Features

• Easy Build - Verify included. Code for each command is easier to write.
• Lightweight - We make them as light as possible. Discord Hono has zero dependencies.
• TypeScript - TypeScript support.

Development Direction

Priority items to address:

• Run on Cloudflare Workers
• Receiving and responding to Discord Interactions

Lower priority, but gradually addressing:

• Run in environments other than Cloudflare
• Requests and responses to REST API

Server-based Bot vs Serverless Bot

	Server-based Bot	Serverless Bot
Capabilities	Everything	Responding to commands Anything that can be done with REST API
Limitations	-	Cannot maintain constant connection
Scaling	Requires various adjustments	Auto-scale
Cost	Free: With downtime Large-scale: Can be expensive	Free: No downtime Large-scale: Can be low-cost
Libraries	Discord.js Discord.py Discordeno etc…	DiscordHono …? (I don’t know anything else)

Capabilities and Limitations

• Server-based Bot
  • Can do everything
• Serverless Bot
  • Can respond to commands and anything that can be done with REST API
  • Cannot maintain constant connection

Serverless Bots cannot maintain a constant connection (like connecting to VC, monitoring comments and responding).
This is the biggest disadvantage of Serverless Bots.
On the other hand, if you don’t plan to maintain a constant connection, it might be worth considering a Serverless Bot.

Scaling

• Server-based Bot
  • Requires various adjustments
• Serverless Bot
  • Auto-scale

With Serverless Bots, you don’t have to worry about scaling.

Cost

• Server-based Bot
  • Free: With downtime
  • Large-scale: Can be expensive
• Serverless Bot
  • Free: No downtime
  • Large-scale: Can be low-cost

Since Serverless Bots are not always running, they can be low-cost.
Even for free use, most services do not have downtime.

References

https://github.com/IanMitchell/interaction-kit?tab=readme-ov-file#http

https://github.com/discordeno/discordeno/tree/main/packages/rest#discordeno-rest