A Framework to make working with the JDA wrapper easier.

Get a release from JitPack.

You'll still need to include JDA and a SLF4J implementation.

Here's what I recommend for your dependencies:

Gradle (KTS):

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven("https://jitpack.io")

    //////////////////////////
    // OPTIONAL STUFF BELOW //
    //////////////////////////
    
    // If you're using Okaeri configs, include the repo
    maven("https://storehouse.okaeri.eu/repository/maven-public/")
}

dependencies {
    implementation("com.github.Jsinco:jda-framework:%VERSION%")
    
    // JDA
    implementation("net.dv8tion:JDA:5.0.0-beta.24")

    // Logger
    // If you choose to use a logger other than Log4j, you'll need to disable
    // auto-logging configuration. See below*
    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.24.1")
    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.24.1")
    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.24.1")

    //////////////////////////
    // OPTIONAL STUFF BELOW //
    //////////////////////////
    
    // Google guava/gson
    implementation("com.google.guava:guava:33.3.1-jre")
    implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1")

    // Lombok
    compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.30")
    annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.30")

    // Okaeri Configurations
    implementation("eu.okaeri:okaeri-configs-yaml-snakeyaml:5.0.5")
}

To finish up your setup, declare your FrameWork startup.

public static void main(String[] args) {
    FrameWork.start(Main.class);
}

// If you need to disable logging configuration, you'll need to provide full args.
// Here's an example you can use:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Path dataFolderPath = FrameWork.getDefaultDataFolderPath("data"); // Or use whatever path you want
    String botTokenArgName = "bot_token"; // The bot token name that needs to be provided as an environment variable or property.
    FrameWork.start(Main.class, dataFolderPath, botTokenArgName, false);
}

Finally, start your JDA by passing in a bot token as an environment variable or commandline property

java -Dbot_token="<YOUR_BOT_TOKEN>" -jar MyJDADiscordBot.jar

Now you can start using all the features of this Framework to build your Discord bot!

See this repository for examples on how to use the features of this Framework.