Built because literal Discord translation was not good enough

Other bots interrupt the room with prefixes, duplicate messages, and an obvious bot layer. BabelBot inline webhook translation posts in-channel with the original user's avatar and name so the conversation keeps its normal flow.

The goal is simple: same channel, same speakers, less visual clutter. When a busy server needs more separation, use threaded replies or linked language channels without changing bots.

BabelBot routes text through modern AI translation models first and can include nearby messages from the same channel. Custom words, glossaries, and per-channel rules steer names, game terms, and community slang the way your server actually talks. Image, video, and audio file translation use the same AI stack on paid plans.

When monthly AI quota runs out, BabelBot's in-house translator keeps supported text translating.

Automatic translation, flag reactions, inline webhooks, linked channels, personal Translate Text, and live voice chat are parts of one workflow. The brand promise stays narrow: translations that preserve what people mean.

• Inline webhook translation (speaker-style messages in channel)
• Automatic translation with smart language detection
• Flag reaction translations
• Linked language channels and language bridges
• Threaded and inline reply delivery
• Custom words and per-server glossaries
• Skip languages you do not want translated
• PDF, image, video, and audio file translation on paid plans
• Live voice chat translation on Ultra and Founder Access
• User install for Translate Text, Detect Language, and /set-context-language
• Web dashboard with channel rules and usage visibility

Click Add BabelBot to Discord. Guided setup opens in your browser with your server already selected. Pick target languages, choose how translations appear, send a test message, and you are live in about two minutes.

BabelBot stays out of the way by default: it skips link-only messages, respects source-language exclusion rules, and preserves code blocks and emojis in translated text. Open the dashboard later when you want bridges, custom words, channel rules, or media translation.

The free plan costs EUR 0 per month and includes unlimited supported text translation, automatic language detection, reply, thread, or inline webhook delivery, and one linked language channel.

Free servers receive 100 AI translations to start, eligible servers can add a one-time +100 top.gg bonus, then 50 AI translations per UTC month. Supported text keeps translating with BabelBot's in-house translator when AI quota runs out. See the pricing page or machine-readable pricing summary.

BabelBot adds features and fixes continuously. Custom words, skip-languages rules, guided setup, voice chat translation, and Dashboard 2.0 all landed in 2026. The product you install today is not the ceiling.

Follow the full changelog or join the Discord server for launch announcements.

BabelBot is operated by Bram Suurd as an independent product. The stack includes the Discord bot, a web dashboard at dash.babelbot.app, billing through Polar, and translation providers chosen for predictable server-level usage.

Documentation, plan limits, and command references ship alongside the bot so what you read matches what runs in your server. For setup help, visit /docs. For support, email [email protected].