What’s new

Oct 22 Thursday

• Pages for people coming from Discord

  New pages explain what’s free here, compare baff.gg and Discord side by side (including where Discord is ahead), walk through moving a server and cover screen sharing.

  baff.gg vs Discord

• Partner status for servers that move over

  If you own a Discord server with 1,000+ members and move it over, you get Partner and 14 boosts right away. Get 100 people to join within 30 days and you keep them.

  Moving from Discord

• A welcome for new accounts

  New accounts get a short tour the first time they open the app. You can skip it.

Oct 21 Wednesday

• Reorder and hide your badges

  You can drag your badges into a different order or hide the ones you don’t want on your profile.

  Profile badges

• New badges: Bug Hunter, Server Booster steps and Verified Bot Developer

  Added the Bug Hunter badge (3 tiers) for people who report real bugs. The Server Booster badge now changes the longer you boost, and verified bot devs get a badge too.

  Bug Hunter badge

Oct 20 Tuesday

• The NEW line for everyone

  When you come back to a channel with new messages there’s a red NEW line where you left off, and a button to jump to it.

Oct 19 Monday

• Favorite any GIF you see

  You can star GIFs that people upload now, not only ones from the GIF picker.

• GIFs for everyone

  The GIF picker is now on for everyone.

Oct 18 Sunday

• Rebranded to baff.gg

  We rebranded to baff.gg. This is the final name and domain.

Oct 17 Saturday

• Friend nicknames

  You can give friends a nickname that only you see.

Oct 16 Friday

• Server profiles

  You can set a different avatar, banner, bio and pronouns for each server.

• Message search and nicknames for everyone

  Message search is on for everyone. You can search by words, who sent it, channel or date. Everyone can set server nicknames now too.

Oct 15 Thursday

• A new Create Channel dialog

  Redid the Create Channel window. The types are in one list, and there’s a switch to make the channel private.

• Voice channel status

  You can set a status on a voice channel so people can see what’s going on in there before joining.

Oct 14 Wednesday

• Invite settings and temporary members

  You can pick how long an invite lasts and how many uses it has. Invites can also give temporary membership.

  Inviting people

• Invite your friends, earn Baffles

  There’s an invite link in Settings now. If a friend joins with it and stays active, you both get Baffles. Every 3 friends also gives you an extra boost.

Oct 13 Tuesday

• Get your Discord roles back

  If your server came from Discord, members can link their Discord account and get their old roles back.

  Moving from Discord

Oct 12 Monday

• Server templates

  You can turn a server’s channels and roles into a template link that others can use to make their own server.

• Server widget

  Added a server widget you can put on your website. It shows who’s online and has a join button.

Oct 11 Sunday

• Server Events

  Servers can make events. People can mark themselves interested and get notified when it starts.

Oct 10 Saturday

• Forum gallery and pinned posts

  Forums can show posts as a grid of pictures, and mods can pin a post to the top.

Oct 9 Friday

• Server Guide

  Servers can set up a guide for new members with a few to-dos and links to important channels.

  Community servers

Oct 8 Thursday

• Sound fixes for the Linux app

  Fixed calls and videos not playing on some Linux distros.

  Download

• A new download page

  New download page. It picks the right installer for your OS and lists every file.

  Download

• Desktop app 1.4

  Desktop app 1.4 has its own title bar, an offline screen, zoom shortcuts and better downloads.

  Desktop app

Oct 7 Wednesday

• Switch between accounts

  You can be signed in to up to 5 accounts in one browser and switch between them.

Oct 6 Tuesday

• A quicker user panel and searchable settings

  Cleaned up the user panel and added search to Settings.

Oct 5 Monday

• Masked links in messages

  You can write [text](link) to make a link. If the text looks like a different web address, the real link shows instead.

Oct 4 Sunday

• GitLab webhooks

  Added GitLab webhooks. Pushes, merge requests, issues and pipelines post into a channel.

Oct 3 Saturday

• Calls hang up when you’re left alone

  If you’re the only person in a call for a long time, we ask if you’re still there and hang up if you don’t answer.

  Why we hang up

• New call sounds and a fuller voice panel

  New call sounds, plus a call timer and the faces of everyone in the call in the voice panel.

Oct 2 Friday

• Server Boosts

  Everyone gets 2 free boosts to give to servers. Boosted servers get more emoji slots, bigger uploads, better audio and other perks.

• Welcome messages and server notification defaults

  Servers can post a welcome message when someone joins, and set whether members get notified for all messages or only pings by default.

Oct 1 Thursday

• Stage channels

  Added stage channels for talks and Q&As. Speakers talk, everyone else listens and can raise their hand. There’s a text chat next to it.

  Stage channels

• Soundboard in DMs, entrance sounds and favorites

  The soundboard works in DM calls now. There are 8 built-in sounds, you can favorite sounds, and you can set an entrance sound for joining voice.

  Soundboard

Sep 29 Tuesday

• Invite previews on other apps

  baff.gg invites now show a preview card when you post them on other sites and apps.

Sep 25 Friday

• Better protection against spam accounts

  Made it harder to create lots of spam accounts or names that copy someone else. If you get blocked by mistake, contact support.

  Staying safe

Sep 22 Tuesday

• Help Center and support requests

  The Help Center is up at support.baff.gg, and you can send us a support request there.

  Help Center

Sep 14 Monday

• Log in with baff.gg

  Developers can add "Log in with baff.gg" to their own sites and apps.

  Log in with baff.gg

Sep 4 Friday

• Forum channels

  Added forum channels. Each post has a title, tags and its own replies.

Aug 27 Thursday

• Stickers and a soundboard

  Servers can upload stickers and soundboard sounds.

  Soundboard

Aug 19 Wednesday

• Group DMs and calls in DMs

  You can make group DMs with up to 10 people and call people from DMs.

  Friends and DMs

Aug 11 Tuesday

• Forward messages and Mark Unread

  You can forward a message to up to 5 places at once and mark messages as unread.

Aug 3 Monday

• Timeouts, audit log and AutoMod

  Mods can time people out, check the audit log, and set up AutoMod to block bad words, spam links and mass pings.

  Moderation tools

Jul 24 Friday

• Rules Screening

  Community servers can make new members accept the rules before they can chat.

• Report people and servers

  You can report profiles and servers now, not just messages.

  Reporting

Jul 16 Thursday

• Transfer server ownership

  Server owners can transfer the server to someone else.

  Transfer ownership

• Private notes on profiles

  You can add a private note to anyone’s profile.

Jul 9 Thursday

• Native screen share on Windows

  The Windows app shares your screen natively now. It’s smoother, includes app audio, and doesn’t show the browser sharing bar.

  Video and screen sharing

Jul 1 Wednesday

• Server Settings, reorganized

  Reorganized Server Settings into groups so things are easier to find.

Jun 23 Tuesday

• Bots in voice and a status page

  Bots can join voice channels. We also put up a status page at status.baff.gg.

Jun 12 Friday

• Report a message

  You can report messages that break the rules. The person you report doesn’t find out who reported them.

  Report a message

• Blocking and Privacy & Safety

  You can block people and choose who’s allowed to DM you or send friend requests.

  Block someone

Jun 4 Thursday

• Server folders

  You can drag servers together to make folders and reorder your server list. It syncs across devices.

May 27 Wednesday

• Download your data, delete your account

  You can download a copy of your data or delete your account. Deleting has a 14 day wait in case you change your mind.

  Download your data

May 15 Friday

• Terms of Service

  Posted our Terms of Service.

  Read the terms

• Privacy policy and hiring page

  Posted our privacy policy and opened a hiring page at baff.gg/hiring.

  Privacy policy

May 8 Friday

• A new homepage

  New homepage.

  See it

Apr 30 Thursday

• Desktop app for macOS

  The desktop app is available on macOS.

  Download

Apr 22 Wednesday

• Move a server over from Discord

  You can move a Discord server over with Migrate a Server. It copies channels, roles, permissions and emoji.

  Moving from Discord

Apr 9 Thursday

• Desktop app and push notifications

  Released the desktop app with a tray icon, push to talk and auto updates. Push notifications for DMs and pings work on phones and browsers.

  Push notifications

Mar 27 Friday

• Video and screen share

  Added video and screen share in voice, up to 60 FPS.

  Video and screen sharing

Mar 14 Saturday

• Sign in with a QR code and reset your password

  You can sign in on a computer by scanning a QR code with your phone. Password reset by email works too.

  Log in with a QR code

Mar 3 Tuesday

• Buttons, menus and forms from bots

  Bots can send buttons, dropdowns and forms.

Feb 19 Thursday

• baff.gg on your phone

  Made baff.gg work properly on phones. You can swipe between panels, long-press for menus, and add it to your home screen.

  Add to Home Screen

Feb 6 Friday

• Bots, slash commands and the Developer Portal

  You can make your own bots with slash commands in the Developer Portal. Docs are at docs.baff.gg.

  Make your own bot

Jan 24 Saturday

• Discover servers

  Servers with Community turned on can list themselves in Discover so people can join without an invite.

  Community and Discover

Jan 12 Monday

• Roles, permissions and moderation

  Added roles and permissions, including per-channel permissions, kicks and bans.

  Roles and permissions

Dec 29 Monday

• Custom emoji, reactions, threads and pins

  Added custom emoji (animated too), reactions, threads and pins.

Dec 14 Sunday

• First version

  First version. Servers with text and voice channels, friends, DMs, profiles, statuses and invites.

  Beginner’s guide