Utilities

Discord Server Template Generator

Setting up a server from scratch is the slowest part of starting a community. These templates give you a proven category and channel structure plus a sensible role hierarchy for four common server types. Pick the one closest to your community, copy the whole layout as text, and recreate it in a couple of minutes.

Free, no limits
No login
Runs in your browser

Tool

Voice-first layout for squads, LFG and clips. Works for 20 to 20,000 members.

WELCOME

#rules
#announcements
#roles
#introductions

GENERAL

#general
#memes
#clips-and-highlights
#bot-commands

LOOKING FOR GROUP

#lfg-ranked
#lfg-casual
#scrims

VOICE

Lobby
Squad 1
Squad 2
AFK

ROLE HIERARCHY (top to bottom)

OwnerAdminModeratorBoosterVerifiedMember

About this tool

Each template lists the categories, channels and role hierarchy for one type of community, written so you can recreate it manually in a few minutes without importing anything.

Copy the whole layout as plain text and work down the list.

How to use

Pick the server type closest to your community.

Review the categories, channels and role hierarchy.

Copy the layout and recreate it in your server.

What a template captures, and what it leaves behind

A server template is a snapshot of structure, not content. It stores the channel list and categories, roles and their permissions, channel-level permission overwrites, and server settings such as verification level and default notification behaviour. Applying it to a new server rebuilds that skeleton exactly.

It deliberately does not carry anything that belongs to the original community: no messages, no members, no bans, no invites, no webhooks, no custom emoji or stickers, and no bots. Bots in particular surprise people - a template can recreate the role a bot used, but the bot itself has to be invited again and reconfigured.

Templates are shared as `discord.new` links. The link stays tied to the source server, and it can be synced so that later structural changes are picked up, or deleted to revoke it.

Structuring a server so the template is worth reusing

Because permissions are captured, the value of a template depends almost entirely on how cleanly the source server's permissions are set up. A server where access is granted by role, with @everyone locked down and specific roles opened up per category, produces a template that behaves predictably anywhere.

A server where access was patched together with per-member channel overwrites produces a template full of holes, because member-level overwrites reference people who do not exist in the new server and are dropped. If you intend to template a server, express access through roles from the start.

Setting up permissions after the layout

Build the channel structure first, then set permissions at the category level and let channels inherit them. Category-level permissions are the single biggest time-saver in server setup.

Lock #announcements and #rules to read-only for @everyone, and keep at least one channel visible before role selection so newcomers are not staring at an empty server.