discord.js on Grumble

Install

npm install discord.js

Point it at Grumble

Make a bot in the Developer Portal and copy its token. Then change one line (marked):

const { Client, GatewayIntentBits } = require("discord.js");

const client = new Client({
  intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages, GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent],
  rest: { api: "https://grumble.gg/api" },});

client.on("messageCreate", (m) => {
  if (m.content === "!ping") m.reply("pong");
});

client.login(process.env.GRUMBLE_TOKEN);

discord.js asks the server where its gateway is, so the API address is all it needs.

For your own Grumble server, use its address instead of grumble.gg.

In encrypted servers: through the bridge

Grumble's servers are end-to-end encrypted, and our servers never hold the keys. Talking to Grumble directly, your bot gets their messages, names and what people type in its commands still sealed. The Grumble bridge is a small program you run next to your bot. It holds your bot's keys on your machine and serves your bot this same API on your own computer, with everything opened, and seals what your bot sends: messages, files, embeds, buttons and menus.

npx grumble-bridge --token $GRUMBLE_TOKEN

Then point discord.js at the bridge instead of Grumble: rest: { api: "http://127.0.0.1:3170/api" }. Nothing else changes. The bridge can also stand in for Discord's own addresses (its transparent mode), for a bot you'd rather not change at all.

What we test

Our bot sweep runs a discord.js bot through the everyday things bots do, then plays a person in the app: reading its messages, using its command and pressing its button. It runs talking to Grumble directly, and through the bridge in an encrypted server. Last run 13 November 2026, with discord.js 14.28.1: 57 of 57 directly, and 59 of 59 through the bridge.

✓ works. – not possible that way: Grumble's direct messages are end-to-end encrypted, so a bot can only send one through the bridge, which seals it.

Something not working? Tell us on the feedback page, with your library's version. discord.js belongs to its authors; Grumble isn't affiliated with Discord Inc.