AES-256 at rest, transit TLS, and multi-part compressed archives (zstd/gzip) with manifest checks. |
- Input or Trigger — The automation is triggered through the Appilot dashboard, where the user initiates the process by setting up desired tasks such as app interactions, notifications, or scheduled actions on the Android device or emulator.
- Core Logic — Appilot controls the Android device or emulator through UI Automator or ADB (Android Debug Bridge), performing actions like app navigation, form submissions, data entry, or automated clicks/taps.
- Output or Action — As a result, the automation performs the designated tasks (e.g., sending messages, making app updates, posting content, etc.) and outputs the desired results to the user or triggers further actions within the connected system.
- Other functionalities — Additional features like retry logic, error handling, logging, or parallel processing can be configured within the Appilot dashboard to ensure smooth execution and troubleshooting in case of failures.
- Language: TypeScript, Node.js, Python
- Frameworks: discord.js / Discord.py, Fastify/Express, UI Automator, Robot Framework
- Tools: Appilot, Android Debug Bridge (ADB), Appium Inspector, Bluestacks, Nox Player, Scrcpy, Firebase Test Lab, MonkeyRunner, Accessibility
- Infrastructure: Dockerized device farms, Cloud-based emulators, Proxy networks, Parallel Device Execution, Task Queues (BullMQ/Celery), Real device farm, S3-compatible object storage, PostgreSQL/Redis
discord-server-backup-bot/
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├── src/
│ ├── index.ts
│ ├── bot/
│ │ ├── commands/
│ │ │ ├── backup.ts
│ │ │ ├── restore.ts
│ │ │ └── status.ts
│ │ ├── events/
│ │ │ ├── ready.ts
│ │ │ └── guildCreate.ts
│ │ └── utils/
│ │ ├── rateLimiter.ts
│ │ ├── paginator.ts
│ │ └── logger.ts
│ ├── backup/
│ │ ├── exporter.ts
│ │ ├── incremental.ts
│ │ ├── attachments.ts
│ │ └── manifests.ts
│ ├── restore/
│ │ ├── replay.ts
│ │ ├── permissions.ts
│ │ └── dryrun.ts
│ ├── storage/
│ │ ├── s3.ts
│ │ ├── encryption.ts
│ │ └── compression.ts
│ ├── web/
│ │ ├── server.ts
│ │ ├── routes/
│ │ │ ├── jobs.ts
│ │ │ └── restore.ts
│ │ └── views/
│ │ └── dashboard.html
│ └── config/
│ ├── settings.ts
│ └── retention.ts
│
├── android-fallback/
│ ├── uiautomator/
│ │ └── flows.xml
│ └── robot/
│ └── mobile_backup.robot
│
├── scripts/
│ ├── migrate.ts
│ ├── seed.ts
│ └── cron.example
│
├── docs/
│ ├── architecture.md
│ └── restore-playbook.md
│
├── media/
│ └── Discord Server Backup Bot-banner.png
│
├── .env.example
├── docker-compose.yml
├── package.json
└── README.md
- Community Owners use it to back up channels and media before server restructuring, so they can restore safely if changes fail.
- Agencies use it to migrate client servers to new branding with minimal downtime, so they can ensure continuity and compliance.
- Moderation Teams use it to create audit-ready snapshots, so they can respond to disputes with verifiable history.
- Developers use it in staging to seed datasets from production backups, so they can reproduce issues accurately.
How do I configure this for multiple accounts/guilds?
Provide multiple bot tokens or OAuth installs; each guild gets isolated storage prefixes and retention policies. The job scheduler shards work per guild to avoid cross-impact.
Does it support proxy rotation or anti-detection?
Primary backups use official APIs with compliant rate limiting. For mobile fallbacks, proxy rotation and human-like delays are available via Appilot to reduce throttling.
Can I schedule it to run periodically?
Yes—use cron expressions or queue intervals for hourly/daily/weekly jobs, plus on-demand triggers from the web dashboard or slash commands.
How are restores handled safely?
A dry-run preview shows the plan, then the restore wizard replays structure → roles → channels → messages within rate limits, with retries and backoff on errors.
Where is data stored and how is it secured?
Backups are encrypted and uploaded to S3-compatible storage with per-project keys. Manifests include integrity hashes and detailed indexes for selective restore.
- Execution Speed: Incremental backups process ~25–60k messages/hour per worker with streaming uploads and bounded memory.
- Success Rate: Validated pipelines achieve a 95% success rate over rolling 30-day windows with automatic retries.
- Scalability: Horizontal sharding scales from a single guild to 300–1000 concurrently, using queues and containerized workers.
- Resource Efficiency: Stream-based packaging, attachment deduplication, and lazy compression keep CPU/RAM usage low under load.
- Error Handling: Structured logs, metrics, circuit breakers, exponential backoff, dead-letter queues, and self-healing replays for partial failures.
