Free to add, works in DMs
Shortform turns TikToks, YouTube Shorts and Reels into videos that play right in the chat. ScribeBot turns voice messages into text. Add them to a server, or to your own account so they work anywhere.
The bots
Drop a TikTok, YouTube Short, Instagram Reel or Facebook video link and get the actual video back, ready to play inline.
/clip, or right-click Download video/clipsettingsSend or forward a voice message and get a transcript back. Speech recognition runs on the bot's own machine, not a cloud API.
Use it your way
Server admins pick how chatty Shortform is with /clipsettings. New servers start in mention mode, so it never surprises anyone.
In DMs, or in servers set to auto, any supported link comes back as a video. Forwarded messages work too.
Mention the bot with a link, or reply to someone else's link and mention it. Great for busy servers.
A slash command that works in any server, in DMs, and in group chats once you add Shortform to your account.
Right-click (or long-press) any message with a link, then choose Apps → Download video.
Under the hood
Only TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook links are accepted, one video per link, three minutes max.
One request to the platform, preferring 720p. Links that were just shared come from a short cache instead.
Too big, or a codec Discord can't play? It's re-encoded to H.264 at exactly the bitrate that fits.
Posted as a reply, with no pings, then cleaned up automatically.
Security
Videos live in temp storage and are deleted within 10 minutes, or on restart. There's no database of what anyone downloads.
A domain allowlist plus a disabled generic extractor means the bot can't be pointed at arbitrary websites.
Profiles and playlists are capped to a single item, with a 3-minute length limit and a 250 MB download cap.
Every person and every server gets its own per-minute and per-hour allowance, so one busy server can't crowd out the rest.
Each platform has an overall budget. If a site starts slowing requests down, the bot pauses that site and retries later instead of pushing harder.
Mentions are disabled on everything the bot sends, so nobody can make it @everyone.
This website is static. It has no cookies, no trackers, no third-party scripts, and a strict Content Security Policy.
We're working on a way to run your own copy of Shortform on your own hardware, with your own limits. Until then, add the hosted bot to a server or to your account; it works the same way.
FAQ
New servers start in mention mode. Someone with Manage Server can run /clipsettings and choose auto to reply to every supported link, or off to allow only /clip and the right-click menu.
Yes. Add to my account installs Shortform on their own Discord account, so /clip and Download video work in any DM or group chat, with no shared server needed.
To stay a good citizen on each platform, Shortform limits how many videos each person and server can request, and how many it downloads from each site overall. If a site asks it to slow down, it pauses that site for a while. Links that were just shared still come back instantly from the cache.
The usual causes are private or deleted posts, age or region restrictions, videos longer than three minutes, or a platform changing how its site works. Instagram and Facebook are the pickiest.
Not yet. Self-hosting is in progress. For now, the hosted bot is the way to use Shortform.
It's up to you to respect creators and each platform's terms. Share clips with friends, credit creators, and don't re-upload other people's work as your own.