Lavalink

A standalone audio sending node based on Lavaplayer and Koe. Allows for sending audio without it ever reaching any of your shards.

Being used in production by FredBoat, Dyno, LewdBot, and more.

A basic example bot is available.

Features

Powered by Lavaplayer
Minimal CPU/memory footprint
Twitch/YouTube stream support
Event system
Seeking
Volume control
REST API for resolving Lavaplayer tracks, controlling players, and more
Statistics (good for load balancing)
Basic authentication
Prometheus metrics
Docker images
Plugin support (beta)

Requirements

Java 11* LTS or newer required.
OpenJDK or Zulu running on Linux AMD64 is officially supported.

Support for Darwin (Mac), Windows AMD64, and Linux ARM (Raspberry Pi) is provided on a best-effort basis. This is dependent on Lavaplayer's native libraries.

Lavaplayer currently supports following architectures:

Darwin (M1 & Intel), Linux aarch32, Linux aarch64, Linux ARMv7+ 32/64, Linux ARMHF(v6) 32, Linux i386 32, Linux x86 64, Windows i386 32 and Windows x86 64

JDA-NAS(Native Audio Buffer) & the Timescale filter are currently not supported on following architectures:

Linux ARMHF(v6) 32 and Linux aarch32

Support for other JVMs is also best-effort. Periodic CPU utilization stats are prone not to work everywhere.

*Java 11 appears to have some issues with Discord's TLS 1.3. Java 14 has other undiagnosed HTTPS problems. Use Java 13. Docker images have been updated. See #258, #260

Changelog

Please see here

Versioning policy

Lavalink follows Semantic Versioning.

Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, the following rules apply:

MAJOR breaking API changes
MINOR new backwards compatible features
PATCH backwards compatible bug fixes

Additional labels for release candidates are available as extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH-rcNUMBER(3.6.0-rc1) format.

Client libraries:

Client	Platform	Compatible With	REST API Support	Additional Information
Lavalink-Client	Java	JDA/Any	❌
Lavalink.kt	Kotlin	JDA/Kord/Any	✅	Kotlin Coroutines
Lavalink.py	Python	Any	❌
lavasnek_rs	Python	Any*	❌	*`asyncio`-based libraries only
lavaplayer-py	Python	Any*	❌	*`asyncio`-based libraries only
Mafic	Python	discord.py V2/nextcord/disnake/py-cord	✅
Wavelink	Python	discord.py V2	✅
Pomice	Python	discord.py V2	✅
discord-ext-lava	Python	discord.py	❌
Lavapy	Python	discord.py	❌	Unmaintained
Magma	Python	discord.py	❌	Unmaintained
interactions-lavalink	Python	interactions.py	❌
Lavadeno	Deno	Any	❌
LavaJS	Node.js	Any	❌	Unmaintained
LavaClient	Node.js	Any	❌
Lavacoffee	Node.js	Any	❌	Unmaintained
Lavacord	Node.js	Any	✅
FastLink	Node.js	Any	❌
Moonlink.js	Node.js	Any	✅
@skyra/audio	Node.js	discord.js	❌	Archived
Poru	Node.js	Any	✅
Shoukaku	Node.js	Any	✅
Lavaudio	Node.js	Any	❌
Gorilink	Node.js	discord.js	❌	Archived/Unmaintained
SandySounds	Node.js	Any	❌	Unmaintained
eris-lavalink	Node.js	eris	❌	Unmaintained
Victoria	.NET	Discord.Net	❌
Lavalink4NET	.NET	Discord.Net/DSharpPlus	❌
DSharpPlus.Lavalink	.NET	DSharpPlus	❌
Lavalink.NET	.NET	Any	❌	Unmaintained
SharpLink	.NET	Discord.Net	❌	Unmaintained
DisCatSharp.Lavalink	.NET	DisCatSharp	❌
Nomia	.NET	DSharpPlus	✅
DisGoLink	Go	Any	✅
waterlink	Go	Any	❌
gavalink	Go	Any	❌	Unmaintained
Lavalink-rs	Rust	Any*	❌	*`tokio`-based libraries only
Coglink	C	Concord	✅

Or alternatively, you can create your own client library, following the implementation documentation. Any client libraries marked with Unmaintained have been marked as such as their repositories have not received any commits for at least 1 year since time of checking, however they are listed as they may still support Lavalink, and/or have not needed maintenance, however keep in mind that compatibility and full feature support is not guaranteed.

Server configuration

Config

The server configuration is done in application.yml. You can find an example configuration here.

Alternatively, you can also use environment variables to configure the server. The environment variables are named the same as the keys in the application.yml file, but in uppercase and with . replaced with _. For example, server.port becomes SERVER_PORT. For arrays, the index is appended to the key, starting at 0. For example, LAVALINK_PLUGINS_0_DEPENDENCY refers to the dependency key of the first plugin.

List of all env keys

SERVER_PORT
SERVER_ADDRESS

LAVALINK_PLUGINS_0_DEPENDENCY
LAVALINK_PLUGINS_0_REPOSITORY

LAVALINK_PLUGINS_1_DEPENDENCY
LAVALINK_PLUGINS_1_REPOSITORY

LAVALINK_SERVER_PASSWORD
LAVALINK_SERVER_SOURCES_YOUTUBE
LAVALINK_SERVER_SOURCES_BANDCAMP
LAVALINK_SERVER_SOURCES_SOUNDCLOUD
LAVALINK_SERVER_SOURCES_TWITCH
LAVALINK_SERVER_SOURCES_VIMEO
LAVALINK_SERVER_SOURCES_HTTP
LAVALINK_SERVER_SOURCES_LOCAL

LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_VOLUME
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_EQUALIZER
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_KARAOKE
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_TIMESCALE
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_TREMOLO
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_VIBRATO
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_DISTORTION
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_ROTATION
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_CHANNEL_MIX
LAVALINK_SERVER_FILTERS_LOW_PASS

LAVALINK_SERVER_BUFFER_DURATION_MS
LAVALINK_SERVER_FRAME_BUFFER_DURATION_MS
LAVALINK_SERVER_OPUS_ENCODING_QUALITY
LAVALINK_SERVER_RESAMPLING_QUALITY
LAVALINK_SERVER_TRACK_STUCK_THRESHOLD_MS
LAVALINK_SERVER_USE_SEEK_GHOSTING

LAVALINK_SERVER_PLAYER_UPDATE_INTERVAL
LAVALINK_SERVER_YOUTUBE_SEARCH_ENABLED
LAVALINK_SERVER_SOUNDCLOUD_SEARCH_ENABLED

LAVALINK_SERVER_GC_WARNINGS

LAVALINK_SERVER_RATELIMIT_IP_BLOCKS
LAVALINK_SERVER_RATELIMIT_EXCLUDE_IPS
LAVALINK_SERVER_RATELIMIT_STRATEGY
LAVALINK_SERVER_RATELIMIT_SEARCH_TRIGGERS_FAIK
LAVALINK_SERVER_RATELIMIT_RETRY_LIMIT

LAVALINK_SERVER_YOUTUBE_CONFIG_EMAIL
LAVALINK_SERVER_YOUTUBE_CONFIG_PASSWORD

LAVALINK_SERVER_HTTP_CONFIG_PROXY_HOST
LAVALINK_SERVER_HTTP_CONFIG_PROXY_PORT
LAVALINK_SERVER_HTTP_CONFIG_PROXY_USER
LAVALINK_SERVER_HTTP_CONFIG_PROXY_PASSWORD

METRICS_PROMETHEUS_ENABLED
METRICS_PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT

SENTRY_DSN
SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT
SENTRY_TAGS_SOME_KEY
SENTRY_TAGS_ANOTHER_KEY

LOGGING_FILE_PATH
LOGGING_LEVEL_ROOT
LOGGING_LEVEL_LAVALINK

LOGGING_REQUEST_ENABLED
LOGGING_REQUEST_INCLUDE_CLIENT_INFO
LOGGING_REQUEST_INCLUDE_HEADERS
LOGGING_REQUEST_INCLUDE_QUERY_STRING
LOGGING_REQUEST_INCLUDE_PAYLOAD
LOGGING_REQUEST_MAX_PAYLOAD_LENGTH

LOGGING_LOGBACK_ROLLINGPOLICY_MAX_FILE_SIZE
LOGGING_LOGBACK_ROLLINGPOLICY_MAX_HISTORY

Binary

Download binaries from the GitHub actions or the GitHub releases(specific versions prior to v3.5 can be found in the CI Server).

Put an application.yml file in your working directory. (Example here)

Run with java -jar Lavalink.jar from the same directory

Docker

Docker images can be found under packages with old builds prior to v3.7.4 being available on Docker Hub.

Install Docker & Docker Compose

Create a docker-compose.yml with the following content:

version: "3.8"

services:
    lavalink:
        image: ghcr.io/freyacodes/lavalink:3 # pin the image version to Lavalink v3
        container_name: lavalink
        restart: unless-stopped
        environment:
            - _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Xmx6G # set Java options here
            - SERVER_PORT=2333 # set lavalink server port
            - LAVALINK_SERVER_PASSWORD=youshallnotpass # set password for lavalink
        volumes:
            - ./application.yml:/opt/Lavalink/application.yml # mount application.yml from the same directory or use environment variables
            - ./plugins/:/opt/Lavalink/plugins/ # persist plugins between restarts, make sure to set the correct permissions (user: 322, group: 322)
        networks:
            - lavalink
        expose:
            - 2333 # lavalink exposes port 2333 to connect to for other containers (this is for documentation purposes only)
        ports:
            - 2333:2333 # you only need this if you want to make your lavalink accessible from outside of containers
networks:
    lavalink: # create a lavalink network you can add other containers to, to give them access to Lavalink
        name: lavalink

Run docker compose up -d. See Docker Compose Up

If your bot also runs in a docker container you can make that container join the lavalink network and use lavalink (service name) as the hostname to connect. See Docker Networking & Docker Compose Networking

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