# What is Medusa?

URL: https://zerodev.ca/docs/medusa

> A self-hosted Discord bot with 26 included modules and a web dashboard.



Medusa is a Discord bot you run on your own server. It replaces the handful of bots most communities use for moderation, tickets, levels, giveaways and the rest, and you set all of it up from a web dashboard.

* **26 included modules**, plus Core. Turn off the ones you do not need.
* **5 paid modules**: Automation, Economy, Emoji Locker, Minecraft and Product Panel.
* **16 languages** for the bot and the dashboard.
* **Several bots in one process**, each running the modules you give it.
* **Ranks** that decide who can use which commands and dashboard pages.

## Start Here

<Cards>
  <Card title="Setup Guide" href="/docs/medusa/setup" description="Install Medusa and run the setup wizard." />

  <Card title="Dashboard" href="/docs/medusa/dashboard" description="The dashboard pages, sign-in and running more than one bot." />

  <Card title="Configuration" href="/docs/medusa/configuration" description="What is in config.json and what is on the dashboard." />

  <Card title="Included Modules" href="/docs/medusa/modules" description="What each included module does, its settings and commands." />

  <Card title="Paid Modules" href="/docs/medusa/paid-modules" description="Automation, Economy, Emoji Locker, Minecraft and Product Panel." />

  <Card title="Developer Documentation" href="/docs/medusa/developer-documentation" description="Build your own modules." />
</Cards>

## What You Need

* A host that runs Node.js 22 or newer, or Bun. See [Hosting](/docs/medusa/setup#hosting).
* A PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB database.
* A Discord application with a bot, from the [Discord Developer Portal](https://discord.com/developers/applications).
* Your Medusa license key from the [Zero Development Discord](https://discord.zerodev.ca).