Summary

By adding apps toyour Discord server, you may automate server admin tasks as well as add new functionalities to your server. This makes your server a fun place to be in, and we’ll show you how to do just that.

What Is a Discord App?

A Discord app is a third-party service that integrates with your server and allows you to perform special actions on the server. For example, you can add an app that greets each new server member, which saves you time that you’d otherwise spend greeting members manually.

To be clear, you don’t install these Discord apps on your computer or smartphone. These apps are linked to your Discord server via anAPI(basically, everything works online).

Select “App Directory” in the menu.

Where Do You Find Discord Apps?

Now that you know whatDiscord appsare, the next step is to learn where to find these apps. After all, you have to find these apps to then add them to your server.

There are two locations where you can find these apps: Discord’s official App Directory and third-party app websites. We highly recommend you installyour appsfrom the official App Directory as you can trust those apps. However, if you don’t find a specific app you need there, you can get it from the app vendor’s website or an unofficial app directory—just remember that Discord hasn’t vetted these apps, so you’re riskingyour server’s safetyby using them.

Choose a Discord app.

How to Add an App to Your Discord Server

To link an app to your Discord server, you musthave the Manage Server permission. If this is not the case, ask your server admin to give you required permissions. Ifyou’re the server admin, you already have the required permission.

With that out of the way, let’s see how to add apps from both the official App Directory and third-party sites to your Discord server.

Select “Add to Server."

From the Discord App Directory

Launch Discord on your computer. You can useDiscord’s web versionor the desktop app for this procedure (you can’t use the mobile app for the installation). Then, in the app’s left sidebar, select your server.

In the server page’s top-left corner, next to your server name, click the down-arrow icon and choose “App Directory.”

Select “Continue."

You’ll see Discord’s “App Directory” page. Here, either search for the app you want to add or select an app from the list. For the demonstration, we’ll use theMidjourneyBot app (whichuses AI to generate imagesin your server).

On the app’s page that opens, choose “Add to Server.”

Click “Authorize."

You’ll see a prompt asking if you want to add the selected app to your Discord server. Choose “Continue.”

Review the app’s permission list and choose “Authorize.”

Select “Invite."

Confirm the captcha, and your app is now added to your Discord server. Scroll to thesection belowto learn how to use this app.

From a Website

To add an app from a site, access that site in your preferred web browser on your desktop. There are multiple sites hosting various Discord apps, and we’ll use theTop.ggsite.

On the site, select the app to add. Then, choose “Invite.” You’re basically inviting the app to your server.

Select the server and choose “Continue."

If you are notlogged in to Discordfor the web, you’ll be asked to do so. Then, review the app’s permissions, click the “Add to Server” drop-down menu, choose your server, and select “Continue.”

Review the app’s permissions and choose “Authorize.”

Select “Authorize."

Confirm the captcha to finish adding your selected app to your Discord server.

How to Start Using a Discord Server App

Once you’ve added an app, you’ll want to learn how to use it on your Discord server. Doing this is easy as all you need to do is run the app’s commands on your server.

To do that, access your server and opena text channel. Type / (forward-slash), select your app on the list, and you’ll see the commands you may use to trigger this app.

Type /.

Another way tofind commands to launch your appis to select your app in your server’s right pane. You’ll see your app’s overview panel, describing a few commands to help you get started with the app.

In our example, if we want to use the Midjourney Bot app, we’ll enter the following command. The

View the overview of a Discord app.

part triggers the app and the text that follows tells the app todraw a laughing man.

Your app will display the result of your commands in the same text channel. And you’re all set.