babyrite

babyrite is a lightweight, fast citation message Discord bot.

# Latest Release
docker pull ghcr.io/m1sk9/babyrite:latest

# Minor Release
docker pull ghcr.io/m1sk9/babyrite:v1

# Specific Release
docker pull ghcr.io/m1sk9/babyrite:v1.0.0

API Support: requires Discord API v10

babyrite API Documentation

Features

• Message Previews: babyrite parses Discord message links and displays messages as embedded content.
• GitHub Permalink Expansion: babyrite can expand GitHub permalinks and display the content of the linked file.
• Lightweight: babyrite uses distroless as its base image and consists of a very lightweight Docker Image.
• Fast: babyrite is developed in Rust and is very fast!
• OSS: babyrite is open-source and licensed under the MIT License. It also provides a way to host it yourself as well as publish it as OSS.
• Easy to Use: babyrite is very easy to use and can be deployed in seconds.

Message Previews

Detects Discord message links (https://discord.com/channels/...) and expands them as embedded content.

• Supports Production, PTB, and Canary client URLs
• Expands up to 3 links per message
• Validates NSFW channels, permissions, and privacy

GitHub Permalink Expansion

Detects GitHub permalinks (blob URLs containing a commit SHA) and expands file content as code blocks.

• Supports line range specifications (#L10-L20)
• Expands up to 3 links per message
• 1MB file size limit; display truncated to 50 lines by default (configurable)

Supported languages

Extension	Language
.rs	Rust
.py	Python
.js	JavaScript
.ts	TypeScript
.jsx	JSX
.tsx	TSX
.rb	Ruby
.go	Go
.java	Java
.kt, .kts	Kotlin
.c, .h	C
.cpp, .cc, .cxx, .hpp, .hxx	C++
.cs	C#
.swift	Swift
.php	PHP
.scala	Scala
.sh, .bash, .zsh, .fish	Bash
.ps1	PowerShell
.html, .htm	HTML
.css	CSS
.scss	SCSS
.sass	Sass
.less	Less
.json	JSON
.yaml, .yml	YAML
.toml	TOML
.xml	XML
.sql	SQL
.md, .markdown	Markdown
.lua	Lua
.r	R
.dart	Dart
.zig	Zig
.nim	Nim
.ex, .exs	Elixir
.erl, .hrl	Erlang
.hs	Haskell
.ml, .mli	OCaml
.clj, .cljs	Clojure
.tf	HCL
.vue	Vue
.svelte	Svelte
.graphql, .gql	GraphQL
.proto	Protobuf
.mk, Makefile	Makefile
Dockerfile	Dockerfile

For extensions not listed above, the extension name is used as-is for the language hint.

Note that Discord code blocks use highlight.js for syntax highlighting, so languages not supported by highlight.js cannot be highlighted regardless of babyrite's configuration. If syntax highlighting does not work correctly for a supported language, please open an issue.

Installation

You can install babyrite using Docker. The following command will pull the latest version of babyrite.

docker pull ghcr.io/m1sk9/babyrite:v1

• babyrite is tested on macOS and Linux (major distributions) as recommended environment.
  • Also compatible with Windows, but we recommend running it on macOS or Linux. (v0.19.0+)
• ARM64 environments are supported (v0.16.0+)

Using Docker Compose

It is recommended to use Docker Compose when setting up babyrite. Direct startup using Docker images or binary files is also possible but not recommended.

services:
  app:
    image: ghcr.io/m1sk9/babyrite:v1
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always

If you are using orchestration tools such as k8s or Docker Swarm, please configure them according to their respective configuration files.

Configuration

You can customize the behavior of babyrite by using a dedicated configuration file. The settings are written in TOML format. Refer to config/config.toml for configuration items.

You can also start with the default settings without configuring. The following are the default settings used in that case.

json_logging = false

[features]
github_permalink = true

[github]
max_lines = 50

Key	Description	Default Value
json_logging	Sets whether to output logs in JSON format.	false
features.github_permalink	Enable or disable GitHub Permalink expansion.	true
github.max_lines	Maximum number of lines to display without truncation.	50

Environment Variables

The environment variables used by babyrite are as follows. Note that the only environment variable required for startup is DISCORD_API_TOKEN.

Key	Description
DISCORD_API_TOKEN	Discord API token
CONFIG_FILE	Path to the configuration file (recursive path)

LICENSE

babyrite is published under Apache License 2.0.

_{® 2023 - 2026 m1sk9
babyrite is not affiliated with Discord.}