Features
DiscordDataMirror is packed with features designed to give you complete control over your Discord data. This page explains each feature in detail.
Core Features
📝 Message Archiving
What it does: Captures every message sent in monitored servers, including edits and deletions.
Details:
- Messages are stored with full metadata (author, timestamp, channel, etc.)
- Edit history is preserved — see what a message said before it was changed
- Deleted messages are marked as deleted but retained in the database
- Supports all message types: regular, replies, system messages, pins, etc.
- Embeds (link previews, rich content) are stored as JSON
Dashboard features:
- Discord-like message rendering
- Jump to replied messages
- View edit history
- See deleted message indicator
👥 Member Tracking
What it does: Maintains a complete record of server members and their profiles.
Details:
- User profiles: username, display name, avatar, account creation date
- Guild-specific data: nickname, roles, join date
- Tracks when users join and leave
- Bot accounts are flagged for easy filtering
Dashboard features:
- Member list with search and filters
- User profile cards
- Activity timeline per user
- Cross-server presence (same user in multiple servers)
📁 Channel & Server Structure
What it does: Mirrors the complete server structure including all channel types.
Supported channel types:
- Text channels
- Voice channels (metadata only, not audio)
- Announcement channels
- Forum channels
- Stage channels
- Categories
- Threads (public, private, forum posts)
Details:
- Channel position and hierarchy preserved
- Topics and descriptions stored
- NSFW flags respected
- Permission overwrites logged
🧵 Thread Support
What it does: Captures thread content that Discord normally auto-archives and hides.
Details:
- Active threads synced in real-time
- Archived threads preserved permanently
- Thread metadata: owner, member count, archive settings
- Forum post tags and pinned status
Why it matters: Discord auto-archives threads after inactivity. DiscordDataMirror ensures you never lose thread discussions.
📎 Attachment Handling
What it does: Tracks and optionally caches file attachments.
Tracking (always enabled):
- Filename, size, dimensions (for images)
- Original URL and proxy URL
- Content type (MIME type)
Caching (optional):
- Download attachments to local storage
- Organized by server/channel/message
- Survives if original is deleted from Discord
- Configurable size limits
💬 Reaction Tracking
What it does: Records emoji reactions on messages.
Details:
- Both Unicode and custom emoji supported
- Reaction count tracked
- Individual users who reacted can be logged
- Reaction additions and removals captured
🔍 Full-Text Search
What it does: Search across all messages instantly.
Capabilities:
- Search by keyword or phrase
- Filter by server, channel, user, or date range
- PostgreSQL full-text search for fast results
- Highlighted search matches in results
Dashboard features:
- Global search bar
- Advanced search filters
- Jump to message in context
🎭 Role Management
What it does: Tracks all server roles and their properties.
Details:
- Role hierarchy (position)
- Colors and display settings
- Permission sets
- Mentionable and hoisted flags
Advanced Features
🔗 Cross-Server User Identity
What it does: Links the same person across different Discord accounts or servers.
Use cases:
- Track someone who uses different accounts in different servers
- Correlate activity patterns
- Identify alt accounts (manual confirmation required)
How it works:
- Automatic suggestions based on username similarity, avatar, activity
- Manual confirmation required to create links
- Confidence scores for each mapping
- Full audit trail of identity decisions
📊 Analytics & Statistics
What it does: Provides insights into server activity.
Available metrics:
- Messages per day/week/month
- Most active channels
- Most active users
- Peak activity hours
- Server growth over time
🔄 Sync Status Monitoring
What it does: Shows real-time progress of data synchronization.
Dashboard features:
- Per-server sync status
- Per-channel progress (especially for initial backfill)
- Error indicators with details
- Manual resync triggers
📤 Data Export (Planned)
What it does: Export data in various formats.
Planned formats:
- JSON (full data)
- Markdown (readable archives)
- HTML (static website)
- CSV (for spreadsheet analysis)
Technical Features
🏗️ .NET Aspire Integration
Benefits:
- Automatic service discovery
- Built-in health checks
- Distributed tracing (see request flow)
- Centralized logging
- Easy local development with containers
🐘 PostgreSQL Backend
Why PostgreSQL:
- Rock-solid reliability
- Full-text search built-in
- JSONB for flexible data
- Handles millions of messages
- Easy backups and replication
🔐 Security Considerations
What we do:
- Bot token stored in secure user secrets
- No data leaves your infrastructure
- HTTPS for dashboard access
- Database credentials never exposed
What we recommend:
- Use environment variables in production
- Enable database encryption at rest
- Restrict dashboard access to trusted networks
- Regular backups to secure locations
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Free (Self-hosted) | Enterprise (Planned) |
|---|---|---|
| Message archiving | ✅ | ✅ |
| Member tracking | ✅ | ✅ |
| Full-text search | ✅ | ✅ |
| Attachment caching | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cross-server identity | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multi-tenant support | ❌ | ✅ |
| SSO/SAML integration | ❌ | ✅ |
| Dedicated support | ❌ | ✅ |
| SLA guarantees | ❌ | ✅ |
Roadmap
Features in development or planned:
- [ ] Wiki generation — Auto-generate docs from pinned messages
- [ ] AI summaries — Summarize long threads and channels
- [ ] Webhook ingestion — Capture data from bots that don't use gateway
- [ ] Scheduled exports — Automatic backups to cloud storage
- [ ] Mobile app — Browse archives on the go
- [ ] Slack integration — Archive Slack alongside Discord
See the TODO.md for the full roadmap.