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authorMadeline <46743919+MaddyUnderStars@users.noreply.github.com>2022-09-25 18:24:21 +1000
committerMadeline <46743919+MaddyUnderStars@users.noreply.github.com>2022-09-25 23:35:18 +1000
commitf44f5d7ac2d24ff836c2e1d4b2fa58da04b13052 (patch)
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-rw-r--r--src/util/dtos/DmChannelDTO.ts41
-rw-r--r--src/util/dtos/UserDTO.ts17
-rw-r--r--src/util/dtos/index.ts2
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Application.ts109
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Attachment.ts43
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/AuditLog.ts194
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/BackupCodes.ts35
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Ban.ts41
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/BaseClass.ts52
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Categories.ts33
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Channel.ts390
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/ClientRelease.ts26
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Config.ts416
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/ConnectedAccount.ts42
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Emoji.ts46
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Encryption.ts35
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Guild.ts363
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Invite.ts85
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Member.ts430
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Message.ts296
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Migration.ts18
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Note.ts18
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/RateLimit.ts17
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/ReadState.ts55
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Recipient.ts30
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Relationship.ts49
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Role.ts51
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Session.ts46
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Sticker.ts66
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/StickerPack.ts31
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Team.ts27
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/TeamMember.ts37
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Template.ts44
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/User.ts430
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/VoiceState.ts77
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/Webhook.ts76
-rw-r--r--src/util/entities/index.ts32
-rw-r--r--src/util/imports/OrmUtils.ts96
-rw-r--r--src/util/imports/index.ts1
-rw-r--r--src/util/index.ts8
-rw-r--r--src/util/interfaces/Activity.ts53
-rw-r--r--src/util/interfaces/Event.ts641
-rw-r--r--src/util/interfaces/Interaction.ts34
-rw-r--r--src/util/interfaces/Presence.ts12
-rw-r--r--src/util/interfaces/Status.ts7
-rw-r--r--src/util/interfaces/index.ts5
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1633864260873-EmojiRoles.ts13
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1633864669243-EmojiUser.ts23
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1633881705509-VanityInvite.ts19
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1634308884591-Stickers.ts66
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1634424361103-Presence.ts11
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1634426540271-MigrationTimestamp.ts15
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1648643945733-ReleaseTypo.ts16
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1660678870706-opencordFixes.ts53
-rw-r--r--src/util/migrations/1660689892073-mobileFixes2.ts37
-rw-r--r--src/util/schemas/Validator.ts54
-rw-r--r--src/util/schemas/index.ts2
-rw-r--r--src/util/schemas/voice.ts69
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/ApiError.ts28
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Array.ts3
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/AutoUpdate.ts84
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/BannedWords.ts23
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/BitField.ts147
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Categories.ts1
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Config.ts81
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Constants.ts796
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Database.ts96
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Email.ts25
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Event.ts123
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/FieldError.ts25
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Intents.ts34
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/InvisibleCharacters.ts56
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/MessageFlags.ts20
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Permissions.ts281
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/RabbitMQ.ts19
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Regex.ts7
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Rights.ts102
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Snowflake.ts130
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/String.ts7
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/Token.ts51
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/TraverseDirectory.ts13
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/cdn.ts56
-rw-r--r--src/util/util/index.ts23
83 files changed, 7266 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/dtos/DmChannelDTO.ts b/src/util/dtos/DmChannelDTO.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..226b2f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/dtos/DmChannelDTO.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { MinimalPublicUserDTO } from "./UserDTO";
+import { Channel, PublicUserProjection, User } from "../entities";
+
+export class DmChannelDTO {
+	icon: string | null;
+	id: string;
+	last_message_id: string | null;
+	name: string | null;
+	origin_channel_id: string | null;
+	owner_id?: string;
+	recipients: MinimalPublicUserDTO[];
+	type: number;
+
+	static async from(channel: Channel, excluded_recipients: string[] = [], origin_channel_id?: string) {
+		const obj = new DmChannelDTO();
+		obj.icon = channel.icon || null;
+		obj.id = channel.id;
+		obj.last_message_id = channel.last_message_id || null;
+		obj.name = channel.name || null;
+		obj.origin_channel_id = origin_channel_id || null;
+		obj.owner_id = channel.owner_id;
+		obj.type = channel.type;
+		obj.recipients = (
+			await Promise.all(
+				channel
+					.recipients!.filter((r) => !excluded_recipients.includes(r.user_id))
+					.map(async (r) => {
+						return await User.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: r.user_id }, select: PublicUserProjection });
+					})
+			)
+		).map((u) => new MinimalPublicUserDTO(u));
+		return obj;
+	}
+
+	excludedRecipients(excluded_recipients: string[]): DmChannelDTO {
+		return {
+			...this,
+			recipients: this.recipients.filter((r) => !excluded_recipients.includes(r.id)),
+		};
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/dtos/UserDTO.ts b/src/util/dtos/UserDTO.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee2752a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/dtos/UserDTO.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { User } from "../entities";
+
+export class MinimalPublicUserDTO {
+	avatar?: string | null;
+	discriminator: string;
+	id: string;
+	public_flags: number;
+	username: string;
+
+	constructor(user: User) {
+		this.avatar = user.avatar;
+		this.discriminator = user.discriminator;
+		this.id = user.id;
+		this.public_flags = user.public_flags;
+		this.username = user.username;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/dtos/index.ts b/src/util/dtos/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e8f8459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/dtos/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from "./DmChannelDTO";
+export * from "./UserDTO";
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Application.ts b/src/util/entities/Application.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fab3d93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Application.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { Team } from "./Team";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+@Entity("applications")
+export class Application extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	icon?: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	description: string;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-array", nullable: true })
+	rpc_origins?: string[];
+
+	@Column()
+	bot_public: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	bot_require_code_grant: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	terms_of_service_url?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	privacy_policy_url?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "owner_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User)
+	owner?: User;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	summary?: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	verify_key: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "team_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Team, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	team?: Team;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild)
+	guild: Guild; // if this application is a game sold, this field will be the guild to which it has been linked
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	primary_sku_id?: string; // if this application is a game sold, this field will be the id of the "Game SKU" that is created,
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	slug?: string; // if this application is a game sold, this field will be the URL slug that links to the store page
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	cover_image?: string; // the application's default rich presence invite cover image hash
+
+	@Column()
+	flags: string; // the application's public flags
+}
+
+export interface ApplicationCommand {
+	id: string;
+	application_id: string;
+	name: string;
+	description: string;
+	options?: ApplicationCommandOption[];
+}
+
+export interface ApplicationCommandOption {
+	type: ApplicationCommandOptionType;
+	name: string;
+	description: string;
+	required?: boolean;
+	choices?: ApplicationCommandOptionChoice[];
+	options?: ApplicationCommandOption[];
+}
+
+export interface ApplicationCommandOptionChoice {
+	name: string;
+	value: string | number;
+}
+
+export enum ApplicationCommandOptionType {
+	SUB_COMMAND = 1,
+	SUB_COMMAND_GROUP = 2,
+	STRING = 3,
+	INTEGER = 4,
+	BOOLEAN = 5,
+	USER = 6,
+	CHANNEL = 7,
+	ROLE = 8,
+}
+
+export interface ApplicationCommandInteractionData {
+	id: string;
+	name: string;
+	options?: ApplicationCommandInteractionDataOption[];
+}
+
+export interface ApplicationCommandInteractionDataOption {
+	name: string;
+	value?: any;
+	options?: ApplicationCommandInteractionDataOption[];
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Attachment.ts b/src/util/entities/Attachment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b4b17eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Attachment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { BeforeRemove, Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { URL } from "url";
+import { deleteFile } from "../util/cdn";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+
+@Entity("attachments")
+export class Attachment extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	filename: string; // name of file attached
+
+	@Column()
+	size: number; // size of file in bytes
+
+	@Column()
+	url: string; // source url of file
+
+	@Column()
+	proxy_url: string; // a proxied url of file
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	height?: number; // height of file (if image)
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	width?: number; // width of file (if image)
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	content_type?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((attachment: Attachment) => attachment.message)
+	message_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "message_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => require("./Message").Message, (message: import("./Message").Message) => message.attachments, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	message: import("./Message").Message;
+
+	@BeforeRemove()
+	onDelete() {
+		return deleteFile(new URL(this.url).pathname);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/AuditLog.ts b/src/util/entities/AuditLog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b003e7ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/AuditLog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { ChannelPermissionOverwrite } from "./Channel";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+export enum AuditLogEvents {
+	// guild level
+	GUILD_UPDATE = 1, 
+	GUILD_IMPORT = 2,
+	GUILD_EXPORTED = 3,
+	GUILD_ARCHIVE = 4,
+	GUILD_UNARCHIVE = 5,
+	// join-leave
+	USER_JOIN = 6, 
+	USER_LEAVE = 7,
+	// channels
+	CHANNEL_CREATE = 10, 
+	CHANNEL_UPDATE = 11,
+	CHANNEL_DELETE = 12,
+	// permission overrides
+	CHANNEL_OVERWRITE_CREATE = 13, 
+	CHANNEL_OVERWRITE_UPDATE = 14,
+	CHANNEL_OVERWRITE_DELETE = 15,
+	// kick and ban
+	MEMBER_KICK = 20, 
+	MEMBER_PRUNE = 21,
+	MEMBER_BAN_ADD = 22,
+	MEMBER_BAN_REMOVE = 23,
+	// member updates
+	MEMBER_UPDATE = 24,
+	MEMBER_ROLE_UPDATE = 25,
+	MEMBER_MOVE = 26,
+	MEMBER_DISCONNECT = 27,
+	BOT_ADD = 28,
+	// roles
+	ROLE_CREATE = 30,
+	ROLE_UPDATE = 31,
+	ROLE_DELETE = 32,
+	ROLE_SWAP = 33,
+	// invites
+	INVITE_CREATE = 40,
+	INVITE_UPDATE = 41,
+	INVITE_DELETE = 42,
+	// webhooks
+	WEBHOOK_CREATE = 50,
+	WEBHOOK_UPDATE = 51,
+	WEBHOOK_DELETE = 52,
+	WEBHOOK_SWAP = 53,
+	// custom emojis
+	EMOJI_CREATE = 60,
+	EMOJI_UPDATE = 61,
+	EMOJI_DELETE = 62,
+	EMOJI_SWAP = 63,
+	// deletion
+	MESSAGE_CREATE = 70, // messages sent using non-primary seat of the user only
+	MESSAGE_EDIT = 71, // non-self edits only
+	MESSAGE_DELETE = 72,
+	MESSAGE_BULK_DELETE = 73,
+	// pinning
+	MESSAGE_PIN = 74,
+	MESSAGE_UNPIN = 75,
+	// integrations
+	INTEGRATION_CREATE = 80,
+	INTEGRATION_UPDATE = 81,
+	INTEGRATION_DELETE = 82,
+	// stage actions
+	STAGE_INSTANCE_CREATE = 83,
+	STAGE_INSTANCE_UPDATE = 84,
+	STAGE_INSTANCE_DELETE = 85,
+	// stickers
+	STICKER_CREATE = 90,
+	STICKER_UPDATE = 91,
+	STICKER_DELETE = 92,
+	STICKER_SWAP = 93,
+	// threads
+	THREAD_CREATE = 110,
+	THREAD_UPDATE = 111,
+	THREAD_DELETE = 112,
+	// application commands
+	APPLICATION_COMMAND_PERMISSION_UPDATE = 121,
+	// automod
+	POLICY_CREATE = 140, 
+	POLICY_UPDATE = 141,
+	POLICY_DELETE = 142,
+	MESSAGE_BLOCKED_BY_POLICIES = 143,  // in fosscord, blocked messages are stealth-dropped
+	// instance policies affecting the guild
+	GUILD_AFFECTED_BY_POLICIES = 216,
+	// message moves
+	IN_GUILD_MESSAGE_MOVE = 223,
+	CROSS_GUILD_MESSAGE_MOVE = 224,
+	// message routing
+	ROUTE_CREATE = 225, 
+	ROUTE_UPDATE = 226,
+}
+
+@Entity("audit_logs")
+export class AuditLog extends BaseClass {
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "target_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User)
+	target?: User;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((auditlog: AuditLog) => auditlog.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, (user: User) => user.id)
+	user: User;
+
+	@Column({ type: "int" })
+	action_type: AuditLogEvents;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })
+	options?: {
+		delete_member_days?: string;
+		members_removed?: string;
+		channel_id?: string;
+		messaged_id?: string;
+		count?: string;
+		id?: string;
+		type?: string;
+		role_name?: string;
+	};
+
+	@Column()
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json" })
+	changes: AuditLogChange[];
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	reason?: string;
+}
+
+export interface AuditLogChange {
+	new_value?: AuditLogChangeValue;
+	old_value?: AuditLogChangeValue;
+	key: string;
+}
+
+export interface AuditLogChangeValue {
+	name?: string;
+	description?: string;
+	icon_hash?: string;
+	splash_hash?: string;
+	discovery_splash_hash?: string;
+	banner_hash?: string;
+	owner_id?: string;
+	region?: string;
+	preferred_locale?: string;
+	afk_channel_id?: string;
+	afk_timeout?: number;
+	rules_channel_id?: string;
+	public_updates_channel_id?: string;
+	mfa_level?: number;
+	verification_level?: number;
+	explicit_content_filter?: number;
+	default_message_notifications?: number;
+	vanity_url_code?: string;
+	$add?: {}[];
+	$remove?: {}[];
+	prune_delete_days?: number;
+	widget_enabled?: boolean;
+	widget_channel_id?: string;
+	system_channel_id?: string;
+	position?: number;
+	topic?: string;
+	bitrate?: number;
+	permission_overwrites?: ChannelPermissionOverwrite[];
+	nsfw?: boolean;
+	application_id?: string;
+	rate_limit_per_user?: number;
+	permissions?: string;
+	color?: number;
+	hoist?: boolean;
+	mentionable?: boolean;
+	allow?: string;
+	deny?: string;
+	code?: string;
+	channel_id?: string;
+	inviter_id?: string;
+	max_uses?: number;
+	uses?: number;
+	max_age?: number;
+	temporary?: boolean;
+	deaf?: boolean;
+	mute?: boolean;
+	nick?: string;
+	avatar_hash?: string;
+	id?: string;
+	type?: number;
+	enable_emoticons?: boolean;
+	expire_behavior?: number;
+	expire_grace_period?: number;
+	user_limit?: number;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/BackupCodes.ts b/src/util/entities/BackupCodes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d532a39a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/BackupCodes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { User } from "./User";
+import crypto from "crypto";
+
+@Entity("backup_codes")
+export class BackupCode extends BaseClass {
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, { onDelete: "CASCADE" })
+	user: User;
+
+	@Column()
+	code: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	consumed: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	expired: boolean;
+}
+
+export function generateMfaBackupCodes(user_id: string) {
+	let backup_codes: BackupCode[] = [];
+	for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+		const code = BackupCode.create({
+			user: { id: user_id },
+			code: crypto.randomBytes(4).toString("hex"),	// 8 characters
+			consumed: false,
+			expired: false,
+		});
+		backup_codes.push(code);
+	}
+
+	return backup_codes;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Ban.ts b/src/util/entities/Ban.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9504bd8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Ban.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+@Entity("bans")
+export class Ban extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((ban: Ban) => ban.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: User;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((ban: Ban) => ban.guild)
+	guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((ban: Ban) => ban.executor)
+	executor_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "executor_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User)
+	executor: User;
+
+	@Column()
+	ip: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	reason?: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/BaseClass.ts b/src/util/entities/BaseClass.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5a7c2bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/BaseClass.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import "reflect-metadata";
+import { BaseEntity, BeforeInsert, BeforeUpdate, FindOptionsWhere, ObjectIdColumn, PrimaryColumn } from "typeorm";
+import { Snowflake } from "../util/Snowflake";
+import "missing-native-js-functions";
+import { getDatabase } from "..";
+import { OrmUtils } from "@fosscord/util";
+
+export class BaseClassWithoutId extends BaseEntity {
+	private get construct(): any {
+		return this.constructor;
+	}
+
+	private get metadata() {
+		return getDatabase()?.getMetadata(this.construct);
+	}
+
+	assign(props: any) {
+		OrmUtils.mergeDeep(this, props);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	toJSON(): any {
+		return Object.fromEntries(
+			this.metadata!.columns // @ts-ignore
+				.map((x) => [x.propertyName, this[x.propertyName]]) // @ts-ignore
+				.concat(this.metadata.relations.map((x) => [x.propertyName, this[x.propertyName]]))
+		);
+	}
+
+	static increment<T extends BaseClass>(conditions: FindOptionsWhere<T>, propertyPath: string, value: number | string) {
+		const repository = this.getRepository();
+		return repository.increment(conditions, propertyPath, value);
+	}
+
+	static decrement<T extends BaseClass>(conditions: FindOptionsWhere<T>, propertyPath: string, value: number | string) {
+		const repository = this.getRepository();
+		return repository.decrement(conditions, propertyPath, value);
+	}
+}
+
+export const PrimaryIdColumn = process.env.DATABASE?.startsWith("mongodb") ? ObjectIdColumn : PrimaryColumn;
+
+export class BaseClass extends BaseClassWithoutId {
+	@PrimaryIdColumn()
+	id: string;
+
+	@BeforeUpdate()
+	@BeforeInsert()
+	do_validate() {
+		if (!this.id) this.id = Snowflake.generate();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Categories.ts b/src/util/entities/Categories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81fbc303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Categories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { PrimaryColumn, Column, Entity} from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClassWithoutId } from "./BaseClass";
+
+// TODO: categories:
+// [{
+// 	"id": 16,
+// 	"default": "Anime & Manga",
+// 	"localizations": {
+// 			"de": "Anime & Manga",
+// 			"fr": "Anim\u00e9s et mangas",
+// 			"ru": "\u0410\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0435 \u0438 \u043c\u0430\u043d\u0433\u0430"
+// 		}
+// 	},
+// 	"is_primary": false/true
+// }]
+// Also populate discord default categories
+
+@Entity("categories")
+export class Categories extends BaseClassWithoutId { // Not using snowflake
+    
+    @PrimaryColumn()
+	id: number;
+
+    @Column({ nullable: true })
+    name: string;
+
+    @Column({ type: "simple-json" })
+    localizations: string;
+
+    @Column({ nullable: true })
+    is_primary: boolean;
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Channel.ts b/src/util/entities/Channel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..577b627e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Channel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, OneToMany, RelationId } from "typeorm";

+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";

+import { Guild } from "./Guild";

+import { PublicUserProjection, User } from "./User";

+import { HTTPError } from "lambert-server";

+import { containsAll, emitEvent, getPermission, Snowflake, trimSpecial, InvisibleCharacters, ChannelTypes } from "../util";

+import { ChannelCreateEvent, ChannelRecipientRemoveEvent } from "../interfaces";

+import { Recipient } from "./Recipient";

+import { Message } from "./Message";

+import { ReadState } from "./ReadState";

+import { Invite } from "./Invite";

+import { VoiceState } from "./VoiceState";

+import { Webhook } from "./Webhook";

+import { DmChannelDTO } from "../dtos";

+

+export enum ChannelType {

+	GUILD_TEXT = 0, // a text channel within a guild

+	DM = 1, // a direct message between users

+	GUILD_VOICE = 2, // a voice channel within a guild

+	GROUP_DM = 3, // a direct message between multiple users

+	GUILD_CATEGORY = 4, // an organizational category that contains zero or more channels

+	GUILD_NEWS = 5, // a channel that users can follow and crosspost into a guild or route

+	GUILD_STORE = 6, // a channel in which game developers can sell their things

+	ENCRYPTED = 7, // end-to-end encrypted channel

+	ENCRYPTED_THREAD = 8, // end-to-end encrypted thread channel

+	TRANSACTIONAL = 9, // event chain style transactional channel

+	GUILD_NEWS_THREAD = 10, // a temporary sub-channel within a GUILD_NEWS channel

+	GUILD_PUBLIC_THREAD = 11, // a temporary sub-channel within a GUILD_TEXT channel

+	GUILD_PRIVATE_THREAD = 12, // a temporary sub-channel within a GUILD_TEXT channel that is only viewable by those invited and those with the MANAGE_THREADS permission

+	GUILD_STAGE_VOICE = 13, // a voice channel for hosting events with an audience

+	DIRECTORY = 14, // guild directory listing channel

+	GUILD_FORUM = 15, // forum composed of IM threads

+	TICKET_TRACKER = 33, // ticket tracker, individual ticket items shall have type 12

+	KANBAN = 34, // confluence like kanban board

+	VOICELESS_WHITEBOARD = 35, // whiteboard but without voice (whiteboard + voice is the same as stage)

+	CUSTOM_START = 64, // start custom channel types from here

+	UNHANDLED = 255 // unhandled unowned pass-through channel type

+}

+

+@Entity("channels")

+export class Channel extends BaseClass {

+	@Column()

+	created_at: Date;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	name?: string;

+

+	@Column({ type: "text", nullable: true })

+	icon?: string | null;

+

+	@Column({ type: "int" })

+	type: ChannelType;

+

+	@OneToMany(() => Recipient, (recipient: Recipient) => recipient.channel, {

+		cascade: true,

+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",

+	})

+	recipients?: Recipient[];

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	last_message_id?: string;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	@RelationId((channel: Channel) => channel.guild)

+	guild_id?: string;

+

+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })

+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {

+		onDelete: "CASCADE",

+	})

+	guild: Guild;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	@RelationId((channel: Channel) => channel.parent)

+	parent_id: string;

+

+	@JoinColumn({ name: "parent_id" })

+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel)

+	parent?: Channel;

+

+	// for group DMs and owned custom channel types

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	@RelationId((channel: Channel) => channel.owner)

+	owner_id?: string;

+

+	@JoinColumn({ name: "owner_id" })

+	@ManyToOne(() => User)

+	owner: User;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	last_pin_timestamp?: number;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	default_auto_archive_duration?: number;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	position?: number;

+

+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })

+	permission_overwrites?: ChannelPermissionOverwrite[];

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	video_quality_mode?: number;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	bitrate?: number;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	user_limit?: number;

+

+	@Column()

+	nsfw: boolean = false;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	rate_limit_per_user?: number;

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	topic?: string;

+

+	@OneToMany(() => Invite, (invite: Invite) => invite.channel, {

+		cascade: true,

+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",

+	})

+	invites?: Invite[];

+

+	@Column({ nullable: true })

+	retention_policy_id?: string;

+

+	@OneToMany(() => Message, (message: Message) => message.channel, {

+		cascade: true,

+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",

+	})

+	messages?: Message[];

+

+	@OneToMany(() => VoiceState, (voice_state: VoiceState) => voice_state.channel, {

+		cascade: true,

+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",

+	})

+	voice_states?: VoiceState[];

+

+	@OneToMany(() => ReadState, (read_state: ReadState) => read_state.channel, {

+		cascade: true,

+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",

+	})

+	read_states?: ReadState[];

+

+	@OneToMany(() => Webhook, (webhook: Webhook) => webhook.channel, {

+		cascade: true,

+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",

+	})

+	webhooks?: Webhook[];

+

+	// TODO: DM channel

+	static async createChannel(

+		channel: Partial<Channel>,

+		user_id: string = "0",

+		opts?: {

+			keepId?: boolean;

+			skipExistsCheck?: boolean;

+			skipPermissionCheck?: boolean;

+			skipEventEmit?: boolean;

+			skipNameChecks?: boolean;

+		}

+	) {

+		if (!opts?.skipPermissionCheck) {

+			// Always check if user has permission first

+			const permissions = await getPermission(user_id, channel.guild_id);

+			permissions.hasThrow("MANAGE_CHANNELS");

+		}

+

+		if (!opts?.skipNameChecks) {

+			const guild = await Guild.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: channel.guild_id } });

+			if (!guild.features.includes("ALLOW_INVALID_CHANNEL_NAMES") && channel.name) {

+				for (var character of InvisibleCharacters)

+					if (channel.name.includes(character))

+						throw new HTTPError("Channel name cannot include invalid characters", 403);

+

+				// Categories skip these checks on discord.com

+				if (channel.type !== ChannelType.GUILD_CATEGORY) {

+					if (channel.name.includes(" "))

+						throw new HTTPError("Channel name cannot include invalid characters", 403);

+

+					if (channel.name.match(/\-\-+/g))

+						throw new HTTPError("Channel name cannot include multiple adjacent dashes.", 403);

+

+					if (channel.name.charAt(0) === "-" ||

+						channel.name.charAt(channel.name.length - 1) === "-")

+						throw new HTTPError("Channel name cannot start/end with dash.", 403);

+				}

+				else

+					channel.name = channel.name.trim();	//category names are trimmed client side on discord.com

+			}

+

+			if (!guild.features.includes("ALLOW_UNNAMED_CHANNELS")) {

+				if (!channel.name)

+					throw new HTTPError("Channel name cannot be empty.", 403);

+			}

+		}

+

+		switch (channel.type) {

+			case ChannelType.GUILD_TEXT:

+			case ChannelType.GUILD_NEWS:

+			case ChannelType.GUILD_VOICE:

+				if (channel.parent_id && !opts?.skipExistsCheck) {

+					const exists = await Channel.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: channel.parent_id } });

+					if (!exists) throw new HTTPError("Parent id channel doesn't exist", 400);

+					if (exists.guild_id !== channel.guild_id)

+						throw new HTTPError("The category channel needs to be in the guild");

+				}

+				break;

+			case ChannelType.GUILD_CATEGORY:

+			case ChannelType.UNHANDLED:

+				break;

+			case ChannelType.DM:

+			case ChannelType.GROUP_DM:

+				throw new HTTPError("You can't create a dm channel in a guild");

+			case ChannelType.GUILD_STORE:

+			default:

+				throw new HTTPError("Not yet supported");

+		}

+

+		if (!channel.permission_overwrites) channel.permission_overwrites = [];

+		// TODO: eagerly auto generate position of all guild channels

+

+		channel = {

+			...channel,

+			...(!opts?.keepId && { id: Snowflake.generate() }),

+			created_at: new Date(),

+			position: (channel.type === ChannelType.UNHANDLED ? 0 : channel.position) || 0,

+		};

+

+		await Promise.all([

+			Channel.create(channel).save(),

+			!opts?.skipEventEmit

+				? emitEvent({

+					event: "CHANNEL_CREATE",

+					data: channel,

+					guild_id: channel.guild_id,

+				} as ChannelCreateEvent)

+				: Promise.resolve(),

+		]);

+

+		return channel;

+	}

+

+	static async createDMChannel(recipients: string[], creator_user_id: string, name?: string) {

+		recipients = recipients.unique().filter((x) => x !== creator_user_id);

+		//@ts-ignore	some typeorm typescript issue

+		const otherRecipientsUsers = await User.find({ where: recipients.map((x) => ({ id: x })) });

+

+		// TODO: check config for max number of recipients

+		/** if you want to disallow note to self channels, uncomment the conditional below

+		if (otherRecipientsUsers.length !== recipients.length) {

+			throw new HTTPError("Recipient/s not found");

+		}

+		**/

+

+		const type = recipients.length > 1 ? ChannelType.GROUP_DM : ChannelType.DM;

+

+		let channel = null;

+

+		const channelRecipients = [...recipients, creator_user_id];

+

+		const userRecipients = await Recipient.find({

+			where: { user_id: creator_user_id },

+			relations: ["channel", "channel.recipients"],

+		});

+

+		for (let ur of userRecipients) {

+			let re = ur.channel.recipients!.map((r) => r.user_id);

+			if (re.length === channelRecipients.length) {

+				if (containsAll(re, channelRecipients)) {

+					if (channel == null) {

+						channel = ur.channel;

+						await ur.assign({ closed: false }).save();

+					}

+				}

+			}

+		}

+

+		if (channel == null) {

+			name = trimSpecial(name);

+

+			channel = await Channel.create({

+				name,

+				type,

+				owner_id: undefined,

+				created_at: new Date(),

+				last_message_id: undefined,

+				recipients: channelRecipients.map(

+					(x) =>

+						Recipient.create({ user_id: x, closed: !(type === ChannelType.GROUP_DM || x === creator_user_id) })

+				),

+				nsfw: false,

+			}).save();

+		}

+

+		const channel_dto = await DmChannelDTO.from(channel);

+

+		if (type === ChannelType.GROUP_DM) {

+			for (let recipient of channel.recipients!) {

+				await emitEvent({

+					event: "CHANNEL_CREATE",

+					data: channel_dto.excludedRecipients([recipient.user_id]),

+					user_id: recipient.user_id,

+				});

+			}

+		} else {

+			await emitEvent({ event: "CHANNEL_CREATE", data: channel_dto, user_id: creator_user_id });

+		}

+

+		if (recipients.length === 1) return channel_dto;

+		else return channel_dto.excludedRecipients([creator_user_id]);

+	}

+

+	static async removeRecipientFromChannel(channel: Channel, user_id: string) {

+		await Recipient.delete({ channel_id: channel.id, user_id: user_id });

+		channel.recipients = channel.recipients?.filter((r) => r.user_id !== user_id);

+

+		if (channel.recipients?.length === 0) {

+			await Channel.deleteChannel(channel);

+			await emitEvent({

+				event: "CHANNEL_DELETE",

+				data: await DmChannelDTO.from(channel, [user_id]),

+				user_id: user_id,

+			});

+			return;

+		}

+

+		await emitEvent({

+			event: "CHANNEL_DELETE",

+			data: await DmChannelDTO.from(channel, [user_id]),

+			user_id: user_id,

+		});

+

+		//If the owner leave the server user is the new owner

+		if (channel.owner_id === user_id) {

+			channel.owner_id = "1"; // The channel is now owned by the server user

+			await emitEvent({

+				event: "CHANNEL_UPDATE",

+				data: await DmChannelDTO.from(channel, [user_id]),

+				channel_id: channel.id,

+			});

+		}

+

+		await channel.save();

+

+		await emitEvent({

+			event: "CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_REMOVE",

+			data: {

+				channel_id: channel.id,

+				user: await User.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: user_id }, select: PublicUserProjection }),

+			},

+			channel_id: channel.id,

+		} as ChannelRecipientRemoveEvent);

+	}

+

+	static async deleteChannel(channel: Channel) {

+		await Message.delete({ channel_id: channel.id }); //TODO we should also delete the attachments from the cdn but to do that we need to move cdn.ts in util

+		//TODO before deleting the channel we should check and delete other relations

+		await Channel.delete({ id: channel.id });

+	}

+

+	isDm() {

+		return this.type === ChannelType.DM || this.type === ChannelType.GROUP_DM;

+	}

+

+	// Does the channel support sending messages ( eg categories do not )

+	isWritable() {

+		const disallowedChannelTypes = [

+			ChannelType.GUILD_CATEGORY,

+			ChannelType.GUILD_STAGE_VOICE,

+			ChannelType.VOICELESS_WHITEBOARD,

+		];

+		return disallowedChannelTypes.indexOf(this.type) == -1;

+	}

+}

+

+export interface ChannelPermissionOverwrite {

+	allow: string;

+	deny: string;

+	id: string;

+	type: ChannelPermissionOverwriteType;

+}

+

+export enum ChannelPermissionOverwriteType {

+	role = 0,

+	member = 1,

+	group = 2,

+}

diff --git a/src/util/entities/ClientRelease.ts b/src/util/entities/ClientRelease.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5afd307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/ClientRelease.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { Column, Entity} from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+
+@Entity("client_release")
+export class Release extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	pub_date: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	url: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	deb_url: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	osx_url: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	win_url: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	notes?: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Config.ts b/src/util/entities/Config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aabc1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+import { Column, Entity } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClassWithoutId, PrimaryIdColumn } from "./BaseClass";
+import crypto from "crypto";
+import { Snowflake } from "../util/Snowflake";
+import { SessionsReplace } from "..";
+import { hostname } from "os";
+import { Rights } from "../util/Rights";
+
+@Entity("config")
+export class ConfigEntity extends BaseClassWithoutId {
+	@PrimaryIdColumn()
+	key: string;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })
+	value: number | boolean | null | string | undefined;
+}
+
+export interface RateLimitOptions {
+	bot?: number;
+	count: number;
+	window: number;
+	onyIp?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface Region {
+	id: string;
+	name: string;
+	endpoint: string;
+	location?: {
+		latitude: number;
+		longitude: number;
+	};
+	vip: boolean;
+	custom: boolean;
+	deprecated: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface KafkaBroker {
+	ip: string;
+	port: number;
+}
+
+export interface ConfigValue {
+	gateway: {
+		endpointClient: string | null;
+		endpointPrivate: string | null;
+		endpointPublic: string | null;
+	};
+	cdn: {
+		endpointClient: string | null;
+		endpointPublic: string | null;
+		endpointPrivate: string | null;
+		resizeHeightMax: number | null;
+		resizeWidthMax: number | null;
+	};
+	api: {
+		defaultVersion: string;
+		activeVersions: string[];
+		useFosscordEnhancements: boolean;
+	};
+	general: {
+		instanceName: string;
+		instanceDescription: string | null;
+		frontPage: string | null;
+		tosPage: string | null;
+		correspondenceEmail: string | null;
+		correspondenceUserID: string | null;
+		image: string | null;
+		instanceId: string;
+	};
+	limits: {
+		user: {
+			maxGuilds: number;
+			maxUsername: number;
+			maxFriends: number;
+		};
+		guild: {
+			maxRoles: number;
+			maxEmojis: number;
+			maxMembers: number;
+			maxChannels: number;
+			maxChannelsInCategory: number;
+			hideOfflineMember: number;
+		};
+		message: {
+			maxCharacters: number;
+			maxTTSCharacters: number;
+			maxReactions: number;
+			maxAttachmentSize: number;
+			maxBulkDelete: number;
+			maxEmbedDownloadSize: number;
+		};
+		channel: {
+			maxPins: number;
+			maxTopic: number;
+			maxWebhooks: number;
+		};
+		rate: {
+			disabled: boolean;
+			ip: Omit<RateLimitOptions, "bot_count">;
+			global: RateLimitOptions;
+			error: RateLimitOptions;
+			routes: {
+				guild: RateLimitOptions;
+				webhook: RateLimitOptions;
+				channel: RateLimitOptions;
+				auth: {
+					login: RateLimitOptions;
+					register: RateLimitOptions;
+				};
+				// TODO: rate limit configuration for all routes
+			};
+		};
+	};
+	security: {
+		autoUpdate: boolean | number;
+		requestSignature: string;
+		jwtSecret: string;
+		forwadedFor: string | null; // header to get the real user ip address
+		captcha: {
+			enabled: boolean;
+			service: "recaptcha" | "hcaptcha" | null; // TODO: hcaptcha, custom
+			sitekey: string | null;
+			secret: string | null;
+		};
+		ipdataApiKey: string | null;
+		defaultRights: string;
+	};
+	login: {
+		requireCaptcha: boolean;
+	};
+	register: {
+		email: {
+			required: boolean;
+			allowlist: boolean;
+			blocklist: boolean;
+			domains: string[];
+		};
+		dateOfBirth: {
+			required: boolean;
+			minimum: number; // in years
+		};
+		disabled: boolean;
+		requireCaptcha: boolean;
+		requireInvite: boolean;
+		guestsRequireInvite: boolean;
+		allowNewRegistration: boolean;
+		allowMultipleAccounts: boolean;
+		blockProxies: boolean;
+		password: {
+			required: boolean;
+			minLength: number;
+			minNumbers: number;
+			minUpperCase: number;
+			minSymbols: number;
+		};
+		incrementingDiscriminators: boolean; // random otherwise
+	};
+	regions: {
+		default: string;
+		useDefaultAsOptimal: boolean;
+		available: Region[];
+	};
+	guild: {
+		discovery: {
+			showAllGuilds: boolean;
+			useRecommendation: boolean; // TODO: Recommendation, privacy concern?
+			offset: number;
+			limit: number;
+		};
+		autoJoin: {
+			enabled: boolean;
+			guilds: string[];
+			canLeave: boolean;
+		};
+		defaultFeatures: string[];
+	};
+	gif: {
+		enabled: boolean;
+		provider: "tenor"; // more coming soon
+		apiKey?: string;
+	};
+	rabbitmq: {
+		host: string | null;
+	};
+	kafka: {
+		brokers: KafkaBroker[] | null;
+	};
+	templates: {
+		enabled: Boolean;
+		allowTemplateCreation: Boolean;
+		allowDiscordTemplates: Boolean;
+		allowRaws: Boolean;
+	},
+	client: {
+		useTestClient: Boolean;
+		releases: {
+			useLocalRelease: Boolean; //TODO
+			upstreamVersion: string;
+		};
+	},
+	metrics: {
+		timeout: number;
+	},
+	sentry: {
+		enabled: boolean;
+		endpoint: string;
+		traceSampleRate: number;
+		environment: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export const DefaultConfigOptions: ConfigValue = {
+	gateway: {
+		endpointClient: null,
+		endpointPrivate: null,
+		endpointPublic: null,
+	},
+	cdn: {
+		endpointClient: null,
+		endpointPrivate: null,
+		endpointPublic: null,
+		resizeHeightMax: 1000,
+		resizeWidthMax: 1000,
+	},
+	api: {
+		defaultVersion: "9",
+		activeVersions: ["6", "7", "8", "9"],
+		useFosscordEnhancements: true,
+	},
+	general: {
+		instanceName: "Fosscord Instance",
+		instanceDescription: "This is a Fosscord instance made in pre-release days",
+		frontPage: null,
+		tosPage: null,
+		correspondenceEmail: "noreply@localhost.local",
+		correspondenceUserID: null,
+		image: null,
+		instanceId: Snowflake.generate(),
+	},
+	limits: {
+		user: {
+			maxGuilds: 1048576,
+			maxUsername: 127,
+			maxFriends: 5000,
+		},
+		guild: {
+			maxRoles: 1000,
+			maxEmojis: 2000,
+			maxMembers: 25000000,
+			maxChannels: 65535,
+			maxChannelsInCategory: 65535,
+			hideOfflineMember: 3,
+		},
+		message: {
+			maxCharacters: 1048576,
+			maxTTSCharacters: 160,
+			maxReactions: 2048,
+			maxAttachmentSize: 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+			maxEmbedDownloadSize: 1024 * 1024 * 5,
+			maxBulkDelete: 1000,
+		},
+		channel: {
+			maxPins: 500,
+			maxTopic: 1024,
+			maxWebhooks: 100,
+		},
+		rate: {
+			disabled: true,
+			ip: {
+				count: 500,
+				window: 5,
+			},
+			global: {
+				count: 250,
+				window: 5,
+			},
+			error: {
+				count: 10,
+				window: 5,
+			},
+			routes: {
+				guild: {
+					count: 5,
+					window: 5,
+				},
+				webhook: {
+					count: 10,
+					window: 5,
+				},
+				channel: {
+					count: 10,
+					window: 5,
+				},
+				auth: {
+					login: {
+						count: 5,
+						window: 60,
+					},
+					register: {
+						count: 2,
+						window: 60 * 60 * 12,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	security: {
+		autoUpdate: true,
+		requestSignature: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("base64"),
+		jwtSecret: crypto.randomBytes(256).toString("base64"),
+		forwadedFor: null,
+		// forwadedFor: "X-Forwarded-For" // nginx/reverse proxy
+		// forwadedFor: "CF-Connecting-IP" // cloudflare:
+		captcha: {
+			enabled: false,
+			service: null,
+			sitekey: null,
+			secret: null,
+		},
+		ipdataApiKey: "eca677b284b3bac29eb72f5e496aa9047f26543605efe99ff2ce35c9",
+		defaultRights: "30644591655936",	// See util/scripts/rights.js
+	},
+	login: {
+		requireCaptcha: false,
+	},
+	register: {
+		email: {
+			required: false,
+			allowlist: false,
+			blocklist: true,
+			domains: [], // TODO: efficiently save domain blocklist in database
+			// domains: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + "/blockedEmailDomains.txt", { encoding: "utf8" }).split("\n"),
+		},
+		dateOfBirth: {
+			required: true,
+			minimum: 13,
+		},
+		disabled: false,
+		requireInvite: false,
+		guestsRequireInvite: true,
+		requireCaptcha: true,
+		allowNewRegistration: true,
+		allowMultipleAccounts: true,
+		blockProxies: true,
+		password: {
+			required: false,
+			minLength: 8,
+			minNumbers: 2,
+			minUpperCase: 2,
+			minSymbols: 0,
+		},
+		incrementingDiscriminators: false,
+	},
+	regions: {
+		default: "fosscord",
+		useDefaultAsOptimal: true,
+		available: [
+			{
+				id: "fosscord",
+				name: "Fosscord",
+				endpoint: "127.0.0.1:3004",
+				vip: false,
+				custom: false,
+				deprecated: false,
+			},
+		],
+	},
+	guild: {
+		discovery: {
+			showAllGuilds: false,
+			useRecommendation: false,
+			offset: 0,
+			limit: 24,
+		},
+		autoJoin: {
+			enabled: true,
+			canLeave: true,
+			guilds: [],
+		},
+		defaultFeatures: [],
+	},
+	gif: {
+		enabled: true,
+		provider: "tenor",
+		apiKey: "LIVDSRZULELA",
+	},
+	rabbitmq: {
+		host: null,
+	},
+	kafka: {
+		brokers: null,
+	},
+	templates: {
+		enabled: true,
+		allowTemplateCreation: true,
+		allowDiscordTemplates: true,
+		allowRaws: false
+	},
+	client: {
+		useTestClient: true,
+		releases: {
+			useLocalRelease: true,
+			upstreamVersion: "0.0.264"
+		}
+	},
+	metrics: {
+		timeout: 30000
+	},
+	sentry: {
+		enabled: false,
+		endpoint: "https://05e8e3d005f34b7d97e920ae5870a5e5@sentry.thearcanebrony.net/6",
+		traceSampleRate: 1.0,
+		environment: hostname()
+	}
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/entities/ConnectedAccount.ts b/src/util/entities/ConnectedAccount.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09ae30ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/ConnectedAccount.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+export interface PublicConnectedAccount extends Pick<ConnectedAccount, "name" | "type" | "verified"> {}
+
+@Entity("connected_accounts")
+export class ConnectedAccount extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((account: ConnectedAccount) => account.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: User;
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	access_token: string;
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	friend_sync: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	revoked: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	show_activity: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	type: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	verified: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	visibility: number;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Emoji.ts b/src/util/entities/Emoji.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3615b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Emoji.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { User } from ".";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { Role } from "./Role";
+
+@Entity("emojis")
+export class Emoji extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	animated: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	available: boolean; // whether this emoji can be used, may be false due to various reasons
+
+	@Column()
+	guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((emoji: Emoji) => emoji.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User)
+	user: User;
+
+	@Column()
+	managed: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	require_colons: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-array" })
+	roles: string[]; // roles this emoji is whitelisted to (new discord feature?)
+	
+	@Column({ type: "simple-array", nullable: true })
+	groups: string[]; // user groups this emoji is whitelisted to (Fosscord extension)
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Encryption.ts b/src/util/entities/Encryption.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b597b90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Encryption.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, OneToMany, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { PublicUserProjection, User } from "./User";
+import { HTTPError } from "lambert-server";
+import { containsAll, emitEvent, getPermission, Snowflake, trimSpecial, InvisibleCharacters } from "../util";
+import { BitField, BitFieldResolvable, BitFlag } from "../util/BitField";
+import { Recipient } from "./Recipient";
+import { Message } from "./Message";
+import { ReadState } from "./ReadState";
+import { Invite } from "./Invite";
+import { DmChannelDTO } from "../dtos";
+
+@Entity("security_settings")
+export class SecuritySettings extends BaseClass {
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	guild_id: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	channel_id: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	encryption_permission_mask: number;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-array" })
+	allowed_algorithms: string[];
+
+	@Column()
+	current_algorithm: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	used_since_message: string;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Guild.ts b/src/util/entities/Guild.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ce7c213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Guild.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToMany, ManyToOne, OneToMany, OneToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { Config, handleFile, Snowflake } from "..";
+import { Ban } from "./Ban";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Channel } from "./Channel";
+import { Emoji } from "./Emoji";
+import { Invite } from "./Invite";
+import { Member } from "./Member";
+import { Role } from "./Role";
+import { Sticker } from "./Sticker";
+import { Template } from "./Template";
+import { User } from "./User";
+import { VoiceState } from "./VoiceState";
+import { Webhook } from "./Webhook";
+
+// TODO: application_command_count, application_command_counts: {1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0}
+// TODO: guild_scheduled_events
+// TODO: stage_instances
+// TODO: threads
+// TODO:
+// "keywords": [
+// 		"Genshin Impact",
+// 		"Paimon",
+// 		"Honkai Impact",
+// 		"ARPG",
+// 		"Open-World",
+// 		"Waifu",
+// 		"Anime",
+// 		"Genshin",
+// 		"miHoYo",
+// 		"Gacha"
+// 	],
+
+export const PublicGuildRelations = [
+	"channels",
+	"emojis",
+	"members",
+	"roles",
+	"stickers",
+	"voice_states",
+	"members.user",
+];
+
+@Entity("guilds")
+export class Guild extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((guild: Guild) => guild.afk_channel)
+	afk_channel_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "afk_channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel)
+	afk_channel?: Channel;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	afk_timeout?: number;
+
+	// * commented out -> use owner instead
+	// application id of the guild creator if it is bot-created
+	// @Column({ nullable: true })
+	// application?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "ban_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => Ban, (ban: Ban) => ban.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+	})
+	bans: Ban[];
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	banner?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	default_message_notifications?: number;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	description?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	discovery_splash?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	explicit_content_filter?: number;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-array" })
+	features: string[]; //TODO use enum
+	//TODO: https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/guild#guild-object-guild-features
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	primary_category_id?: string;	// TODO: this was number?
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	icon?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	large?: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	max_members?: number; // e.g. default 100.000
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	max_presences?: number;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	max_video_channel_users?: number; // ? default: 25, is this max 25 streaming or watching
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	member_count?: number;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	presence_count?: number; // users online
+
+	@OneToMany(() => Member, (member: Member) => member.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	members: Member[];
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "role_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => Role, (role: Role) => role.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	roles: Role[];
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "channel_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => Channel, (channel: Channel) => channel.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+	})
+	channels: Channel[];
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((guild: Guild) => guild.template)
+	template_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "template_id", referencedColumnName: "id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Template)
+	template: Template;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "emoji_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => Emoji, (emoji: Emoji) => emoji.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	emojis: Emoji[];
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "sticker_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => Sticker, (sticker: Sticker) => sticker.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	stickers: Sticker[];
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "invite_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => Invite, (invite: Invite) => invite.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	invites: Invite[];
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "voice_state_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => VoiceState, (voicestate: VoiceState) => voicestate.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	voice_states: VoiceState[];
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "webhook_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => Webhook, (webhook: Webhook) => webhook.guild, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	webhooks: Webhook[];
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	mfa_level?: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((guild: Guild) => guild.owner)
+	owner_id?: string; // optional to allow for ownerless guilds
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "owner_id", referencedColumnName: "id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User)
+	owner?: User; // optional to allow for ownerless guilds
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	preferred_locale?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	premium_subscription_count?: number;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	premium_tier?: number; // crowd premium level
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((guild: Guild) => guild.public_updates_channel)
+	public_updates_channel_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "public_updates_channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel)
+	public_updates_channel?: Channel;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((guild: Guild) => guild.rules_channel)
+	rules_channel_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "rules_channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel)
+	rules_channel?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	region?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	splash?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((guild: Guild) => guild.system_channel)
+	system_channel_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "system_channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel)
+	system_channel?: Channel;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	system_channel_flags?: number;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	unavailable?: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	verification_level?: number;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json" })
+	welcome_screen: {
+		enabled: boolean;
+		description: string;
+		welcome_channels: {
+			description: string;
+			emoji_id?: string;
+			emoji_name?: string;
+			channel_id: string;
+		}[];
+	};
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((guild: Guild) => guild.widget_channel)
+	widget_channel_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "widget_channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel)
+	widget_channel?: Channel;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	widget_enabled?: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	nsfw_level?: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	nsfw: boolean;
+	
+	// TODO: nested guilds
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	parent?: string;
+
+	// only for developer portal
+	permissions?: number;
+
+	static async createGuild(body: {
+		name?: string;
+		icon?: string | null;
+		owner_id?: string;
+		channels?: Partial<Channel>[];
+	}) {
+		const guild_id = Snowflake.generate();
+
+		const guild = await Guild.create({
+			name: body.name || "Fosscord",
+			icon: await handleFile(`/icons/${guild_id}`, body.icon as string),
+			region: Config.get().regions.default,
+			owner_id: body.owner_id, // TODO: need to figure out a way for ownerless guilds and multiply-owned guilds
+			afk_timeout: 300,
+			default_message_notifications: 1, // defaults effect: setting the push default at mentions-only will save a lot
+			explicit_content_filter: 0,
+			features: Config.get().guild.defaultFeatures,
+			primary_category_id: undefined,
+			id: guild_id,
+			max_members: 250000,
+			max_presences: 250000,
+			max_video_channel_users: 200,
+			presence_count: 0,
+			member_count: 0, // will automatically be increased by addMember()
+			mfa_level: 0,
+			preferred_locale: "en-US",
+			premium_subscription_count: 0,
+			premium_tier: 0,
+			system_channel_flags: 4, // defaults effect: suppress the setup tips to save performance
+			unavailable: false,
+			nsfw: false,
+			nsfw_level: 0,
+			verification_level: 0,
+			welcome_screen: {
+				enabled: false,
+				description: "Fill in your description",
+				welcome_channels: [],
+			},
+			widget_enabled: true, // NB: don't set it as false to prevent artificial restrictions
+		}).save();
+
+		// we have to create the role _after_ the guild because else we would get a "SQLITE_CONSTRAINT: FOREIGN KEY constraint failed" error
+		// TODO: make the @everyone a pseudorole that is dynamically generated at runtime so we can save storage
+		await Role.create({
+			id: guild_id,
+			guild_id: guild_id,
+			color: 0,
+			hoist: false,
+			managed: false,
+			// NB: in Fosscord, every role will be non-managed, as we use user-groups instead of roles for managed groups
+			mentionable: false,
+			name: "@everyone",
+			permissions: String("2251804225"),
+			position: 0,
+			icon: undefined,
+			unicode_emoji: undefined
+		}).save();
+
+		if (!body.channels || !body.channels.length) body.channels = [{ id: "01", type: 0, name: "general", nsfw: false }];
+
+		const ids = new Map();
+
+		body.channels.forEach((x) => {
+			if (x.id) {
+				ids.set(x.id, Snowflake.generate());
+			}
+		});
+
+		for (const channel of body.channels?.sort((a, b) => (a.parent_id ? 1 : -1))) {
+			var id = ids.get(channel.id) || Snowflake.generate();
+
+			var parent_id = ids.get(channel.parent_id);
+
+			await Channel.createChannel({ ...channel, guild_id, id, parent_id }, body.owner_id, {
+				keepId: true,
+				skipExistsCheck: true,
+				skipPermissionCheck: true,
+				skipEventEmit: true,
+			});
+		}
+
+		return guild;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Invite.ts b/src/util/entities/Invite.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f36f247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Invite.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId, PrimaryColumn } from "typeorm";
+import { Member } from "./Member";
+import { BaseClassWithoutId } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Channel } from "./Channel";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+export const PublicInviteRelation = ["inviter", "guild", "channel"];
+
+@Entity("invites")
+export class Invite extends BaseClassWithoutId {
+	@PrimaryColumn()
+	code: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	temporary: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	uses: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	max_uses: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	max_age: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	created_at: Date;
+
+	@Column()
+	expires_at: Date;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((invite: Invite) => invite.guild)
+	guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((invite: Invite) => invite.channel)
+	channel_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	channel: Channel;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((invite: Invite) => invite.inviter)
+	inviter_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "inviter_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User)
+	inviter: User;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((invite: Invite) => invite.target_user)
+	target_user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "target_user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	target_user?: string; // could be used for "User specific invites" https://github.com/fosscord/fosscord/issues/62
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	target_user_type?: number;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	vanity_url?: boolean;
+
+	static async joinGuild(user_id: string, code: string) {
+		const invite = await Invite.findOneOrFail({ where: { code } });
+		if (invite.uses++ >= invite.max_uses && invite.max_uses !== 0) await Invite.delete({ code });
+		else await invite.save();
+
+		await Member.addToGuild(user_id, invite.guild_id);
+		return invite;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Member.ts b/src/util/entities/Member.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7bcefea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Member.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+import { PublicUser, User } from "./User";
+import { Message } from "./Message";
+import {
+	BeforeInsert,
+	BeforeUpdate,
+	Column,
+	Entity,
+	Index,
+	JoinColumn,
+	JoinTable,
+	ManyToMany,
+	ManyToOne,
+	PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+	RelationId,
+} from "typeorm";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { Config, emitEvent, BannedWords, FieldErrors } from "../util";
+import {
+	GuildCreateEvent,
+	GuildDeleteEvent,
+	GuildMemberAddEvent,
+	GuildMemberRemoveEvent,
+	GuildMemberUpdateEvent,
+	MessageCreateEvent,
+
+} from "../interfaces";
+import { HTTPError } from "lambert-server";
+import { Role } from "./Role";
+import { BaseClassWithoutId } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Ban, PublicGuildRelations } from ".";
+import { DiscordApiErrors } from "../util/Constants";
+
+export const MemberPrivateProjection: (keyof Member)[] = [
+	"id",
+	"guild",
+	"guild_id",
+	"deaf",
+	"joined_at",
+	"last_message_id",
+	"mute",
+	"nick",
+	"pending",
+	"premium_since",
+	"roles",
+	"settings",
+	"user",
+];
+
+@Entity("members")
+@Index(["id", "guild_id"], { unique: true })
+export class Member extends BaseClassWithoutId {
+	@PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+	index: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	@RelationId((member: Member) => member.user)
+	id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: User;
+
+	@Column()
+	@RelationId((member: Member) => member.guild)
+	guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	nick?: string;
+
+	@JoinTable({
+		name: "member_roles",
+		joinColumn: { name: "index", referencedColumnName: "index" },
+		inverseJoinColumn: {
+			name: "role_id",
+			referencedColumnName: "id",
+		},
+	})
+	@ManyToMany(() => Role, { cascade: true })
+	roles: Role[];
+
+	@Column()
+	joined_at: Date;
+
+	@Column({ type: "bigint", nullable: true })
+	premium_since?: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	deaf: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	mute: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	pending: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", select: false })
+	settings: UserGuildSettings;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	last_message_id?: string;
+
+	/**
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "DO NOTHING",
+	// do not auto-kick force-joined members just because their joiners left the server
+	}) **/
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	joined_by?: string;
+
+	// TODO: add this when we have proper read receipts
+	// @Column({ type: "simple-json" })
+	// read_state: ReadState;
+
+	@BeforeUpdate()
+	@BeforeInsert()
+	validate() {
+		if (this.nick) {
+			this.nick = this.nick.split("\n").join("");
+			this.nick = this.nick.split("\t").join("");
+			if (BannedWords.find(this.nick)) throw FieldErrors({ nick: { message: "Bad nickname", code: "INVALID_NICKNAME" } });
+		}
+	}
+
+	static async IsInGuildOrFail(user_id: string, guild_id: string) {
+		if (await Member.count({ where: { id: user_id, guild: { id: guild_id } } })) return true;
+		throw new HTTPError("You are not member of this guild", 403);
+	}
+
+	static async removeFromGuild(user_id: string, guild_id: string) {
+		const guild = await Guild.findOneOrFail({ select: ["owner_id"], where: { id: guild_id } });
+		if (guild.owner_id === user_id) throw new Error("The owner cannot be removed of the guild");
+		const member = await Member.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: user_id, guild_id }, relations: ["user"] });
+
+		// use promise all to execute all promises at the same time -> save time
+		return Promise.all([
+			Member.delete({
+				id: user_id,
+				guild_id,
+			}),
+			Guild.decrement({ id: guild_id }, "member_count", -1),
+
+			emitEvent({
+				event: "GUILD_DELETE",
+				data: {
+					id: guild_id,
+				},
+				user_id: user_id,
+			} as GuildDeleteEvent),
+			emitEvent({
+				event: "GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE",
+				data: { guild_id, user: member.user },
+				guild_id,
+			} as GuildMemberRemoveEvent),
+		]);
+	}
+
+	static async addRole(user_id: string, guild_id: string, role_id: string) {
+		const [member, role] = await Promise.all([
+			// @ts-ignore
+			Member.findOneOrFail({
+				where: { id: user_id, guild_id },
+				relations: ["user", "roles"], // we don't want to load  the role objects just the ids
+				//@ts-ignore
+				select: ["index", "roles.id"],	// TODO fix type
+			}),
+			Role.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: role_id, guild_id }, select: ["id"] }),
+		]);
+		member.roles.push(Role.create({ id: role_id }));
+
+		await Promise.all([
+			member.save(),
+			emitEvent({
+				event: "GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE",
+				data: {
+					guild_id,
+					user: member.user,
+					roles: member.roles.map((x) => x.id),
+				},
+				guild_id,
+			} as GuildMemberUpdateEvent),
+		]);
+	}
+
+	static async removeRole(user_id: string, guild_id: string, role_id: string) {
+		const [member] = await Promise.all([
+			// @ts-ignore
+			Member.findOneOrFail({
+				where: { id: user_id, guild_id },
+				relations: ["user", "roles"], // we don't want to load  the role objects just the ids
+				//@ts-ignore
+				select: ["roles.id", "index"], // TODO: fix type
+			}),
+			await Role.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: role_id, guild_id } }),
+		]);
+		member.roles = member.roles.filter((x) => x.id == role_id);
+
+		await Promise.all([
+			member.save(),
+			emitEvent({
+				event: "GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE",
+				data: {
+					guild_id,
+					user: member.user,
+					roles: member.roles.map((x) => x.id),
+				},
+				guild_id,
+			} as GuildMemberUpdateEvent),
+		]);
+	}
+
+	static async changeNickname(user_id: string, guild_id: string, nickname: string) {
+		const member = await Member.findOneOrFail({
+			where: {
+				id: user_id,
+				guild_id,
+			},
+			relations: ["user"],
+		});
+		member.nick = nickname;
+
+		await Promise.all([
+			member.save(),
+
+			emitEvent({
+				event: "GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE",
+				data: {
+					guild_id,
+					user: member.user,
+					nick: nickname,
+				},
+				guild_id,
+			} as GuildMemberUpdateEvent),
+		]);
+	}
+
+	static async addToGuild(user_id: string, guild_id: string) {
+		const user = await User.getPublicUser(user_id);
+		const isBanned = await Ban.count({ where: { guild_id, user_id } });
+		if (isBanned) {
+			throw DiscordApiErrors.USER_BANNED;
+		}
+		const { maxGuilds } = Config.get().limits.user;
+		const guild_count = await Member.count({ where: { id: user_id } });
+		if (guild_count >= maxGuilds) {
+			throw new HTTPError(`You are at the ${maxGuilds} server limit.`, 403);
+		}
+
+		const guild = await Guild.findOneOrFail({
+			where: {
+				id: guild_id,
+			},
+			relations: [...PublicGuildRelations, "system_channel"],
+		});
+
+		if (await Member.count({ where: { id: user.id, guild: { id: guild_id } } }))
+			throw new HTTPError("You are already a member of this guild", 400);
+
+		const member = {
+			id: user_id,
+			guild_id,
+			nick: undefined,
+			roles: [guild_id], // @everyone role
+			joined_at: new Date(),
+			premium_since: (new Date()).getTime(),
+			deaf: false,
+			mute: false,
+			pending: false,
+		};
+
+		await Promise.all([
+			Member.create({
+				...member,
+				roles: [Role.create({ id: guild_id })],
+				// read_state: {},
+				settings: {
+					guild_id: null,
+					mute_config: null,
+					mute_scheduled_events: false,
+					flags: 0,
+					hide_muted_channels: false,
+					notify_highlights: 0,
+					channel_overrides: {},
+					message_notifications: 0,
+					mobile_push: true,
+					muted: false,
+					suppress_everyone: false,
+					suppress_roles: false,
+					version: 0,
+				},
+				// Member.save is needed because else the roles relations wouldn't be updated
+			}).save(),
+			Guild.increment({ id: guild_id }, "member_count", 1),
+			emitEvent({
+				event: "GUILD_MEMBER_ADD",
+				data: {
+					...member,
+					user,
+					guild_id,
+				},
+				guild_id,
+			} as GuildMemberAddEvent),
+			emitEvent({
+				event: "GUILD_CREATE",
+				data: {
+					...guild,
+					members: [...guild.members, { ...member, user }],
+					member_count: (guild.member_count || 0) + 1,
+					guild_hashes: {},
+					guild_scheduled_events: [],
+					joined_at: member.joined_at,
+					presences: [],
+					stage_instances: [],
+					threads: [],
+				},
+				user_id,
+			} as GuildCreateEvent),
+		]);
+
+		if (guild.system_channel_id) {
+			// send welcome message
+			const message = Message.create({
+				type: 7,
+				guild_id: guild.id,
+				channel_id: guild.system_channel_id,
+				author: user,
+				timestamp: new Date(),
+				reactions: [],
+				attachments: [],
+				embeds: [],
+				sticker_items: [],
+				edited_timestamp: undefined,
+			});
+			await Promise.all([
+				message.save(),
+				emitEvent({ event: "MESSAGE_CREATE", channel_id: message.channel_id, data: message } as MessageCreateEvent)
+			]);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export interface ChannelOverride {
+	message_notifications: number;
+	mute_config: MuteConfig;
+	muted: boolean;
+	channel_id: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface UserGuildSettings {
+	// channel_overrides: {
+	// 	channel_id: string;
+	// 	message_notifications: number;
+	// 	mute_config: MuteConfig;
+	// 	muted: boolean;
+	// }[];
+
+	channel_overrides: {
+		[channel_id: string]: ChannelOverride;
+	} | null,
+	message_notifications: number;
+	mobile_push: boolean;
+	mute_config: MuteConfig | null;
+	muted: boolean;
+	suppress_everyone: boolean;
+	suppress_roles: boolean;
+	version: number;
+	guild_id: string | null;
+	flags: number;
+	mute_scheduled_events: boolean;
+	hide_muted_channels: boolean;
+	notify_highlights: 0;
+}
+
+export const DefaultUserGuildSettings: UserGuildSettings = {
+	channel_overrides: null,
+	message_notifications: 1,
+	flags: 0,
+	hide_muted_channels: false,
+	mobile_push: true,
+	mute_config: null,
+	mute_scheduled_events: false,
+	muted: false,
+	notify_highlights: 0,
+	suppress_everyone: false,
+	suppress_roles: false,
+	version: 453,	// ?
+	guild_id: null,
+};
+
+export interface MuteConfig {
+	end_time: number;
+	selected_time_window: number;
+}
+
+export type PublicMemberKeys =
+	| "id"
+	| "guild_id"
+	| "nick"
+	| "roles"
+	| "joined_at"
+	| "pending"
+	| "deaf"
+	| "mute"
+	| "premium_since";
+
+export const PublicMemberProjection: PublicMemberKeys[] = [
+	"id",
+	"guild_id",
+	"nick",
+	"roles",
+	"joined_at",
+	"pending",
+	"deaf",
+	"mute",
+	"premium_since",
+];
+
+// @ts-ignore
+export type PublicMember = Pick<Member, Omit<PublicMemberKeys, "roles">> & {
+	user: PublicUser;
+	roles: string[]; // only role ids not objects
+};
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Message.ts b/src/util/entities/Message.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a3dd5e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Message.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+import { User } from "./User";
+import { Member } from "./Member";
+import { Role } from "./Role";
+import { Channel } from "./Channel";
+import { InteractionType } from "../interfaces/Interaction";
+import { Application } from "./Application";
+import {
+	BeforeInsert,
+	BeforeUpdate,
+	Column,
+	CreateDateColumn,
+	Entity,
+	Index,
+	JoinColumn,
+	JoinTable,
+	ManyToMany,
+	ManyToOne,
+	OneToMany,
+	RelationId,
+} from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { Webhook } from "./Webhook";
+import { Sticker } from "./Sticker";
+import { Attachment } from "./Attachment";
+import { BannedWords } from "../util";
+import { HTTPError } from "lambert-server";
+import { ValidatorConstraint } from "class-validator";
+
+export enum MessageType {
+	DEFAULT = 0,
+	RECIPIENT_ADD = 1,
+	RECIPIENT_REMOVE = 2,
+	CALL = 3,
+	CHANNEL_NAME_CHANGE = 4,
+	CHANNEL_ICON_CHANGE = 5,
+	CHANNEL_PINNED_MESSAGE = 6,
+	GUILD_MEMBER_JOIN = 7,
+	USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION = 8,
+	USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_1 = 9,
+	USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_2 = 10,
+	USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_3 = 11,
+	CHANNEL_FOLLOW_ADD = 12,
+	ACTION = 13, // /me messages
+	GUILD_DISCOVERY_DISQUALIFIED = 14,
+	GUILD_DISCOVERY_REQUALIFIED = 15,
+	ENCRYPTED = 16,
+	REPLY = 19,
+	APPLICATION_COMMAND = 20, // application command or self command invocation
+	ROUTE_ADDED = 41, // custom message routing: new route affecting that channel
+	ROUTE_DISABLED = 42, // custom message routing: given route no longer affecting that channel
+	SELF_COMMAND_SCRIPT = 43, // self command scripts
+	ENCRYPTION = 50,
+	CUSTOM_START = 63,
+	UNHANDLED = 255
+}
+
+@Entity("messages")
+@Index(["channel_id", "id"], { unique: true })
+export class Message extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((message: Message) => message.channel)
+	@Index()
+	channel_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	channel: Channel;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((message: Message) => message.guild)
+	guild_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild?: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((message: Message) => message.author)
+	@Index()
+	author_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "author_id", referencedColumnName: "id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	author?: User;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((message: Message) => message.member)
+	member_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "member_id", referencedColumnName: "id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	member?: Member;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((message: Message) => message.webhook)
+	webhook_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "webhook_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Webhook)
+	webhook?: Webhook;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((message: Message) => message.application)
+	application_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "application_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Application)
+	application?: Application;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true, type: process.env.PRODUCTION ? "longtext" : undefined })
+	content?: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	@CreateDateColumn()
+	timestamp: Date;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	edited_timestamp?: Date;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	tts?: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	mention_everyone?: boolean;
+
+	@JoinTable({ name: "message_user_mentions" })
+	@ManyToMany(() => User)
+	mentions: User[];
+
+	@JoinTable({ name: "message_role_mentions" })
+	@ManyToMany(() => Role)
+	mention_roles: Role[];
+
+	@JoinTable({ name: "message_channel_mentions" })
+	@ManyToMany(() => Channel)
+	mention_channels: Channel[];
+
+	@JoinTable({ name: "message_stickers" })
+	@ManyToMany(() => Sticker, { cascade: true, onDelete: "CASCADE" })
+	sticker_items?: Sticker[];
+
+	@OneToMany(() => Attachment, (attachment: Attachment) => attachment.message, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+	})
+	attachments?: Attachment[];
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json" })
+	embeds: Embed[];
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json" })
+	reactions: Reaction[];
+
+	@Column({ type: "text", nullable: true })
+	nonce?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	pinned?: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ type: "int" })
+	type: MessageType;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })
+	activity?: {
+		type: number;
+		party_id: string;
+	};
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	flags?: string;
+	
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })
+	message_reference?: {
+		message_id: string;
+		channel_id?: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+	};
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "message_reference_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Message)
+	referenced_message?: Message;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })
+	interaction?: {
+		id: string;
+		type: InteractionType;
+		name: string;
+		user_id: string; // the user who invoked the interaction
+		// user: User; // TODO: autopopulate user
+	};
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })
+	components?: MessageComponent[];
+
+	@BeforeUpdate()
+	@BeforeInsert()
+	validate() {
+		if (this.content) {
+			if (BannedWords.find(this.content)) throw new HTTPError("Message was blocked by automatic moderation", 200000);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export interface MessageComponent {
+	type: number;
+	style?: number;
+	label?: string;
+	emoji?: PartialEmoji;
+	custom_id?: string;
+	url?: string;
+	disabled?: boolean;
+	components: MessageComponent[];
+}
+
+export enum MessageComponentType {
+	Script = 0, // self command script
+	ActionRow = 1,
+	Button = 2,
+}
+
+export interface Embed {
+	title?: string; //title of embed
+	type?: EmbedType; // type of embed (always "rich" for webhook embeds)
+	description?: string; // description of embed
+	url?: string; // url of embed
+	timestamp?: Date; // timestamp of embed content
+	color?: number; // color code of the embed
+	footer?: {
+		text: string;
+		icon_url?: string;
+		proxy_icon_url?: string;
+	}; // footer object	footer information
+	image?: EmbedImage; // image object	image information
+	thumbnail?: EmbedImage; // thumbnail object	thumbnail information
+	video?: EmbedImage; // video object	video information
+	provider?: {
+		name?: string;
+		url?: string;
+	}; // provider object	provider information
+	author?: {
+		name?: string;
+		url?: string;
+		icon_url?: string;
+		proxy_icon_url?: string;
+	}; // author object	author information
+	fields?: {
+		name: string;
+		value: string;
+		inline?: boolean;
+	}[];
+}
+
+export enum EmbedType {
+	rich = "rich",
+	image = "image",
+	video = "video",
+	gifv = "gifv",
+	article = "article",
+	link = "link",
+}
+
+export interface EmbedImage {
+	url?: string;
+	proxy_url?: string;
+	height?: number;
+	width?: number;
+}
+
+export interface Reaction {
+	count: number;
+	//// not saved in the database // me: boolean; // whether the current user reacted using this emoji
+	emoji: PartialEmoji;
+	user_ids: string[];
+}
+
+export interface PartialEmoji {
+	id?: string;
+	name: string;
+	animated?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface AllowedMentions {
+	parse?: ("users" | "roles" | "everyone")[];
+	roles?: string[];
+	users?: string[];
+	replied_user?: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Migration.ts b/src/util/entities/Migration.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f39ae72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Migration.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Column, Entity, ObjectIdColumn, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClassWithoutId } from ".";
+
+export const PrimaryIdAutoGenerated = process.env.DATABASE?.startsWith("mongodb")
+	? ObjectIdColumn
+	: PrimaryGeneratedColumn;
+
+@Entity("migrations")
+export class Migration extends BaseClassWithoutId {
+	@PrimaryIdAutoGenerated()
+	id: number;
+
+	@Column({ type: "bigint" })
+	timestamp: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Note.ts b/src/util/entities/Note.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36017c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Note.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, Unique } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+@Entity("notes")
+@Unique(["owner", "target"])
+export class Note extends BaseClass {
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "owner_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, { onDelete: "CASCADE" })
+	owner: User;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "target_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, { onDelete: "CASCADE" })
+	target: User;
+
+	@Column()
+	content: string;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/entities/RateLimit.ts b/src/util/entities/RateLimit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5916f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/RateLimit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Column, Entity } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+
+@Entity("rate_limits")
+export class RateLimit extends BaseClass {
+	@Column() // no relation as it also
+	executor_id: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	hits: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	blocked: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	expires_at: Date;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/ReadState.ts b/src/util/entities/ReadState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b915573b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/ReadState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { Column, Entity, Index, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Channel } from "./Channel";
+import { Message } from "./Message";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+// for read receipts
+// notification cursor and public read receipt need to be forwards-only (the former to prevent re-pinging when marked as unread, and the latter to be acceptable as a legal acknowledgement in criminal proceedings), and private read marker needs to be advance-rewind capable
+// public read receipt ≥ notification cursor ≥ private fully read marker
+
+@Entity("read_states")
+@Index(["channel_id", "user_id"], { unique: true })
+export class ReadState extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	@RelationId((read_state: ReadState) => read_state.channel)
+	channel_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	channel: Channel;
+
+	@Column()
+	@RelationId((read_state: ReadState) => read_state.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: User;
+
+	// fully read marker
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	last_message_id: string; 
+	
+	// public read receipt
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	public_ack: string;
+
+	// notification cursor / private read receipt
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	notifications_cursor: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	last_pin_timestamp?: Date;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	mention_count: number;
+
+	// @Column({ nullable: true })
+	// TODO: derive this from (last_message_id=notifications_cursor=public_ack)=true
+	manual: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Recipient.ts b/src/util/entities/Recipient.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a945f938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Recipient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+
+@Entity("recipients")
+export class Recipient extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	@RelationId((recipient: Recipient) => recipient.channel)
+	channel_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => require("./Channel").Channel, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	channel: import("./Channel").Channel;
+
+	@Column()
+	@RelationId((recipient: Recipient) => recipient.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => require("./User").User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: import("./User").User;
+
+	@Column({ default: false })
+	closed: boolean;
+
+	// TODO: settings/mute/nick/added at/encryption keys/read_state
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Relationship.ts b/src/util/entities/Relationship.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3592c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Relationship.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { Column, Entity, Index, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+export enum RelationshipType {
+	outgoing = 4,
+	incoming = 3,
+	blocked = 2,
+	friends = 1,
+}
+
+@Entity("relationships")
+@Index(["from_id", "to_id"], { unique: true })
+export class Relationship extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({})
+	@RelationId((relationship: Relationship) => relationship.from)
+	from_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "from_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	from: User;
+
+	@Column({})
+	@RelationId((relationship: Relationship) => relationship.to)
+	to_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "to_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	to: User;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	nickname?: string;
+
+	@Column({ type: "int" })
+	type: RelationshipType;
+
+	toPublicRelationship() {
+		return {
+			id: this.to?.id || this.to_id,
+			type: this.type,
+			nickname: this.nickname,
+			user: this.to?.toPublicUser(),
+		};
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Role.ts b/src/util/entities/Role.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d87b835f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Role.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+
+@Entity("roles")
+export class Role extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((role: Role) => role.guild)
+	guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild: Guild;
+
+	@Column()
+	color: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	hoist: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	managed: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	mentionable: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	permissions: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	position: number;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	icon?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	unicode_emoji?: string;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })
+	tags?: {
+		bot_id?: string;
+		integration_id?: string;
+		premium_subscriber?: boolean;
+	};
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Session.ts b/src/util/entities/Session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..969efa89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { User } from "./User";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { Status } from "../interfaces/Status";
+import { Activity } from "../interfaces/Activity";
+
+//TODO we need to remove all sessions on server start because if the server crashes without closing websockets it won't delete them
+
+@Entity("sessions")
+export class Session extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((session: Session) => session.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: User;
+
+	//TODO check, should be 32 char long hex string
+	@Column({ nullable: false, select: false })
+	session_id: string;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", nullable: true })
+	activities: Activity[];
+
+	// TODO client_status
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", select: false })
+	client_info: {
+		client: string;
+		os: string;
+		version: number;
+	};
+
+	@Column({ nullable: false, type: "varchar" })
+	status: Status; //TODO enum
+}
+
+export const PrivateSessionProjection: (keyof Session)[] = [
+	"user_id",
+	"session_id",
+	"activities",
+	"client_info",
+	"status",
+];
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Sticker.ts b/src/util/entities/Sticker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37bc6fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Sticker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { User } from "./User";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+
+export enum StickerType {
+	STANDARD = 1,
+	GUILD = 2,
+}
+
+export enum StickerFormatType {
+	GIF = 0, // gif is a custom format type and not in discord spec
+	PNG = 1,
+	APNG = 2,
+	LOTTIE = 3,
+}
+
+@Entity("stickers")
+export class Sticker extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	description?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	available?: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	tags?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((sticker: Sticker) => sticker.pack)
+	pack_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "pack_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => require("./StickerPack").StickerPack, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+		nullable: true,
+	})
+	pack: import("./StickerPack").StickerPack;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	guild_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild?: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	user_id?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user?: User;
+
+	@Column({ type: "int" })
+	type: StickerType;
+
+	@Column({ type: "int" })
+	format_type: StickerFormatType;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/StickerPack.ts b/src/util/entities/StickerPack.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec8c69a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/StickerPack.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, OneToMany, OneToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { Sticker } from ".";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+
+@Entity("sticker_packs")
+export class StickerPack extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	description?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	banner_asset_id?: string;
+
+	@OneToMany(() => Sticker, (sticker: Sticker) => sticker.pack, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+	})
+	stickers: Sticker[];
+
+	// sku_id: string
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((pack: StickerPack) => pack.cover_sticker)
+	cover_sticker_id?: string;
+
+	@ManyToOne(() => Sticker, { nullable: true })
+	@JoinColumn()
+	cover_sticker?: Sticker;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Team.ts b/src/util/entities/Team.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22140b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Team.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToMany, ManyToOne, OneToMany, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { TeamMember } from "./TeamMember";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+@Entity("teams")
+export class Team extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	icon?: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "member_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => TeamMember, (member: TeamMember) => member.team, {
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+	})
+	members: TeamMember[];
+
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((team: Team) => team.owner_user)
+	owner_user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "owner_user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User)
+	owner_user: User;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/TeamMember.ts b/src/util/entities/TeamMember.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b726e1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/TeamMember.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+export enum TeamMemberState {
+	INVITED = 1,
+	ACCEPTED = 2,
+}
+
+@Entity("team_members")
+export class TeamMember extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ type: "int" })
+	membership_state: TeamMemberState;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-array" })
+	permissions: string[];
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((member: TeamMember) => member.team)
+	team_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "team_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => require("./Team").Team, (team: import("./Team").Team) => team.members, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	team: import("./Team").Team;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((member: TeamMember) => member.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: User;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Template.ts b/src/util/entities/Template.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d952283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Template.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+@Entity("templates")
+export class Template extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ unique: true })
+	code: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	description?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	usage_count?: number;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((template: Template) => template.creator)
+	creator_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "creator_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User)
+	creator: User;
+
+	@Column()
+	created_at: Date;
+
+	@Column()
+	updated_at: Date;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((template: Template) => template.source_guild)
+	source_guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "source_guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild)
+	source_guild: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json" })
+	serialized_source_guild: Guild;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/User.ts b/src/util/entities/User.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84a8a674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/User.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+import { BeforeInsert, BeforeUpdate, Column, Entity, FindOneOptions, JoinColumn, OneToMany } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { BitField } from "../util/BitField";
+import { Relationship } from "./Relationship";
+import { ConnectedAccount } from "./ConnectedAccount";
+import { Config, FieldErrors, Snowflake, trimSpecial, BannedWords, adjustEmail } from "..";
+import { Member, Session } from ".";
+
+export enum PublicUserEnum {
+	username,
+	discriminator,
+	id,
+	public_flags,
+	avatar,
+	accent_color,
+	banner,
+	bio,
+	bot,
+	premium_since,
+}
+export type PublicUserKeys = keyof typeof PublicUserEnum;
+
+export enum PrivateUserEnum {
+	flags,
+	mfa_enabled,
+	email,
+	phone,
+	verified,
+	nsfw_allowed,
+	premium,
+	premium_type,
+	purchased_flags,
+	premium_usage_flags,
+	disabled,
+	settings,
+	// locale
+}
+export type PrivateUserKeys = keyof typeof PrivateUserEnum | PublicUserKeys;
+
+export const PublicUserProjection = Object.values(PublicUserEnum).filter(
+	(x) => typeof x === "string"
+) as PublicUserKeys[];
+export const PrivateUserProjection = [
+	...PublicUserProjection,
+	...Object.values(PrivateUserEnum).filter((x) => typeof x === "string"),
+] as PrivateUserKeys[];
+
+// Private user data that should never get sent to the client
+export type PublicUser = Pick<User, PublicUserKeys>;
+
+export interface UserPublic extends Pick<User, PublicUserKeys> { }
+
+export interface UserPrivate extends Pick<User, PrivateUserKeys> {
+	locale: string;
+}
+
+@Entity("users")
+export class User extends BaseClass {
+	@Column()
+	username: string; // username max length 32, min 2 (should be configurable)
+
+	@Column()
+	discriminator: string; // opaque string: 4 digits on discord.com
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	avatar?: string; // hash of the user avatar
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	accent_color?: number; // banner color of user
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	banner?: string; // hash of the user banner
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true, select: false })
+	phone?: string; // phone number of the user
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	desktop: boolean; // if the user has desktop app installed
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	mobile: boolean; // if the user has mobile app installed
+
+	@Column()
+	premium: boolean; // if user bought individual premium
+
+	@Column()
+	premium_type: number; // individual premium level
+
+	@Column()
+	bot: boolean; // if user is bot
+
+	@Column()
+	bio: string; // short description of the user (max 190 chars -> should be configurable)
+
+	@Column()
+	system: boolean; // shouldn't be used, the api sends this field type true, if the generated message comes from a system generated author
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	nsfw_allowed: boolean; // if the user can do age-restricted actions (NSFW channels/guilds/commands)
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	mfa_enabled: boolean; // if multi factor authentication is enabled
+
+	@Column({ select: false, nullable: true })
+	totp_secret?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true, select: false })
+	totp_last_ticket?: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	created_at: Date; // registration date
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	premium_since: Date; // premium date
+
+	@Column({ select: false })
+	verified: boolean; // if the user is offically verified
+
+	@Column()
+	disabled: boolean; // if the account is disabled
+
+	@Column()
+	deleted: boolean; // if the user was deleted
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true, select: false })
+	email?: string; // email of the user
+
+	@Column()
+	flags: string; // UserFlags
+
+	@Column()
+	public_flags: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	purchased_flags: number;
+
+	@Column()
+	premium_usage_flags: number;
+
+	@Column({ type: "bigint" })
+	rights: string; // Rights
+
+	@OneToMany(() => Session, (session: Session) => session.user)
+	sessions: Session[];
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "relationship_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => Relationship, (relationship: Relationship) => relationship.from, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+	})
+	relationships: Relationship[];
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "connected_account_ids" })
+	@OneToMany(() => ConnectedAccount, (account: ConnectedAccount) => account.user, {
+		cascade: true,
+		orphanedRowAction: "delete",
+	})
+	connected_accounts: ConnectedAccount[];
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", select: false })
+	data: {
+		valid_tokens_since: Date; // all tokens with a previous issue date are invalid
+		hash?: string; // hash of the password, salt is saved in password (bcrypt)
+	};
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-array", select: false })
+	fingerprints: string[]; // array of fingerprints -> used to prevent multiple accounts
+
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", select: false })
+	settings: UserSettings;
+
+	// workaround to prevent fossord-unaware clients from deleting settings not used by them
+	@Column({ type: "simple-json", select: false })
+	extended_settings: string;
+
+	@BeforeUpdate()
+	@BeforeInsert()
+	validate() {
+		this.email = adjustEmail(this.email);
+		if (!this.email) throw FieldErrors({ email: { message: "Invalid email", code: "EMAIL_INVALID" } });
+		if (!this.email.match(/([a-z\d.-]{3,})@([a-z\d.-]+).([a-z]{2,})/g)) throw FieldErrors({ email: { message: "Invalid email", code: "EMAIL_INVALID" } });
+
+		const discrim = Number(this.discriminator);
+		if (this.discriminator.length > 4) throw FieldErrors({ email: { message: "Discriminator cannot be more than 4 digits.", code: "DISCRIMINATOR_INVALID" } });
+		if (isNaN(discrim)) throw FieldErrors({ email: { message: "Discriminator must be a number.", code: "DISCRIMINATOR_INVALID" } });
+		if (discrim <= 0 || discrim >= 10000) throw FieldErrors({ email: { message: "Discriminator must be a number.", code: "DISCRIMINATOR_INVALID" } });
+		this.discriminator = discrim.toString().padStart(4, "0");
+
+		if (BannedWords.find(this.username)) throw FieldErrors({ username: { message: "Bad username", code: "INVALID_USERNAME" } });
+	}
+
+	toPublicUser() {
+		const user: any = {};
+		PublicUserProjection.forEach((x) => {
+			user[x] = this[x];
+		});
+		return user as PublicUser;
+	}
+
+	static async getPublicUser(user_id: string, opts?: FindOneOptions<User>) {
+		return await User.findOneOrFail({
+			where: { id: user_id },
+			...opts,
+			//@ts-ignore
+			select: [...PublicUserProjection, ...(opts?.select || [])],	// TODO: fix
+		});
+	}
+
+	private static async generateDiscriminator(username: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+		if (Config.get().register.incrementingDiscriminators) {
+			// discriminator will be incrementally generated
+
+			// First we need to figure out the currently highest discrimnator for the given username and then increment it
+			const users = await User.find({ where: { username }, select: ["discriminator"] });
+			const highestDiscriminator = Math.max(0, ...users.map((u) => Number(u.discriminator)));
+
+			const discriminator = highestDiscriminator + 1;
+			if (discriminator >= 10000) {
+				return undefined;
+			}
+
+			return discriminator.toString().padStart(4, "0");
+		} else {
+			// discriminator will be randomly generated
+
+			// randomly generates a discriminator between 1 and 9999 and checks max five times if it already exists
+			// TODO: is there any better way to generate a random discriminator only once, without checking if it already exists in the database?
+			for (let tries = 0; tries < 5; tries++) {
+				const discriminator = Math.randomIntBetween(1, 9999).toString().padStart(4, "0");
+				const exists = await User.findOne({ where: { discriminator, username: username }, select: ["id"] });
+				if (!exists) return discriminator;
+			}
+
+			return undefined;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static async register({
+		email,
+		username,
+		password,
+		date_of_birth,
+		req,
+	}: {
+		username: string;
+		password?: string;
+		email?: string;
+		date_of_birth?: Date; // "2000-04-03"
+		req?: any;
+	}) {
+		// trim special uf8 control characters -> Backspace, Newline, ...
+		username = trimSpecial(username);
+
+		const discriminator = await User.generateDiscriminator(username);
+		if (!discriminator) {
+			// We've failed to generate a valid and unused discriminator
+			throw FieldErrors({
+				username: {
+					code: "USERNAME_TOO_MANY_USERS",
+					message: req.t("auth:register.USERNAME_TOO_MANY_USERS"),
+				},
+			});
+		}
+
+		// TODO: save date_of_birth
+		// appearently discord doesn't save the date of birth and just calculate if nsfw is allowed
+		// if nsfw_allowed is null/undefined it'll require date_of_birth to set it to true/false
+		const language = req.language === "en" ? "en-US" : req.language || "en-US";
+
+		const user = User.create({
+			created_at: new Date(),
+			username: username,
+			discriminator,
+			id: Snowflake.generate(),
+			bot: false,
+			system: false,
+			premium_since: new Date(),
+			desktop: false,
+			mobile: false,
+			premium: true,
+			premium_type: 2,
+			bio: "",
+			mfa_enabled: false,
+			verified: true,
+			disabled: false,
+			deleted: false,
+			email: email,
+			rights: Config.get().security.defaultRights,
+			nsfw_allowed: true, // TODO: depending on age
+			public_flags: 0,
+			flags: "0", // TODO: generate
+			data: {
+				hash: password,
+				valid_tokens_since: new Date(),
+			},
+			settings: { ...defaultSettings, locale: language },
+			purchased_flags: 5, // TODO: idk what the values for this are
+			premium_usage_flags: 2,  // TODO: idk what the values for this are
+			extended_settings: "",	// TODO: was {}
+			fingerprints: [],
+		});
+
+		await user.save();
+
+		setImmediate(async () => {
+			if (Config.get().guild.autoJoin.enabled) {
+				for (const guild of Config.get().guild.autoJoin.guilds || []) {
+					await Member.addToGuild(user.id, guild).catch((e) => { });
+				}
+			}
+		});
+
+		return user;
+	}
+}
+
+export const defaultSettings: UserSettings = {
+	afk_timeout: 3600,
+	allow_accessibility_detection: true,
+	animate_emoji: true,
+	animate_stickers: 0,
+	contact_sync_enabled: false,
+	convert_emoticons: false,
+	custom_status: null,
+	default_guilds_restricted: false,
+	detect_platform_accounts: false,
+	developer_mode: true,
+	disable_games_tab: true,
+	enable_tts_command: false,
+	explicit_content_filter: 0,
+	friend_source_flags: { all: true },
+	gateway_connected: false,
+	gif_auto_play: true,
+	guild_folders: [],
+	guild_positions: [],
+	inline_attachment_media: true,
+	inline_embed_media: true,
+	locale: "en-US",
+	message_display_compact: false,
+	native_phone_integration_enabled: true,
+	render_embeds: true,
+	render_reactions: true,
+	restricted_guilds: [],
+	show_current_game: true,
+	status: "online",
+	stream_notifications_enabled: false,
+	theme: "dark",
+	timezone_offset: 0, // TODO: timezone from request
+
+	banner_color: null,
+	friend_discovery_flags: 0,
+	view_nsfw_guilds: true,
+	passwordless: false,
+};
+
+export interface UserSettings {
+	afk_timeout: number;
+	allow_accessibility_detection: boolean;
+	animate_emoji: boolean;
+	animate_stickers: number;
+	contact_sync_enabled: boolean;
+	convert_emoticons: boolean;
+	custom_status: {
+		emoji_id?: string;
+		emoji_name?: string;
+		expires_at?: number;
+		text?: string;
+	} | null;
+	default_guilds_restricted: boolean;
+	detect_platform_accounts: boolean;
+	developer_mode: boolean;
+	disable_games_tab: boolean;
+	enable_tts_command: boolean;
+	explicit_content_filter: number;
+	friend_source_flags: { all: boolean; };
+	gateway_connected: boolean;
+	gif_auto_play: boolean;
+	// every top guild is displayed as a "folder"
+	guild_folders: {
+		color: number;
+		guild_ids: string[];
+		id: number;
+		name: string;
+	}[];
+	guild_positions: string[]; // guild ids ordered by position
+	inline_attachment_media: boolean;
+	inline_embed_media: boolean;
+	locale: string; // en_US
+	message_display_compact: boolean;
+	native_phone_integration_enabled: boolean;
+	render_embeds: boolean;
+	render_reactions: boolean;
+	restricted_guilds: string[];
+	show_current_game: boolean;
+	status: "online" | "offline" | "dnd" | "idle" | "invisible";
+	stream_notifications_enabled: boolean;
+	theme: "dark" | "white"; // dark
+	timezone_offset: number; // e.g -60
+	banner_color: string | null;
+	friend_discovery_flags: number;
+	view_nsfw_guilds: boolean;
+	passwordless: boolean;
+}
+
+export const CUSTOM_USER_FLAG_OFFSET = BigInt(1) << BigInt(32);
+
+export class UserFlags extends BitField {
+	static FLAGS = {
+		DISCORD_EMPLOYEE: BigInt(1) << BigInt(0),
+		PARTNERED_SERVER_OWNER: BigInt(1) << BigInt(1),
+		HYPESQUAD_EVENTS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(2),
+		BUGHUNTER_LEVEL_1: BigInt(1) << BigInt(3),
+		MFA_SMS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(4),
+		PREMIUM_PROMO_DISMISSED: BigInt(1) << BigInt(5),
+		HOUSE_BRAVERY: BigInt(1) << BigInt(6),
+		HOUSE_BRILLIANCE: BigInt(1) << BigInt(7),
+		HOUSE_BALANCE: BigInt(1) << BigInt(8),
+		EARLY_SUPPORTER: BigInt(1) << BigInt(9),
+		TEAM_USER: BigInt(1) << BigInt(10),
+		TRUST_AND_SAFETY: BigInt(1) << BigInt(11),
+		SYSTEM: BigInt(1) << BigInt(12),
+		HAS_UNREAD_URGENT_MESSAGES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(13),
+		BUGHUNTER_LEVEL_2: BigInt(1) << BigInt(14),
+		UNDERAGE_DELETED: BigInt(1) << BigInt(15),
+		VERIFIED_BOT: BigInt(1) << BigInt(16),
+		EARLY_VERIFIED_BOT_DEVELOPER: BigInt(1) << BigInt(17),
+		CERTIFIED_MODERATOR: BigInt(1) << BigInt(18),
+		BOT_HTTP_INTERACTIONS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(19),
+	};
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/VoiceState.ts b/src/util/entities/VoiceState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75748a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/VoiceState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Channel } from "./Channel";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { User } from "./User";
+import { Member } from "./Member";
+
+//https://gist.github.com/vassjozsef/e482c65df6ee1facaace8b3c9ff66145#file-voice_state-ex
+@Entity("voice_states")
+export class VoiceState extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((voice_state: VoiceState) => voice_state.guild)
+	guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild?: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((voice_state: VoiceState) => voice_state.channel)
+	channel_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	channel: Channel;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((voice_state: VoiceState) => voice_state.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: User;
+
+	// @JoinColumn([{ name: "user_id", referencedColumnName: "id" },{ name: "guild_id", referencedColumnName: "guild_id" }])
+	// @ManyToOne(() => Member, {
+	// 	onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	// })
+	//TODO find a way to make it work without breaking Guild.voice_states
+	member: Member;
+
+	@Column()
+	session_id: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	token: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	deaf: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	mute: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	self_deaf: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	self_mute: boolean;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	self_stream?: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	self_video: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	suppress: boolean; // whether this user is muted by the current user
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true, default: null })
+	request_to_speak_timestamp?: Date;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Webhook.ts b/src/util/entities/Webhook.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89538417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/Webhook.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, RelationId } from "typeorm";
+import { Application } from "./Application";
+import { BaseClass } from "./BaseClass";
+import { Channel } from "./Channel";
+import { Guild } from "./Guild";
+import { User } from "./User";
+
+export enum WebhookType {
+	Incoming = 1,
+	ChannelFollower = 2,
+}
+
+@Entity("webhooks")
+export class Webhook extends BaseClass {
+	@Column({ type: "int" })
+	type: WebhookType;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	name?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	avatar?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	token?: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((webhook: Webhook) => webhook.guild)
+	guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	guild: Guild;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((webhook: Webhook) => webhook.channel)
+	channel_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "channel_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Channel, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	channel: Channel;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((webhook: Webhook) => webhook.application)
+	application_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "application_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Application, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	application: Application;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((webhook: Webhook) => webhook.user)
+	user_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "user_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => User, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	user: User;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	@RelationId((webhook: Webhook) => webhook.guild)
+	source_guild_id: string;
+
+	@JoinColumn({ name: "source_guild_id" })
+	@ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
+		onDelete: "CASCADE",
+	})
+	source_guild: Guild;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/entities/index.ts b/src/util/entities/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49793810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/entities/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+export * from "./Application";
+export * from "./Attachment";
+export * from "./AuditLog";
+export * from "./Ban";
+export * from "./BaseClass";
+export * from "./Categories";
+export * from "./Channel";
+export * from "./Config";
+export * from "./ConnectedAccount";
+export * from "./Emoji";
+export * from "./Guild";
+export * from "./Invite";
+export * from "./Member";
+export * from "./Message";
+export * from "./Migration";
+export * from "./RateLimit";
+export * from "./ReadState";
+export * from "./Recipient";
+export * from "./Relationship";
+export * from "./Role";
+export * from "./Session";
+export * from "./Sticker";
+export * from "./StickerPack";
+export * from "./Team";
+export * from "./TeamMember";
+export * from "./Template";
+export * from "./User";
+export * from "./VoiceState";
+export * from "./Webhook";
+export * from "./ClientRelease";
+export * from "./BackupCodes";
+export * from "./Note";
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diff --git a/src/util/imports/OrmUtils.ts b/src/util/imports/OrmUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68a1932c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/imports/OrmUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+//source: https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/blob/master/src/util/OrmUtils.ts
+export class OrmUtils {
+	// Checks if it's an object made by Object.create(null), {} or new Object()
+	private static isPlainObject(item: any) {
+		if (item === null || item === undefined) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return !item.constructor || item.constructor === Object;
+	}
+
+	private static mergeArrayKey(target: any, key: number, value: any, memo: Map<any, any>) {
+		// Have we seen this before?  Prevent infinite recursion.
+		if (memo.has(value)) {
+			target[key] = memo.get(value);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (value instanceof Promise) {
+			// Skip promises entirely.
+			// This is a hold-over from the old code & is because we don't want to pull in
+			// the lazy fields.  Ideally we'd remove these promises via another function first
+			// but for now we have to do it here.
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!this.isPlainObject(value) && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+			target[key] = value;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!target[key]) {
+			target[key] = Array.isArray(value) ? [] : {};
+		}
+
+		memo.set(value, target[key]);
+		this.merge(target[key], value, memo);
+		memo.delete(value);
+	}
+
+	private static mergeObjectKey(target: any, key: string, value: any, memo: Map<any, any>) {
+		// Have we seen this before?  Prevent infinite recursion.
+		if (memo.has(value)) {
+			Object.assign(target, { [key]: memo.get(value) });
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (value instanceof Promise) {
+			// Skip promises entirely.
+			// This is a hold-over from the old code & is because we don't want to pull in
+			// the lazy fields.  Ideally we'd remove these promises via another function first
+			// but for now we have to do it here.
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!this.isPlainObject(value) && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+			Object.assign(target, { [key]: value });
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!target[key]) {
+			Object.assign(target, { [key]: value });
+		}
+
+		memo.set(value, target[key]);
+		this.merge(target[key], value, memo);
+		memo.delete(value);
+	}
+
+	private static merge(target: any, source: any, memo: Map<any, any> = new Map()): any {
+		if (Array.isArray(target) && Array.isArray(source)) {
+			for (let key = 0; key < source.length; key++) {
+				this.mergeArrayKey(target, key, source[key], memo);
+			}
+		} else {
+			for (const key of Object.keys(source)) {
+				this.mergeObjectKey(target, key, source[key], memo);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Deep Object.assign.
+	 */
+	static mergeDeep(target: any, ...sources: any[]): any {
+		if (!sources.length) {
+			return target;
+		}
+
+		for (const source of sources) {
+			OrmUtils.merge(target, source);
+		}
+
+		return target;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/util/imports/index.ts b/src/util/imports/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d9bfb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/imports/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./OrmUtils";
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diff --git a/src/util/index.ts b/src/util/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..385070a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import "reflect-metadata";
+
+export * from "./util/index";
+export * from "./interfaces/index";
+export * from "./entities/index";
+export * from "./dtos/index";
+export * from "./schemas";
+export * from "./imports";
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diff --git a/src/util/interfaces/Activity.ts b/src/util/interfaces/Activity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9912e197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/interfaces/Activity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+export interface Activity {
+	name: string; // the activity's name
+	type: ActivityType; // activity type // TODO: check if its between range 0-5
+	url?: string; // stream url, is validated when type is 1
+	created_at?: number; // unix timestamp of when the activity was added to the user's session
+	timestamps?: {
+		// unix timestamps for start and/or end of the game
+		start: number;
+		end: number;
+	};
+	application_id?: string; // application id for the game
+	details?: string;
+	state?: string;
+	emoji?: {
+		name: string;
+		id?: string;
+		animated: boolean;
+	};
+	party?: {
+		id?: string;
+		size?: [number]; // used to show the party's current and maximum size // TODO: array length 2
+	};
+	assets?: {
+		large_image?: string; // the id for a large asset of the activity, usually a snowflake
+		large_text?: string; // text displayed when hovering over the large image of the activity
+		small_image?: string; // the id for a small asset of the activity, usually a snowflake
+		small_text?: string; // text displayed when hovering over the small image of the activity
+	};
+	secrets?: {
+		join?: string; // the secret for joining a party
+		spectate?: string; // the secret for spectating a game
+		match?: string; // the secret for a specific instanced match
+	};
+	instance?: boolean;
+	flags: string; // activity flags OR d together, describes what the payload includes
+
+	id?: string;
+	sync_id?: string;
+	metadata?: { // spotify
+		context_uri?: string;
+		album_id: string;
+		artist_ids: string[];
+	};
+	session_id: string;
+}
+
+export enum ActivityType {
+	GAME = 0,
+	STREAMING = 1,
+	LISTENING = 2,
+	CUSTOM = 4,
+	COMPETING = 5,
+}
diff --git a/src/util/interfaces/Event.ts b/src/util/interfaces/Event.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59f995db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/interfaces/Event.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,641 @@
+import { PublicUser, User, UserSettings } from "../entities/User";
+import { Channel } from "../entities/Channel";
+import { Guild } from "../entities/Guild";
+import { Member, PublicMember, UserGuildSettings } from "../entities/Member";
+import { Emoji } from "../entities/Emoji";
+import { Role } from "../entities/Role";
+import { Invite } from "../entities/Invite";
+import { Message, PartialEmoji } from "../entities/Message";
+import { VoiceState } from "../entities/VoiceState";
+import { ApplicationCommand } from "../entities/Application";
+import { Interaction } from "./Interaction";
+import { ConnectedAccount } from "../entities/ConnectedAccount";
+import { Relationship, RelationshipType } from "../entities/Relationship";
+import { Presence } from "./Presence";
+import { Sticker } from "..";
+import { Activity, Status } from ".";
+
+export interface Event {
+	guild_id?: string;
+	user_id?: string;
+	channel_id?: string;
+	created_at?: Date;
+	event: EVENT;
+	data?: any;
+}
+
+// ! Custom Events that shouldn't get sent to the client but processed by the server
+
+export interface InvalidatedEvent extends Event {
+	event: "INVALIDATED";
+}
+
+export interface PublicRelationship {
+	id: string;
+	user: PublicUser;
+	type: RelationshipType;
+}
+
+// ! END Custom Events that shouldn't get sent to the client but processed by the server
+
+export interface ReadyEventData {
+	v: number;
+	user: PublicUser & {
+		mobile: boolean;
+		desktop: boolean;
+		email: string | undefined;
+		flags: string;
+		mfa_enabled: boolean;
+		nsfw_allowed: boolean;
+		phone: string | undefined;
+		premium: boolean;
+		premium_type: number;
+		verified: boolean;
+		bot: boolean;
+	};
+	private_channels: Channel[]; // this will be empty for bots
+	session_id: string; // resuming
+	guilds: Guild[];
+	analytics_token?: string;
+	connected_accounts?: ConnectedAccount[];
+	consents?: {
+		personalization?: {
+			consented?: boolean;
+		};
+	};
+	country_code?: string; // e.g. DE
+	friend_suggestion_count?: number;
+	geo_ordered_rtc_regions?: string[]; // ["europe","russie","india","us-east","us-central"]
+	experiments?: [number, number, number, number, number][];
+	guild_experiments?: [
+		// ? what are guild_experiments?
+		// this is the structure of it:
+		number,
+		null,
+		number,
+		[[number, { e: number; s: number }[]]],
+		[number, [[number, [number, number]]]],
+		{ b: number; k: bigint[] }[]
+	][];
+	guild_join_requests?: any[]; // ? what is this? this is new
+	shard?: [number, number];
+	user_settings?: UserSettings;
+	relationships?: PublicRelationship[]; // TODO
+	read_state: {
+		entries: any[]; // TODO
+		partial: boolean;
+		version: number;
+	};
+	user_guild_settings?: {
+		entries: UserGuildSettings[];
+		version: number;
+		partial: boolean;
+	};
+	application?: {
+		id: string;
+		flags: string;
+	};
+	merged_members?: PublicMember[][];
+	// probably all users who the user is in contact with
+	users?: PublicUser[];
+	sessions: any[];
+}
+
+export interface ReadyEvent extends Event {
+	event: "READY";
+	data: ReadyEventData;
+}
+
+export interface ChannelCreateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "CHANNEL_CREATE";
+	data: Channel;
+}
+
+export interface ChannelUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "CHANNEL_UPDATE";
+	data: Channel;
+}
+
+export interface ChannelDeleteEvent extends Event {
+	event: "CHANNEL_DELETE";
+	data: Channel;
+}
+
+export interface ChannelPinsUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "CHANNEL_PINS_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id?: string;
+		channel_id: string;
+		last_pin_timestamp?: number;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface ChannelRecipientAddEvent extends Event {
+	event: "CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_ADD";
+	data: {
+		channel_id: string;
+		user: User;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface ChannelRecipientRemoveEvent extends Event {
+	event: "CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_REMOVE";
+	data: {
+		channel_id: string;
+		user: User;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildCreateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_CREATE";
+	data: Guild & {
+		joined_at: Date;
+		// TODO: add them to guild
+		guild_scheduled_events: never[];
+		guild_hashes: {};
+		presences: never[];
+		stage_instances: never[];
+		threads: never[];
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_UPDATE";
+	data: Guild;
+}
+
+export interface GuildDeleteEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_DELETE";
+	data: {
+		id: string;
+		unavailable?: boolean;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildBanAddEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_BAN_ADD";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		user: User;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildBanRemoveEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_BAN_REMOVE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		user: User;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildEmojisUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_EMOJIS_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		emojis: Emoji[];
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildStickersUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_STICKERS_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		stickers: Sticker[];
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildIntegrationUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_INTEGRATIONS_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildMemberAddEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_MEMBER_ADD";
+	data: PublicMember & {
+		guild_id: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildMemberRemoveEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		user: User;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildMemberUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		roles: string[];
+		user: User;
+		nick?: string;
+		joined_at?: Date;
+		premium_since?: number;
+		pending?: boolean;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildMembersChunkEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_MEMBERS_CHUNK";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		members: PublicMember[];
+		chunk_index: number;
+		chunk_count: number;
+		not_found: string[];
+		presences: Presence[];
+		nonce?: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildRoleCreateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_ROLE_CREATE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		role: Role;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildRoleUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_ROLE_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		role: Role;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface GuildRoleDeleteEvent extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_ROLE_DELETE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		role_id: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface InviteCreateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "INVITE_CREATE";
+	data: Omit<Invite, "guild" | "channel"> & {
+		channel_id: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface InviteDeleteEvent extends Event {
+	event: "INVITE_DELETE";
+	data: {
+		channel_id: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+		code: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface MessageCreateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_CREATE";
+	data: Message;
+}
+
+export interface MessageUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_UPDATE";
+	data: Message;
+}
+
+export interface MessageDeleteEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_DELETE";
+	data: {
+		id: string;
+		channel_id: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface MessageDeleteBulkEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_DELETE_BULK";
+	data: {
+		ids: string[];
+		channel_id: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface MessageReactionAddEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_REACTION_ADD";
+	data: {
+		user_id: string;
+		channel_id: string;
+		message_id: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+		member?: PublicMember;
+		emoji: PartialEmoji;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface MessageReactionRemoveEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE";
+	data: {
+		user_id: string;
+		channel_id: string;
+		message_id: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+		emoji: PartialEmoji;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface MessageReactionRemoveAllEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_ALL";
+	data: {
+		channel_id: string;
+		message_id: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface MessageReactionRemoveEmojiEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_EMOJI";
+	data: {
+		channel_id: string;
+		message_id: string;
+		guild_id?: string;
+		emoji: PartialEmoji;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface PresenceUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "PRESENCE_UPDATE";
+	data: Presence;
+}
+
+export interface TypingStartEvent extends Event {
+	event: "TYPING_START";
+	data: {
+		channel_id: string;
+		user_id: string;
+		timestamp: number;
+		guild_id?: string;
+		member?: PublicMember;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface UserUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "USER_UPDATE";
+	data: User;
+}
+
+export interface VoiceStateUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "VOICE_STATE_UPDATE";
+	data: VoiceState & {
+		member: PublicMember;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface VoiceServerUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "VOICE_SERVER_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		token: string;
+		guild_id: string;
+		endpoint: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface WebhooksUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "WEBHOOKS_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		guild_id: string;
+		channel_id: string;
+	};
+}
+
+export type ApplicationCommandPayload = ApplicationCommand & {
+	guild_id: string;
+};
+
+export interface ApplicationCommandCreateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "APPLICATION_COMMAND_CREATE";
+	data: ApplicationCommandPayload;
+}
+
+export interface ApplicationCommandUpdateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "APPLICATION_COMMAND_UPDATE";
+	data: ApplicationCommandPayload;
+}
+
+export interface ApplicationCommandDeleteEvent extends Event {
+	event: "APPLICATION_COMMAND_DELETE";
+	data: ApplicationCommandPayload;
+}
+
+export interface InteractionCreateEvent extends Event {
+	event: "INTERACTION_CREATE";
+	data: Interaction;
+}
+
+export interface MessageAckEvent extends Event {
+	event: "MESSAGE_ACK";
+	data: {
+		channel_id: string;
+		message_id: string;
+		version?: number;
+		manual?: boolean;
+		mention_count?: number;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface RelationshipAddEvent extends Event {
+	event: "RELATIONSHIP_ADD";
+	data: PublicRelationship & {
+		should_notify?: boolean;
+		user: PublicUser;
+	};
+}
+
+export interface RelationshipRemoveEvent extends Event {
+	event: "RELATIONSHIP_REMOVE";
+	data: Omit<PublicRelationship, "nickname">;
+}
+
+export interface SessionsReplace extends Event {
+	event: "SESSIONS_REPLACE";
+	data: {
+		activities: Activity[];
+		client_info: {
+			version: number;
+			os: string;
+			client: string;
+		};
+		status: Status;
+	}[];
+}
+
+export interface GuildMemberListUpdate extends Event {
+	event: "GUILD_MEMBER_LIST_UPDATE";
+	data: {
+		groups: { id: string; count: number }[];
+		guild_id: string;
+		id: string;
+		member_count: number;
+		online_count: number;
+		ops: {
+			index: number;
+			item: {
+				member?: PublicMember & { presence: Presence };
+				group?: { id: string; count: number }[];
+			};
+		}[];
+	};
+}
+
+export type EventData =
+	| InvalidatedEvent
+	| ReadyEvent
+	| ChannelCreateEvent
+	| ChannelUpdateEvent
+	| ChannelDeleteEvent
+	| ChannelPinsUpdateEvent
+	| ChannelRecipientAddEvent
+	| ChannelRecipientRemoveEvent
+	| GuildCreateEvent
+	| GuildUpdateEvent
+	| GuildDeleteEvent
+	| GuildBanAddEvent
+	| GuildBanRemoveEvent
+	| GuildEmojisUpdateEvent
+	| GuildIntegrationUpdateEvent
+	| GuildMemberAddEvent
+	| GuildMemberRemoveEvent
+	| GuildMemberUpdateEvent
+	| GuildMembersChunkEvent
+	| GuildMemberListUpdate
+	| GuildRoleCreateEvent
+	| GuildRoleUpdateEvent
+	| GuildRoleDeleteEvent
+	| InviteCreateEvent
+	| InviteDeleteEvent
+	| MessageCreateEvent
+	| MessageUpdateEvent
+	| MessageDeleteEvent
+	| MessageDeleteBulkEvent
+	| MessageReactionAddEvent
+	| MessageReactionRemoveEvent
+	| MessageReactionRemoveAllEvent
+	| MessageReactionRemoveEmojiEvent
+	| PresenceUpdateEvent
+	| TypingStartEvent
+	| UserUpdateEvent
+	| VoiceStateUpdateEvent
+	| VoiceServerUpdateEvent
+	| WebhooksUpdateEvent
+	| ApplicationCommandCreateEvent
+	| ApplicationCommandUpdateEvent
+	| ApplicationCommandDeleteEvent
+	| InteractionCreateEvent
+	| MessageAckEvent
+	| RelationshipAddEvent
+	| RelationshipRemoveEvent;
+
+// located in collection events
+
+export enum EVENTEnum {
+	Ready = "READY",
+	ChannelCreate = "CHANNEL_CREATE",
+	ChannelUpdate = "CHANNEL_UPDATE",
+	ChannelDelete = "CHANNEL_DELETE",
+	ChannelPinsUpdate = "CHANNEL_PINS_UPDATE",
+	ChannelRecipientAdd = "CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_ADD",
+	ChannelRecipientRemove = "CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_REMOVE",
+	GuildCreate = "GUILD_CREATE",
+	GuildUpdate = "GUILD_UPDATE",
+	GuildDelete = "GUILD_DELETE",
+	GuildBanAdd = "GUILD_BAN_ADD",
+	GuildBanRemove = "GUILD_BAN_REMOVE",
+	GuildEmojUpdate = "GUILD_EMOJI_UPDATE",
+	GuildIntegrationsUpdate = "GUILD_INTEGRATIONS_UPDATE",
+	GuildMemberAdd = "GUILD_MEMBER_ADD",
+	GuildMemberRempve = "GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE",
+	GuildMemberUpdate = "GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE",
+	GuildMemberSpeaking = "GUILD_MEMBER_SPEAKING",
+	GuildMembersChunk = "GUILD_MEMBERS_CHUNK",
+	GuildMemberListUpdate = "GUILD_MEMBER_LIST_UPDATE",
+	GuildRoleCreate = "GUILD_ROLE_CREATE",
+	GuildRoleDelete = "GUILD_ROLE_DELETE",
+	GuildRoleUpdate = "GUILD_ROLE_UPDATE",
+	InviteCreate = "INVITE_CREATE",
+	InviteDelete = "INVITE_DELETE",
+	MessageCreate = "MESSAGE_CREATE",
+	MessageUpdate = "MESSAGE_UPDATE",
+	MessageDelete = "MESSAGE_DELETE",
+	MessageDeleteBulk = "MESSAGE_DELETE_BULK",
+	MessageReactionAdd = "MESSAGE_REACTION_ADD",
+	MessageReactionRemove = "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE",
+	MessageReactionRemoveAll = "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_ALL",
+	MessageReactionRemoveEmoji = "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_EMOJI",
+	PresenceUpdate = "PRESENCE_UPDATE",
+	TypingStart = "TYPING_START",
+	UserUpdate = "USER_UPDATE",
+	WebhooksUpdate = "WEBHOOKS_UPDATE",
+	InteractionCreate = "INTERACTION_CREATE",
+	VoiceStateUpdate = "VOICE_STATE_UPDATE",
+	VoiceServerUpdate = "VOICE_SERVER_UPDATE",
+	ApplicationCommandCreate = "APPLICATION_COMMAND_CREATE",
+	ApplicationCommandUpdate = "APPLICATION_COMMAND_UPDATE",
+	ApplicationCommandDelete = "APPLICATION_COMMAND_DELETE",
+	SessionsReplace = "SESSIONS_REPLACE",
+}
+
+export type EVENT =
+	| "READY"
+	| "CHANNEL_CREATE"
+	| "CHANNEL_UPDATE"
+	| "CHANNEL_DELETE"
+	| "CHANNEL_PINS_UPDATE"
+	| "CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_ADD"
+	| "CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_REMOVE"
+	| "GUILD_CREATE"
+	| "GUILD_UPDATE"
+	| "GUILD_DELETE"
+	| "GUILD_BAN_ADD"
+	| "GUILD_BAN_REMOVE"
+	| "GUILD_EMOJIS_UPDATE"
+	| "GUILD_STICKERS_UPDATE"
+	| "GUILD_INTEGRATIONS_UPDATE"
+	| "GUILD_MEMBER_ADD"
+	| "GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE"
+	| "GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE"
+	| "GUILD_MEMBER_SPEAKING"
+	| "GUILD_MEMBERS_CHUNK"
+	| "GUILD_MEMBER_LIST_UPDATE"
+	| "GUILD_ROLE_CREATE"
+	| "GUILD_ROLE_DELETE"
+	| "GUILD_ROLE_UPDATE"
+	| "INVITE_CREATE"
+	| "INVITE_DELETE"
+	| "MESSAGE_CREATE"
+	| "MESSAGE_UPDATE"
+	| "MESSAGE_DELETE"
+	| "MESSAGE_DELETE_BULK"
+	| "MESSAGE_REACTION_ADD"
+	// TODO: add a new event: bulk add reaction:
+	// | "MESSAGE_REACTION_BULK_ADD"
+	| "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE"
+	| "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_ALL"
+	| "MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_EMOJI"
+	| "PRESENCE_UPDATE"
+	| "TYPING_START"
+	| "USER_UPDATE"
+	| "USER_NOTE_UPDATE"
+	| "WEBHOOKS_UPDATE"
+	| "INTERACTION_CREATE"
+	| "VOICE_STATE_UPDATE"
+	| "VOICE_SERVER_UPDATE"
+	| "APPLICATION_COMMAND_CREATE"
+	| "APPLICATION_COMMAND_UPDATE"
+	| "APPLICATION_COMMAND_DELETE"
+	| "MESSAGE_ACK"
+	| "RELATIONSHIP_ADD"
+	| "RELATIONSHIP_REMOVE"
+	| "SESSIONS_REPLACE"
+	| CUSTOMEVENTS;
+
+export type CUSTOMEVENTS = "INVALIDATED" | "RATELIMIT";
diff --git a/src/util/interfaces/Interaction.ts b/src/util/interfaces/Interaction.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d3aae24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/interfaces/Interaction.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { AllowedMentions, Embed } from "../entities/Message";
+
+export interface Interaction {
+	id: string;
+	type: InteractionType;
+	data?: {};
+	guild_id: string;
+	channel_id: string;
+	member_id: string;
+	token: string;
+	version: number;
+}
+
+export enum InteractionType {
+	SelfCommand = 0,
+	Ping = 1,
+	ApplicationCommand = 2,
+}
+
+export enum InteractionResponseType {
+	SelfCommandResponse = 0,
+	Pong = 1,
+	Acknowledge = 2,
+	ChannelMessage = 3,
+	ChannelMessageWithSource = 4,
+	AcknowledgeWithSource = 5,
+}
+
+export interface InteractionApplicationCommandCallbackData {
+	tts?: boolean;
+	content: string;
+	embeds?: Embed[];
+	allowed_mentions?: AllowedMentions;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/interfaces/Presence.ts b/src/util/interfaces/Presence.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7663891a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/interfaces/Presence.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { ClientStatus, Status } from "./Status";
+import { Activity } from "./Activity";
+import { PublicUser } from "../entities/User";
+
+export interface Presence {
+	user: PublicUser;
+	guild_id?: string;
+	status: Status;
+	activities: Activity[];
+	client_status: ClientStatus;
+	// TODO: game
+}
diff --git a/src/util/interfaces/Status.ts b/src/util/interfaces/Status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d2e1bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/interfaces/Status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export type Status = "idle" | "dnd" | "online" | "offline" | "invisible";
+
+export interface ClientStatus {
+	desktop?: string; // e.g. Windows/Linux/Mac
+	mobile?: string; // e.g. iOS/Android
+	web?: string; // e.g. browser, bot account
+}
diff --git a/src/util/interfaces/index.ts b/src/util/interfaces/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab7fa429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/interfaces/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export * from "./Activity";
+export * from "./Presence";
+export * from "./Interaction";
+export * from "./Event";
+export * from "./Status";
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1633864260873-EmojiRoles.ts b/src/util/migrations/1633864260873-EmojiRoles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0d709f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1633864260873-EmojiRoles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class EmojiRoles1633864260873 implements MigrationInterface {
+	name = "EmojiRoles1633864260873";
+
+	public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "emojis" ADD "roles" text NOT NULL DEFAULT ''`);
+	}
+
+	public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "emojis" DROP COLUMN column_name "roles"`);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1633864669243-EmojiUser.ts b/src/util/migrations/1633864669243-EmojiUser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..982405d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1633864669243-EmojiUser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class EmojiUser1633864669243 implements MigrationInterface {
+	name = "EmojiUser1633864669243";
+
+	public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "emojis" ADD "user_id" varchar`);
+		try {
+			await queryRunner.query(
+				`ALTER TABLE "emojis" ADD CONSTRAINT FK_fa7ddd5f9a214e28ce596548421 FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES users(id)`
+			);
+		} catch (error) {
+			console.error(
+				"sqlite doesn't support altering foreign keys: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1884818/how-do-i-add-a-foreign-key-to-an-existing-sqlite-table"
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "emojis" DROP COLUMN column_name "user_id"`);
+		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "emojis" DROP CONSTRAINT FK_fa7ddd5f9a214e28ce596548421`);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1633881705509-VanityInvite.ts b/src/util/migrations/1633881705509-VanityInvite.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45485310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1633881705509-VanityInvite.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class VanityInvite1633881705509 implements MigrationInterface {
+	name = "VanityInvite1633881705509";
+
+	public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		try {
+			await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "emojis" DROP COLUMN vanity_url_code`);
+			await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "emojis" DROP CONSTRAINT FK_c2c1809d79eb120ea0cb8d342ad`);
+		} catch (error) {}
+	}
+
+	public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "emojis" ADD vanity_url_code varchar`);
+		await queryRunner.query(
+			`ALTER TABLE "emojis" ADD CONSTRAINT FK_c2c1809d79eb120ea0cb8d342ad FOREIGN KEY ("vanity_url_code") REFERENCES "invites"("code") ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION`
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1634308884591-Stickers.ts b/src/util/migrations/1634308884591-Stickers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbc4649f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1634308884591-Stickers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner, Table, TableColumn, TableForeignKey } from "typeorm";
+
+export class Stickers1634308884591 implements MigrationInterface {
+	name = "Stickers1634308884591";
+
+	public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.dropForeignKey("read_states", "FK_6f255d873cfbfd7a93849b7ff74");
+		await queryRunner.changeColumn(
+			"stickers",
+			"tags",
+			new TableColumn({ name: "tags", type: "varchar", isNullable: true })
+		);
+		await queryRunner.changeColumn(
+			"stickers",
+			"pack_id",
+			new TableColumn({ name: "pack_id", type: "varchar", isNullable: true })
+		);
+		await queryRunner.changeColumn("stickers", "type", new TableColumn({ name: "type", type: "integer" }));
+		await queryRunner.changeColumn(
+			"stickers",
+			"format_type",
+			new TableColumn({ name: "format_type", type: "integer" })
+		);
+		await queryRunner.changeColumn(
+			"stickers",
+			"available",
+			new TableColumn({ name: "available", type: "boolean", isNullable: true })
+		);
+		await queryRunner.changeColumn(
+			"stickers",
+			"user_id",
+			new TableColumn({ name: "user_id", type: "boolean", isNullable: true })
+		);
+		await queryRunner.createForeignKey(
+			"stickers",
+			new TableForeignKey({
+				name: "FK_8f4ee73f2bb2325ff980502e158",
+				columnNames: ["user_id"],
+				referencedColumnNames: ["id"],
+				referencedTableName: "users",
+				onDelete: "CASCADE",
+			})
+		);
+		await queryRunner.createTable(
+			new Table({
+				name: "sticker_packs",
+				columns: [
+					new TableColumn({ name: "id", type: "varchar", isPrimary: true }),
+					new TableColumn({ name: "name", type: "varchar" }),
+					new TableColumn({ name: "description", type: "varchar", isNullable: true }),
+					new TableColumn({ name: "banner_asset_id", type: "varchar", isNullable: true }),
+					new TableColumn({ name: "cover_sticker_id", type: "varchar", isNullable: true }),
+				],
+				foreignKeys: [
+					new TableForeignKey({
+						columnNames: ["cover_sticker_id"],
+						referencedColumnNames: ["id"],
+						referencedTableName: "stickers",
+					}),
+				],
+			})
+		);
+	}
+
+	public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1634424361103-Presence.ts b/src/util/migrations/1634424361103-Presence.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..729955b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1634424361103-Presence.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner, TableColumn } from "typeorm";
+
+export class Presence1634424361103 implements MigrationInterface {
+	name = "Presence1634424361103";
+
+	public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		queryRunner.addColumn("sessions", new TableColumn({ name: "activites", type: "text" }));
+	}
+
+	public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1634426540271-MigrationTimestamp.ts b/src/util/migrations/1634426540271-MigrationTimestamp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3208b25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1634426540271-MigrationTimestamp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner, TableColumn } from "typeorm";
+
+export class MigrationTimestamp1634426540271 implements MigrationInterface {
+	name = "MigrationTimestamp1634426540271";
+
+	public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.changeColumn(
+			"migrations",
+			"timestamp",
+			new TableColumn({ name: "timestampe", type: "bigint", isNullable: false })
+		);
+	}
+
+	public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1648643945733-ReleaseTypo.ts b/src/util/migrations/1648643945733-ReleaseTypo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..944b9dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1648643945733-ReleaseTypo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class ReleaseTypo1648643945733 implements MigrationInterface {
+	name = "ReleaseTypo1648643945733";
+
+	public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		//drop table first because typeorm creates it before migrations run
+		await queryRunner.dropTable("client_release", true);
+		await queryRunner.renameTable("client_relase", "client_release");
+	}
+
+	public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.dropTable("client_relase", true);
+		await queryRunner.renameTable("client_release", "client_relase");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1660678870706-opencordFixes.ts b/src/util/migrations/1660678870706-opencordFixes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f10c212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1660678870706-opencordFixes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class opencordFixes1660678870706 implements MigrationInterface {
+    name = 'opencordFixes1660678870706'
+
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`users\`
+            ADD \`purchased_flags\` int NOT NULL
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`users\`
+            ADD \`premium_usage_flags\` int NOT NULL
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`user_settings\`
+            ADD \`friend_discovery_flags\` int NOT NULL
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`user_settings\`
+            ADD \`view_nsfw_guilds\` tinyint NOT NULL
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`user_settings\`
+            ADD \`passwordless\` tinyint NOT NULL
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`users\` CHANGE \`mfa_enabled\` \`mfa_enabled\` tinyint NOT NULL
+        `);
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`users\` CHANGE \`mfa_enabled\` \`mfa_enabled\` tinyint NULL
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`user_settings\` DROP COLUMN \`passwordless\`
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`user_settings\` DROP COLUMN \`view_nsfw_guilds\`
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`user_settings\` DROP COLUMN \`friend_discovery_flags\`
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`users\` DROP COLUMN \`premium_usage_flags\`
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`users\` DROP COLUMN \`purchased_flags\`
+        `);
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/migrations/1660689892073-mobileFixes2.ts b/src/util/migrations/1660689892073-mobileFixes2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd28694e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/migrations/1660689892073-mobileFixes2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class mobileFixes21660689892073 implements MigrationInterface {
+    name = 'mobileFixes21660689892073'
+
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`user_settings\`
+            ADD \`banner_color\` varchar(255) NULL
+        `);
+		await queryRunner.query(`
+			UPDATE \`channels\` SET \`nsfw\` = 0 WHERE \`nsfw\` = NULL
+		`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`channels\` CHANGE \`nsfw\` \`nsfw\` tinyint NOT NULL
+        `);
+		await queryRunner.query(`
+			UPDATE \`guilds\` SET \`nsfw\` = 0 WHERE \`nsfw\` = NULL
+		`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`guilds\` CHANGE \`nsfw\` \`nsfw\` tinyint NOT NULL
+        `);
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`guilds\` CHANGE \`nsfw\` \`nsfw\` tinyint NULL
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`channels\` CHANGE \`nsfw\` \`nsfw\` tinyint NULL
+        `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`
+            ALTER TABLE \`user_settings\` DROP COLUMN \`banner_color\`
+        `);
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/schemas/Validator.ts b/src/util/schemas/Validator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b71bf6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/schemas/Validator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import Ajv from "ajv";
+import addFormats from "ajv-formats";
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+
+const SchemaPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "assets", "schemas.json");
+const schemas = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(SchemaPath, { encoding: "utf8" }));
+
+export const ajv = new Ajv({
+	allErrors: true,
+	parseDate: true,
+	allowDate: true,
+	schemas,
+	coerceTypes: true,
+	messages: true,
+	strict: true,
+	strictRequired: true
+});
+
+addFormats(ajv);
+
+export function validateSchema<G>(schema: string, data: G): G {
+	const valid = ajv.validate(schema, normalizeBody(data));
+	if (!valid) throw ajv.errors;
+	return data;
+}
+
+// Normalizer is introduced to workaround https://github.com/ajv-validator/ajv/issues/1287
+// this removes null values as ajv doesn't treat them as undefined
+// normalizeBody allows to handle circular structures without issues
+// taken from https://github.com/serverless/serverless/blob/master/lib/classes/ConfigSchemaHandler/index.js#L30 (MIT license)
+export const normalizeBody = (body: any = {}) => {
+	const normalizedObjectsSet = new WeakSet();
+	const normalizeObject = (object: any) => {
+		if (normalizedObjectsSet.has(object)) return;
+		normalizedObjectsSet.add(object);
+		if (Array.isArray(object)) {
+			for (const [index, value] of object.entries()) {
+				if (typeof value === "object") normalizeObject(value);
+			}
+		} else {
+			for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(object)) {
+				if (value == null) {
+					if (key === "icon" || key === "avatar" || key === "banner" || key === "splash" || key === "discovery_splash") continue;
+					delete object[key];
+				} else if (typeof value === "object") {
+					normalizeObject(value);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	};
+	normalizeObject(body);
+	return body;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/schemas/index.ts b/src/util/schemas/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..662152dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/schemas/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from "./Validator";
+export * from "./voice";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/schemas/voice.ts b/src/util/schemas/voice.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61c12f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/schemas/voice.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+export interface VoiceVideoSchema {
+	audio_ssrc: number;
+	video_ssrc: number;
+	rtx_ssrc?: number;
+	user_id?: string;
+	streams?: {
+		type: "video" | "audio";
+		rid: string;
+		ssrc: number;
+		active: boolean;
+		quality: number;
+		rtx_ssrc: number;
+		max_bitrate: number;
+		max_framerate: number;
+		max_resolution: { type: string; width: number; height: number; };
+	}[];
+}
+
+export const VoiceStateUpdateSchema = {
+	$guild_id: String,
+	$channel_id: String,
+	self_mute: Boolean,
+	self_deaf: Boolean,
+	self_video: Boolean
+};
+
+//TODO need more testing when community guild and voice stage channel are working
+export interface VoiceStateUpdateSchema {
+	channel_id: string;
+	guild_id?: string;
+	suppress?: boolean;
+	request_to_speak_timestamp?: Date;
+	self_mute?: boolean;
+	self_deaf?: boolean;
+	self_video?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface VoiceIdentifySchema {
+	server_id: string;
+	user_id: string;
+	session_id: string;
+	token: string;
+	video?: boolean;
+	streams?: {
+		type: string;
+		rid: string;
+		quality: number;
+	}[];
+}
+
+export interface SelectProtocolSchema {
+	protocol: "webrtc" | "udp";
+	data:
+	| string
+	| {
+		address: string;
+		port: number;
+		mode: string;
+	};
+	sdp?: string;
+	codecs?: {
+		name: "opus" | "VP8" | "VP9" | "H264";
+		type: "audio" | "video";
+		priority: number;
+		payload_type: number;
+		rtx_payload_type?: number | null;
+	}[];
+	rtc_connection_id?: string; // uuid
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/util/ApiError.ts b/src/util/util/ApiError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1a9b4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/ApiError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+export class ApiError extends Error {
+	constructor(
+		readonly message: string,
+		public readonly code: number,
+		public readonly httpStatus: number = 400,
+		public readonly defaultParams?: string[]
+	) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+
+	withDefaultParams(): ApiError {
+		if (this.defaultParams)
+			return new ApiError(applyParamsToString(this.message, this.defaultParams), this.code, this.httpStatus);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	withParams(...params: (string | number)[]): ApiError {
+		return new ApiError(applyParamsToString(this.message, params), this.code, this.httpStatus);
+	}
+}
+
+export function applyParamsToString(s: string, params: (string | number)[]): string {
+	let newString = s;
+	params.forEach((a) => {
+		newString = newString.replace("{}", "" + a);
+	});
+	return newString;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/Array.ts b/src/util/util/Array.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a45d1b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Array.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function containsAll(arr: any[], target: any[]) {
+	return target.every((v) => arr.includes(v));
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/AutoUpdate.ts b/src/util/util/AutoUpdate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd65ecf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/AutoUpdate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import "missing-native-js-functions";
+import fetch from "node-fetch";
+import ProxyAgent from 'proxy-agent';
+import readline from "readline";
+import fs from "fs/promises";
+import path from "path";
+
+const rl = readline.createInterface({
+	input: process.stdin,
+	output: process.stdout,
+});
+
+export function enableAutoUpdate(opts: {
+	checkInterval: number | boolean;
+	packageJsonLink: string;
+	path: string;
+	downloadUrl: string;
+	downloadType?: "zip";
+}) {
+	if (!opts.checkInterval) return;
+	var interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
+	if (typeof opts.checkInterval === "number") opts.checkInterval = 1000 * interval;
+
+	const i = setInterval(async () => {
+		const currentVersion = await getCurrentVersion(opts.path);
+		const latestVersion = await getLatestVersion(opts.packageJsonLink);
+		if (currentVersion !== latestVersion) {
+			clearInterval(i);
+			console.log(`[Auto Update] Current version (${currentVersion}) is out of date, updating ...`);
+			await download(opts.downloadUrl, opts.path);
+		}
+	}, interval);
+	setImmediate(async () => {
+		const currentVersion = await getCurrentVersion(opts.path);
+		const latestVersion = await getLatestVersion(opts.packageJsonLink);
+		if (currentVersion !== latestVersion) {
+			rl.question(
+				`[Auto Update] Current version (${currentVersion}) is out of date, would you like to update? (yes/no)`,
+				(answer) => {
+					if (answer.toBoolean()) {
+						console.log(`[Auto update] updating ...`);
+						download(opts.downloadUrl, opts.path);
+					} else {
+						console.log(`[Auto update] aborted`);
+					}
+				}
+			);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+async function download(url: string, dir: string) {
+	try {
+		// TODO: use file stream instead of buffer (to prevent crash because of high memory usage for big files)
+		// TODO check file hash
+		const agent = new ProxyAgent();
+		const response = await fetch(url, { agent });
+		const buffer = await response.buffer();
+		const tempDir = await fs.mkdtemp("fosscord");
+		fs.writeFile(path.join(tempDir, "Fosscord.zip"), buffer);
+	} catch (error) {
+		console.error(`[Auto Update] download failed`, error);
+	}
+}
+
+async function getCurrentVersion(dir: string) {
+	try {
+		const content = await fs.readFile(path.join(dir, "package.json"), { encoding: "utf8" });
+		return JSON.parse(content).version;
+	} catch (error) {
+		throw new Error("[Auto update] couldn't get current version in " + dir);
+	}
+}
+
+async function getLatestVersion(url: string) {
+	try {
+		const agent = new ProxyAgent();
+		const response = await fetch(url, { agent });
+		const content = await response.json() as any;	// TODO: types
+		return content.version;
+	} catch (error) {
+		throw new Error("[Auto update] check failed for " + url);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/BannedWords.ts b/src/util/util/BannedWords.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..891a5980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/BannedWords.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import fs from "fs/promises";
+import path from "path";
+
+var words: string[];
+
+export const BannedWords = {
+	init: async function init() {
+		if (words) return words;
+		const file = (await fs.readFile(path.join(process.cwd(), "bannedWords"))).toString();
+		if (!file) {
+			words = [];
+			return [];
+		}
+		words = file.trim().split("\n");
+		return words;
+	},
+
+	get: () => words,
+
+	find: (val: string) => {
+		return words.some(x => val.indexOf(x) != -1);
+	}
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/util/BitField.ts b/src/util/util/BitField.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb887e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/BitField.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+"use strict";
+
+// https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js/blob/master/src/util/BitField.js
+// Apache License Version 2.0 Copyright 2015 - 2021 Amish Shah
+
+export type BitFieldResolvable = number | BigInt | BitField | string | BitFieldResolvable[];
+
+/**
+ * Data structure that makes it easy to interact with a bitfield.
+ */
+export class BitField {
+	public bitfield: bigint = BigInt(0);
+
+	public static FLAGS: Record<string, bigint> = {};
+
+	constructor(bits: BitFieldResolvable = 0) {
+		this.bitfield = BitField.resolve.call(this, bits);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the bitfield has a bit, or any of multiple bits.
+	 */
+	any(bit: BitFieldResolvable): boolean {
+		return (this.bitfield & BitField.resolve.call(this, bit)) !== BigInt(0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if this bitfield equals another
+	 */
+	equals(bit: BitFieldResolvable): boolean {
+		return this.bitfield === BitField.resolve.call(this, bit);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the bitfield has a bit, or multiple bits.
+	 */
+	has(bit: BitFieldResolvable): boolean {
+		if (Array.isArray(bit)) return bit.every((p) => this.has(p));
+		const BIT = BitField.resolve.call(this, bit);
+		return (this.bitfield & BIT) === BIT;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets all given bits that are missing from the bitfield.
+	 */
+	missing(bits: BitFieldResolvable) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(bits)) bits = new BitField(bits).toArray();
+		return bits.filter((p) => !this.has(p));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Freezes these bits, making them immutable.
+	 */
+	freeze(): Readonly<BitField> {
+		return Object.freeze(this);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds bits to these ones.
+	 * @param {...BitFieldResolvable} [bits] Bits to add
+	 * @returns {BitField} These bits or new BitField if the instance is frozen.
+	 */
+	add(...bits: BitFieldResolvable[]): BitField {
+		let total = BigInt(0);
+		for (const bit of bits) {
+			total |= BitField.resolve.call(this, bit);
+		}
+		if (Object.isFrozen(this)) return new BitField(this.bitfield | total);
+		this.bitfield |= total;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes bits from these.
+	 * @param {...BitFieldResolvable} [bits] Bits to remove
+	 */
+	remove(...bits: BitFieldResolvable[]) {
+		let total = BigInt(0);
+		for (const bit of bits) {
+			total |= BitField.resolve.call(this, bit);
+		}
+		if (Object.isFrozen(this)) return new BitField(this.bitfield & ~total);
+		this.bitfield &= ~total;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets an object mapping field names to a {@link boolean} indicating whether the
+	 * bit is available.
+	 * @param {...*} hasParams Additional parameters for the has method, if any
+	 */
+	serialize() {
+		const serialized: Record<string, boolean> = {};
+		for (const [flag, bit] of Object.entries(BitField.FLAGS)) serialized[flag] = this.has(bit);
+		return serialized;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets an {@link Array} of bitfield names based on the bits available.
+	 */
+	toArray(): string[] {
+		return Object.keys(BitField.FLAGS).filter((bit) => this.has(bit));
+	}
+
+	toJSON() {
+		return this.bitfield;
+	}
+
+	valueOf() {
+		return this.bitfield;
+	}
+
+	*[Symbol.iterator]() {
+		yield* this.toArray();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Data that can be resolved to give a bitfield. This can be:
+	 * * A bit number (this can be a number literal or a value taken from {@link BitField.FLAGS})
+	 * * An instance of BitField
+	 * * An Array of BitFieldResolvable
+	 * @typedef {number|BitField|BitFieldResolvable[]} BitFieldResolvable
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolves bitfields to their numeric form.
+	 * @param {BitFieldResolvable} [bit=0] - bit(s) to resolve
+	 * @returns {number}
+	 */
+	static resolve(bit: BitFieldResolvable = BigInt(0)): bigint {
+		// @ts-ignore
+		const FLAGS = this.FLAGS || this.constructor?.FLAGS;
+		if ((typeof bit === "number" || typeof bit === "bigint") && bit >= BigInt(0)) return BigInt(bit);
+		if (bit instanceof BitField) return bit.bitfield;
+		if (Array.isArray(bit)) {
+			// @ts-ignore
+			const resolve = this.constructor?.resolve || this.resolve;
+			return bit.map((p) => resolve.call(this, p)).reduce((prev, p) => BigInt(prev) | BigInt(p), BigInt(0));
+		}
+		if (typeof bit === "string" && typeof FLAGS[bit] !== "undefined") return FLAGS[bit];
+		throw new RangeError("BITFIELD_INVALID: " + bit);
+	}
+}
+
+export function BitFlag(x: bigint | number) {
+	return BigInt(1) << BigInt(x);
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/Categories.ts b/src/util/util/Categories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3c69da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Categories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//TODO: populate default discord categories + init, get and set methods
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/util/Config.ts b/src/util/util/Config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31b8d97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import "missing-native-js-functions";
+import { ConfigValue, ConfigEntity, DefaultConfigOptions } from "../entities/Config";
+import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs";
+
+// TODO: yaml instead of json
+// const overridePath = path.join(process.cwd(), "config.json");
+
+var config: ConfigValue;
+var pairs: ConfigEntity[];
+
+// TODO: use events to inform about config updates
+// Config keys are separated with _
+
+export const Config = {
+	init: async function init() {
+		if (config) return config;
+		pairs = await ConfigEntity.find();
+		config = pairsToConfig(pairs);
+		config = (config || {}).merge(DefaultConfigOptions);
+
+		// try {
+		// 	const overrideConfig = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(overridePath, { encoding: "utf8" }));
+		// 	config = overrideConfig.merge(config);
+		// } catch (error) {
+		// 	fs.writeFileSync(overridePath, JSON.stringify(config, null, 4));
+		// }
+
+		return this.set(config);
+	},
+	get: function get() {
+		return config;
+	},
+	set: function set(val: Partial<ConfigValue>) {
+		if (!config || !val) return;
+		config = val.merge(config);
+
+		return applyConfig(config);
+	},
+};
+
+function applyConfig(val: ConfigValue) {
+	async function apply(obj: any, key = ""): Promise<any> {
+		if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null)
+			return Promise.all(Object.keys(obj).map((k) => apply(obj[k], key ? `${key}_${k}` : k)));
+
+		let pair = pairs.find((x) => x.key === key);
+		if (!pair) pair = new ConfigEntity();
+
+		pair.key = key;
+		pair.value = obj;
+		return pair.save();
+	}
+	// fs.writeFileSync(overridePath, JSON.stringify(val, null, 4));
+
+	return apply(val);
+}
+
+function pairsToConfig(pairs: ConfigEntity[]) {
+	var value: any = {};
+
+	pairs.forEach((p) => {
+		const keys = p.key.split("_");
+		let obj = value;
+		let prev = "";
+		let prevObj = obj;
+		let i = 0;
+
+		for (const key of keys) {
+			if (!isNaN(Number(key)) && !prevObj[prev]?.length) prevObj[prev] = obj = [];
+			if (i++ === keys.length - 1) obj[key] = p.value;
+			else if (!obj[key]) obj[key] = {};
+
+			prev = key;
+			prevObj = obj;
+			obj = obj[key];
+		}
+	});
+
+	return value as ConfigValue;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/Constants.ts b/src/util/util/Constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81a7165d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,796 @@
+import { ApiError } from "./ApiError";
+
+export const WSCodes = {
+	1000: "WS_CLOSE_REQUESTED",
+	4004: "TOKEN_INVALID",
+	4010: "SHARDING_INVALID",
+	4011: "SHARDING_REQUIRED",
+	4013: "INVALID_INTENTS",
+	4014: "DISALLOWED_INTENTS",
+};
+
+/**
+ * The current status of the client. Here are the available statuses:
+ * * READY: 0
+ * * CONNECTING: 1
+ * * RECONNECTING: 2
+ * * IDLE: 3
+ * * NEARLY: 4
+ * * DISCONNECTED: 5
+ * * WAITING_FOR_GUILDS: 6
+ * * IDENTIFYING: 7
+ * * RESUMING: 8
+ * @typedef {number} Status
+ */
+export const WsStatus = {
+	READY: 0,
+	CONNECTING: 1,
+	RECONNECTING: 2,
+	IDLE: 3,
+	NEARLY: 4,
+	DISCONNECTED: 5,
+	WAITING_FOR_GUILDS: 6,
+	IDENTIFYING: 7,
+	RESUMING: 8,
+};
+
+/**
+ * The current status of a voice connection. Here are the available statuses:
+ * * CONNECTED: 0
+ * * CONNECTING: 1
+ * * AUTHENTICATING: 2
+ * * RECONNECTING: 3
+ * * DISCONNECTED: 4
+ * @typedef {number} VoiceStatus
+ */
+export const VoiceStatus = {
+	CONNECTED: 0,
+	CONNECTING: 1,
+	AUTHENTICATING: 2,
+	RECONNECTING: 3,
+	DISCONNECTED: 4,
+};
+
+export const OPCodes = {
+	DISPATCH: 0,
+	HEARTBEAT: 1,
+	IDENTIFY: 2,
+	STATUS_UPDATE: 3,
+	VOICE_STATE_UPDATE: 4,
+	VOICE_GUILD_PING: 5,
+	RESUME: 6,
+	RECONNECT: 7,
+	REQUEST_GUILD_MEMBERS: 8,
+	INVALID_SESSION: 9,
+	HELLO: 10,
+	HEARTBEAT_ACK: 11,
+};
+
+export const VoiceOPCodes = {
+	IDENTIFY: 0,
+	SELECT_PROTOCOL: 1,
+	READY: 2,
+	HEARTBEAT: 3,
+	SESSION_DESCRIPTION: 4,
+	SPEAKING: 5,
+	HEARTBEAT_ACK: 6,
+	RESUME: 7,
+	HELLO: 8,
+	RESUMED: 9,
+	CLIENT_CONNECT: 12,		// incorrect, op 12 is probably used for video
+	CLIENT_DISCONNECT: 13,	// incorrect
+	VERSION: 16,	//not documented
+};
+
+export const Events = {
+	RATE_LIMIT: "rateLimit",
+	CLIENT_READY: "ready",
+	GUILD_CREATE: "guildCreate",
+	GUILD_DELETE: "guildDelete",
+	GUILD_UPDATE: "guildUpdate",
+	GUILD_UNAVAILABLE: "guildUnavailable",
+	GUILD_AVAILABLE: "guildAvailable",
+	GUILD_MEMBER_ADD: "guildMemberAdd",
+	GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE: "guildMemberRemove",
+	GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE: "guildMemberUpdate",
+	GUILD_MEMBER_AVAILABLE: "guildMemberAvailable",
+	GUILD_MEMBER_SPEAKING: "guildMemberSpeaking",
+	GUILD_MEMBERS_CHUNK: "guildMembersChunk",
+	GUILD_INTEGRATIONS_UPDATE: "guildIntegrationsUpdate",
+	GUILD_ROLE_CREATE: "roleCreate",
+	GUILD_ROLE_DELETE: "roleDelete",
+	INVITE_CREATE: "inviteCreate",
+	INVITE_DELETE: "inviteDelete",
+	GUILD_ROLE_UPDATE: "roleUpdate",
+	GUILD_EMOJI_CREATE: "emojiCreate",
+	GUILD_EMOJI_DELETE: "emojiDelete",
+	GUILD_EMOJI_UPDATE: "emojiUpdate",
+	GUILD_BAN_ADD: "guildBanAdd",
+	GUILD_BAN_REMOVE: "guildBanRemove",
+	CHANNEL_CREATE: "channelCreate",
+	CHANNEL_DELETE: "channelDelete",
+	CHANNEL_UPDATE: "channelUpdate",
+	CHANNEL_PINS_UPDATE: "channelPinsUpdate",
+	MESSAGE_CREATE: "message",
+	MESSAGE_DELETE: "messageDelete",
+	MESSAGE_UPDATE: "messageUpdate",
+	MESSAGE_BULK_DELETE: "messageDeleteBulk",
+	MESSAGE_REACTION_ADD: "messageReactionAdd",
+	MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE: "messageReactionRemove",
+	MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_ALL: "messageReactionRemoveAll",
+	MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_EMOJI: "messageReactionRemoveEmoji",
+	USER_UPDATE: "userUpdate",
+	PRESENCE_UPDATE: "presenceUpdate",
+	VOICE_SERVER_UPDATE: "voiceServerUpdate",
+	VOICE_STATE_UPDATE: "voiceStateUpdate",
+	VOICE_BROADCAST_SUBSCRIBE: "subscribe",
+	VOICE_BROADCAST_UNSUBSCRIBE: "unsubscribe",
+	TYPING_START: "typingStart",
+	TYPING_STOP: "typingStop",
+	WEBHOOKS_UPDATE: "webhookUpdate",
+	ERROR: "error",
+	WARN: "warn",
+	DEBUG: "debug",
+	SHARD_DISCONNECT: "shardDisconnect",
+	SHARD_ERROR: "shardError",
+	SHARD_RECONNECTING: "shardReconnecting",
+	SHARD_READY: "shardReady",
+	SHARD_RESUME: "shardResume",
+	INVALIDATED: "invalidated",
+	RAW: "raw",
+};
+
+export const ShardEvents = {
+	CLOSE: "close",
+	DESTROYED: "destroyed",
+	INVALID_SESSION: "invalidSession",
+	READY: "ready",
+	RESUMED: "resumed",
+	ALL_READY: "allReady",
+};
+
+/**
+ * The type of Structure allowed to be a partial:
+ * * USER
+ * * CHANNEL (only affects DMChannels)
+ * * GUILD_MEMBER
+ * * MESSAGE
+ * * REACTION
+ * <warn>Partials require you to put checks in place when handling data, read the Partials topic listed in the
+ * sidebar for more information.</warn>
+ * @typedef {string} PartialType
+ */
+export const PartialTypes = keyMirror(["USER", "CHANNEL", "GUILD_MEMBER", "MESSAGE", "REACTION"]);
+
+/**
+ * The type of a websocket message event, e.g. `MESSAGE_CREATE`. Here are the available events:
+ * * READY
+ * * RESUMED
+ * * GUILD_CREATE
+ * * GUILD_DELETE
+ * * GUILD_UPDATE
+ * * INVITE_CREATE
+ * * INVITE_DELETE
+ * * GUILD_MEMBER_ADD
+ * * GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE
+ * * GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE
+ * * GUILD_MEMBERS_CHUNK
+ * * GUILD_INTEGRATIONS_UPDATE
+ * * GUILD_ROLE_CREATE
+ * * GUILD_ROLE_DELETE
+ * * GUILD_ROLE_UPDATE
+ * * GUILD_BAN_ADD
+ * * GUILD_BAN_REMOVE
+ * * GUILD_EMOJIS_UPDATE
+ * * CHANNEL_CREATE
+ * * CHANNEL_DELETE
+ * * CHANNEL_UPDATE
+ * * CHANNEL_PINS_UPDATE
+ * * MESSAGE_CREATE
+ * * MESSAGE_DELETE
+ * * MESSAGE_UPDATE
+ * * MESSAGE_DELETE_BULK
+ * * MESSAGE_REACTION_ADD
+ * * MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE
+ * * MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_ALL
+ * * MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_EMOJI
+ * * USER_UPDATE
+ * * PRESENCE_UPDATE
+ * * TYPING_START
+ * * VOICE_STATE_UPDATE
+ * * VOICE_SERVER_UPDATE
+ * * WEBHOOKS_UPDATE
+ * @typedef {string} WSEventType
+ */
+export const WSEvents = keyMirror([
+	"READY",
+	"RESUMED",
+	"GUILD_CREATE",
+	"GUILD_DELETE",
+	"GUILD_UPDATE",
+	"INVITE_CREATE",
+	"INVITE_DELETE",
+	"GUILD_MEMBER_ADD",
+	"GUILD_MEMBER_REMOVE",
+	"GUILD_MEMBER_UPDATE",
+	"GUILD_MEMBERS_CHUNK",
+	"GUILD_INTEGRATIONS_UPDATE",
+	"GUILD_ROLE_CREATE",
+	"GUILD_ROLE_DELETE",
+	"GUILD_ROLE_UPDATE",
+	"GUILD_BAN_ADD",
+	"GUILD_BAN_REMOVE",
+	"GUILD_EMOJIS_UPDATE",
+	"CHANNEL_CREATE",
+	"CHANNEL_DELETE",
+	"CHANNEL_UPDATE",
+	"CHANNEL_PINS_UPDATE",
+	"MESSAGE_CREATE",
+	"MESSAGE_DELETE",
+	"MESSAGE_UPDATE",
+	"MESSAGE_DELETE_BULK",
+	"MESSAGE_REACTION_ADD",
+	"MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE",
+	"MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_ALL",
+	"MESSAGE_REACTION_REMOVE_EMOJI",
+	"USER_UPDATE",
+	"PRESENCE_UPDATE",
+	"TYPING_START",
+	"VOICE_STATE_UPDATE",
+	"VOICE_SERVER_UPDATE",
+	"WEBHOOKS_UPDATE",
+]);
+
+/**
+ * The type of a message, e.g. `DEFAULT`. Here are the available types:
+ * * DEFAULT
+ * * RECIPIENT_ADD
+ * * RECIPIENT_REMOVE
+ * * CALL
+ * * CHANNEL_NAME_CHANGE
+ * * CHANNEL_ICON_CHANGE
+ * * PINS_ADD
+ * * GUILD_MEMBER_JOIN
+ * * USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION
+ * * USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_1
+ * * USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_2
+ * * USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_3
+ * * CHANNEL_FOLLOW_ADD
+ * * GUILD_DISCOVERY_DISQUALIFIED
+ * * GUILD_DISCOVERY_REQUALIFIED
+ * * REPLY
+ * @typedef {string} MessageType
+ */
+export const MessageTypes = [
+	"DEFAULT",
+	"RECIPIENT_ADD",
+	"RECIPIENT_REMOVE",
+	"CALL",
+	"CHANNEL_NAME_CHANGE",
+	"CHANNEL_ICON_CHANGE",
+	"PINS_ADD",
+	"GUILD_MEMBER_JOIN",
+	"USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION",
+	"USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_1",
+	"USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_2",
+	"USER_PREMIUM_GUILD_SUBSCRIPTION_TIER_3",
+	"CHANNEL_FOLLOW_ADD",
+	null,
+	"GUILD_DISCOVERY_DISQUALIFIED",
+	"GUILD_DISCOVERY_REQUALIFIED",
+	null,
+	null,
+	null,
+	"REPLY",
+];
+
+/**
+ * The types of messages that are `System`. The available types are `MessageTypes` excluding:
+ * * DEFAULT
+ * * REPLY
+ * @typedef {string} SystemMessageType
+ */
+export const SystemMessageTypes = MessageTypes.filter(
+	(type: string | null) => type && type !== "DEFAULT" && type !== "REPLY"
+);
+
+/**
+ * <info>Bots cannot set a `CUSTOM_STATUS`, it is only for custom statuses received from users</info>
+ * The type of an activity of a users presence, e.g. `PLAYING`. Here are the available types:
+ * * PLAYING
+ * * STREAMING
+ * * LISTENING
+ * * WATCHING
+ * * CUSTOM_STATUS
+ * * COMPETING
+ * @typedef {string} ActivityType
+ */
+export const ActivityTypes = ["PLAYING", "STREAMING", "LISTENING", "WATCHING", "CUSTOM_STATUS", "COMPETING"];
+
+export const ChannelTypes = {
+	TEXT: 0,
+	DM: 1,
+	VOICE: 2,
+	GROUP: 3,
+	CATEGORY: 4,
+	NEWS: 5,
+	STORE: 6,
+};
+
+export const ClientApplicationAssetTypes = {
+	SMALL: 1,
+	BIG: 2,
+};
+
+export const Colors = {
+	DEFAULT: 0x000000,
+	WHITE: 0xffffff,
+	AQUA: 0x1abc9c,
+	GREEN: 0x2ecc71,
+	BLUE: 0x3498db,
+	YELLOW: 0xffff00,
+	PURPLE: 0x9b59b6,
+	LUMINOUS_VIVID_PINK: 0xe91e63,
+	GOLD: 0xf1c40f,
+	ORANGE: 0xe67e22,
+	RED: 0xe74c3c,
+	GREY: 0x95a5a6,
+	NAVY: 0x34495e,
+	DARK_AQUA: 0x11806a,
+	DARK_GREEN: 0x1f8b4c,
+	DARK_BLUE: 0x206694,
+	DARK_PURPLE: 0x71368a,
+	DARK_VIVID_PINK: 0xad1457,
+	DARK_GOLD: 0xc27c0e,
+	DARK_ORANGE: 0xa84300,
+	DARK_RED: 0x992d22,
+	DARK_GREY: 0x979c9f,
+	DARKER_GREY: 0x7f8c8d,
+	LIGHT_GREY: 0xbcc0c0,
+	DARK_NAVY: 0x2c3e50,
+	BLURPLE: 0x7289da,
+	GREYPLE: 0x99aab5,
+	DARK_BUT_NOT_BLACK: 0x2c2f33,
+	NOT_QUITE_BLACK: 0x23272a,
+};
+
+/**
+ * The value set for the explicit content filter levels for a guild:
+ * * DISABLED
+ * * MEMBERS_WITHOUT_ROLES
+ * * ALL_MEMBERS
+ * @typedef {string} ExplicitContentFilterLevel
+ */
+export const ExplicitContentFilterLevels = ["DISABLED", "MEMBERS_WITHOUT_ROLES", "ALL_MEMBERS"];
+
+/**
+ * The value set for the verification levels for a guild:
+ * * NONE
+ * * LOW
+ * * MEDIUM
+ * * HIGH
+ * * VERY_HIGH
+ * @typedef {string} VerificationLevel
+ */
+export const VerificationLevels = ["NONE", "LOW", "MEDIUM", "HIGH", "VERY_HIGH"];
+
+/**
+ * An error encountered while performing an API request. Here are the potential errors:
+ * * GENERAL_ERROR
+ * * UNKNOWN_ACCOUNT
+ * * UNKNOWN_APPLICATION
+ * * UNKNOWN_CHANNEL
+ * * UNKNOWN_GUILD
+ * * UNKNOWN_INTEGRATION
+ * * UNKNOWN_INVITE
+ * * UNKNOWN_MEMBER
+ * * UNKNOWN_MESSAGE
+ * * UNKNOWN_OVERWRITE
+ * * UNKNOWN_PROVIDER
+ * * UNKNOWN_ROLE
+ * * UNKNOWN_TOKEN
+ * * UNKNOWN_USER
+ * * UNKNOWN_EMOJI
+ * * UNKNOWN_WEBHOOK
+ * * UNKNOWN_WEBHOOK_SERVICE
+ * * UNKNOWN_SESSION
+ * * UNKNOWN_BAN
+ * * UNKNOWN_SKU
+ * * UNKNOWN_STORE_LISTING
+ * * UNKNOWN_ENTITLEMENT
+ * * UNKNOWN_BUILD
+ * * UNKNOWN_LOBBY
+ * * UNKNOWN_BRANCH
+ * * UNKNOWN_STORE_DIRECTORY_LAYOUT
+ * * UNKNOWN_REDISTRIBUTABLE
+ * * UNKNOWN_GIFT_CODE
+ * * UNKNOWN_STREAM
+ * * UNKNOWN_PREMIUM_SERVER_SUBSCRIBE_COOLDOWN
+ * * UNKNOWN_GUILD_TEMPLATE
+ * * UNKNOWN_DISCOVERABLE_SERVER_CATEGORY
+ * * UNKNOWN_STICKER
+ * * UNKNOWN_INTERACTION
+ * * UNKNOWN_APPLICATION_COMMAND
+ * * UNKNOWN_APPLICATION_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS
+ * * UNKNOWN_STAGE_INSTANCE
+ * * UNKNOWN_GUILD_MEMBER_VERIFICATION_FORM
+ * * UNKNOWN_GUILD_WELCOME_SCREEN
+ * * UNKNOWN_GUILD_SCHEDULED_EVENT
+ * * UNKNOWN_GUILD_SCHEDULED_EVENT_USER
+ * * BOT_PROHIBITED_ENDPOINT
+ * * BOT_ONLY_ENDPOINT
+ * * EXPLICIT_CONTENT_CANNOT_BE_SENT_TO_RECIPIENT
+ * * ACTION_NOT_AUTHORIZED_ON_APPLICATION
+ * * SLOWMODE_RATE_LIMIT
+ * * ONLY_OWNER
+ * * ANNOUNCEMENT_RATE_LIMITS
+ * * CHANNEL_WRITE_RATELIMIT
+ * * WORDS_NOT_ALLOWED
+ * * GUILD_PREMIUM_LEVEL_TOO_LOW
+ * * MAXIMUM_GUILDS
+ * * MAXIMUM_FRIENDS
+ * * MAXIMUM_PINS
+ * * MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_RECIPIENTS_REACHED
+ * * MAXIMUM_ROLES
+ * * MAXIMUM_WEBHOOKS
+ * * MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_EMOJIS_REACHED
+ * * MAXIMUM_REACTIONS
+ * * MAXIMUM_CHANNELS
+ * * MAXIMUM_ATTACHMENTS
+ * * MAXIMUM_INVITES
+ * * MAXIMUM_ANIMATED_EMOJIS
+ * * MAXIMUM_SERVER_MEMBERS
+ * * MAXIMUM_SERVER_CATEGORIES
+ * * GUILD_ALREADY_HAS_TEMPLATE
+ * * MAXIMUM_THREAD_PARTICIPANTS
+ * * MAXIMUM_BANS_FOR_NON_GUILD_MEMBERS
+ * * MAXIMUM_BANS_FETCHES
+ * * MAXIMUM_STICKERS
+ * * MAXIMUM_PRUNE_REQUESTS
+ * * UNAUTHORIZED
+ * * ACCOUNT_VERIFICATION_REQUIRED
+ * * OPENING_DIRECT_MESSAGES_TOO_FAST
+ * * REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
+ * * FEATURE_TEMPORARILY_DISABLED
+ * * USER_BANNED
+ * * TARGET_USER_IS_NOT_CONNECTED_TO_VOICE
+ * * ALREADY_CROSSPOSTED
+ * * APPLICATION_COMMAND_ALREADY_EXISTS
+ * * MISSING_ACCESS
+ * * INVALID_ACCOUNT_TYPE
+ * * CANNOT_EXECUTE_ON_DM
+ * * EMBED_DISABLED
+ * * CANNOT_EDIT_MESSAGE_BY_OTHER
+ * * CANNOT_SEND_EMPTY_MESSAGE
+ * * CANNOT_MESSAGE_USER
+ * * CANNOT_SEND_MESSAGES_IN_VOICE_CHANNEL
+ * * CHANNEL_VERIFICATION_LEVEL_TOO_HIGH
+ * * OAUTH2_APPLICATION_BOT_ABSENT
+ * * MAXIMUM_OAUTH2_APPLICATIONS
+ * * INVALID_OAUTH_STATE
+ * * MISSING_PERMISSIONS
+ * * INVALID_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN
+ * * NOTE_TOO_LONG
+ * * INVALID_BULK_DELETE_QUANTITY
+ * * CANNOT_PIN_MESSAGE_IN_OTHER_CHANNEL
+ * * INVALID_OR_TAKEN_INVITE_CODE
+ * * CANNOT_EXECUTE_ON_SYSTEM_MESSAGE
+ * * CANNOT_EXECUTE_ON_THIS_CHANNEL_TYPE
+ * * INVALID_OAUTH_TOKEN
+ * * MISSING_REQUIRED_OAUTH2_SCOPE
+ * * INVALID_WEBHOOK_TOKEN_PROVIDED
+ * * INVALID_ROLE
+ * * INVALID_RECIPIENT
+ * * BULK_DELETE_MESSAGE_TOO_OLD
+ * * INVALID_FORM_BODY
+ * * INVITE_ACCEPTED_TO_GUILD_NOT_CONTAINING_BOT
+ * * INVALID_API_VERSION
+ * * FILE_EXCEEDS_MAXIMUM_SIZE
+ * * INVALID_FILE_UPLOADED
+ * * CANNOT_SELF_REDEEM_GIFT
+ * * PAYMENT_SOURCE_REQUIRED
+ * * CANNOT_DELETE_COMMUNITY_REQUIRED_CHANNEL
+ * * INVALID_STICKER_SENT
+ * * CANNOT_EDIT_ARCHIVED_THREAD
+ * * INVALID_THREAD_NOTIFICATION_SETTINGS
+ * * BEFORE_EARLIER_THAN_THREAD_CREATION_DATE
+ * * SERVER_NOT_AVAILABLE_IN_YOUR_LOCATION
+ * * SERVER_NEEDS_MONETIZATION_ENABLED
+ * * TWO_FACTOR_REQUIRED
+ * * NO_USERS_WITH_DISCORDTAG_EXIST
+ * * REACTION_BLOCKED
+ * * RESOURCE_OVERLOADED
+ * * STAGE_ALREADY_OPEN
+ * * THREAD_ALREADY_CREATED_FOR_THIS_MESSAGE
+ * * THREAD_IS_LOCKED
+ * * MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_ACTIVE_THREADS
+ * * MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_ACTIVE_ANNOUNCEMENT_THREADS
+ * * INVALID_JSON_FOR_UPLOADED_LOTTIE_FILE
+ * * LOTTIES_CANNOT_CONTAIN_RASTERIZED_IMAGES
+ * * STICKER_MAXIMUM_FRAMERATE
+ * * STICKER_MAXIMUM_FRAME_COUNT
+ * * LOTTIE_ANIMATION_MAXIMUM_DIMENSIONS
+ * * STICKER_FRAME_RATE_TOO_SMALL_OR_TOO_LARGE
+ * * STICKER_ANIMATION_DURATION_MAXIMUM
+ * * UNKNOWN_VOICE_STATE
+ * @typedef {string} APIError
+ */
+export const DiscordApiErrors = {
+	//https://discord.com/developers/docs/topics/opcodes-and-status-codes#json-json-error-codes
+	GENERAL_ERROR: new ApiError("General error (such as a malformed request body, amongst other things)", 0),
+	UNKNOWN_ACCOUNT: new ApiError("Unknown account", 10001),
+	UNKNOWN_APPLICATION: new ApiError("Unknown application", 10002),
+	UNKNOWN_CHANNEL: new ApiError("Unknown channel", 10003),
+	UNKNOWN_GUILD: new ApiError("Unknown guild", 10004),
+	UNKNOWN_INTEGRATION: new ApiError("Unknown integration", 10005),
+	UNKNOWN_INVITE: new ApiError("Unknown invite", 10006),
+	UNKNOWN_MEMBER: new ApiError("Unknown member", 10007),
+	UNKNOWN_MESSAGE: new ApiError("Unknown message", 10008),
+	UNKNOWN_OVERWRITE: new ApiError("Unknown permission overwrite", 10009),
+	UNKNOWN_PROVIDER: new ApiError("Unknown provider", 10010),
+	UNKNOWN_ROLE: new ApiError("Unknown role", 10011),
+	UNKNOWN_TOKEN: new ApiError("Unknown token", 10012),
+	UNKNOWN_USER: new ApiError("Unknown user", 10013),
+	UNKNOWN_EMOJI: new ApiError("Unknown emoji", 10014),
+	UNKNOWN_WEBHOOK: new ApiError("Unknown webhook", 10015),
+	UNKNOWN_WEBHOOK_SERVICE: new ApiError("Unknown webhook service", 10016),
+	UNKNOWN_SESSION: new ApiError("Unknown session", 10020),
+	UNKNOWN_BAN: new ApiError("Unknown ban", 10026),
+	UNKNOWN_SKU: new ApiError("Unknown SKU", 10027),
+	UNKNOWN_STORE_LISTING: new ApiError("Unknown Store Listing", 10028),
+	UNKNOWN_ENTITLEMENT: new ApiError("Unknown entitlement", 10029),
+	UNKNOWN_BUILD: new ApiError("Unknown build", 10030),
+	UNKNOWN_LOBBY: new ApiError("Unknown lobby", 10031),
+	UNKNOWN_BRANCH: new ApiError("Unknown branch", 10032),
+	UNKNOWN_STORE_DIRECTORY_LAYOUT: new ApiError("Unknown store directory layout", 10033),
+	UNKNOWN_REDISTRIBUTABLE: new ApiError("Unknown redistributable", 10036),
+	UNKNOWN_GIFT_CODE: new ApiError("Unknown gift code", 10038),
+	UNKNOWN_STREAM: new ApiError("Unknown stream", 10049),
+	UNKNOWN_PREMIUM_SERVER_SUBSCRIBE_COOLDOWN: new ApiError("Unknown premium server subscribe cooldown", 10050),
+	UNKNOWN_GUILD_TEMPLATE: new ApiError("Unknown guild template", 10057),
+	UNKNOWN_DISCOVERABLE_SERVER_CATEGORY: new ApiError("Unknown discoverable server category", 10059),
+	UNKNOWN_STICKER: new ApiError("Unknown sticker", 10060),
+	UNKNOWN_INTERACTION: new ApiError("Unknown interaction", 10062),
+	UNKNOWN_APPLICATION_COMMAND: new ApiError("Unknown application command", 10063),
+	UNKNOWN_APPLICATION_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS: new ApiError("Unknown application command permissions", 10066),
+	UNKNOWN_STAGE_INSTANCE: new ApiError("Unknown Stage Instance", 10067),
+	UNKNOWN_GUILD_MEMBER_VERIFICATION_FORM: new ApiError("Unknown Guild Member Verification Form", 10068),
+	UNKNOWN_GUILD_WELCOME_SCREEN: new ApiError("Unknown Guild Welcome Screen", 10069),
+	UNKNOWN_GUILD_SCHEDULED_EVENT: new ApiError("Unknown Guild Scheduled Event", 10070),
+	UNKNOWN_GUILD_SCHEDULED_EVENT_USER: new ApiError("Unknown Guild Scheduled Event User", 10071),
+	BOT_PROHIBITED_ENDPOINT: new ApiError("Bots cannot use this endpoint", 20001),
+	BOT_ONLY_ENDPOINT: new ApiError("Only bots can use this endpoint", 20002),
+	EXPLICIT_CONTENT_CANNOT_BE_SENT_TO_RECIPIENT: new ApiError(
+		"Explicit content cannot be sent to the desired recipient(s)",
+		20009
+	),
+	ACTION_NOT_AUTHORIZED_ON_APPLICATION: new ApiError(
+		"You are not authorized to perform this action on this application",
+		20012
+	),
+	SLOWMODE_RATE_LIMIT: new ApiError("This action cannot be performed due to slowmode rate limit", 20016),
+	ONLY_OWNER: new ApiError("Only the owner of this account can perform this action", 20018),
+	ANNOUNCEMENT_RATE_LIMITS: new ApiError("This message cannot be edited due to announcement rate limits", 20022),
+	CHANNEL_WRITE_RATELIMIT: new ApiError("The channel you are writing has hit the write rate limit", 20028),
+	WORDS_NOT_ALLOWED: new ApiError(
+		"Your Stage topic, server name, server description, or channel names contain words that are not allowed",
+		20031
+	),
+	GUILD_PREMIUM_LEVEL_TOO_LOW: new ApiError("Guild premium subscription level too low", 20035),
+	MAXIMUM_GUILDS: new ApiError("Maximum number of guilds reached ({})", 30001, undefined, ["100"]),
+	MAXIMUM_FRIENDS: new ApiError("Maximum number of friends reached ({})", 30002, undefined, ["1000"]),
+	MAXIMUM_PINS: new ApiError("Maximum number of pins reached for the channel ({})", 30003, undefined, ["50"]),
+	MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_RECIPIENTS_REACHED: new ApiError("Maximum number of recipients reached ({})", 30004, undefined, [
+		"10",
+	]),
+	MAXIMUM_ROLES: new ApiError("Maximum number of guild roles reached ({})", 30005, undefined, ["250"]),
+	MAXIMUM_WEBHOOKS: new ApiError("Maximum number of webhooks reached ({})", 30007, undefined, ["10"]),
+	MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_EMOJIS_REACHED: new ApiError("Maximum number of emojis reached", 30008),
+	MAXIMUM_REACTIONS: new ApiError("Maximum number of reactions reached ({})", 30010, undefined, ["20"]),
+	MAXIMUM_CHANNELS: new ApiError("Maximum number of guild channels reached ({})", 30013, undefined, ["500"]),
+	MAXIMUM_ATTACHMENTS: new ApiError("Maximum number of attachments in a message reached ({})", 30015, undefined, [
+		"10",
+	]),
+	MAXIMUM_INVITES: new ApiError("Maximum number of invites reached ({})", 30016, undefined, ["1000"]),
+	MAXIMUM_ANIMATED_EMOJIS: new ApiError("Maximum number of animated emojis reached", 30018),
+	MAXIMUM_SERVER_MEMBERS: new ApiError("Maximum number of server members reached", 30019),
+	MAXIMUM_SERVER_CATEGORIES: new ApiError(
+		"Maximum number of server categories has been reached ({})",
+		30030,
+		undefined,
+		["5"]
+	),
+	GUILD_ALREADY_HAS_TEMPLATE: new ApiError("Guild already has a template", 30031),
+	MAXIMUM_THREAD_PARTICIPANTS: new ApiError("Max number of thread participants has been reached", 30033),
+	MAXIMUM_BANS_FOR_NON_GUILD_MEMBERS: new ApiError(
+		"Maximum number of bans for non-guild members have been exceeded",
+		30035
+	),
+	MAXIMUM_BANS_FETCHES: new ApiError("Maximum number of bans fetches has been reached", 30037),
+	MAXIMUM_STICKERS: new ApiError("Maximum number of stickers reached", 30039),
+	MAXIMUM_PRUNE_REQUESTS: new ApiError("Maximum number of prune requests has been reached. Try again later", 30040),
+	UNAUTHORIZED: new ApiError("Unauthorized. Provide a valid token and try again", 40001),
+	ACCOUNT_VERIFICATION_REQUIRED: new ApiError(
+		"You need to verify your account in order to perform this action",
+		40002
+	),
+	OPENING_DIRECT_MESSAGES_TOO_FAST: new ApiError("You are opening direct messages too fast", 40003),
+	REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE: new ApiError("Request entity too large. Try sending something smaller in size", 40005),
+	FEATURE_TEMPORARILY_DISABLED: new ApiError("This feature has been temporarily disabled server-side", 40006),
+	USER_BANNED: new ApiError("The user is banned from this guild", 40007),
+	TARGET_USER_IS_NOT_CONNECTED_TO_VOICE: new ApiError("Target user is not connected to voice", 40032),
+	ALREADY_CROSSPOSTED: new ApiError("This message has already been crossposted", 40033),
+	APPLICATION_COMMAND_ALREADY_EXISTS: new ApiError("An application command with that name already exists", 40041),
+	MISSING_ACCESS: new ApiError("Missing access", 50001),
+	INVALID_ACCOUNT_TYPE: new ApiError("Invalid account type", 50002),
+	CANNOT_EXECUTE_ON_DM: new ApiError("Cannot execute action on a DM channel", 50003),
+	EMBED_DISABLED: new ApiError("Guild widget disabled", 50004),
+	CANNOT_EDIT_MESSAGE_BY_OTHER: new ApiError("Cannot edit a message authored by another user", 50005),
+	CANNOT_SEND_EMPTY_MESSAGE: new ApiError("Cannot send an empty message", 50006),
+	CANNOT_MESSAGE_USER: new ApiError("Cannot send messages to this user", 50007),
+	CANNOT_SEND_MESSAGES_IN_VOICE_CHANNEL: new ApiError("Cannot send messages in a voice channel", 50008),
+	CHANNEL_VERIFICATION_LEVEL_TOO_HIGH: new ApiError(
+		"Channel verification level is too high for you to gain access",
+		50009
+	),
+	OAUTH2_APPLICATION_BOT_ABSENT: new ApiError("OAuth2 application does not have a bot", 50010),
+	MAXIMUM_OAUTH2_APPLICATIONS: new ApiError("OAuth2 application limit reached", 50011),
+	INVALID_OAUTH_STATE: new ApiError("Invalid OAuth2 state", 50012),
+	MISSING_PERMISSIONS: new ApiError("You lack permissions to perform that action ({})", 50013, undefined, [""]),
+	INVALID_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN: new ApiError("Invalid authentication token provided", 50014),
+	NOTE_TOO_LONG: new ApiError("Note was too long", 50015),
+	INVALID_BULK_DELETE_QUANTITY: new ApiError(
+		"Provided too few or too many messages to delete. Must provide at least {} and fewer than {} messages to delete",
+		50016,
+		undefined,
+		["2", "100"]
+	),
+	CANNOT_PIN_MESSAGE_IN_OTHER_CHANNEL: new ApiError(
+		"A message can only be pinned to the channel it was sent in",
+		50019
+	),
+	INVALID_OR_TAKEN_INVITE_CODE: new ApiError("Invite code was either invalid or taken", 50020),
+	CANNOT_EXECUTE_ON_SYSTEM_MESSAGE: new ApiError("Cannot execute action on a system message", 50021),
+	CANNOT_EXECUTE_ON_THIS_CHANNEL_TYPE: new ApiError("Cannot execute action on this channel type", 50024),
+	INVALID_OAUTH_TOKEN: new ApiError("Invalid OAuth2 access token provided", 50025),
+	MISSING_REQUIRED_OAUTH2_SCOPE: new ApiError("Missing required OAuth2 scope", 50026),
+	INVALID_WEBHOOK_TOKEN_PROVIDED: new ApiError("Invalid webhook token provided", 50027),
+	INVALID_ROLE: new ApiError("Invalid role", 50028),
+	INVALID_RECIPIENT: new ApiError("Invalid Recipient(s)", 50033),
+	BULK_DELETE_MESSAGE_TOO_OLD: new ApiError("A message provided was too old to bulk delete", 50034),
+	INVALID_FORM_BODY: new ApiError(
+		"Invalid form body (returned for both application/json and multipart/form-data bodies), or invalid Content-Type provided",
+		50035
+	),
+	INVITE_ACCEPTED_TO_GUILD_NOT_CONTAINING_BOT: new ApiError(
+		"An invite was accepted to a guild the application's bot is not in",
+		50036
+	),
+	INVALID_API_VERSION: new ApiError("Invalid API version provided", 50041),
+	FILE_EXCEEDS_MAXIMUM_SIZE: new ApiError("File uploaded exceeds the maximum size", 50045),
+	INVALID_FILE_UPLOADED: new ApiError("Invalid file uploaded", 50046),
+	CANNOT_SELF_REDEEM_GIFT: new ApiError("Cannot self-redeem this gift", 50054),
+	PAYMENT_SOURCE_REQUIRED: new ApiError("Payment source required to redeem gift", 50070),
+	CANNOT_DELETE_COMMUNITY_REQUIRED_CHANNEL: new ApiError(
+		"Cannot delete a channel required for Community guilds",
+		50074
+	),
+	INVALID_STICKER_SENT: new ApiError("Invalid sticker sent", 50081),
+	CANNOT_EDIT_ARCHIVED_THREAD: new ApiError(
+		"Tried to perform an operation on an archived thread, such as editing a message or adding a user to the thread",
+		50083
+	),
+	INVALID_THREAD_NOTIFICATION_SETTINGS: new ApiError("Invalid thread notification settings", 50084),
+	BEFORE_EARLIER_THAN_THREAD_CREATION_DATE: new ApiError(
+		"before value is earlier than the thread creation date",
+		50085
+	),
+	SERVER_NOT_AVAILABLE_IN_YOUR_LOCATION: new ApiError("This server is not available in your location", 50095),
+	SERVER_NEEDS_MONETIZATION_ENABLED: new ApiError(
+		"This server needs monetization enabled in order to perform this action",
+		50097
+	),
+	TWO_FACTOR_REQUIRED: new ApiError("Two factor is required for this operation", 60003),
+	NO_USERS_WITH_DISCORDTAG_EXIST: new ApiError("No users with DiscordTag exist", 80004),
+	REACTION_BLOCKED: new ApiError("Reaction was blocked", 90001),
+	RESOURCE_OVERLOADED: new ApiError("API resource is currently overloaded. Try again a little later", 130000),
+	STAGE_ALREADY_OPEN: new ApiError("The Stage is already open", 150006),
+	THREAD_ALREADY_CREATED_FOR_THIS_MESSAGE: new ApiError("A thread has already been created for this message", 160004),
+	THREAD_IS_LOCKED: new ApiError("Thread is locked", 160005),
+	MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_ACTIVE_THREADS: new ApiError("Maximum number of active threads reached", 160006),
+	MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_ACTIVE_ANNOUNCEMENT_THREADS: new ApiError(
+		"Maximum number of active announcement threads reached",
+		160007
+	),
+	INVALID_JSON_FOR_UPLOADED_LOTTIE_FILE: new ApiError("Invalid JSON for uploaded Lottie file", 170001),
+	LOTTIES_CANNOT_CONTAIN_RASTERIZED_IMAGES: new ApiError(
+		"Uploaded Lotties cannot contain rasterized images such as PNG or JPEG",
+		170002
+	),
+	STICKER_MAXIMUM_FRAMERATE: new ApiError("Sticker maximum framerate exceeded", 170003),
+	STICKER_MAXIMUM_FRAME_COUNT: new ApiError("Sticker frame count exceeds maximum of {} frames", 170004, undefined, [
+		"1000",
+	]),
+	LOTTIE_ANIMATION_MAXIMUM_DIMENSIONS: new ApiError("Lottie animation maximum dimensions exceeded", 170005),
+	STICKER_FRAME_RATE_TOO_SMALL_OR_TOO_LARGE: new ApiError(
+		"Sticker frame rate is either too small or too large",
+		170006
+	),
+	STICKER_ANIMATION_DURATION_MAXIMUM: new ApiError(
+		"Sticker animation duration exceeds maximum of {} seconds",
+		170007,
+		undefined,
+		["5"]
+	),
+
+	//Other errors
+	UNKNOWN_VOICE_STATE: new ApiError("Unknown Voice State", 10065, 404),
+};
+
+/**
+ * An error encountered while performing an API request (Fosscord only). Here are the potential errors:
+ */
+export const FosscordApiErrors = {
+	MANUALLY_TRIGGERED_ERROR: new ApiError("This is an artificial error", 1, 500),
+	PREMIUM_DISABLED_FOR_GUILD: new ApiError("This guild cannot be boosted", 25001),
+	NO_FURTHER_PREMIUM: new ApiError("This guild does not receive further boosts", 25002),
+	GUILD_PREMIUM_DISABLED_FOR_YOU: new ApiError("This guild cannot be boosted by you", 25003, 403),
+	CANNOT_FRIEND_SELF: new ApiError("Cannot friend oneself", 25009),
+	USER_SPECIFIC_INVITE_WRONG_RECIPIENT: new ApiError("This invite is not meant for you", 25010),
+	USER_SPECIFIC_INVITE_FAILED: new ApiError("Failed to invite user", 25011),
+	CANNOT_MODIFY_USER_GROUP: new ApiError("This user cannot manipulate this group", 25050, 403),
+	CANNOT_REMOVE_SELF_FROM_GROUP: new ApiError("This user cannot remove oneself from user group", 25051),
+	CANNOT_BAN_OPERATOR: new ApiError("Non-OPERATOR cannot ban OPERATOR from instance", 25052),
+	CANNOT_LEAVE_GUILD: new ApiError("You are not allowed to leave guilds that you joined by yourself", 25059, 403),
+	EDITS_DISABLED: new ApiError("You are not allowed to edit your own messages", 25060, 403),
+	DELETE_MESSAGE_DISABLED: new ApiError("You are not allowed to delete your own messages", 25061, 403),
+	FEATURE_PERMANENTLY_DISABLED: new ApiError("This feature has been disabled server-side", 45006, 501),
+	MISSING_RIGHTS: new ApiError("You lack rights to perform that action ({})", 50013, undefined, [""]),
+	CANNOT_REPLACE_BY_BACKFILL: new ApiError("Cannot backfill to message ID that already exists", 55002, 409),
+	CANNOT_BACKFILL_TO_THE_FUTURE: new ApiError("You cannot backfill messages in the future", 55003),
+	CANNOT_GRANT_PERMISSIONS_EXCEEDING_RIGHTS: new ApiError("You cannot grant permissions exceeding your own rights", 50050),
+	ROUTES_LOOPING: new ApiError("Loops in the route definition ({})", 50060, undefined, [""]),
+	CANNOT_REMOVE_ROUTE: new ApiError("Cannot remove message route while it is in effect and being used", 50061),
+};
+
+/**
+ * The value set for a guild's default message notifications, e.g. `ALL`. Here are the available types:
+ * * ALL
+ * * MENTIONS
+ * * MUTED (Fosscord extension)
+ * @typedef {string} DefaultMessageNotifications
+ */
+export const DefaultMessageNotifications = ["ALL", "MENTIONS", "MUTED"];
+
+/**
+ * The value set for a team members's membership state:
+ * * INVITED
+ * * ACCEPTED
+ * * INSERTED (Fosscord extension)
+ * @typedef {string} MembershipStates
+ */
+export const MembershipStates = [
+	"INSERTED",
+	"INVITED",
+	"ACCEPTED",
+];
+
+/**
+ * The value set for a webhook's type:
+ * * Incoming
+ * * Channel Follower
+ * * Custom (Fosscord extension)
+ * @typedef {string} WebhookTypes
+ */
+export const WebhookTypes = [
+	"Custom",
+	"Incoming",
+	"Channel Follower",
+];
+
+function keyMirror(arr: string[]) {
+	let tmp = Object.create(null);
+	for (const value of arr) tmp[value] = value;
+	return tmp;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/util/util/Database.ts b/src/util/util/Database.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddbea57d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Database.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import path from "path";
+import "reflect-metadata";
+import { DataSource } from "typeorm";
+import * as Models from "../entities";
+import { Migration } from "../entities/Migration";
+import { yellow, green, red } from "picocolors";
+
+// UUID extension option is only supported with postgres
+// We want to generate all id's with Snowflakes that's why we have our own BaseEntity class
+
+var dbConnection: DataSource | undefined;
+let dbConnectionString = process.env.DATABASE || path.join(process.cwd(), "database.db");
+
+export function getDatabase(): DataSource | null {
+	// if (!dbConnection) throw new Error("Tried to get database before it was initialised");
+	if (!dbConnection) return null;
+	return dbConnection;
+}
+
+export async function initDatabase(): Promise<DataSource> {
+	if (dbConnection) return dbConnection;
+
+	const type = dbConnectionString.includes("://") ? dbConnectionString.split(":")[0]?.replace("+srv", "") : "sqlite";
+	const isSqlite = type.includes("sqlite");
+
+	console.log(`[Database] ${yellow(`connecting to ${type} db`)}`);
+	if (isSqlite) {
+		console.log(`[Database] ${red(`You are running sqlite! Please keep in mind that we recommend setting up a dedicated database!`)}`);
+	}
+
+	const dataSource = new DataSource({
+		//@ts-ignore
+		type,
+		charset: 'utf8mb4',
+		url: isSqlite ? undefined : dbConnectionString,
+		database: isSqlite ? dbConnectionString : undefined,
+		entities: ["dist/util/entities/*.js"],
+		synchronize: type !== "mongodb",
+		logging: false,
+		bigNumberStrings: false,
+		supportBigNumbers: true,
+		name: "default",
+		// migrations: [path.join(__dirname, "..", "migrations", "*.js")],
+	});
+
+	dbConnection = await dataSource.initialize();
+
+	// // @ts-ignore
+	// promise = createConnection({
+	// 	type,
+	// 	charset: 'utf8mb4',
+	// 	url: isSqlite ? undefined : dbConnectionString,
+	// 	database: isSqlite ? dbConnectionString : undefined,
+	// 	// @ts-ignore
+	// 	entities: Object.values(Models).filter((x) => x?.constructor?.name !== "Object" && x?.name),
+	// 	synchronize: type !== "mongodb",
+	// 	logging: false,
+	// 	// cache: { // cache is used only by query builder and entity manager
+	// 	// duration: 1000 * 30,
+	// 	// type: "redis",
+	// 	// options: {
+	// 	// host: "localhost",
+	// 	// port: 6379,
+	// 	// },
+	// 	// },
+	// 	bigNumberStrings: false,
+	// 	supportBigNumbers: true,
+	// 	name: "default",
+	// 	migrations: [path.join(__dirname, "..", "migrations", "*.js")],
+	// });
+
+	// // run migrations, and if it is a new fresh database, set it to the last migration
+	// if (dbConnection.migrations.length) {
+	// 	if (!(await Migration.findOne({ }))) {
+	// 		let i = 0;
+
+	// 		await Migration.insert(
+	// 			dbConnection.migrations.map((x) => ({
+	// 				id: i++,
+	// 				name: x.name,
+	// 				timestamp: Date.now(),
+	// 			}))
+	// 		);
+	// 	}
+	// }
+	await dbConnection.runMigrations();
+	console.log(`[Database] ${green("connected")}`);
+
+	return dbConnection;
+}
+
+export { dbConnection };
+
+export function closeDatabase() {
+	dbConnection?.destroy();
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/Email.ts b/src/util/util/Email.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6885da33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Email.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+export const EMAIL_REGEX =
+	/^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
+
+export function adjustEmail(email?: string): string | undefined {
+	if (!email) return email;
+	// body parser already checked if it is a valid email
+	const parts = <RegExpMatchArray>email.match(EMAIL_REGEX);
+	// @ts-ignore
+	if (!parts || parts.length < 5) return undefined;
+	const domain = parts[5];
+	const user = parts[1];
+
+	// TODO: check accounts with uncommon email domains
+	if (domain === "gmail.com" || domain === "googlemail.com") {
+		// replace .dots and +alternatives -> Gmail Dot Trick https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150 and https://generator.email/blog/gmail-generator
+		let v = user.replace(/[.]|(\+.*)/g, "") + "@gmail.com";
+	}
+	
+	if (domain === "google.com") {
+		// replace .dots and +alternatives -> Google Staff GMail Dot Trick
+		let v = user.replace(/[.]|(\+.*)/g, "") + "@google.com";
+	}
+
+	return email;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/Event.ts b/src/util/util/Event.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20a638a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Event.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { Channel } from "amqplib";
+import { RabbitMQ } from "./RabbitMQ";
+import EventEmitter from "events";
+import { EVENT, Event } from "../interfaces";
+export const events = new EventEmitter();
+
+export async function emitEvent(payload: Omit<Event, "created_at">) {
+	const id = (payload.channel_id || payload.user_id || payload.guild_id) as string;
+	if (!id) return console.error("event doesn't contain any id", payload);
+
+	if (RabbitMQ.connection) {
+		const data = typeof payload.data === "object" ? JSON.stringify(payload.data) : payload.data; // use rabbitmq for event transmission
+		await RabbitMQ.channel?.assertExchange(id, "fanout", { durable: false });
+
+		// assertQueue isn't needed, because a queue will automatically created if it doesn't exist
+		const successful = RabbitMQ.channel?.publish(id, "", Buffer.from(`${data}`), { type: payload.event });
+		if (!successful) throw new Error("failed to send event");
+	} else if (process.env.EVENT_TRANSMISSION === "process") {
+		process.send?.({ type: "event", event: payload, id } as ProcessEvent);
+	} else {
+		events.emit(id, payload);
+	}
+}
+
+export async function initEvent() {
+	await RabbitMQ.init(); // does nothing if rabbitmq is not setup
+	if (RabbitMQ.connection) {
+	} else {
+		// use event emitter
+		// use process messages
+	}
+}
+
+export interface EventOpts extends Event {
+	acknowledge?: Function;
+	channel?: Channel;
+	cancel: Function;
+}
+
+export interface ListenEventOpts {
+	channel?: Channel;
+	acknowledge?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface ProcessEvent {
+	type: "event";
+	event: Event;
+	id: string;
+}
+
+export async function listenEvent(event: string, callback: (event: EventOpts) => any, opts?: ListenEventOpts) {
+	if (RabbitMQ.connection) {
+		// @ts-ignore
+		return rabbitListen(opts?.channel || RabbitMQ.channel, event, callback, { acknowledge: opts?.acknowledge });
+	} else if (process.env.EVENT_TRANSMISSION === "process") {
+		const cancel = () => {
+			process.removeListener("message", listener);
+			process.setMaxListeners(process.getMaxListeners() - 1);
+		};
+
+		const listener = (msg: ProcessEvent) => {
+			msg.type === "event" && msg.id === event && callback({ ...msg.event, cancel });
+		};
+
+		//@ts-ignore apparently theres no function addListener with this signature
+		process.addListener("message", listener);
+		process.setMaxListeners(process.getMaxListeners() + 1);
+
+		return cancel;
+	} else {
+		const listener = (opts: any) => callback({ ...opts, cancel });
+		const cancel = () => {
+			events.removeListener(event, listener);
+			events.setMaxListeners(events.getMaxListeners() - 1);
+		};
+		events.setMaxListeners(events.getMaxListeners() + 1);
+		events.addListener(event, listener);
+
+		return cancel;
+	}
+}
+
+async function rabbitListen(
+	channel: Channel,
+	id: string,
+	callback: (event: EventOpts) => any,
+	opts?: { acknowledge?: boolean }
+) {
+	await channel.assertExchange(id, "fanout", { durable: false });
+	const q = await channel.assertQueue("", { exclusive: true, autoDelete: true });
+
+	const cancel = () => {
+		channel.cancel(q.queue);
+		channel.unbindQueue(q.queue, id, "");
+	};
+
+	channel.bindQueue(q.queue, id, "");
+	channel.consume(
+		q.queue,
+		(opts) => {
+			if (!opts) return;
+
+			const data = JSON.parse(opts.content.toString());
+			const event = opts.properties.type as EVENT;
+
+			callback({
+				event,
+				data,
+				acknowledge() {
+					channel.ack(opts);
+				},
+				channel,
+				cancel,
+			});
+			// rabbitCh.ack(opts);
+		},
+		{
+			noAck: !opts?.acknowledge,
+		}
+	);
+
+	return cancel;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/FieldError.ts b/src/util/util/FieldError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..406b33e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/FieldError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import "missing-native-js-functions";
+
+export function FieldErrors(fields: Record<string, { code?: string; message: string }>) {
+	return new FieldError(
+		50035,
+		"Invalid Form Body",
+		fields.map(({ message, code }) => ({
+			_errors: [
+				{
+					message,
+					code: code || "BASE_TYPE_INVALID",
+				},
+			],
+		}))
+	);
+}
+
+// TODO: implement Image data type: Data URI scheme that supports JPG, GIF, and PNG formats. An example Data URI format is: data:image/jpeg;base64,BASE64_ENCODED_JPEG_IMAGE_DATA
+// Ensure you use the proper content type (image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif) that matches the image data being provided.
+
+export class FieldError extends Error {
+	constructor(public code: string | number, public message: string, public errors?: any) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/Intents.ts b/src/util/util/Intents.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e840b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Intents.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { BitField } from "./BitField";
+
+export class Intents extends BitField {
+	static FLAGS = {
+		GUILDS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(0), // guilds and guild merge-split events affecting the user
+		GUILD_MEMBERS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(1), // memberships
+		GUILD_BANS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(2), // bans and ban lists
+		GUILD_EMOJIS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(3), // custom emojis
+		GUILD_INTEGRATIONS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(4), // applications
+		GUILD_WEBHOOKS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(5), // webhooks
+		GUILD_INVITES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(6), // mass invites (no user can receive user specific invites of another user)
+		GUILD_VOICE_STATES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(7), // voice updates
+		GUILD_PRESENCES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(8), // presence updates
+		GUILD_MESSAGES_METADATA: BigInt(1) << BigInt(9), // guild message metadata
+		GUILD_MESSAGE_REACTIONS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(10), // guild message reactions
+		GUILD_MESSAGE_TYPING: BigInt(1) << BigInt(11), // guild channel typing notifications
+		DIRECT_MESSAGES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(12), // DM or orphan channels
+		DIRECT_MESSAGE_REACTIONS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(13), // DM or orphan channel message reactions
+		DIRECT_MESSAGE_TYPING: BigInt(1) << BigInt(14), // DM typing notifications
+		GUILD_MESSAGES_CONTENT: BigInt(1) << BigInt(15), // guild message content
+		GUILD_POLICIES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(20), // guild policies
+		GUILD_POLICY_EXECUTION: BigInt(1) << BigInt(21), // guild policy execution
+		LIVE_MESSAGE_COMPOSITION: BigInt(1) << BigInt(32), // allow composing messages using the gateway
+		GUILD_ROUTES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(41), // message routes affecting the guild
+		DIRECT_MESSAGES_THREADS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(42),  // direct message threads
+		JUMBO_EVENTS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(43), // jumbo events (size limits to be defined later)
+		LOBBIES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(44), // lobbies
+		INSTANCE_ROUTES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(60), // all message route changes 
+		INSTANCE_GUILD_CHANGES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(61), // all guild create, guild object patch, split, merge and delete events
+		INSTANCE_POLICY_UPDATES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(62), // all instance policy updates
+		INSTANCE_USER_UPDATES: BigInt(1) << BigInt(63) // all instance user updates
+	};
+}
+
diff --git a/src/util/util/InvisibleCharacters.ts b/src/util/util/InvisibleCharacters.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a48cfab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/InvisibleCharacters.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// List from https://invisible-characters.com/

+export const InvisibleCharacters = [

+	'\u{9}',			//Tab

+	//'\u{20}',			//Space	//categories can have spaces in them

+	'\u{ad}',			//Soft hyphen

+	'\u{34f}',			//Combining grapheme joiner

+	'\u{61c}',			//Arabic letter mark

+	'\u{115f}',			//Hangul choseong filler

+	'\u{1160}',			//Hangul jungseong filler

+	'\u{17b4}',			//Khmer vowel inherent AQ

+	'\u{17b5}',			//Khmer vowel inherent AA

+	'\u{180e}',			//Mongolian vowel separator

+	'\u{2000}',			//En quad

+	'\u{2001}',			//Em quad

+	'\u{2002}',			//En space

+	'\u{2003}',			//Em space

+	'\u{2004}',			//Three-per-em space

+	'\u{2005}',			//Four-per-em space

+	'\u{2006}',			//Six-per-em space

+	'\u{2007}',			//Figure space

+	'\u{2008}',			//Punctuation space

+	'\u{2009}',			//Thin space

+	'\u{200a}',			//Hair space

+	'\u{200b}',			//Zero width space

+	'\u{200c}',			//Zero width non-joiner

+	'\u{200d}',			//Zero width joiner

+	'\u{200e}',			//Left-to-right mark

+	'\u{200f}',			//Right-to-left mark

+	'\u{202f}',			//Narrow no-break space

+	'\u{205f}',			//Medium mathematical space

+	'\u{2060}',			//Word joiner

+	'\u{2061}',			//Function application

+	'\u{2062}',			//Invisible times

+	'\u{2063}',			//Invisible separator

+	'\u{2064}',			//Invisible plus

+	'\u{206a}',			//Inhibit symmetric swapping

+	'\u{206b}',			//Activate symmetric swapping

+	'\u{206c}',			//Inhibit arabic form shaping

+	'\u{206d}',			//Activate arabic form shaping

+	'\u{206e}',			//National digit shapes

+	'\u{206f}',			//Nominal digit shapes

+	'\u{3000}',			//Ideographic space

+	'\u{2800}',			//Braille pattern blank

+	'\u{3164}',			//Hangul filler

+	'\u{feff}',			//Zero width no-break space

+	'\u{ffa0}',			//Haldwidth hangul filler

+	'\u{1d159}',		//Musical symbol null notehead

+	'\u{1d173}',		//Musical symbol begin beam 

+	'\u{1d174}',		//Musical symbol end beam

+	'\u{1d175}',		//Musical symbol begin tie

+	'\u{1d176}',		//Musical symbol end tie

+	'\u{1d177}',		//Musical symbol begin slur

+	'\u{1d178}',		//Musical symbol end slur

+	'\u{1d179}',		//Musical symbol begin phrase

+	'\u{1d17a}'			//Musical symbol end phrase

+]; 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/util/MessageFlags.ts b/src/util/util/MessageFlags.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b59295c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/MessageFlags.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// based on https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js/blob/master/src/util/MessageFlags.js
+// Apache License Version 2.0 Copyright 2015 - 2021 Amish Shah, 2022 Erkin Alp Güney
+
+import { BitField } from "./BitField";
+
+export class MessageFlags extends BitField {
+	static FLAGS = {
+		CROSSPOSTED: BigInt(1) << BigInt(0),
+		IS_CROSSPOST: BigInt(1) << BigInt(1),
+		SUPPRESS_EMBEDS: BigInt(1) << BigInt(2),
+		// SOURCE_MESSAGE_DELETED: BigInt(1) << BigInt(3), // fosscord will delete them from destination too, making this redundant
+		URGENT: BigInt(1) << BigInt(4),
+		// HAS_THREAD: BigInt(1) << BigInt(5) // does not apply to fosscord due to infrastructural differences
+		PRIVATE_ROUTE: BigInt(1) << BigInt(6), // it that has been routed to only some of the users that can see the channel
+		INTERACTION_WAIT: BigInt(1) << BigInt(7), // discord.com calls this LOADING
+		// FAILED_TO_MENTION_SOME_ROLES_IN_THREAD: BigInt(1) << BigInt(8)
+		SCRIPT_WAIT: BigInt(1) << BigInt(24), // waiting for the self command to complete
+		IMPORT_WAIT: BigInt(1) << BigInt(25), // latest message of a bulk import, waiting for the rest of the channel to be backfilled
+	};
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/Permissions.ts b/src/util/util/Permissions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5459ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Permissions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+// https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js/blob/master/src/util/Permissions.js
+// Apache License Version 2.0 Copyright 2015 - 2021 Amish Shah
+import { Channel, ChannelPermissionOverwrite, Guild, Member, Role } from "../entities";
+import { BitField } from "./BitField";
+import "missing-native-js-functions";
+import { BitFieldResolvable, BitFlag } from "./BitField";
+
+var HTTPError: any;
+
+try {
+	HTTPError = require("lambert-server").HTTPError;
+} catch (e) {
+	HTTPError = Error;
+}
+
+export type PermissionResolvable = bigint | number | Permissions | PermissionResolvable[] | PermissionString;
+
+type PermissionString = keyof typeof Permissions.FLAGS;
+
+// BigInt doesn't have a bit limit (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53335545/whats-the-biggest-bigint-value-in-js-as-per-spec)
+const CUSTOM_PERMISSION_OFFSET = BigInt(1) << BigInt(64); // 27 permission bits left for discord to add new ones
+
+export class Permissions extends BitField {
+	cache: PermissionCache = {};
+
+	constructor(bits: BitFieldResolvable = 0) {
+		super(bits);
+		if (this.bitfield & Permissions.FLAGS.ADMINISTRATOR) {
+			this.bitfield = ALL_PERMISSIONS;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static FLAGS = {
+		CREATE_INSTANT_INVITE: BitFlag(0),
+		KICK_MEMBERS: BitFlag(1),
+		BAN_MEMBERS: BitFlag(2),
+		ADMINISTRATOR: BitFlag(3),
+		MANAGE_CHANNELS: BitFlag(4),
+		MANAGE_GUILD: BitFlag(5),
+		ADD_REACTIONS: BitFlag(6),
+		VIEW_AUDIT_LOG: BitFlag(7),
+		PRIORITY_SPEAKER: BitFlag(8),
+		STREAM: BitFlag(9),
+		VIEW_CHANNEL: BitFlag(10),
+		SEND_MESSAGES: BitFlag(11),
+		SEND_TTS_MESSAGES: BitFlag(12),
+		MANAGE_MESSAGES: BitFlag(13),
+		EMBED_LINKS: BitFlag(14),
+		ATTACH_FILES: BitFlag(15),
+		READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY: BitFlag(16),
+		MENTION_EVERYONE: BitFlag(17),
+		USE_EXTERNAL_EMOJIS: BitFlag(18),
+		VIEW_GUILD_INSIGHTS: BitFlag(19),
+		CONNECT: BitFlag(20),
+		SPEAK: BitFlag(21),
+		MUTE_MEMBERS: BitFlag(22),
+		DEAFEN_MEMBERS: BitFlag(23),
+		MOVE_MEMBERS: BitFlag(24),
+		USE_VAD: BitFlag(25),
+		CHANGE_NICKNAME: BitFlag(26),
+		MANAGE_NICKNAMES: BitFlag(27),
+		MANAGE_ROLES: BitFlag(28),
+		MANAGE_WEBHOOKS: BitFlag(29),
+		MANAGE_EMOJIS_AND_STICKERS: BitFlag(30),
+		USE_APPLICATION_COMMANDS: BitFlag(31),
+		REQUEST_TO_SPEAK: BitFlag(32),
+		// TODO: what is permission 33?
+		MANAGE_THREADS: BitFlag(34),
+		USE_PUBLIC_THREADS: BitFlag(35),
+		USE_PRIVATE_THREADS: BitFlag(36),
+		USE_EXTERNAL_STICKERS: BitFlag(37),
+
+		/**
+		 * CUSTOM PERMISSIONS ideas:
+		 * - allow user to dm members
+		 * - allow user to pin messages (without MANAGE_MESSAGES)
+		 * - allow user to publish messages (without MANAGE_MESSAGES)
+		 */
+		// CUSTOM_PERMISSION: BigInt(1) << BigInt(0) + CUSTOM_PERMISSION_OFFSET
+	};
+
+	any(permission: PermissionResolvable, checkAdmin = true) {
+		return (checkAdmin && super.any(Permissions.FLAGS.ADMINISTRATOR)) || super.any(permission);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the bitfield has a permission, or multiple permissions.
+	 */
+	has(permission: PermissionResolvable, checkAdmin = true) {
+		return (checkAdmin && super.has(Permissions.FLAGS.ADMINISTRATOR)) || super.has(permission);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the bitfield has a permission, or multiple permissions, but throws an Error if user fails to match auth criteria.
+	 */
+	hasThrow(permission: PermissionResolvable) {
+		if (this.has(permission) && this.has("VIEW_CHANNEL")) return true;
+		// @ts-ignore
+		throw new HTTPError(`You are missing the following permissions ${permission}`, 403);
+	}
+
+	overwriteChannel(overwrites: ChannelPermissionOverwrite[]) {
+		if (!overwrites) return this;
+		if (!this.cache) throw new Error("permission chache not available");
+		overwrites = overwrites.filter((x) => {
+			if (x.type === 0 && this.cache.roles?.some((r) => r.id === x.id)) return true;
+			if (x.type === 1 && x.id == this.cache.user_id) return true;
+			return false;
+		});
+		return new Permissions(Permissions.channelPermission(overwrites, this.bitfield));
+	}
+
+	static channelPermission(overwrites: ChannelPermissionOverwrite[], init?: bigint) {
+		// TODO: do not deny any permissions if admin
+		return overwrites.reduce((permission, overwrite) => {
+			// apply disallowed permission
+			// * permission: current calculated permission (e.g. 010)
+			// * deny contains all denied permissions (e.g. 011)
+			// * allow contains all explicitly allowed permisions (e.g. 100)
+			return (permission & ~BigInt(overwrite.deny)) | BigInt(overwrite.allow);
+			// ~ operator inverts deny (e.g. 011 -> 100)
+			// & operator only allows 1 for both ~deny and permission (e.g. 010 & 100 -> 000)
+			// | operators adds both together (e.g. 000 + 100 -> 100)
+		}, init || BigInt(0));
+	}
+
+	static rolePermission(roles: Role[]) {
+		// adds all permissions of all roles together (Bit OR)
+		return roles.reduce((permission, role) => permission | BigInt(role.permissions), BigInt(0));
+	}
+
+	static finalPermission({
+		user,
+		guild,
+		channel,
+	}: {
+		user: { id: string; roles: string[] };
+		guild: { roles: Role[] };
+		channel?: {
+			overwrites?: ChannelPermissionOverwrite[];
+			recipient_ids?: string[] | null;
+			owner_id?: string;
+		};
+	}) {
+		if (user.id === "0") return new Permissions("ADMINISTRATOR"); // system user id
+
+		let roles = guild.roles.filter((x) => user.roles.includes(x.id));
+		let permission = Permissions.rolePermission(roles);
+
+		if (channel?.overwrites) {
+			let overwrites = channel.overwrites.filter((x) => {
+				if (x.type === 0 && user.roles.includes(x.id)) return true;
+				if (x.type === 1 && x.id == user.id) return true;
+				return false;
+			});
+			permission = Permissions.channelPermission(overwrites, permission);
+		}
+
+		if (channel?.recipient_ids) {
+			if (channel?.owner_id === user.id) return new Permissions("ADMINISTRATOR");
+			if (channel.recipient_ids.includes(user.id)) {
+				// Default dm permissions
+				return new Permissions([
+					"VIEW_CHANNEL",
+					"SEND_MESSAGES",
+					"STREAM",
+					"ADD_REACTIONS",
+					"EMBED_LINKS",
+					"ATTACH_FILES",
+					"READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY",
+					"MENTION_EVERYONE",
+					"USE_EXTERNAL_EMOJIS",
+					"CONNECT",
+					"SPEAK",
+					"MANAGE_CHANNELS",
+				]);
+			}
+
+			return new Permissions();
+		}
+
+		return new Permissions(permission);
+	}
+}
+
+const ALL_PERMISSIONS = Object.values(Permissions.FLAGS).reduce((total, val) => total | val, BigInt(0));
+
+export type PermissionCache = {
+	channel?: Channel | undefined;
+	member?: Member | undefined;
+	guild?: Guild | undefined;
+	roles?: Role[] | undefined;
+	user_id?: string;
+};
+
+export async function getPermission(
+	user_id?: string,
+	guild_id?: string,
+	channel_id?: string,
+	opts: {
+		guild_select?: (keyof Guild)[];
+		guild_relations?: string[];
+		channel_select?: (keyof Channel)[];
+		channel_relations?: string[];
+		member_select?: (keyof Member)[];
+		member_relations?: string[];
+	} = {}
+) {
+	if (!user_id) throw new HTTPError("User not found");
+	var channel: Channel | undefined;
+	var member: Member | undefined;
+	var guild: Guild | undefined;
+
+	if (channel_id) {
+		channel = await Channel.findOneOrFail({
+			where: { id: channel_id },
+			relations: ["recipients", ...(opts.channel_relations || [])],
+			select: [
+				"id",
+				"recipients",
+				"permission_overwrites",
+				"owner_id",
+				"guild_id",
+				// @ts-ignore
+				...(opts.channel_select || []),
+			],
+		});
+		if (channel.guild_id) guild_id = channel.guild_id; // derive guild_id from the channel
+	}
+
+	if (guild_id) {
+		guild = await Guild.findOneOrFail({
+			where: { id: guild_id },
+			select: [
+				"id",
+				"owner_id",
+				// @ts-ignore
+				...(opts.guild_select || []),
+			],
+			relations: opts.guild_relations,
+		});
+		if (guild.owner_id === user_id) return new Permissions(Permissions.FLAGS.ADMINISTRATOR);
+
+		member = await Member.findOneOrFail({
+			where: { guild_id, id: user_id },
+			relations: ["roles", ...(opts.member_relations || [])],
+			select: [
+				"id",
+				"roles",
+				// @ts-ignore
+				...(opts.member_select || []),
+			],
+		});
+	}
+
+	let recipient_ids: any = channel?.recipients?.map((x) => x.user_id);
+	if (!recipient_ids?.length) recipient_ids = null;
+
+	// TODO: remove guild.roles and convert recipient_ids to recipients
+	var permission = Permissions.finalPermission({
+		user: {
+			id: user_id,
+			roles: member?.roles.map((x) => x.id) || [],
+		},
+		guild: {
+			roles: member?.roles || [],
+		},
+		channel: {
+			overwrites: channel?.permission_overwrites,
+			owner_id: channel?.owner_id,
+			recipient_ids,
+		},
+	});
+
+	const obj = new Permissions(permission);
+
+	// pass cache to permission for possible future getPermission calls
+	obj.cache = { guild, member, channel, roles: member?.roles, user_id };
+
+	return obj;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/RabbitMQ.ts b/src/util/util/RabbitMQ.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f5eb6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/RabbitMQ.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import amqp, { Connection, Channel } from "amqplib";
+// import Config from "./Config";
+
+export const RabbitMQ: { connection: Connection | null; channel: Channel | null; init: () => Promise<void> } = {
+	connection: null,
+	channel: null,
+	init: async function () {
+		return;
+		// const host = Config.get().rabbitmq.host;
+		// if (!host) return;
+		// console.log(`[RabbitMQ] connect: ${host}`);
+		// this.connection = await amqp.connect(host, {
+		// 	timeout: 1000 * 60,
+		// });
+		// console.log(`[RabbitMQ] connected`);
+		// this.channel = await this.connection.createChannel();
+		// console.log(`[RabbitMQ] channel created`);
+	},
+};
diff --git a/src/util/util/Regex.ts b/src/util/util/Regex.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83fc9fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Regex.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export const DOUBLE_WHITE_SPACE = /\s\s+/g;
+export const SPECIAL_CHAR = /[@#`:\r\n\t\f\v\p{C}]/gu;
+export const CHANNEL_MENTION = /<#(\d+)>/g;
+export const USER_MENTION = /<@!?(\d+)>/g;
+export const ROLE_MENTION = /<@&(\d+)>/g;
+export const EVERYONE_MENTION = /@everyone/g;
+export const HERE_MENTION = /@here/g;
diff --git a/src/util/util/Rights.ts b/src/util/util/Rights.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b28c75b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Rights.ts
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+import { BitField } from "./BitField";
+import "missing-native-js-functions";
+import { BitFieldResolvable, BitFlag } from "./BitField";
+import { User } from "../entities";
+
+var HTTPError: any;
+
+try {
+	HTTPError = require("lambert-server").HTTPError;
+} catch (e) {
+	HTTPError = Error;
+}
+
+export type RightResolvable = bigint | number | Rights | RightResolvable[] | RightString;
+
+type RightString = keyof typeof Rights.FLAGS;
+// TODO: just like roles for members, users should have privilidges which combine multiple rights into one and make it easy to assign
+
+export class Rights extends BitField {
+	constructor(bits: BitFieldResolvable = 0) {
+		super(bits);
+		if (this.bitfield & Rights.FLAGS.OPERATOR) {
+			this.bitfield = ALL_RIGHTS;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static FLAGS = {
+		OPERATOR: BitFlag(0), // has all rights
+		MANAGE_APPLICATIONS: BitFlag(1),
+		MANAGE_GUILDS: BitFlag(2),
+		MANAGE_MESSAGES: BitFlag(3), // Can't see other messages but delete/edit them in channels that they can see
+		MANAGE_RATE_LIMITS: BitFlag(4),
+		MANAGE_ROUTING: BitFlag(5), // can create custom message routes to any channel/guild
+		MANAGE_TICKETS: BitFlag(6), // can respond to and resolve support tickets
+		MANAGE_USERS: BitFlag(7),
+		ADD_MEMBERS: BitFlag(8), // can manually add any members in their guilds
+		BYPASS_RATE_LIMITS: BitFlag(9),
+		CREATE_APPLICATIONS: BitFlag(10),
+		CREATE_CHANNELS: BitFlag(11), // can create guild channels or threads in the guilds that they have permission
+		CREATE_DMS: BitFlag(12),
+		CREATE_DM_GROUPS: BitFlag(13), // can create group DMs or custom orphan channels
+		CREATE_GUILDS: BitFlag(14),
+		CREATE_INVITES: BitFlag(15), // can create mass invites in the guilds that they have CREATE_INSTANT_INVITE
+		CREATE_ROLES: BitFlag(16),
+		CREATE_TEMPLATES: BitFlag(17),
+		CREATE_WEBHOOKS: BitFlag(18),
+		JOIN_GUILDS: BitFlag(19),
+		PIN_MESSAGES: BitFlag(20),
+		SELF_ADD_REACTIONS: BitFlag(21),
+		SELF_DELETE_MESSAGES: BitFlag(22),
+		SELF_EDIT_MESSAGES: BitFlag(23),
+		SELF_EDIT_NAME: BitFlag(24),
+		SEND_MESSAGES: BitFlag(25),
+		USE_ACTIVITIES: BitFlag(26), // use (game) activities in voice channels (e.g. Watch together)
+		USE_VIDEO: BitFlag(27),
+		USE_VOICE: BitFlag(28),
+		INVITE_USERS: BitFlag(29), // can create user-specific invites in the guilds that they have INVITE_USERS
+		SELF_DELETE_DISABLE: BitFlag(30), // can disable/delete own account
+		DEBTABLE: BitFlag(31), // can use pay-to-use features
+		CREDITABLE: BitFlag(32), // can receive money from monetisation related features
+		KICK_BAN_MEMBERS: BitFlag(33),
+		// can kick or ban guild or group DM members in the guilds/groups that they have KICK_MEMBERS, or BAN_MEMBERS
+		SELF_LEAVE_GROUPS: BitFlag(34), 
+		// can leave the guilds or group DMs that they joined on their own (one can always leave a guild or group DMs they have been force-added)
+		PRESENCE: BitFlag(35),
+		// inverts the presence confidentiality default (OPERATOR's presence is not routed by default, others' are) for a given user
+		SELF_ADD_DISCOVERABLE: BitFlag(36), // can mark discoverable guilds that they have permissions to mark as discoverable
+		MANAGE_GUILD_DIRECTORY: BitFlag(37), // can change anything in the primary guild directory
+		POGGERS: BitFlag(38), // can send confetti, screenshake, random user mention (@someone)
+		USE_ACHIEVEMENTS: BitFlag(39), // can use achievements and cheers
+		INITIATE_INTERACTIONS: BitFlag(40), // can initiate interactions
+		RESPOND_TO_INTERACTIONS: BitFlag(41), // can respond to interactions
+		SEND_BACKDATED_EVENTS: BitFlag(42), // can send backdated events
+		USE_MASS_INVITES: BitFlag(43), // added per @xnacly's request — can accept mass invites
+		ACCEPT_INVITES: BitFlag(44) // added per @xnacly's request — can accept user-specific invites and DM requests
+	};
+
+	any(permission: RightResolvable, checkOperator = true) {
+		return (checkOperator && super.any(Rights.FLAGS.OPERATOR)) || super.any(permission);
+	}
+
+	has(permission: RightResolvable, checkOperator = true) {
+		return (checkOperator && super.has(Rights.FLAGS.OPERATOR)) || super.has(permission);
+	}
+
+	hasThrow(permission: RightResolvable) {
+		if (this.has(permission)) return true;
+		// @ts-ignore
+		throw new HTTPError(`You are missing the following rights ${permission}`, 403);
+	}
+	
+}
+
+const ALL_RIGHTS = Object.values(Rights.FLAGS).reduce((total, val) => total | val, BigInt(0));
+
+export async function getRights(	user_id: string
+	/**, opts: {
+		in_behalf?: (keyof User)[];
+	} = {} **/) {
+	let user = await User.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: user_id } });
+	return new Rights(user.rights);
+} 
diff --git a/src/util/util/Snowflake.ts b/src/util/util/Snowflake.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..134d526e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Snowflake.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// @ts-nocheck
+import * as cluster from "cluster";
+
+// https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js/blob/master/src/util/Snowflake.js
+// Apache License Version 2.0 Copyright 2015 - 2021 Amish Shah
+("use strict");
+
+// Discord epoch (2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z)
+
+/**
+ * A container for useful snowflake-related methods.
+ */
+export class Snowflake {
+	static readonly EPOCH = 1420070400000;
+	static INCREMENT = 0n; // max 4095
+	static processId = BigInt(process.pid % 31); // max 31
+	static workerId = BigInt((cluster.worker?.id || 0) % 31); // max 31
+
+	constructor() {
+		throw new Error(`The ${this.constructor.name} class may not be instantiated.`);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A Twitter-like snowflake, except the epoch is 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
+	 * ```
+	 * If we have a snowflake '266241948824764416' we can represent it as binary:
+	 *
+	 * 64                                          22     17     12          0
+	 *  000000111011000111100001101001000101000000  00001  00000  000000000000
+	 *       number of ms since Discord epoch       worker  pid    increment
+	 * ```
+	 * @typedef {string} Snowflake
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Transforms a snowflake from a decimal string to a bit string.
+	 * @param  {Snowflake} num Snowflake to be transformed
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 * @private
+	 */
+	static idToBinary(num) {
+		let bin = "";
+		let high = parseInt(num.slice(0, -10)) || 0;
+		let low = parseInt(num.slice(-10));
+		while (low > 0 || high > 0) {
+			bin = String(low & 1) + bin;
+			low = Math.floor(low / 2);
+			if (high > 0) {
+				low += 5000000000 * (high % 2);
+				high = Math.floor(high / 2);
+			}
+		}
+		return bin;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Transforms a snowflake from a bit string to a decimal string.
+	 * @param  {string} num Bit string to be transformed
+	 * @returns {Snowflake}
+	 * @private
+	 */
+	static binaryToID(num) {
+		let dec = "";
+
+		while (num.length > 50) {
+			const high = parseInt(num.slice(0, -32), 2);
+			const low = parseInt((high % 10).toString(2) + num.slice(-32), 2);
+
+			dec = (low % 10).toString() + dec;
+			num =
+				Math.floor(high / 10).toString(2) +
+				Math.floor(low / 10)
+					.toString(2)
+					.padStart(32, "0");
+		}
+
+		num = parseInt(num, 2);
+		while (num > 0) {
+			dec = (num % 10).toString() + dec;
+			num = Math.floor(num / 10);
+		}
+
+		return dec;
+	}
+
+	static generateWorkerProcess() { // worker process - returns a number
+		var time = BigInt(Date.now() - Snowflake.EPOCH) << BigInt(22);
+		var worker = Snowflake.workerId << 17n;
+		var process = Snowflake.processId << 12n;
+		var increment = Snowflake.INCREMENT++;
+		return BigInt(time | worker | process | increment);
+	}
+	
+	static generate() {
+		return Snowflake.generateWorkerProcess().toString();
+	}
+	/**
+	 * A deconstructed snowflake.
+	 * @typedef {Object} DeconstructedSnowflake
+	 * @property {number} timestamp Timestamp the snowflake was created
+	 * @property {Date} date Date the snowflake was created
+	 * @property {number} workerID Worker ID in the snowflake
+	 * @property {number} processID Process ID in the snowflake
+	 * @property {number} increment Increment in the snowflake
+	 * @property {string} binary Binary representation of the snowflake
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * Deconstructs a Discord snowflake.
+	 * @param {Snowflake} snowflake Snowflake to deconstruct
+	 * @returns {DeconstructedSnowflake} Deconstructed snowflake
+	 */
+	static deconstruct(snowflake) {
+		const BINARY = Snowflake.idToBinary(snowflake).toString(2).padStart(64, "0");
+		const res = {
+			timestamp: parseInt(BINARY.substring(0, 42), 2) + Snowflake.EPOCH,
+			workerID: parseInt(BINARY.substring(42, 47), 2),
+			processID: parseInt(BINARY.substring(47, 52), 2),
+			increment: parseInt(BINARY.substring(52, 64), 2),
+			binary: BINARY,
+		};
+		Object.defineProperty(res, "date", {
+			get: function get() {
+				return new Date(this.timestamp);
+			},
+			enumerable: true,
+		});
+		return res;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/String.ts b/src/util/util/String.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55f11e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/String.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { SPECIAL_CHAR } from "./Regex";
+
+export function trimSpecial(str?: string): string {
+	// @ts-ignore
+	if (!str) return;
+	return str.replace(SPECIAL_CHAR, "").trim();
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/Token.ts b/src/util/util/Token.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ba3e1ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/Token.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import jwt, { VerifyOptions } from "jsonwebtoken";
+import { Config } from "./Config";
+import { User } from "../entities";
+
+export const JWTOptions: VerifyOptions = { algorithms: ["HS256"] };
+
+export function checkToken(token: string, jwtSecret: string): Promise<any> {
+	return new Promise((res, rej) => {
+		token = token.replace("Bot ", "");
+		/**
+		in fosscord, even with instances that have bot distinction; we won't enforce "Bot" prefix,
+		as we don't really have separate pathways for bots 
+		**/
+
+		jwt.verify(token, jwtSecret, JWTOptions, async (err, decoded: any) => {
+			if (err || !decoded) return rej("Invalid Token");
+
+			const user = await User.findOne({
+				where: { id: decoded.id },
+				select: ["data", "bot", "disabled", "deleted", "rights"]
+			});
+			if (!user) return rej("Invalid Token");
+			// we need to round it to seconds as it saved as seconds in jwt iat and valid_tokens_since is stored in milliseconds
+			if (decoded.iat * 1000 < new Date(user.data.valid_tokens_since).setSeconds(0, 0))
+				return rej("Invalid Token");
+			if (user.disabled) return rej("User disabled");
+			if (user.deleted) return rej("User not found");
+
+			return res({ decoded, user });
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+export async function generateToken(id: string) {
+	const iat = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+	const algorithm = "HS256";
+
+	return new Promise((res, rej) => {
+		jwt.sign(
+			{ id: id, iat },
+			Config.get().security.jwtSecret,
+			{
+				algorithm,
+			},
+			(err, token) => {
+				if (err) return rej(err);
+				return res(token);
+			}
+		);
+	});
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/TraverseDirectory.ts b/src/util/util/TraverseDirectory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d0d6279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/TraverseDirectory.ts
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+import { Server, traverseDirectory } from "lambert-server";
+
+//if we're using ts-node, use ts files instead of js
+const extension = Symbol.for("ts-node.register.instance") in process ? "ts" : "js"
+
+const DEFAULT_FILTER = new RegExp("^([^\.].*)(?<!\.d)\.(" + extension + ")$");
+
+export function registerRoutes(server: Server, root: string) {
+	return traverseDirectory(
+		{ dirname: root, recursive: true, filter: DEFAULT_FILTER },
+		server.registerRoute.bind(server, root)
+	);
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/cdn.ts b/src/util/util/cdn.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..812a4e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/cdn.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import FormData from "form-data";
+import { HTTPError } from "lambert-server";
+import fetch from "node-fetch";
+import { Attachment } from "../entities";
+import { Config } from "./Config";
+
+export async function uploadFile(path: string, file?: Express.Multer.File): Promise<Attachment> {
+	if (!file?.buffer) throw new HTTPError("Missing file in body");
+
+	const form = new FormData();
+	form.append("file", file.buffer, {
+		contentType: file.mimetype,
+		filename: file.originalname,
+	});
+
+	const response = await fetch(`${Config.get().cdn.endpointPrivate || "http://localhost:3003"}${path}`, {
+		headers: {
+			signature: Config.get().security.requestSignature,
+			...form.getHeaders(),
+		},
+		method: "POST",
+		body: form,
+	});
+	const result = await response.json() as Attachment;
+
+	if (response.status !== 200) throw result;
+	return result;
+}
+
+export async function handleFile(path: string, body?: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+	if (!body || !body.startsWith("data:")) return undefined;
+	try {
+		const mimetype = body.split(":")[1].split(";")[0];
+		const buffer = Buffer.from(body.split(",")[1], "base64");
+
+		// @ts-ignore
+		const { id } = await uploadFile(path, { buffer, mimetype, originalname: "banner" });
+		return id;
+	} catch (error) {
+		console.error(error);
+		throw new HTTPError("Invalid " + path);
+	}
+}
+
+export async function deleteFile(path: string) {
+	const response = await fetch(`${Config.get().cdn.endpointPrivate || "http://localhost:3003"}${path}`, {
+		headers: {
+			signature: Config.get().security.requestSignature,
+		},
+		method: "DELETE",
+	});
+	const result = await response.json();
+
+	if (response.status !== 200) throw result;
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util/index.ts b/src/util/util/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2bd6489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/util/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+export * from "./ApiError";
+export * from "./BitField";
+export * from "./Token";
+//export * from "./Categories";
+export * from "./cdn";
+export * from "./Config";
+export * from "./Constants";
+export * from "./Database";
+export * from "./Email";
+export * from "./Event";
+export * from "./FieldError";
+export * from "./Intents";
+export * from "./MessageFlags";
+export * from "./Permissions";
+export * from "./RabbitMQ";
+export * from "./Regex";
+export * from "./Rights";
+export * from "./Snowflake";
+export * from "./String";
+export * from "./Array";
+export * from "./TraverseDirectory";
+export * from "./InvisibleCharacters";
+export * from "./BannedWords";
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