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Setting up categories, permissions and role hierarchy by hand takes an evening. A template takes a command.
Discord server templates for friends
Small layouts for a private server. A few channels, more voice than text, and nothing to administer.
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Discord server templates for friends
A server for people who already know each other needs almost none of what a community layout is built for. There is no entry funnel, because everybody arrives by invite. There is no moderation structure, because the moderation is a message. And there is little point splitting the talking eight ways when six people are doing it. The layouts here are short for that reason.
Voice is usually the point, so most of these spend their channels there: one room everyone defaults to, a second for when that one is full or a quieter conversation is wanted, and a text channel or two for links, images and whatever game is currently on. Roles, where they exist at all, are colors rather than permissions.
What these layouts carry
- Ten to twenty channels rather than forty, so the list still fits on one screen
- More voice than text, with a default room and somewhere to move to
- Color roles rather than a permission hierarchy, and no verification gate in front of anything
Why start from a template
A Discord server template is a complete layout someone has already built and published: channels, categories, roles and permissions. Loading one takes a single command and saves an evening of setup.
Several sites offer these and they are not the same product. Galleries, generators and AI builders compared.
Copy a proven layout
Templates with thousands of loads have run in real communities rather than been sketched for a gallery. Read the permissions before you announce anything: a template carries whatever its author set.
Built for a purpose
Browse by category: gaming, school, support, roleplay, development, clan. Each layout assumes a different kind of server.
Publish your own
If your structure works, share it. Make a template in your server settings, submit the link here, and other admins can load it with the upvotes staying on your entry.
Load onto an existing server
You do not need an empty server. Loading replaces the current structure, so back up first if you have something worth keeping.
No bots required
A template only defines channels and roles, so the layout arrives working with no bot installed. The ones a description mentions are yours to invite afterwards.
Loading a template
Templates carry structure only, so nothing personal from the original server comes with them. Back up first: loading replaces the channels and roles you have now.
- 01Find a template here on the site or with /template list in Discord.
- 02Run /backup create on your server first, so the change can be undone.
- 03Run /template load with the code. The layout is applied to your server.
/template load
Apply a template to this server
/template list
Browse published templates from Discord
/template info
Show details of a published template
/template status
Check a load that is still running
Template questions
Our Discord server is the fastest way to get an answer from a human.
Join our DiscordIs a template worth it for a server of six people?
The saving is the setup, not the size. Building even a small layout by hand is an evening of naming channels and fixing the permissions afterwards, where loading one is a command. These are already short, so there is usually little to delete.
How is this different from the community templates?
Scale, and the assumptions that come with it. A community layout expects strangers, so it spends its first category on rules, introductions and a member role. These expect a group that already exists, so they start at the talking.
Are templates really free?
Yes, all of them, on the free plan. Templates are contributed by the community and there is no paid tier for loading them.
Will loading a template delete my server?
It replaces the channels and roles with the ones in the template. Run /backup create first and you can undo it.
Do templates include messages or members?
No. A template only carries structure. Nothing personal from the original server is published with it.
How do I publish my own?
Create a template in your server’s own settings, under Server Template, then paste the link into the submit form here. You choose the name and description in Discord, and the category on the form.
Submit a templateWhat is the difference between a template and a backup?
A backup is private to your account and can include messages and member data. A template is public, structure only, and anyone can load it.
Why are there fewer templates here than on other galleries?
Because every submission is checked before it appears. A listing has to name and describe the server it actually offers, and anything with no place in a public gallery is refused, so a template called "test" with an empty description never reaches the listing. Galleries that publish whatever gets submitted are longer than this one, and most of what makes them longer is not worth loading.
Built a server worth copying?
Publish your server's template from the dashboard. Other admins can load it in one command, and you keep the upvotes.