Manual Installation

Note

JaBa uses Discord's emojis for applications. You need to add your own emojis there.
Emojis are not required for the bot to work!

Requirements

To host JaBa yourself, you'll need:

• Some free time
• A machine that runs Linux or Windows capable of running Node.js applications
• Node.js v22.14.0 or above (You can use NVM POSIX or NVM for Windows to manage your Node installations)
• Git
• pnpm
• MongoDB v8 or above

Configuration

1. Copy the sample configuration file config.sample.json to a new config.json.
2. Open config.json and configure your bot.
   • You can use apiKeys for anything that requires an API key, such as accessing certain services or APIs.

Production

1. Install dependencies - pnpm install.
2. Build your bot - pnpm build.
3. Start your bot - pnpm start.

Development

1. Install dependencies - pnpm install.
2. Start your bot in development mode - pnpm dev.

Notes

• You can use PM2 to manage your bot's process and run it automatically if the machine is restarted.
  • Install PM2
  • To run JaBa with PM2, run: pnpm run pm2