ByteDiceAssistant

An automation tool for Byte Dice. It's both a Discord and Reddit bot in one program.

Caution

This tool is not intended for public use outside of the official Byte Dice Assistant bots. Expect issues if you host this yourself.
This tool is only designed to run on Windows (10 and 11) and XUbuntu and may not work on any other OS.

Note

This is an older version of the software. The newest version can be found in the embed_buttons branch.
Keep in mind that said branch is unstable and constantly updated with untested stuff. Download code from there at your own risk or wait until this notice is removed or replaced.

Open-source - Copyright

ByteDiceAssistant © 2025 by Byte Dice is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
You can learn more about copyright by reading the full license.

How to run

Dependencies:

This program uses Rust (v1.82.0) and Python (v3.11.4), you can likely use other versions if they are compatible. This program also uses these Python modules:

• asyncio
• asyncpraw
• asyncprawcore
• emoji
• io
• json
• os
• sys
• threading
• time
• typing
• websockets

You can install Python modules by running $ pip install {module} or $ python -m pip install {module} in a terminal.

Environment variables:

Name	Description
ASSISTANT_TOKEN	The Discord bot token. (Create a Discord bot here!)
ASSISTANT_TOKEN_TEST	(Optional) A testing Discord bot token. This is only needed when the program is run with -t or --test.
ASSISTANT_R_ID	The id for the Reddit bot/account. (Create a Reddit bot here!)
ASSISTANT_R_TOKEN	The token for the Reddit bot/account.
ASSISTANT_R_NAME	The username of the Reddit bot/account.
ASSISTANT_R_PASS	The password for the Reddit bot/account.
ASSISTANT_OWNERS	(OPTIONAL) A list of Discord user IDs that "own" the bot. Separate each ID with a single comma and no spaces. This will allow the specified user IDs to run root commands such as /stop, it will also DM these users when certain errors occur.
ASSISTANT_BK_MODS	(OPTIONAL) Same format as ASSISTANT_OWNERS but for people who are allowed to use the /bk_week commands.

Required permissions:

These are automatically set if you use the official invite link or an invite link with the permissions integer set to 84992.

• Send Messages
• Read Message History
• View Channels
• Embed Links

How to run:

• Download the code (and extract it if needed).
• Open a terminal.
• Set the environment variables.

  • On Windows:

    • Run $ setx VARIABLE_NAME "value" in a terminal.

  • On Unix (Linux / Mac):

    • Run $ sudo nano /etc/environment or $ sudo vim /etc/environment in the terminal (and enter your password if prompted to).
    • press i (only if you used VIM).
    • write VARIABLE_NAME="value" + a new line for every variable.
    • if nano: ctrl + O (and press enter) then ctrl + X.
    • if VIM: press esc then write :wq (and press enter).
• Restart the terminal if you added/changed the environment variables.
• Run $ cd path/to/extracted/folder.
• Run $ cargo run. You can view a list of options by running $ cargo run -- --help or $ cargo run -- -h.
  • If you only want to run the Python code, you can either run $ cargo run -- --py, or $ python ./src/python/main.py. The second option is recommended for better error output.