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Free Community Bots

100 free community-made bots that plug into ChatGPT, Claude, Discord, Telegram and more — custom GPTs, MCP servers, assistants and helpers, with what each one does and which systems it works with, spelled out up front.

AI Assistants & GPTs

20 free bots.

Custom GPTs

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Grimoire

Coding wizard that turns plain-English ideas into full working code and websites, with hotkey shortcuts for common coding flows. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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Code Copilot

Helps you write, debug, and optimize code with expert programming guidance and best practices. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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Consensus

Research assistant by consensus.app that searches 200M+ academic papers and gives science-based answers with citations. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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Wolfram

Taps Wolfram Alpha and Wolfram Language for math, computation, curated knowledge, and real-time data. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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Canva

Designs presentations, social media posts, and more through Canva integration right inside ChatGPT. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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DesignerGPT

Creates and hosts simple websites from a plain-language description of what you want. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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Write For Me

Writes structured blog posts, essays, and articles to your word count, tone, and outline. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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Data Analyst

Upload spreadsheets or data files and get analysis, visualizations, and insights back. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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AI PDF

Upload a PDF and chat with it: get summaries, extract key facts, and ask questions about the document. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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Talk To YouTube Video

Paste a YouTube video link and ask questions about it, with answers drawn from the video’s content. Free, limited messages on the free ChatGPT plan.

Works with: ChatGPT

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AI Chatbots

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Assistant

Poe’s general-purpose assistant: write, code, ask for real-time information, and create images. Free, daily compute points for non-subscribers.

Works with: Poe

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GPT-4o

OpenAI’s GPT-4o served through Poe for chat and conversational image editing. Free, daily compute points for non-subscribers.

Works with: Poe

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Makima

Community-made Chainsaw Man roleplay bot: the calm, calculating, manipulative Control Devil. Free to chat on Character.AI.

Works with: Character.AI

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Ayano Aishi

Community-made yandere roleplay bot: a girl who would kill for love. Free to chat on Character.AI.

Works with: Character.AI

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HuggingChat

Hugging Face’s open-source chatbot: pick from 100+ open-weight models like Llama, Mistral, Qwen, and DeepSeek in one interface. Free, no account needed.

Works with: Web

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Duck.ai

DuckDuckGo’s private AI chat with multiple models, anonymized so chats are never stored or used for training. Free, no account needed.

Works with: Web

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Pi

Inflection’s empathetic personal AI companion for conversation, brainstorming, and advice, with voice options. Free, no paid tier.

Works with: Web · WhatsApp

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Replika

AI companion that remembers details about you and chats 24/7 as a friend. Free, basic chat (Pro locks voice and romance modes).

Works with: Web

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Luzia

AI assistant that lives in WhatsApp and Telegram: chat, writing help, translation, image generation, and reminders. Free, daily usage limits.

Works with: WhatsApp · Telegram

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VoidWave

Community-built Discord bot with free unlimited AI chat powered by Llama 3.2, plus leveling and games. Free, unlimited AI chat.

Works with: Discord

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Coding & Developer

20 free bots.

MCP Servers

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Filesystem

Lets an AI assistant read, write, and manage files on your machine with configurable access controls. One of the official MCP reference servers. Free, open source.

Works with: MCP · Claude

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Fetch

Fetches web pages and converts them into clean, token-efficient text for LLM reading. One of the official MCP reference servers. Free, open source.

Works with: MCP · Claude

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Git

Gives an AI assistant tools to read, search, and manipulate Git repositories. One of the official MCP reference servers. Free, open source.

Works with: MCP · Claude

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Memory

A knowledge-graph-based persistent memory system so an AI assistant can remember facts across sessions. One of the official MCP reference servers. Free, open source.

Works with: MCP · Claude

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Sequential Thinking

Adds dynamic, reflective step-by-step problem solving to an AI model through sequences of thoughts. One of the official MCP reference servers. Free, open source.

Works with: MCP · Claude

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GitHub

Repository management, file operations, and GitHub API integration so an AI assistant can work with your repos. Now in the archived reference-servers repo. Free, open source (MIT).

Works with: MCP · Claude

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Brave Search

The official Brave Software MCP server giving AI assistants web, news, image, video, and local search. Replaced the archived Anthropic version. Free, open source; needs a free Brave Search API key.

Works with: MCP · Claude

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SQLite

Lets an AI assistant query SQLite databases and do business-intelligence-style analysis over local data. Now in the archived reference-servers repo. Free, open source (MIT).

Works with: MCP · Claude

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PostgreSQL

Read-only Postgres access with schema inspection so an AI assistant can explore and query databases safely. Now in the archived reference-servers repo. Free, open source (MIT).

Works with: MCP · Claude

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Playwright

Microsoft’s MCP server that lets an AI agent drive a real browser: navigate, click, type, and read pages through structured accessibility snapshots. Free, open source (Apache-2.0).

Works with: MCP · Claude

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Dev & Code Bots

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Dependabot

GitHub’s native bot that monitors your dependencies for vulnerabilities and opens automated fix pull requests. Free for all repos. Free, built into GitHub.

Works with: GitHub

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Codecov

Posts coverage reports and PR comments showing exactly which changed lines lack tests, plus trend graphs. Always free for public repos. Free for public repositories.

Works with: GitHub

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CodeRabbit

AI code reviewer that automatically reviews every PR with a summary, change diagrams, and inline comments. Free forever for public repos, no seat limits. Free for open source projects.

Works with: GitHub

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Mergify

Merge queue and workflow automation for GitHub: batches PRs, runs CI once on the batch, and merges when everything is green. Free for open source.

Works with: GitHub

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Renovate

Automated dependency-update bot with rich grouping, scheduling, and auto-merge across 100+ package managers. Free hosted tier covers public and private repos. Free, open source; free hosted Community Cloud.

Works with: GitHub

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DeepSource

Continuous static analysis that scans every commit for bugs, anti-patterns, and security issues, with one-click autofixes. Free Open Source plan for public repos. Free for open source projects.

Works with: GitHub

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SonarQube Cloud

Cloud code quality and security analysis with 6,500+ rules, quality gates, and PR decoration. Free for open source; free tier covers up to 50K lines of code. Free tier (free for open source projects).

Works with: GitHub

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Octopull

Rust-powered Discord bot that posts real-time GitHub repo notifications for commits, pull requests, and issues to your dev server. Free, open source (MIT).

Works with: Discord

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Claude Code Telegram Bot

Telegram bot that gives you remote, conversational access to Claude Code: analyze, edit, and explain your codebase from your phone. Free, open source (MIT).

Works with: Telegram

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Chat-Based Compiler

Run code snippets in 30+ languages right inside Discord, Telegram, or WhatsApp chats, with auto-detection of pasted code blocks. Free, open source (MIT).

Works with: Discord · Telegram · WhatsApp

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Productivity & Utilities

20 free bots.

Productivity Bots

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PollBot

Telegram’s official bot for creating simple polls in groups; quick voting, no setup, and fully free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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Skeddy

Sets reminders from plain-language messages like ‘call the dentist tomorrow at 10am’, including recurring reminders and group reminders; completely free to use. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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IFTTT

Links Telegram groups or channels to more than 360 other services, from social apps to smart-home devices, through IFTTT applets. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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Sesh

Calendar and event bot for Discord with RSVPs, reminders, availability polls, timezone magic, and calendar links; core event features are free. Free.

Works with: Discord

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Simple Poll

Native Slack polls and surveys via the /poll command with real-time results; the free plan covers up to 100 responses per month. Free up to 100 responses/month.

Works with: Slack

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Polly

Creates polls, surveys, and check-ins inside Slack channels with no limits on responses or audience size on the free tier. Free tier available.

Works with: Slack

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Geekbot

Runs asynchronous daily standups, retrospectives, and polls in Slack with timezone-aware scheduling; free for up to 10 participants. Free for teams up to 10.

Works with: Slack

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RT Pollmaster

Builds and manages complex Discord polls with anonymous voting, role weights, scheduling, and result exports; free. Free.

Works with: Discord

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Manybot

Lets you build your own Telegram bot with no code: custom commands, menus, broadcasts to subscribers, and RSS autoposts. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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HabitStreakProBot

A Telegram habit bot that sends a daily check-in prompt per habit and grows a streak you can view anytime. Free habit tracking with daily check-in prompts and streaks.

Works with: Telegram

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Utility Bots

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The Feed Reader Bot

Monitors RSS and Atom feeds, YouTube channels, and social accounts, then sends new posts to your Telegram chat; the free bot refreshes every 4 hours. Free (feeds refresh every 4 hours).

Works with: Telegram

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Weather Bot

Sends current weather, a 3-day forecast, and weather alerts for any city you send it; free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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Functions Robot

All-in-one utility bot that shortens URLs, makes and reads QR codes, encrypts and decrypts messages, translates, and converts text to voice; free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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URL Shortener (LinkGeneratorBot)

Turns long links into short URLs via services like bit.ly and is.gd; just send any link; free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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MathCalculator

Calculator bot that solves calculations typed as text, sent as images, or used inline in any chat; free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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TgTranslator

Open-source bot that translates messages in Telegram groups automatically, manually, or on forwarded messages, with 105 languages supported; free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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ServerStats

Shows live server statistics (member, channel, role, boost, and goal counts) as customizable channel counters in Discord; built to be free. Free.

Works with: Discord

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AnotherUrbanDictionaryBot

Looks up the meaning of slang terms and phrases from Urban Dictionary right in Telegram; free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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QrCodeMakerRobot

Converts your links into QR codes you can share or print; free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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Hyper LinkGenX Bot

Turns Telegram files into fast download links so you can share them outside the app; free. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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Community & Moderation

20 free bots.

Discord Moderation

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MEE6

All-in-one Discord bot with auto-moderation (spam, bad words, invite filters), XP leveling, welcome messages and a web dashboard. Free core features; premium from $11.95/mo unlocks extras like reaction roles and music plugins. Free core features; premium from $11.95/mo.

Works with: Discord

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Dyno

Veteran Discord moderation bot with auto-mod filters (spam, caps, bad words, links), timed mutes, mod logs, auto-roles and a visual dashboard. Free basic moderation; premium from $4.99/mo for advanced automod. Free basic moderation; premium from $4.99/mo.

Works with: Discord

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Carl-bot

Highly customizable moderation bot known for industry-leading reaction roles, deep automod rules, logging, custom commands and suggestion systems. Free core features are generous; premium from $3.99/mo raises limits. Free generous core; premium from $3.99/mo.

Works with: Discord

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Wick

Discord security bot built around anti-nuke protection: it monitors mass channel/role/ban actions, quarantines rogue admins and can restore from backup, plus anti-spam and member verification. Free anti-nuke core; premium for extras. Free anti-nuke core; premium for extras.

Works with: Discord

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Ticket Tool

Support ticket system for Discord: members open tickets from panels, staff handle them in private channels, with transcripts and logging. Free unlimited tickets core; premium from $8/mo for automation and branding removal. Free unlimited tickets core; premium from $8/mo.

Works with: Discord

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Zira

The classic self-assignable role bot: members give themselves roles by reacting to messages, with normal, once, toggle and remove modes, plus button roles, giveaways and polls. Free with 100 reaction roles per server; premium from $2/30 days removes limits. Free (100 reaction roles/server); premium from $2/30 days.

Works with: Discord

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ProBot

Moderation and utility bot with auto-mod, warnings with escalation, anti-spam and anti-links, plus image welcome cards, leveling and server stats. Free core features; premium $5/mo (Tier 1) or $10/mo (Tier 2). Free core; premium $5-$10/mo.

Works with: Discord

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YAGPDB

Open-source multipurpose Discord bot with advanced automod (regex filters, strike escalation), scriptable custom commands, moderation logs and role menus. Free core (self-hostable); premium $3.50/server/mo. Free open-source core; premium $3.50/server/mo.

Works with: Discord

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Sapphire

Completely free multi-purpose Discord bot with AI-assisted auto-moderation, welcome messages, reaction roles, logging, custom slash commands and social notifications. All features free. Free, all features.

Works with: Discord

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Discord Tickets

Open-source, self-hosted Discord ticket management bot: a free alternative to the premium plans of other ticket bots, with dashboard, transcripts and staff statistics. Free and open source; no paid tier. Free and open source (self-hosted).

Works with: Discord

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Community Helpers

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Shieldy

Open-source Telegram anti-spam bot that makes new members solve a CAPTCHA before they can chat, backed by the CAS anti-spam network and group-hygiene settings. Free and open source. Free and open source.

Works with: Telegram

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GroupHelp

Telegram group management bot with staff roles, anti-spam and anti-flood, warns, media blocks, welcome messages and link settings. Free core management features; optional paid add-ons. Free core; optional paid add-ons.

Works with: Telegram

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Rose

Long-running Telegram group management bot with locks, blocklists, welcome messages, CAPTCHA for new members, filters and notes. Free to use. Free.

Works with: Telegram

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Combot

Telegram community management service with group analytics, moderation, anti-spam (CAS), triggers and keyword auto-replies, run from a web dashboard. Free analytics and moderation for small groups; Pro from $19.99/mo. Free for small groups; Pro from $19.99/mo.

Works with: Telegram · Web

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Donut

Slack app that randomly pairs coworkers for coffee chats and intros, plus Shoutouts, Watercooler topics, Celebrations and onboarding Journeys. Free plan with limited Intros and features; paid from $49/mo. Free plan with limited Intros; paid from $49/mo.

Works with: Slack

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Arcane

Discord leveling and engagement bot: members earn XP from messages, with leaderboards, rank cards, role rewards at level milestones, welcomer and automod plugins. Free for most features; premium ~$7/mo for voice XP and higher limits. Free most features; premium ~$7/mo.

Works with: Discord

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Tatsu

Discord leveling and economy bot: XP and levels with leaderboards, global credits, pets, houses and a rewards shop, plus welcome messages and reputation. Free core (10 free leveled roles); premium for more slots and extras. Free core; premium for more slots and extras.

Works with: Discord

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AmariBot

No-frills Discord leveling bot that does one thing well: XP from chat activity, server leaderboards, rank checks and automatic role rewards at level milestones. Free core leveling; donations unlock cosmetic extras. Free core leveling; cosmetic donor extras.

Works with: Discord

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GiveawayBot

Hold giveaways quickly and easily on your Discord server with timed draws and automatic winner announcements. Free, open source giveaway bot.

Works with: Discord

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WabbitBot

Runs Discord giveaways tied into a full economy system with currency, lotteries and spin rewards. Free giveaways plus economy system.

Works with: Discord

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Fun & Creative

20 free bots.

Game Bots

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Dank Memer

Discord’s largest in-app currency game: rob friends, gamble, fish, raise pets, and collect from hundreds of items. Free to play for millions of users. Free to play.

Works with: Discord

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OwO

Hunt wild animals, sell them, and battle other players’ teams while building a cowoncy economy. Free to play with gambling, meme generators, and leaderboards. Free to play.

Works with: Discord

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Mudae

Claim and collect anime, manga, and video game characters (waifus and husbandos) from a 140,000-character database. Free to play with trading and multiplayer word games. Free to play.

Works with: Discord

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Poketwo

Pokemon randomly spawn in your server’s channels and the first player to type p!catch claims them. Free to play: catch, level, trade, and battle. Free to play.

Works with: Discord

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EPIC RPG

A text-based RPG played entirely in Discord: fight monsters, clear dungeons, duel players, craft gear, and climb leaderboards. Free to play. Free to play.

Works with: Discord

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Karuta

A free-to-play card game: collectible anime character cards drop in chat and you grab them with a reaction. Trade, upgrade, and customize your collection. Free to play.

Works with: Discord

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Gamee

A verified Telegram bot with dozens of arcade and puzzle mini-games playable right in chat. Play solo or share games with friends to compete on scores. Free to play.

Works with: Telegram

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Gartic Bot

The drawing-and-guessing game inside Discord: the bot posts a drawing and everyone has 90 seconds to guess the word. Free with themes like animals, movies, and Pokemon. Free to play.

Works with: Discord

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Chess Bot

Play full chess games right inside Telegram chats with friends. Free to use. Free to play.

Works with: Telegram

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Virtual Fisher

A fishing economy game for your server: catch fish, sell them, and buy better rods, baits, and boats. Free to play with quests and leaderboards. Free to play.

Works with: Discord

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Creative Bots

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FredBoat

A free, open-source music bot that streams high-quality audio into your server’s voice channels. Plays from SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Spotify links, and more with no paywall on core features. Free music playback.

Works with: Discord

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Jockie Music

A feature-rich music multi-bot with support for Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, SoundCloud, radio, and more. The free tier includes up to 4 bots on one server. Free tier (4 free bot instances).

Works with: Discord

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NightCafe

Generate AI art from text prompts across 30+ models, all in the browser. Free daily credits with no payment details required. Free daily credits.

Works with: Web

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Craiyon

The original free AI image generator (formerly DALL-E mini): type any prompt and get 9 images back. Unlimited generations with no account required. Unlimited free, no signup.

Works with: Web

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Leonardo AI

AI image and video generation with strong creative controls for art, game assets, and concept work. The free plan refreshes 150 tokens daily. 150 free tokens/day.

Works with: Web

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AI Dungeon

Infinite AI-driven text adventures and roleplay: you type what happens next and the AI continues the story. Free tier available for casual play. Free tier.

Works with: Web

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Character.AI

Chat and roleplay with millions of community-made AI characters, or create your own. Core chat is free and unlimited. Free unlimited chats.

Works with: Web

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Imgflip

The fastest meme generator on the web: add text to over 1 million meme templates or upload your own. Free to use with AI meme-text generation. Free meme maker.

Works with: Web

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TheMemeMakerBot

Make memes directly in your Telegram chats, or use inline mode (@themememakerbot) to generate memes in any chat. Free to use. Free to use.

Works with: Telegram

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Sogni AI Sticker Bot

Turn text prompts into AI-generated stickers you can share in Telegram and Discord. Works with a free Sogni account. Free with a free Sogni account.

Works with: Telegram · Discord

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