[](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord.js) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord.js) [](https://travis-ci.org/hydrabolt/discord.js) [](https://david-dm.org/hydrabolt/discord.js) [](https://nodei.co/npm/discord.js/) discord.js is a powerful node.js module that allows you to interact with the [Discord API](https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/intro). # Welcome! Welcome to the discord.js v9 documentation. The v9 rewrite has taken a lot of time, but it should be much more stable and performant than previous versions. ## Installation **Node.js 6.0.0 or newer is required.** Without voice support: `npm install discord.js --save --production` With voice support ([node-opus](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-opus)): `npm install discord.js node-opus --save --production` With voice support ([opusscript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/opusscript)): `npm install discord.js opusscript --save --production` If both audio packages are installed, discord.js will automatically prefer node-opus. The preferred audio engine is node-opus, as it performs significantly better than opusscript. Using opusscript is only recommended for development on Windows, since getting node-opus to build there can be a bit of a challenge. For production bots, using node-opus should be considered a necessity, especially if they're going to be running on multiple servers. ## Guides * [LuckyEvie's general guide](https://eslachance.gitbooks.io/discord-js-bot-guide/content/) * [York's v9 upgrade guide](https://yorkaargh.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/updating-discord-js-bots/) ## Links * [Website](http://hydrabolt.github.io/discord.js/) * [Discord.js server](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9) * [Discord API server](https://discord.gg/rV4BwdK) * [Documentation](http://hydrabolt.github.io/discord.js/#!/docs/tag/master) * [Legacy (v8) documentation](http://discordjs.readthedocs.io/en/8.1.0/docs_client.html) * [Examples](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js/tree/master/docs/custom/examples) * [GitHub](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js) * [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/discord.js) * [Related libraries](https://discordapi.com/unofficial/libs.html) ## Help If you don't understand something in this documentation, you are experiencing problems, or you just need a gentle nudge in the right direction, please don't hesitate to join our official [Discord.js Server](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9).