BotPanel

A web-based control panel for managing a Discord bot process via PM2. Monitor status, start/stop the bot, and view logs all from a browser dashboard.

Features

• View bot status, uptime, memory, and CPU usage
• Start and stop the bot remotely
• View the last 50 lines of bot logs
• Simple web UI served with Express

Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js
• Web framework: Express
• Process manager: PM2
• Bot library: discord.js v14
• Config: dotenv

Project Structure

BotPanel/
├── index.js          # Express server + PM2 API routes
├── bot/
│   └── bot.js        # Discord bot (managed by PM2 as "bot")
├── public/
│   ├── panel.html    # Dashboard UI
│   └── style.css
└── .env              # Environment variables (not committed)

Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• PM2 installed globally: npm install -g pm2

Install dependencies

npm install

Configure environment

Create a .env file in the root:

Bot_Token=your_discord_bot_token
Port=3000

Start the bot with PM2

pm2 start bot/bot.js --name bot

Start the panel server

node index.js

Then open http://localhost:3000/panel in your browser.

API Endpoints

Method	Path	Description
GET	/api/status	Get bot process status, uptime, memory, CPU
POST	/api/start	Start the bot
POST	/api/stop	Stop the bot
GET	/api/logs	Get last 50 lines of bot logs

License

ISC