Terms of Service

Effective 2026-07-31. MadHoney is operated by Nomads Galaxy ("we"). "The service" means the hosted MadHoney Discord bot and the dashboard at madhoney.nomadsgalaxy.com.

The service

MadHoney is a honeypot and verification bot for Discord. It is free and provided as-is, with no warranty and no uptime guarantee. We can change or discontinue it at any time; you can remove the bot from your server at any time.

Your responsibilities

You need the Manage Server permission in a Discord server to configure MadHoney there. You control MadHoney's configuration in your server. This configuration controls bans, kicks, quarantines, honeypot actions, compromised-account detection, channel gating, and role changes. These are your moderation decisions. Review the moderation actions regularly. Use the Undo button to reverse an incorrect action.

MadHoney includes automatic safeguards. During raid mode, it changes a burst of bans to kicks. The health check refuses to mass-assign the verified role when your configuration would make that unsafe; it reports other problems in the dashboard but does not block them. These safeguards reduce the effects of a configuration error, but you remain responsible for your configuration. You are also responsible for complying with Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.

If your community includes members who rely on text-to-speech or screen readers, you must disclose the honeypot channel in your server rules. A honeypot is a visual trap; do not deploy one where it can catch people who cannot see the warning.

The universal ban list

A honeypot ban is normally added to a universal ban list (Discord user IDs). There are two exceptions: MadHoney withholds a burst of catches until one of your moderators confirms it, and a server that has not finished setup does not contribute to the list at all.

Whether the list applies to your server is a separate choice, and it is off by default. If you opt in, MadHoney bans listed users when they join your server. You can also use Ban from List to ban all listed users at once. If you stay opted out, MadHoney acts only on your server's own honeypot catches. Unbanning a user through the log channel stops the list from applying to that user on every server; the log keeps both the original entry and the unban, so the record stays auditable.

Fair use

Do not attempt to overload the bot or dashboard. Do not use the universal ban list to target people who were not spamming. Do not scrape the service. We can remove a server from the hosted service if its members use MadHoney to harass people.

Self-hosting

The source is available at github.com/nomadsgalaxy/MadHoney under OCL v1.1 + SWAtt v1, plus the MadHoney Commercial License (MCL v1). Commercial use is allowed as long as the software stays free to use for everyone — no fees, subscriptions, or paywalls on it or any of its features — and you don't resell it without permission. Self-hosted instances are your own; these terms cover only the hosted service.

Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any damages arising from use of the service, including missed spam, wrongful bans issued by your configuration, or downtime. The service's total liability is limited to the amount you paid for it, which is zero.

Changes

We may update these terms; the effective date above changes when we do. Continued use after a change means you accept it. Questions or problems: open a GitHub issue.