ByteDiceAssistant

An automation tool for Byte Dice. It's both a Discord and Reddit bot in one program.

Caution

This tool is not intended for public use outside of the official Byte Dice Assistant bots. Expect issues if you host this yourself.

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.

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. This program also uses these Python modules:

asyncio
asyncpraw
asyncprawcore
emoji
io
json
os
sys
threading
time
typing
websockets

You can install Python modules by running $ pip install {module} or $ python -m pip install {module} in a terminal.

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_WEEK_MODS`	(OPTIONAL) Same format as `ASSISTANT_OWNERS` but for people who are allowed to use the `/bk_week` 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.

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How to run:

Download the code (and extract it if needed).
Open a terminal.
Set the environment variables.
- On Windows:
  - Run $ setx VARIABLE_NAME "value" in a terminal.
- On Unix (Linux / Mac):
  - Run $ sudo nano /etc/environment or $ sudo vim /etc/environment in the terminal.
  - 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).
Restart the terminal if you added/changed the environment variables.
Run $ cd path/to/extracted/folder.
Run $ cargo run. 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.

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