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Orpheus as a Rythm alternative

Shut down as a bot in 2021, then came back in 2024 as a Discord Activity with a paid tier. We last checked on 17 September 2026, and every part of what happened links to its source.

What happened to Rythm

15 September 2021Rythm shut down after Google asked its developers to take it offline within seven days, citing YouTube’s terms of service.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/09/13/rythm-discord-bot-shut-down-by-youtube
11 June 2024Rythm came back as a Discord Activity, a player with its own screen where people listen together. Its premium plan was reported at US$4.99 a month, with revenue shared with labels and publishers.musictech.com/news/industry/rythm-music-bot-returns-discord

Where Rythm is now

As we found it on 17 September 2026.

rythm.fm opens a web player that asks you to create an account. We couldn’t read Rythm’s current prices on its own site, so check there before you decide.rythm.fm

How Orpheus is different

Orpheus is a bot. You add it to your server, use /play in a voice channel, and it plays there for everyone in the channel.
Orpheus has no paid plan. 24/7, lyrics, filters, autoplay and 50 saved playlists each are free in every server.
Orpheus plays YouTube, SoundCloud and Bandcamp, and plays a Spotify link by finding a matching copy of the recording.

What Orpheus gives every server

Each line links to the docs page that describes it. For bots that still charge for some of these, see the full comparison.

Price: Free. There’s no paid plan
24/7 in voice: Free
Saved playlists: Free: 50 per person, 500 tracks each. One import brings in 200
Filters: Free: 7 presets
Queue length: No set limit. A playlist link adds up to 200 tracks at a time
Volume: Free: 0 to 200
Lyrics: Free
Autoplay: Free
Web dashboard: Free

Switching over

Orpheus asks for seven permissions when you add it, and Administrator isn’t one of them.

Step 1
Add Orpheus
You need Manage Server in the server you’re adding it to. Then join a voice channel and type /play with a song name or a link.
Add to Discord
How to add a music bot to Discord, step by step
Step 2
Bring your playlists
Orpheus can’t read playlists saved inside Rythm. If yours started as a public playlist on Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud or Bandcamp, paste that link into /playlist import.
One import holds up to 200 tracks. If the link has more, Orpheus offers to split it into several playlists and reads up to 500 tracks from one link. Spotify only gives Orpheus the first 200 of a playlist. Private playlists come back empty. Importing and exporting playlists
Step 3
Play it anywhere
/playlist play adds a saved playlist to the queue. Playlists belong to your account and work in any server with Orpheus. You can keep 50, with up to 500 tracks in each. The dashboard’s Your playlists page can import and play them too.

If you get stuck, ask in the support channel.

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Add Orpheus to your server

It asks for seven permissions, and Administrator isn't one of them. You can remove it from your server at any time.

Add to Discord Read the docs