Terms of Service

Effective 2026-07-02. 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. What the bot does in your server, it does on your instruction: bans issued through the honeypot, channel gating, and role changes are your moderation decisions, and the Undo button exists for a reason. You are 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

Every honeypot ban is recorded on a universal ban list (Discord user IDs). Whether that list applies to your server is your choice and off by default: opt in and users on the list are banned when they join (or all at once with Ban from List); stay opted out and your server acts only on its own honeypot catches, which remain yours either way. Unbanning a user through the log channel removes them from the list's effect.

Fair use

Don't abuse the service: no attempting to overload the bot or dashboard, no using the shared ban pool to target people who were never spamming, no scraping. We can remove a server from the hosted service if it's being used to harass people.

Self-hosting

The source is available at github.com/nomadsgalaxy/MadHoney under OCL v1.1 + SWAtt v1. 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.