eris VS Lightcord

I can confirm, Eris still around and kicking. And BTW has a great community too. Therefore, even I prefer Eris, the Python implementations for Discord bots are not dead either.

Pretty sure isn't dying. Therefore, in matter of resources used and speed, I prefer to go with Eris who is a solid one and then work with NodeJS.

eris.js For JavaScript, much used for JavaScript Bots, also used by one of the biggest bot: Dyno

Hello there, this sentence will mark the beginning of my first ever article released to the public. In this article, I will be writing how to build a Discord bot with Eris and Yuuko.

First, our discord api library. For 3 of the last 4 years we've ran using Eris (https://github.com/abalabahaha/eris). However, we've been running on a modified version last updated in June 2019. This forced us to do a lot of newer stuff (for example replies) without the api library, and things got hacky and were often buggy. We have now updated this to latest, with our modified changes.

Eris and Discord.js are both wrappers for the Discord API for JavaScript. Both are very similar. Here is the Eris repo: Eris Repo. As you can see, the basic structure is very similar. From what I see, the Discord.js library is more updated, but not necessarily more supported. Either way, it comes down to personal opinion.

Slightly off topic but a warning for Lightcord, it seems like it has been abandoned.

I suggest trying out lightcord which among other improvements like better discord it also lets you start discord without those sort of updates.

Yes, there is also stuff like Lightcord and BetterDiscord (A modification of the default client, also against TOS). I suspect the standalone clients like ripcord have reverse engineered undocumented APIs (that are required for a full client) from network traffic but I really cant say for certain.

Right now I'm personally using Lightcord, and I found it much more better and private. But it's not a panacea.