Best Discord Anti-Nuke Bots: What Actually Stops a Nuke

What a nuke is, and what a bot can do

A nuke is when an account with enough permissions, often a hacked admin or a malicious bot, deletes channels and roles, mass-bans members or spams webhooks. An anti-nuke bot watches the audit log for those actions, counts them per person in a short window, and punishes the actor once they pass a limit.

Two honest limits apply to every bot here. It only works while it is online, and it cannot act on someone whose role sits above its own. That is why role order and who holds Administrator matter as much as the bot you pick.

How we picked

This list is based on each bot's own docs as of November 2026. We did not simulate attacks, so we make no claims about speed or catch rates. We compared what actions are watched, what the punishment is, how exemptions work, recovery options, setup effort and cost.

1. Wick: deepest security toolkit

Best at: large or high-risk servers. Wick's docs describe anti-nuke that watches channel and role creation and deletion, bans, kicks and webhook changes and quarantines the rogue admin or bot. It adds panic mode to lock the server down, a restore system that reverts to the latest backup snapshot, heat-based auto moderation, a join gate and join raid detection. It says its largest handled raid was over 250,000 accounts against a 300,000-member server, which is the company's own claim.

Limit: its intro page says it is not a simple out-of-the-box bot and setup takes time. The base premium subscription covers one server, and anti-raid, extended anti-nuke, backups and panic modes are listed as premium. It does security only. Read Wick alternatives.

2. Noxyr: sensible defaults in an all-in-one bot

Best at: small and mid-size servers that want protection without a long setup. Anti-nuke reads the audit log and counts channel deletes, role deletes, bans and kicks per person. It is off until you enable it. Once on, the defaults are 3 actions in 30 seconds, then a 60-minute timeout, and you can choose kick, ban or log-only. A trust list exempts people you name, the server owner is always exempt and the bot ignores its own actions.

The Protection page adds a security score with Fix buttons, plus rules for hacked accounts, scam links, fake staff, alt accounts and a raid mode that starts at 10 joins in 30 seconds and ends after 15 minutes. See the anti-nuke bot page. Everything is free.

Limit: the docs describe punishing the actor, not a backup-restore system, so plan your own backups. It cannot stop an actor whose role is above the bot's, and the audit log can lag a few seconds under heavy load.

3. Double Counter: screening who gets in

Best at: preventing raids and alts before damage. Its home page describes checks on new members using device, browser, network and behavior signals, blocking VPNs, proxies and Tor exit nodes, and a log for moderators. Its FAQ says it is free forever for most communities, with a Pro tier.

Limit: this is join screening, not nuke detection. It will not stop an admin who is already inside. Some owners also hesitate over the privacy of device signals. See Double Counter alternatives.

4. Sapphire: auto moderation, no anti-nuke listed

Best at: day-to-day moderation. Its home page lists 10+ auto moderation modules, 80+ log types and moderation case management.

Limit: its feature list does not mention anti-nuke or restore tools, so we do not claim them. Check its docs. Its logs help you investigate after an incident.

5. Discord permission habits: the free layer

This is not a bot, but it beats most bots on value. Give Administrator to as few accounts as possible, require two-factor for staff with moderation powers, keep bot roles below your owner role, and never give a new bot more permissions than its features need. Nobody can nuke what their role cannot touch.

Comparison table

Pick by need

• Big server, high risk, restore needed: Wick, possibly with Noxyr for the other jobs.
• Small or mid server, quick safe defaults: Noxyr. Turn on anti-nuke, add your one trusted admin to the trust list, and run the security check.
• Stop raids and alts at the door: Double Counter, or Noxyr's alt rule that uses public info only.
• Everything else: read best security bots and best moderation bots.

Whichever you choose, test it on a spare server before you rely on it.