Factorio Bot

A basic Discord Bot that sets its presense to the number of players online and their Factorio usernames.

Example showing no players online

Example showing 1 player online

Best used on Vanilla plays where you want achievements to let players know whos online without opening the game.

Install Instuctions

1. Download the latest release from GitHub
2. Install Node.JS v24 and pnpm
3. Install packages using pnpm i
4. Copy and rename .env.example to .env and fill it out
   • Create a discord bot here
   • Add the RCON command parameters to your Factorio Server's startup command
5. Build the bot using pnpm build
6. Run the bot using pnpm start

I'd recommend using a process manager like PM2 to manage the deployment. Learn more about PM2 here

Development

Uses Node 22 and pnpm

1. Fork and clone the Repo
2. Install the packages using pnpm i
3. Copy and rename .env.example to .env and fill it out
4. Use pnpm dev to run the bot

License

License is the ISC and can be used according to the terms of the lincense.