Your music, your server, your rules. The open-source Discord music bot you host yourself — no limits, no tracking, no compromises.
Due to increasingly aggressive restrictions from Google and YouTube, the public instance of Playify was constantly being detected and blocked. Maintaining a bot serving thousands of servers became impossible under these conditions — every fix was met with a new block within days.
After months of fighting these bans, I made the difficult decision to discontinue the public bot. But Playify itself is alive and thriving — it has simply evolved into a fully self-hosted project.
By running your own private instance, your bot flies under the radar. No more bans, no more interruptions. You get full YouTube support, complete privacy, and total control over your music experience. It takes less than 5 minutes to set up.
Play any Spotify playlist, including official curated ones like "This Is" and "Radar" that most bots can't handle.
Transform your music with the /filter command to apply effects like slowed, reverb, nightcore, and more.
Never let the music stop. Playify automatically adds similar songs to the queue when your current one ends.
No paywalled features, no playlist limits. Playify is 100% free and open source for everyone, forever.
Drag and drop your own audio or video files — Playify handles the rest.
Self-hosting unlocks full YouTube and YouTube Music support with no bans or restrictions — your instance, your rules.
Playify supports music from 10+ platforms. Use direct URLs or search by keywords. All platforms support songs, albums, and playlists.
Self-hosting Playify means you own every part of the experience. No external servers, no telemetry, no restrictions. Your data stays on your machine, and your music never stops.
A simple startup script (start.bat) that handles everything — Python, FFmpeg, dependencies. Just enter your API keys and you're done.
Clone, configure your .env file, and run docker compose up -d. Works on any OS with Docker installed.
For developers who want full control. Install Python 3.9+, FFmpeg, clone the repo, and run python playify.py.
Self-hosting unlocks YouTube and YouTube Music with zero bans or restrictions.
All logs stay on your machine. Zero telemetry, zero tracking, zero data collection.
Your instance serves only your server. No shared resources, no throttling.
Fork the repo and tweak anything. Add commands, change behavior, make it yours.
No paywalls, no premium tiers, no queue caps. Everything is unlocked by default.
Pull the latest changes from GitHub anytime. The project is actively maintained.
Head to the Discord Developer Portal and create a new application with a bot token.
Grab your Spotify Client ID/Secret and optionally a Genius API token for lyrics.
Use the Windows Easy Setup (start.bat), Docker, or manual Python setup — whatever suits you best.
Invite your bot to your server and type /play. That's it — you're done!
Playify is open source, self-hosted, and completely free. No paywalls, no ads, no tracking — just you, your server, and your music.