The IDE
A desktop app with a flow editor, a Run panel, a Problems panel and secret storage. It starts your bot in a separate process and reloads flows the moment you save.
Introduction
Makecord is an open source IDE for building Discord bots. You wire commands and events together as visual flows, run the bot on your own machine while you edit, and copy the same folder to a server when it’s ready.
There’s no account and no hosted service. Your bot runs wherever you run it.
How it fits together
Section titled “How it fits together”The project
A plain folder: makecord.json plus one *.flow.json file per command or event. Version it with git like any other code.
The runtime
@makecord/runtime, a standalone npm package that reads the project and runs the bot with discord.js. The IDE uses it, and so does your server.
Plugins
npm packages that add blocks to the editor. The built-in blocks are a plugin too.
Where to go next
Section titled “Where to go next”- New to Makecord? Start with Installation and then Your first bot.
- Want to understand the files? Read Projects and Flows.
- Ready to go live? Follow Self-hosting.