kitsuchan 2 (or k2 for short) is a small, modular Discord bot written in discord.py with a focus on high quality code. This is a continuation and significant overhaul of the bot called Kitsuchan-NG, built with the intent of sleekening the codebase.

How to run k2

k2 requires Python 3.6 or higher, as well as discord.py rewrite. This is a requirement, not just a recommendation. If you get a syntax error, that's because you're running Python 3.5 or older. As of July 2017, many Linux distributions do not have Python 3.6 by default, so you might have to install it specifically.

The bot should include a sample configuration file called config.example.json. Rename it to config.json and fill it out accordingly. Then in a terminal, run:

python3 -m pip install --user -U git+https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py@rewrite
python3 kitsuchan.py

Where are all the features? The old bot has way more stuff than this.

Well, first of all: For the purposes of simplifying maintenance and reducing feature creep, this bot won't have everything that the old bot did. Many of Kitsuchan-NG's features never really got used, anyway. Secondly, things are still in the process of being ported over and cleaned up.

What's the point? Isn't k3 going to replace k2 anyway?

k3 is meant for a different sort of bot - one that can easily be ported across different chat protocols, but often at the expense of deeper integration. k2 is a Discord bot first and foremost, and that gives it the ability to use many Discord-specific features that k3 cannot (at least currently) take advantage of. This may change in the future as k3 matures, but it's not the case yet. That being said, the development of this bot is closely tied with that of k3.

You're inconsistent with naming. Is there a particular way to spell this bot's name?

Nope. I'm terrible at that stuff, so use whatever you will. It's not like I can stop you anyway. Kitsuchan 2, kitsuchan2, k2, K2, Kaytoo, etc.

License

See LICENSE.txt for details on that.