Caution

This tool is not intended for public use outside of the official Byte Dice Assistant bots. Expect issues if you host this yourself.
This tool is only designed to run on Windows (10 and 11) and XUbuntu (24.04 and above) and may not work on any other OS.

Open-source - Copyright

ByteDiceAssistant © 2025 by Byte Dice is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
You can learn more about copyright by reading the full license.

Commands

Name	Category	Description
`help`	help	Sends a help menu.
`8_ball`	fun	Sends a random answer to a prompt.
`add_server`	admin	Adds your server to the bots database for storage (no data is sold).
`embed`	owner	Creates an embed (requires `ASSISTANT_OWNERS` for security reasons).
`ping`	fun	Makes the bot reply with "pong" or a custom message.
`send`	owner	Sends a message (requires `ASSISTANT_OWNERS` for security reasons).
`stop`	owner	Stops the bot (requires `ASSISTANT_OWNERS` for security reasons).
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`admin_re_bindchannel`	admin	Sets the channel the command was run in as the one where `re_updatediscord` dumps information. This command is required for any of the other "re" commands to work.
`re_addpost`	re	Adds a post to the database.
`re_approvepost`	re	Flags a post in the database as approved.
`re_getpost`	re	Sends information about a post in the database.
`re_removepost`	re	"Removes" a post from the database (It actually only flags it as removed).
`re_shorturl`	re	Converts a long URL `https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/comments/POST_ID/POST_TITLE/` to a short one `https://redd.it/POST_ID`.
`re_topposts`	re	Sends the top posts in a category (such as upvotes). The posts have to be within the database.
`re_updatediscord`	re	Dumps the entire database (with a few restrictions) in the `admin_re_bindchannel` channel.
`re_vote`	re	Adds a vote (separate from Reddit upvotes) to a post. Use votes however you'd like.

How to run

Dependencies:

This program uses Rust (v1.82.0) and Python (v3.11.4), you can likely use other versions if they are compatible.
It is required to install all used Python modules. You can find those in req.txt. Installation instructions are in the How to Run section.

Environment variables:

Name	Description
`ASSISTANT_TOKEN`	The Discord bot token. (Create a Discord bot here!)
`ASSISTANT_TOKEN_TEST`	(Optional) A testing Discord bot token. This is only needed when the program is run with `-t` or `--test`.
`ASSISTANT_R_ID`	The id for the Reddit bot/account. (Create a Reddit bot here!)
`ASSISTANT_R_TOKEN`	The token for the Reddit bot/account.
`ASSISTANT_R_NAME`	The username of the Reddit bot/account.
`ASSISTANT_R_PASS`	The password for the Reddit bot/account.
`ASSISTANT_OWNERS`	(OPTIONAL) A list of Discord user IDs that "own" the bot. Separate each ID with a single comma and no spaces. This will allow the specified user IDs to run root commands such as `/stop`, it will also DM these users when certain errors occur.
`ASSISTANT_BK_MODS`	(OPTIONAL) Same format as `ASSISTANT_OWNERS` but for people who are allowed to use the `/re_*` commands.

Required permissions:

These are automatically set if you use the official invite link or an invite link with the permissions integer set to 84992. (The permission integer is this part of the URL &permissions=84992)

Send Messages
Read Message History
View Channels
Embed Links

Configuration:

You can find config files in the cfg/ folder. You can also find the default configs in the data/defaults/cfg_default.toml file.
NOTE: Some config files are automatically generated, and you will need to run the app once for them to generate.

How to start the program:

Short answer for experienced people:

Download the code.
Set the environment variables (listed above).
Restart the terminal.
Navigate to the project root directory.
Install all Python modules. (pip install -r req.txt)
Run with cargo run.
- Alternatively, run cargo run -- {args here} to add args.
- For help, run cargo run -- -h or cargo run -- --help.
- To only run the Python part, use cargo run -- --py, or for a better error output, python ./src/python/main.py

Long answer for beginners:

Download the code (and extract it if needed).
Open a terminal.
Set the environment variables (listed above).
- On Windows:
  - Run setx VARIABLE_NAME "value in quotes" in a terminal.
- On Linux:
  - Run sudo nano /etc/environment or sudo vim /etc/environment in the terminal (and enter your password if prompted to).
  - Press i (only if you used VIM).
  - Write VARIABLE_NAME="value" + a new line for every variable.
  - if nano: ctrl + O (and press enter) then ctrl + X.
  - if VIM: press esc then write :wq (and press enter).
- On macOS:
  - Probably the same as Linux, but I don't use this OS so I have no clue.
Restart the terminal if you added/changed any environment variables.
Run cd path/to/extracted/folder to navigate to the downloaded files (replace path/to/extracted/folder with your actual path).
Install all python modules with pip install -r req.txt.
Run cargo run to start the program. You can view a list of options by running cargo run -- --help or cargo run -- -h.
- If you only want to run the Python code, you can either run cargo run -- --py or python ./src/python/main.py. The second option is recommended for better error output.