What's new?

Beta 2.5

New October 27, 2026

New

• Vote reward: After a vote on top.gg you redeem 7 days of Premium for one server in the dashboard, again every 30 days
• Website: new home page with a live demo that shows how BitGuard stops a hacked admin, a raid and scam links
• Website: the home page shows communities that use BitGuard and agreed to be listed in the ranking

Improved

• Dashboard: new layout for AutoMod, permissions, moderation, automations, social alerts, custom commands and scheduled messages, with an overview at the top and settings right in the row instead of a pop-up
• Dashboard: social alerts, custom commands and scheduled messages show a live preview of how the message looks in Discord
• AutoMod: the word filter now also catches disguised words, such as look-alike letters, numbers instead of letters, asterisks or stretched letters
• Anti-raid: in raid mode the accounts that set off the alarm are now removed too, not just everyone after them
• Security: all data the bot stores is now encrypted, including ticket transcripts and server backups
• Website: redesigned commands, pricing, ranking and partner pages, the commands page now shows every option of each command

Fixed

• Anti-raid: the alert was always in German, now it uses the server language
• Votes on top.gg did not reach the bot, so no voter role was given

Beta 2.4

Features October 21, 2026

New

• Temp voice controls: In every personal voice channel the bot posts a control panel with buttons for name, limit, privacy, chat, region, bitrate, trust, invite, kick, block, transfer and delete
• Temp voice: If the owner has left the channel, another member can take it over with “Claim”
• Dashboard: Sidebar categories can be collapsed and then only show the modules that are turned on

Improved

• Dashboard: new sidebar layout with the categories Protection, Moderation and Support & Team
• Temp voice: Active voice channels survive a bot restart, empty channels are cleaned up automatically

Fixed

• Dashboard: The sidebar jumped back to the top after every click
• Security: After the German BSI warned about a critical PHP vulnerability (“PHP2Shell”), we updated all servers the same day

Beta 2.3

Features October 20, 2026

New

• Level cards as images: /level, level-up messages and the leaderboard now come as a designed card with avatar, rank and progress bar
• Welcome card: new members are greeted with an image showing their avatar, name and your own text, with a live preview in the dashboard
• Voice XP: members earn XP for every minute in a voice channel, optionally only when they are not alone and not muted
• XP boosts: more XP for certain roles, for a time period or every week, for example double XP on weekends
• Tickets: questions before the ticket, so the team has all the info right away
• Tickets: priority from low to urgent via a dropdown in the ticket or /ticket priority
• Tickets: close request via button or /ticket closerequest, the owner confirms it
• Tickets: private staff thread in the ticket that the owner can't see
• Tickets: close automatically when inactive or when the owner leaves the server
• Ticket statistics (Premium): new tickets, response and resolution time, ratings and a team overview
• Shop: color roles you buy once and switch freely with /use
• Shop: roles that are removed automatically after a set time

Improved

• 3 ticket panels for free instead of 1
• With Premium, rank card and welcome card get your own color and background image
• Dashboard: when a module is turned off, its settings are greyed out
• Dashboard: modules with Premium features are marked with a gold dot in the sidebar, Premium areas have a gold border
• Dashboard: role and channel pickers with search and groups instead of long checkbox lists
• Dashboard: success and error messages are now green and red
• Dashboard: the same color picker for embeds, rank card and welcome card
• Dashboard: clearer pages for Anti-Scam and ban appeals
• The bot now stores all data in a database instead of separate files

Fixed

• Commands were sometimes slow because one of the bot's name servers didn't respond
• Double plus icon on "Add field" in embeds and reaction roles

Beta 2.2

Features October 16, 2026

New

• For our 100th server: until October 23, every server gets Premium for free, no sign-up needed
• Seasonal decorations on the website and dashboard: autumn leaves, pumpkins, snow and more sit on the cards to match the season, and you can hide them with one click
• Supporter rank: access to new modules in beta and a supporter badge in the dashboard
• If Premium ends on a set date, the bot reminds the server owner by DM three days before

Improved

• Captcha verification is now free on every server
• Delayed auto roles are now free on every server
• AutoMod word filter: 250 instead of 50 words for free
• Ban appeals: up to 5 questions on every server
• Premium page in the dashboard: the bot personalizer now replaces captcha as a highlight

Beta 2.1

Fixes October 13, 2026

Improved

• Moderation: /ban, /kick, /timeout, /untimeout, /unban, /warn and /clearwarns confirm right away and fill in the result afterwards, even when the DM and log entry take a moment
• Reaction roles: buttons and select menus respond right away, the role follows straight after

Fixed

• Moderation commands occasionally showed "The application did not respond" when the DM and log entry took longer than three seconds
• /kick, /timeout and /untimeout reported success and created a case even when Discord had rejected the action
• Giveaways: if the bot wasn't allowed to see the channel, you only got a generic error instead of a hint about the channel permissions
• Giveaways: failed attempts stayed saved as active giveaways and counted towards the limit
• Reaction roles: buttons occasionally showed "Interaction failed"

Beta 2.0

Major update October 9, 2026

New

• Setup wizard in the dashboard: set server type, bot language, moderator roles and channels in four steps, fitting modules are turned on automatically
• Case system: every moderation action gets a case number, whether by command, in the dashboard, by AutoMod or the warn limit
• /case show, reason, history and delete: view cases, change reasons later, show a member's case history
• Case history in the dashboard under Moderation, with member search and editing right in the list
• New commands /purge, /slowmode, /lock and /unlock
• /userinfo shows account age, join date and roles, moderators also see the warnings
• Permissions: new "Channels" role for /purge, /slowmode, /lock and /unlock
• Website: new guides for anti-scam, channel rules, applications, ban appeals, temporary roles and the team list

Improved

• Anti-scam is out of beta and available on every server
• Applications, ban appeals, temp roles, team list, channel rules and anti-scam now also in Spanish, French and Russian
• Dashboard: error messages appear in the dashboard's language
• Default texts for verification, applications, ban appeals and the team list follow your server's bot language
• When a reason is changed later, the original message in the log channel is kept and only updated
• /help now lists every command, including /temprole, /team, /invites, /fish and /higherlower
• /warnings shows the date instead of an internal number
• Website: features, command list and pricing now include the modules from 1.8
• Privacy policy now covers anti-scam, applications, ban appeals and temporary roles
• The bot runs on a new server with a faster connection to Discord

Fixed

• Moderation actions from the dashboard didn't show up in the log channel
• Occasional "Interaction failed" because addresses were resolved too slowly
• Security: social alerts can no longer be redirected to internal addresses
• Privacy policy: birthdays entered by admins were missing and the backup details were outdated

Beta 1.9

Update October 5, 2026

New

• The website and dashboard are now also available in French and Spanish, including the documentation and changelog
• Status page: every 5 minutes the bot itself checks the dashboard, API, data storage and its Discord connection and reports the results to the status page
• Invite tracker: the server's vanity URL has its own row in the leaderboard, with joins, leaves and active members

Improved

• Automations: new editor with "When" and "Then" steps, one card per action and clickable placeholders
• Custom commands: new editor with sections for the reply, embed and access, roles as clickable pills
• Anti-nuke: backups are now kept for 3 days, at most 3. After an alert, the state from before is kept
• Anti-nuke: the bot now cleans up old backups every hour, even when daily backups are off
• Invite tracker: members who joined through the vanity URL and leave again now count under "Left again"
• Dashboard: the language picker is more compact and only shows the flag for the other languages

Fixed

• Invite tracker: joins through the vanity URL were detected but not counted in the dashboard, which showed 0 everywhere
• Dashboard: save and delete buttons in cards sat in the middle instead of at the edge

Beta 1.8

Features October 1, 2026

New

• Applications: custom multi-page forms, new applications land in a review channel where you can accept or decline them
• Ban appeals: banned members get a DM with a button and can submit an appeal with your own questions
• Temporary roles: give roles for a limited time with /temprole, they are removed automatically when they expire
• Team list: show your server team at a glance with /team set, remove and list
• Channel rules: allow only media, only links or only text in a channel, or block links or media. Violations are removed automatically
• Beta area in the dashboard: beta testers get to see new features before everyone else
• Anti-Scam (beta): detects scam bots and NSFW invite spam in real time, including fake Nitro, Steam and crypto scams, IP loggers and spoofed links
• New partner: Three Sisters RP

Improved

• Anti-Scam automatically checks links against public lists of known scam domains
• Moderation DMs for bans now include the appeal button right away when the module is active
• Premium: higher limits for the new modules, for example 500 instead of 25 temporary roles and 15 instead of 2 application forms

Beta 1.7

Features September 30, 2026

New

• Server ranking: voice minutes now count once at least two people are in a voice channel (AFK channel and deafened members excluded)
• Automations: multiple keywords in one trigger, separated by |
• Automations: without a target channel, the bot replies directly to the triggering message
• Higher or Lower: if the next card has the same value, you now get 80% of your bet back instead of losing it all
• Free games: when you turn it on, the games that are free right now get posted, then only new ones
• Website: new partner page featuring our partner servers, each with logo, short description and invite link
• Website: apply to become a partner right from the partner page, via Discord or email
• Our first partners: Angel Protocol and Simeonsky Design

Improved

• Server ranking: fairer points, now also counting active days, commands used and member growth
• Server ranking: spam no longer earns extra points, messages and commands per person and day only count up to a cap
• The ranking in the dashboard and on the website shows voice minutes
• The command count on the website now includes subcommands
• Privacy policy and documentation updated for voice minutes (60 days, no content)
• Website: navigation rebuilt, with pricing right in the menu
• Website: new Community menu with the server ranking, partners and the support server
• Website: language picker is now a dropdown with flags, and language names appear in your language
• Website: cleaner header with fewer boxes and one clear invite button
• Website: footer reorganized into three even columns, legal links now sit at the bottom next to the copyright
• Website: on smaller laptop screens the compact menu kicks in earlier, so nothing gets cut off

Fixed

• Dashboard moderation: role hierarchy and your permissions are now checked reliably
• Scheduled messages: @everyone and @here only work if you are allowed to mention everyone yourself
• Website: the mobile menu could not be scrolled on small screens, so the last entries were out of reach

Beta 1.6

Update September 28, 2026

New

• Tickets: the Waiting, In progress and Priority counters can be switched off individually
• Tickets: the banner image in the panel is now optional, off by default, with your own image via link if you like
• Documentation: new guides for the invite tracker and the counting channel

Improved

• Ticket system in the dashboard completely redesigned: panels as cards, commands as tiles and a clear editor with live preview
• Ticket ratings with average, distribution and latest ratings at a glance
• The ticket panel follows your server's bot language, including the select menu and the ticket counters
• Dashboard changes reach the posted panel within a few seconds, no need to post it again
• Dashboard: better German wording such as Reaktionsrollen, Sprachkanäle and Embeds
• Website: new images for AutoMod, giveaways and anti-nuke, click to view them full size
• Website: FAQ and documentation brought up to date, plus a preview image for shared links

Fixed

• Tickets: posted panels were never updated, the counters were stuck at 0
• Tickets: panels in deleted channels stayed stored and are now cleaned up
• Privacy: deleting all server data did not remove the ticket panels

Beta 1.5

Features September 27, 2026

New

• Invite tracker: see who invited how many members, with /invites, a leaderboard and a join log
• Counting channel: members count up together, one mistake and everyone starts over
• Voter role: whoever votes for BitGuard on top.gg or Discord Bot List gets a role on the support server for 12 hours
• Shop perks: items can start a server boost, for example double game winnings for everyone for an hour, optionally with its own maximum bet
• New mini-game /fish: cast your line, reel in at the right moment and earn coins, from an old boot to a legendary shark
• Gambling ban: whoever gambles too hard gets banned from the casino. Set it by losses in a row or coins lost
• Faster support: when you ask for help, our team sees at a glance which permissions the bot is missing on your server, which modules are running and which errors occurred, without any message content
• Temporary bans: anyone abusing the bot can now be banned for 1, 7 or 30 days instead of only permanently
• Website: vote button at the bottom right to support BitGuard on top.gg and Discord Bot List

Improved

• /shop redesigned and much easier to read
• Boosts & events: boosts can have their own maximum bet while they run
• Dashboard: notifications in the new BitGuard look at the top right
• Dashboard: Premium limits are shown as a compact capsule
• Dashboard: moderation with calmer, consistent colors
• The command list is now also on Discord Bot List
• Support team with fixed roles (Support, Moderation, Technical). Each role can only do what it needs, and every action is logged
• The bot keeps errors for 14 days with the command and server, so we can find and fix them faster
• If a module is causing errors, our team can briefly switch it off on your server. Your settings are kept and you can switch it back on in the dashboard
• Privacy policy now covers the invite tracker, counting channel and upvotes

Fixed

• Economy: "Boost active" now only shows on commands the boost actually applies to

Beta 1.4

Update September 26, 2026

New

• Dashboard: now in English and German. The language follows your Discord account and can be switched at the top right
• Permissions: new "Economy admin" role that can adjust balances with /coins give, take and set
• New mini-game /higherlower: guess whether the next card is higher or lower and cash out whenever you like
• Terms of Service in English and German

Improved

• Premium page rebuilt in the dashboard and on the website, with highlights, a comparison and FAQ
• Premium is currently in a trial phase and is granted for free to partners
• Embeds and reaction roles: templates appear in your language
• Dates and numbers in the dashboard now follow your language
• Website: new Home button in the navigation
• Privacy policy now mentions the language cookie of the dashboard

Fixed

• Economy: the dashboard shows the correct command names such as /balance and /work
• /coins could not be granted to a custom role
• Tickets: a hint pointed to a button that does not exist

Beta 1.3

Security September 25, 2026

New

• Website: now in English and German, with a language switcher at the top right
• Documentation completely rewritten, now covering every module from anti-nuke to economy

Improved

• Privacy: the website now loads fonts from our own server, your browser no longer connects to Google
• Privacy: the dashboard loads its charts directly from BitGuard instead of an external provider
• Security: the website and dashboard send additional security headers and enforce HTTPS
• Security: social alerts only fetch RSS feeds from public addresses
• Security: admin features are now checked twice, in the dashboard and in the bot itself
• Privacy policy updated

Fixed

• Dashboard: after switching servers, the redirect only leads to dashboard pages
• Dashboard: internal template pages are no longer publicly accessible

Beta 1.2

Dashboard September 24, 2026

New

• Dashboard: new "Permissions" page with all role permissions in one place, from moderator roles to AutoMod and level admins to custom roles per moderation command
• Dashboard: live preview of the Discord message when creating giveaways and for the rank card

Improved

• Dashboard: AutoMod with a consistent look and clear global exceptions including a counter
• Dashboard: more compact settings, bot languages with flags
• Dashboard: level page restructured, changes are saved automatically
• Dashboard: giveaways with quick duration picks, bonus entries clearly marked as Premium and giveaways shown as cards
• Dashboard: reaction roles and embeds with a new overview and a tidy editor with a color picker
• Dashboard: BitGuard logo as favicon

Fixed

• Dashboard: winners of ended giveaways are shown again
• Dashboard: channels appear with their name instead of their ID
• Dashboard: fixed an error on the level page

Beta 1.1

Features September 24, 2026

New

• Anti-nuke: stops mass deletions, mass bans and permission takeovers, strips the culprit's roles and alerts the team and owner
• Backups of roles and channels with restore by the server owner
• Button verification for new members
• Custom commands, automations and scheduled messages
• Birthdays with /birthday and polls with /poll
• BitGuard now speaks German, English, Spanish, French and Russian
• Data & privacy in the dashboard: retention periods, export and deletion of all server data

Improved

• Commands now have consistent English names (e.g. /giveaway, /balance), descriptions appear in your language
• Moderation checks the role hierarchy, nobody can moderate higher-ranked members
• BitGuard no longer hands out roles with dangerous permissions automatically
• Pings only when they are in the text, @everyone in scheduled messages only via a switch
• BitGuard no longer needs Administrator permissions
• The dashboard checks on every change whether you may still manage the server
• Old data is deleted automatically, all server data 30 days after the bot is removed
• The status page shows the bot's real uptime

Fixed

• Error messages no longer show internal details
• Stream titles in social alerts could ping roles

Beta 1.0

Launch September 22, 2026

New

• Moderation: /ban, /unban, /kick, /timeout, /untimeout and warnings with /warn, /warnings and /clearwarns
• /report: members can report users straight to the moderators
• AutoMod: spam, duplicate messages, banned words, links, Discord invites, emoji spam and mass mentions, every module switchable
• Anti-raid protection against join waves
• Logging: messages, members, roles, channels and moderation actions in one log channel
• Welcome messages for new members
• Leveling with /level, /leaderboard and /xp, level roles and adjustable XP sources
• Economy: your own server currency, /daily, /weekly, /work, /pay, /balance and /richest
• Shop with /shop, /buy, /inventory and /use, items configurable in the dashboard
• Mini-games for coins: /coinflip, /dice, /guess and /tictactoe
• Ticket system with panels, categories and transcripts
• Reaction roles via button or dropdown
• Giveaways with automatic draws (/giveaway)
• Social alerts for Twitch streams and YouTube uploads
• Temporary voice channels (join-to-create)
• Starboard for the best messages
• Server stats channels with live numbers
• Embed builder in the dashboard
• Personal reminders with /remind
• Server ranking: the most active communities in the dashboard and on bitguard.app/ranking, only with the admins' consent
• Dashboard: set up every module without commands or config files, changes go live instantly