# Welcome! Welcome to the discord.js v11 documentation. v11 contains loads of new and improved features, optimisations, and bug fixes. ## About discord.js is a powerful node.js module that allows you to interact with the [Discord API](https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/intro) very easily. - Object-oriented - Predictable abstractions - Performant - 100% coverage of the Discord API ## Installation **Node.js 6.0.0 or newer is required.** Ignore any warnings about unmet peer dependencies - all of them are optional. Without voice support: `npm install discord.js --save` With voice support ([node-opus](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-opus)): `npm install discord.js node-opus --save` With voice support ([opusscript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/opusscript)): `npm install discord.js opusscript --save` ### Audio engines The preferred audio engine is node-opus, as it performs significantly better than opusscript. When both are available, discord.js will automatically choose node-opus. Using opusscript is only recommended for development environments where node-opus is tough to get working. For production bots, using node-opus should be considered a necessity, especially if they're going to be running on multiple servers. ### Optional packages - [uws](https://www.npmjs.com/package/uws) for much a much faster WebSocket connection (`npm install uws --save`) - [erlpack](https://github.com/hammerandchisel/erlpack) for significantly faster WebSocket data (de)serialisation (`npm install hammerandchisel/erlpack --save`) ## Web distributions Web builds of discord.js that are fully capable of running in browsers are available [here](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js/tree/webpack). These are built by [Webpack 2](https://webpack.js.org/). The API is identical, but rather than using `require('discord.js')`, the entire `Discord` object is available as a global (on the `window` object). The ShardingManager and any voice-related functionality is unavailable in these builds. ## 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](https://discord.js.org/) * [Discord.js server](https://discord.gg/bRCvFy9) * [Discord API server](https://discord.gg/rV4BwdK) * [Documentation](https://discord.js.org/#/docs) * [Legacy (v8) documentation](http://discordjs.readthedocs.io/en/8.2.0/docs_client.html) * [Examples](https://github.com/hydrabolt/discord.js/tree/master/docs/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 the 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).