Welcome to nextcord

Nextcord is a modern, easy-to-use, feature-rich, and async-ready API wrapper for Discord, forked from discord.py.

Features:

• Modern Pythonic API using async/await syntax

• Sane rate limit handling that prevents 429 errors

• Command extension to aid with bot creation

• Easy to use with an object-oriented design

• Optimised for both speed and memory

Getting started

Is this your first time using the library? This is the place to get started!

• First steps: Introduction | Quickstart | Setting Up Logging

• Working with Nextcord: Creating a Bot Account | A Primer to Gateway Intents

• Migrating from discord.py: Migrating to nextcord

• Examples: Many examples are available in the repository.

Getting help

If you’re having trouble with something, these resources might help.

• Try the FAQs first, it’s got answers to all common questions.

• Ask questions and hang out with us in our Discord server.

• If you’re looking for something specific, try the index or searching.

• Report bugs in the issue tracker.

• Ask in our GitHub discussions page.

Extensions

These extensions help you during development when it comes to common tasks.

• nextcord.ext.commands – Bot commands framework
• nextcord.ext.tasks – asyncio.Task helpers
• nextcord.ext.application_checks - checks and hooks for application commands

Manuals

These pages go into great detail about everything the API can do.

• API Reference
• nextcord.ext.commands API Reference
• nextcord.ext.tasks API Reference
• nextcord.ext.application_checks API Reference

Meta

If you’re looking for something related to the project itself, it’s here.

• Changelog
• Version Guarantees
• Application Commands
• Migrating to v1.0
• Migrating to v2.0
• Migrating to nextcord