audiomonkey review
A focused Discord bot for YouTube playback, queues and simple controls.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
audiomonkey is a free, open-source Discord music bot for people who want to play YouTube audio in voice channels. It can search for a song and play the first result, or accept a YouTube URL directly. Servers get their own track queues, with slash commands and buttons for skip and stop; the queue can also be viewed through commands and controls. Its focused scope suits solo users and small communities that want basic playback rather than a broader music service.
The product's main strength is a straightforward playback path: find a song through YouTube search or provide a link, then manage tracks in a per-server queue. Audio is streamed using yt-dlp and ffmpeg without saving the stream to disk. Playback sources are limited to YouTube, and the listed feature set does not include radio streaming. Communities looking for multiple sources or radio should consider a bot with broader playback options instead.
Deployment can be hosted or self-hosted. For self-hosting, the project uses Node.js, yt-dlp and ffmpeg, so operators should be comfortable managing those dependencies. The project is described as free and MIT-licensed, with no premium tier or paywalled commands. A private usage-statistics command is available to a configured server owner, and support is community-based. Choose audiomonkey if YouTube playback and a simple control set are enough; look elsewhere if your server needs wider source coverage or a different support model.
audiomonkey pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Search YouTube by song name or play a YouTube URL directly
- Keeps a separate track queue for each server
- Offers slash-command and button controls for playback
- Where it doesn't
- Playback is limited to YouTube
- No radio streaming feature
- Self-hosting requires Node.js, yt-dlp and ffmpeg
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