The best Discord music bots after Rythm and Groovy (2026 update)
The two biggest music bots are gone. The survivors differ in sources, quality and how they handle premium walls. A short, current guide.
Rythm and Groovy shut down after YouTube's legal pressure, and the space has been shifting ever since. Here is what still plays music reliably and what each is good at.
Multi-bot setups for big servers
Jockie Music is the standout for large communities: several bot instances, so multiple voice channels can play at once, with support for Spotify, SoundCloud, Deezer and more. It is the closest thing to "Rythm, but more".
Simple and dependable
Green-bot is the "just works" option: clean commands, a queue, no maze of premium prompts. Chip takes a similar approach with a focus on audio quality. Pancake bundles music with economy, levelling and moderation if you prefer fewer bots overall.
Community-flavoured
Hydra pairs music with a request channel workflow that keeps DJ chaos out of chat, plus a web dashboard.
What changed, and what to check
- Sources. Assume YouTube is fragile. Prefer bots with Spotify and SoundCloud support.
- Premium walls. Some bots lock volume, filters or 24/7 playback behind a subscription. Check the bot page before you promise your members features.
- Uptime. Music bots go down more often than moderation bots. On Discordfinder every listed bot is pinged every five minutes; the uptime line on its page tells you how it has behaved over 30 days.
Setting expectations in your server
Put the music commands in a pinned message in your voice-text channel, pick one bot per voice channel, and turn off join/leave announcements. Most "the bot is broken" reports are really "someone else is controlling it in another channel".
See the current music bots list, sorted by real uptime.