We’re excited to announce the early access launch of Apollo’s web
dashboard. Apollo is trusted by over 250,000 Discord servers to
manage their events, and starting today, you can use our new web
dashboard to make event management even easier.
Why we built a dashboard
At Apollo we aim to create experiences that are a joy to use. Signing up for
events within Discord is a great example of this. Most communities prefer
keeping everything on Discord, rather than relying on multiple apps. For event
organizers however, the simplicity of Discord can be a hindrance.
Creating basic events via Discord is serviceable, but can feel clunky for
more advanced events. We strive to streamline the process, but chat based
interfaces have their limits. This friction can add up, especially for
communities that schedule multiple events a week.
Our initial goal is to simplify the life of event organizers. Features like
draft events allow organizers to save their work for later, or to finalize
details ahead of time before publishing an event. An overview of upcoming
and past events provides a comprehensive overview of a community’s events,
breaking free of the size limits of Discord messages.
What to expect in early access
We chose the term “early access” because the dashboard does not yet support
the full suite of features Apollo offers through Discord. We could have
kept it under wraps for longer, but we believe the current offering already
has the potential to provide meaningful value to many communities. Beyond that,
community involvement in the ongoing development of the dashboard is something
we deeply value.
Early access doesn’t mean compromises on quality; we’ve built something
we’re genuinely proud of. Mobile support, light and dark mode, and a clean
user interface are just some examples of this.
What you can do today
The first thing you’ll see is a month-based view of events. It includes
quality of life features like an indicator for events in progress and a
button to scroll to the current date. Selecting an event will present the
full view, including attendee and wait list information, as well as a link
to the event on Discord.
You can create events right from the dashboard. The initial version supports configuring the following
during event creation:
- Title & description
- Start & end time
- Signup options (including custom options)
- Reminders (including custom reminders)
- Event mentions
Events created via the dashboard respect existing defaults (such as the
default signup preset or default attendee role). Additional event creation
features are coming soon.
Deleting events is also supported, which removes and archives the respective
message and thread on Discord. We’ll soon be adding the ability to archive
events, removing them from Discord but keeping them accessible via the
dashboard.
A limited history of events is available on the free plan, while Apollo
Premium includes unlimited event
history.
The dashboard respects Discord’s permission system. If someone can’t see an
event in Discord, they won’t be able to see it on the dashboard either. The
same applies to creating and deleting events.
The roadmap
During early access we have three main goals:
- Event editing that syncs back to Discord in real-time
- Recurring events support, including the ability to view and manage unposted events
- Feature parity with Discord-based event creation
Once these are complete, we’ll work to make the dashboard more
accessible. You’ll be able to sign in from our website, and events posted
in Discord will include links to view them on the dashboard.
A dashboard facilitates many other plans we’re excited about, which we’ll
share at a later date. The current design might give you some hints already!
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How to get started
The dashboard can be accessed here, or from the
newly added /dashboard command.
Your feedback is important to us! The dashboard is evolving constantly,
and your input helps shape the direction we take. We’d love to hear from
you on our Discord server.