HepBoatModeration that shows its work.
HepBoat keeps a record of everything it does: numbered infractions, archives of every purge, a mod-log that explains itself. And your whole server's behaviour lives in one YAML document - readable, versioned, restorable, applied live.
24
plugins
242
commands
112
mod-log action types
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config reload, no restart
config one document, the whole server
If you can read this file, you know exactly what your server does.
Every setting is one YAML document. Dashboard forms patch only the keys they own, so your comments and hand-written sections survive every edit. Saves validate against the real schema before they can apply, every change gets a history entry with a diff and one-click restore, and the running bot picks it up within a second.
Guided forms when you want them, the raw editor when you don't - both write the same file, and neither one clobbers the other.
levels:
411175551308398592: 100 # Admins
411175640047812611: 50 # Mods
plugins:
infractions:
mute_role: 674638268135047186
modlog:
channels:
674638168474915242:
includes: [] # everything
censor:
levels:
0: { filter_invites: true }
50: {} # staff exemptimagescan the filter that can see
Scammers post artwork because word filters can't read it.
Teach HepBoat a scam image once - reply to it with a command, or drag it into the dashboard - and every later copy is deleted on sight, including recompressed, re-cropped, and re-posted-as-a-link versions. Optional OCR reads the text inside images and runs it through the word filters you already wrote.
Ships with a shadow mode that reports without deleting, so you can watch what it would have caught before you hand it the delete button.
autolevel + games the half members actually see
Moderation keeps a server safe. This keeps it alive.
Leveling with custom XP curves, role rewards, image rank cards, and importers for the bots you're leaving (MEE6, Lurkr, Amari and friends). A full per-server economy on top: daily streaks, slots, blackjack, roulette, horse racing, coinflip and rock-paper-scissors duels, server prediction bets, a role shop, and purchasable rank-card flair.
Every game is individually tunable, every payout table is fixed and published - the house edge is printed on the board, never hidden in a rigged coin. Opt-in public web leaderboards for both XP and riches.
plugins/ the manifest
Moderation with receipts
Warnings, mutes, timeouts, kicks and bans are numbered records - searchable, editable, reversible, and attributed to the moderator who acted. Timed actions expire themselves, even across restarts, and the right-click mod panel puts a member summary with one-tap actions on every phone.
Filters that hold the line
Invites, domains, words, tokens, zalgo and caps, with per-level and per-channel rules. Bucket-based anti-spam escalates on its own; anti-raid watches join velocity on top.
Scams in images get caught too
Your mods teach the bot a scam image once; every recompressed, re-cropped copy after that is deleted on sight. Optional OCR reads the text inside images and runs it through your existing filters.
Traps for the bots
Honeypot channels no human should touch: anything that posts there is banned on sight, with the evidence in your log and an unban button for the rare mistake.
A log worth reading
112 action types, routed to the channels you choose, deduplicated and attributed. Bulk deletions become browsable web archives instead of channel spam.
Leveling done properly
XP tracks with custom curves, role rewards that come off when the XP goes away, image rank cards, importers for the bots you are leaving, and a public web leaderboard.
Your own commands
A small scripting DSL for custom commands and auto-responders - it can act, not just reply - with a dashboard workbench that validates as you type.
Ban networks
Share permanent bans across servers you trust, with per-network controls, or opt into the operator-curated global ban network.
Appeals built in
Banned users get a link to your custom appeal form on the way out; submissions land in a dashboard review queue with full history and approve/deny actions.
Applications, reviewed anywhere
Build application forms with DM or in-channel intake, let staff vote, and approve or deny from Discord or the dashboard queue - with a one-click importer that brings your AppBot history along.
A full economy, if you want one
Per-server currency with work, crime and daily streaks; slots, blackjack, roulette, horse racing, crash and the bank heist; a fishing sea with rods, weather, aquariums and trophies; investments, server prediction bets, a role shop and rank-card flair.
Quests keep members coming back
Daily and weekly quests built from real server events - messages sent, stars earned, fish caught, games won - with currency, XP, or role rewards claimed right in Discord.
The everyday tooling
Welcome messages, join roles, role groups, sticky messages, channel content rules, bulk role sprays with confirmation, message archives, reminders, RSS feeds, and music - the plumbing every server needs.
+ tags, starboard, honeypot traps, music, and an external web API - 24 plugins in all, each one optional.
dashboard an operator console, not a settings page
Everything below is a real page in the dashboard today. Moderators can also act without leaving Discord - warn, timeout, kick, or ban straight from the right-click menu, with a reason form so nothing fires from a stray click.
Config history
Every save is a version with a diff and a one-click restore. Nothing changes silently.
Diagnostics
Finds config that cannot fire: missing permissions, deleted channels, rules that reference roles that no longer exist.
Filter simulator
Paste a message, pick a member level, and see exactly which censor or spam rule catches it - before it goes live.
Permission studio
Resolve who can run which command where, with the same rule engine the bot uses, not a re-implementation.
Custom log formats
Re-template any of the 112 mod-log actions with live preview - your log reads the way your team talks.
Command workbench
Write custom-command scripts with validation as you type, or compose them in the visual builder.
lineage where this comes from
HepBoat is a ground-up rewrite of a bot in the rowboat lineage - the tooling that moderated some of Discord's largest communities. The rewrite kept the operator's mindset: every action is a record, every record is queryable, and nothing changes silently.
It runs as a hosted service, and the same platform can run fully white-label instances - your bot name, your avatar, your own dashboard subdomain - for communities that want their own.
fleet live totals, updated every half hour
173
servers aboard
11,579,240
members on record
1,748,896,870
messages processed
1,624,964
infractions issued
Getting aboard
HepBoat is free to add. Inviting it sets your server up on the spot - a starter config, dashboard access for you, and a welcome DM to the owner. Premium unlocks the full toolkit at $4.99 / 30 days per server - prepaid, nothing auto-renews - and the shop can also set up a fully white-label instance of your own.