Join to create, gone when empty
Joining the setup channel creates a fresh lobby and moves the member in. When the last person leaves, the lobby and its text chat are deleted automatically.
Temporary voice channels for Discord, run by the people who use them
Lobbies is a temporary voice channels bot built into BotGG. Members join one “➕ Join to Create” channel, get their own voice lobby, and control it from a panel — no more twenty empty “Squad 7” channels cluttering your server.
alex’s lobbyDiscord preview
@Alex, this is your lobby — manage it here 👇
⚙️ Lobby settings
/lobby limit 5
Member limit set to 5.
Only you can see this
What you get
Owner control panel
Every new lobby gets a panel in its chat: rename, set a limit, lock, hide, permit, reject, invite by DM, transfer, set a voice status and more — through menus or buttons.
Five setup types
Personal rooms, numbered rooms (“Gaming 1, 2…”), fixed templates, clones of Duo/Trio/Squad channels, or a dynamic mode that always keeps exactly one empty room ready.
Claim instead of chaos
If the owner leaves, the lobby stays up and anyone still inside can claim it. Staff can take over any room at any time.
Saved preferences
Name, limit, bitrate, region, lock and hide choices are remembered per member and applied to their next lobby, or loaded with one click.
Looking-for-members posts
Owners can post an LFM ad to a channel you choose, with a Join button that drops people straight into the lobby.
How it works
Enable Lobbies in the console
Open your server in the BotGG console, turn on Lobbies and pick staff, member and join roles if you need them.
Create a join-to-create channel
Add a setup in the console or run
/lobbies setupin Discord. BotGG creates a “➕ Join to Create” voice channel with the type you chose.Members join and get a lobby
The bot creates the room, moves the member in and posts the control panel in the voice channel’s chat, pinging the owner.
Owners manage it themselves
Panel menus or
/lobbycommands handle limits, locks, invites and transfers. Empty rooms are cleaned up for you.
Join to create voice channels that stay tidy
Static voice channels either sit empty or fill up with strangers. Join-to-create lobbies fix both problems: the server shows one entry point per game mode, and every group gets a room sized for them. Rooms can land at the top or bottom of a category, below the entry channel, or in their own category, and BotGG opens an overflow category when Discord’s 50-channel limit is reached.
Names come from templates with variables such as {username}, {nickname}, {game} and {seq}, plus random word pools like animals or constellations. A word blacklist keeps lobby names, statuses and LFM notes clean.
- Default permissions are copied from the category or the entry channel, so you control who can create and who can join.
- Owners can optionally get Manage Channels or Move Members on their own room.
- A join role is given while someone is inside a lobby and removed when they leave.
/lobbies troubleshootchecks the bot’s permissions and setups and fixes what it safely can.
Decide what owners are allowed to change
Each control — name, limit, status, lock, hide, permit, reject, invite, transfer, bitrate, region, text chat, age-restricted mark, LFM and join requests — can be turned on or off for the whole server, per setup or per role. You can also restyle the panel: title, description, color, thumbnail, button labels and a menu or button layout.
Members who want into a locked room can use /lobby request: the owner gets Accept and Deny buttons, and the requester hears back by DM.
Slash commands
Generated from the bot’s real command definitions. Full list on the commands page.
/lobbiesSet up and manage lobbies3 subcommands
/lobbies setupcategory?type?Create a join-to-create channel (quick start)/lobbies interfacechannel?Post a lobby control panel/lobbies troubleshootCheck permissions and setups, and fix what's safe to fix
/lobbyControl your lobby (temporary voice channel)19 subcommands
/lobby namenameRename your lobby/lobby limitlimitSet the member limit (0 = unlimited)/lobby lockLock your lobby so nobody new can join/lobby unlockUnlock your lobby/lobby permittargetLet a member or role join, even when locked/lobby rejecttargetKick and block a member or role/lobby claimTake ownership after the owner has left/lobby statusstatus?Set the voice status (leave empty to clear it)/lobby lfmmessage?Post a “looking for members” ad/lobby textCreate a temporary text channel for your lobby/lobby bitratekbpsSet the audio quality/lobby ghostHide your lobby from the channel list/lobby unghostMake your lobby visible again/lobby inviteusermessage?Invite a member by DM (also lets them in)/lobby nsfwenabledMark your lobby as age-restricted/lobby transferuserGive ownership to a member in your lobby/lobby regionregionSet the voice region/lobby requestchannelAsk a lobby's owner to let you in/lobby loadApply your saved lobby settings
Free vs Pro
Every feature works on the Free plan. Pro raises the limits and unlocks extras.
| Limit | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Lobby setups (join-to-create channels) | 1 | 25 |
Frequently asked questions
How do I make temporary voice channels on Discord?
Enable Lobbies in the BotGG console and add a join-to-create setup, or run /lobbies setup. Anyone who joins that channel gets their own voice channel, which is deleted once it is empty. The full walkthrough is in our temporary voice channels guide.
What happens when the lobby owner leaves?
The lobby stays open for everyone still inside. Any of them can claim ownership from the panel or with /lobby claim; there is no automatic hand-off, so nobody gets surprise ownership.
Can I stop members from renaming lobbies?
Yes. Turn off the name control for the server, a single setup or specific roles, or mark a setup as not editable. Names are also checked against your blacklist.
Does the bot need Administrator?
No. Lobbies needs View Channels, Manage Channels, Manage Roles, Connect, Move Members and Send Messages, plus permission to manage the category it creates rooms in.
Is Lobbies free?
Yes, Lobbies works on the Free plan. Pro raises the number of join-to-create setups per server.
Ready to level up your server?
Add BotGG for free, then switch features on in the web console.