Changelog

What's new in Varko.

Giveaways, verification, a visual embed builder, and a more organized bot

v1.6.0·7/20/2026

–Giveaways: /giveaway-start with button entry, optional role/level requirements, automatic winner drawing, /giveaway-edit, and /giveaway-reroll
–Verification: a click-to-verify role gate, with an optional minimum-account-age check against raid/bot accounts
–Embed Builder: a visual editor on the dashboard for announcements, rules, and event posts — live preview, send instantly, or save as a template
–Bot Personalizer: give Varko a custom nickname per server from the General settings page
–Stream Announcements now also covers new YouTube uploads, not just going live
–Tempvoice: /voice lets you rename, cap, lock, or unlock the temp channel you created — no staff needed
–Tickets: optional auto-close after a set number of inactive hours
–/help and the dashboard now group everything into the same categories, and /help only shows what's actually turned on in your server
–Fixed the dashboard's module list not scrolling with the mouse wheel on desktop

v1.4.0·7/13/2026

–New platform-wide lockdown switch — blocks the dashboard and bot commands for everyone except staff, toggleable from the Owner Panel or a new /lockdown command.
–The error log now groups repeat failures into one entry with a count instead of piling up duplicates, and stops flagging normal permission issues as bugs.
–Announcements can now include a title and a call-to-action link, with explicit control over whether visitors can dismiss them.
–New alerts control center — manage who gets called/texted for a critical error and see a history of what's actually been sent.
–Owner Panel gets a health check, a quick-jump search, a 7-day activity trend, and a live bot status card.
–The bot now reports live status to the website, powering an honest "servers connected right now" indicator.
–Full site redesign: real navigation and a footer on every page, an expanded feature showcase, and animation throughout instead of just the hero.

v1.3.0·7/13/2026

–See real moderation case history in the Owner Panel — per server, per user, and a platform-wide browser.
–Schedule a maintenance announcement ahead of time; it appears and expires automatically.
–Critical announcements can no longer be dismissed by visitors.
–Destructive actions now use an animated confirmation dialog instead of a browser popup.
–Guilds, Users, Errors, and Audit Log pages are paginated instead of silently truncating.
–Internal staff notes on any server, and the ability to force a module on (not just off).
–Per-server embed color branding, and independent on/off switches for each logging event.
–New /support command.

v1.5.0·7/13/2026

–Fixed a mobile bug where tapping a link in the menu left the screen unresponsive until a manual refresh.
–The server picker is now a proper card grid, and servers without Varko yet get a direct "Add Varko" button instead of a dead label.
–The dashboard overview now has an enable/disable switch on every module card — no need to open a module just to flip it on or off.
–New per-command controls for the moderation module — turn off individual commands like /kick or /ban without disabling moderation entirely.
–The owner's phone number in the alerts system is now permanently protected — it can never be removed, even by other staff.

v1.2.0·7/12/2026

–Full Owner Panel: look up any server or user, review error and audit logs, manage staff roles.
–Blacklist users (blocked from the bot and the dashboard) or servers (the bot leaves and can't rejoin).
–New commands: /unban, /timeout, /userinfo, /serverinfo, /avatar.
–Repeat-offender warnings surface automatically on /warn, /kick, and /ban.
–Site-wide announcement banner and animated in-app notifications.
–Critical errors now page the Varko team by DM immediately, with phone paging available once configured.

v1.1.0·7/12/2026

v1.0.0·7/10/2026