# discord-jda/JDA

Java wrapper for the popular chat & VOIP service: Discord https://discord.com

Repository: https://github.com/discord-jda/JDA
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jda
Homepage: https://jda.wiki
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: discord, rest-api, websocket, java, rest, javadoc, bot, bot-api, jda, api-wrapper, api, discord-api
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:13:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 92, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3917, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 59, "gap_med": 15, "n_releases_24m": 28}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4681, forks 760 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:56.876644+00:00)

## What it is
JDA (Java Discord API) is a Java library for building Discord bots, wrapping Discord's real-time WebSocket gateway and REST API behind an event-driven API. It provides RestActions with automatic rate-limit handling, a customizable entity cache, audio support, and sharding for large bots.

## Use cases
- build a discord bot in java
- respond to discord events like messages and slash commands
- send and receive messages via discord api
- implement slash commands and modals for a discord bot
- play audio in discord voice channels
- scale a bot across thousands of guilds with sharding
- manage discord guilds, roles, and channels programmatically

## When to choose
- you are writing a Discord bot or application in Java or Kotlin
- you need an event-driven wrapper with automatic rate-limit handling
- you need voice/audio support or sharding for large bots

## When to avoid
- you are building bots in another language like Python or JavaScript
- you only need simple one-off REST calls without gateway events
- you need a self-hosted chat platform rather than a Discord client library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: websocket, http-client, sdk, chatbot
- domain: messaging-platforms, apis, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: discord-api, discord-bot, api-wrapper, event-driven, rest-actions, sharding, jvm, automation

## Member repositories
- discord-jda/JDA (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:56.876644+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:19.569970+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/discord-jda/JDA (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:56.876644+00:00, sha 96fc826b1420)
  - homepage: https://jda.wiki (fetched 2026-08-29T09:03:31.872188+00:00, sha d5bc303827cb)
  - site_page: https://jda.wiki/using-jda/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T09:03:31.874544+00:00, sha 8b9f180bcbee)
  - site_page: https://docs.jda.wiki/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:03:31.876322+00:00, sha 874fb18717f1)
  - site_page: https://jda.wiki/using-jda/using-new-features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:03:31.880284+00:00, sha a504620a2724)
  - site_page: https://jda.wiki/introduction/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T09:03:31.878184+00:00, sha 092cb5dd7add)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.