Add Discord rich presence to your server

Discord rich presence shows your server's name, player count, and a custom image right in Discord when someone is playing on your server. It's free advertising - every player's friends see it. This lesson sets up the full integration from Discord developer portal to Lua script.

You'll build: A Discord rich presence integration showing player count, server name, and a custom image in players' Discord profiles.
Time: ~25 minutes
You need: A Discord application at discord.com/developers, a FiveM server with OneSync, and basic Lua knowledge.
You'll learn: Creating a Discord application, uploading rich presence art, connecting FiveM to Discord via SetDiscordRichPresence, and displaying live player counts and server info.

BEFORE YOU START

Build it

Create a Discord application

You have a Client ID and uploaded art assets.

Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications → New Application. Name it after your server.

Go to Rich Presence → Art Assets. Upload images (512x512 minimum):

server_logo - your server's logo
server_large - a hero image or screenshot

Copy your Client ID (18-digit number) from the General Information page.

Set up the resource

A resource that talks to Discord.

code

resources/qu_discord_rpc/
fxmanifest.lua
client.lua

code

fx_version 'cerulean'
game 'gta5'
client_script 'client.lua'

Add Discord rich presence to your server

Build it

Create a Discord application

Set up the resource

Set the Discord app ID and presence

Add live player count and join button

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