---
title: "Free Python Discord Bot Hosting"
description: "Host a discord.py or Pycord bot free on Python. 25% CPU, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB disk and 24/7 uptime. Your requirements.txt installs on deploy."
url: "https://sillydev.co.uk/python-discord-bot-hosting"
updated: "2026-09-26"
---

Python

# Free Python Discord bot hosting.

Upload your project, name your entry file, press start. discord.py, Pycord, Hikari, or anything else on pip, online around the clock.

Libraries

## Libraries that run here

discord.py

The library most Python Discord tutorials are written against, and the one to pick if you are following a guide.

Pycord

A fork of discord.py that moved faster on application commands. Familiar if you have used discord.py before.

Hikari

A lighter, more explicit take on the same problem. Worth a look if you would rather assemble the pieces yourself.

Deploying

## Getting it running

1. 1
### Upload your project
Drag the folder into the file manager or push it over SFTP. There is no need to bring a virtual environment — your server is already isolated from everyone else.
2. 2
### requirements.txt does the rest
Your requirements are installed on deploy, before the bot starts. If a package is missing, it is because it is not in that file.
3. 3
### Point us at your entry file
Usually main.py or bot.py. Your token goes into an environment variable and is read with os.environ, so it stays out of your source.

Memory

## What actually fits in 256 MB

A discord.py or Pycord bot serving a few hundred guilds fits inside 256 MB without much thought. Python carries a larger baseline than Node does — the interpreter and your imports cost something before your bot has done anything at all — but the headroom above that is usually the part that matters.

Where it gets tight is anything holding a large dataset in memory: a scraped cache, a pandas frame, an in-memory index. Those belong in a file or a small local database, and you have 512 MB of disk to put one in. A music bot will not fit at all — transcoding audio needs more of both memory and CPU than a free tier has.

FAQ

## Questions

**Do I need a virtual environment?**

No. Your server is already isolated, so there is nothing to keep separate from. List your packages in requirements.txt and they are installed for you on deploy.

**discord.py or Pycord?**

Either works here. discord.py is what most guides are written against, which makes it the easier place to start. Pycord is a fork that moved faster on application commands, and the two are similar enough that moving between them is rarely painful.

**Can I use a database?**

A local one, yes. SQLite lives in a file alongside your code and fits comfortably in 512 MB of disk for anything a typical bot stores. You can also connect out to a database you host elsewhere.

**Will 256 MB run a discord.py bot?**

For a few hundred guilds, yes. Watch what you keep in memory rather than what you import — a cache you grow yourself will reach the limit long before the library does.

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Free tools for Discord bots

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