Your first Discord bot host

Upload your bot files in the Files tab or over SFTP. Or, if your code is on GitHub, fill in Git Repo Address in the Startup tab (plus Git Username and Git Access Token for a private repository) and choose Reinstall Server in the Settings tab to pull it in.

In the Startup tab, set Main file (Node.js), for example index.js, or App py file (Python), for example bot.py. Then press Start and watch the Console.

Include a package.json (Node.js) or requirements.txt (Python) with your code; packages from it are installed every time the bot starts. You can also list extra packages in the Startup tab.

In a file on the server that your code reads, such as .env or config.json, never in code you share or push to a public GitHub repository. If a token ever leaks, reset it in the Discord Developer Portal straight away.