Discord Client Encyclopedia

A non-exhaustive collection of third-party clients and mods for Discord.

Table of Contents

• Discord Client Encyclopedia
  • Table of Contents
  • Mobile
    • Android Clients & Mods
    • iOS Clients & Mods
  • Desktop
    • Official Clients
    • Mods
      • Plugin bundlers
    • Third-Party Reimplementations
  • Console clients
  • Other clients
  • Third party server implementations
  • Contributing
  • Further comments
  • Disclaimer

Mobile

Android Clients & Mods

Name	Features	Language(s)	Development Status
Discord Android	Official Android client	[Closed source]	🟢 Active
Aliucord	A modification for the Android Discord app		🔵 Active (Out of date1)
Bunny	A mod for Discord's mobile apps, fork of Vendetta.		🟢 Active
VendroidEnhanced	VendroidEnhanced is a fork of Vencord/Vendroid that improves upon the original project.		🟢 Active
Vendroid	Vencord for Android! A WebView embedding the Discord site, loading Vencord and adding some goodies.		🟢 Active
Revenge	A modification for Discord mobile apps.		🔴 Discontinued
Vendetta	A Discord mod that is compatible with Android and iOS!		🔴 Discontinued
CutTheCord	Modular Client Mod for Discord's Android app.		🔴 Discontinued
OpenCord	An open-source implementation of the Discord Android app		🔴 Discontinued
Treecord	A modded Discord client for Android!		🔴 Discontinued
Bluecord	Modded client mod for Android	[Closed source]	⛔ Malware (scams and spying)

iOS Clients & Mods

Name	Features	Language(s)	Development Status
Discord iOS	Official iOS client	[Closed source]	🟢 Active
Enmity	The power of addons, all in your hand.		🟢 Active
Bunny	A mod for Discord's mobile apps, fork of Vendetta.		🟢 Active
Revenge	A modification for Discord mobile apps.		🔴 Discontinued
Vendetta	A Discord mod that is compatible with Android and iOS!		🔴 Discontinued
Discord Classic	A bare-bones Discord client for iOS 5 and 6.		🔴 Discontinued

Desktop

Official Clients

Name	Link	Infos
Discord	Web, Windows, macOS, Debian/Ubuntu, Tarball	Main software
Discord PTB	Web, Windows, macOS, Debian/Ubuntu, Tarball	Public Test Build
Discord Canary	Web, Windows, macOS, Debian/Ubuntu, Tarball	Discord's canary build, releases features earlier than PTB
Discord Development	Windows, macOS, Debian/Ubuntu, Tarball	Essentially Discord's canary build but with updates a few days earlier

Mods

Name	Features	Language(s)	Development Status
Aero	A next-generation Discord mod empowering users and developers alike.		🟢 Active
BeautifulDiscord	Simple Python script that adds CSS hot-reload to Discord.		🟢 Active
BetterDiscord	BetterDiscord extends the functionality of DiscordApp by enhancing it with new features.		🟢 Active
DiscoCSS	A tiny Discord CSS injector for Linux and Mac OS.		🟢 Active
Kernel	A super small and fast Electron client mod with the most capability.		🟢 Active
OpenAsar	Alternative app.asar for Discord. Makes your client feel snappier.		🟢 Active
reUpdater	An open-source alternative to Discord's updater.node, featuring multithreaded downloads and allowing custom desktop client patches via an alternative update API.		🟢 Active
Replugged	A lightweight Discord client mod focused on simplicity and performance.		🟢 Active
shelter	shelter is a new generation client mod built to be essentially bulletproof (i.e. Discord switch to SWC).		🟢 Active
Equicord	Fork of Vencord with extra plugins and features.		🟢 Active
Equibop	Fork of Vesktop with extra plugins and features.		🟢 Active
Vencord	Proper context isolation, inline patches, Custom CSS, Useful™ plugins		🟢 Active
Vesktop	Vesktop is a cross platform desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord experience with Vencord pre-installed		🟢 Active
Cumcord	Cumcord is a Discord client mod that focuses on making the Discord plugin development experience easier.		🟢 Active
Suncord	A fork of Vencord.		🔴 Discontinued
Sunroof	A fork of Vesktop.		🔴 Discontinued
Vizality	An Discord app client modification, allowing for a truly customizable experience through the use of plugins, themes, and built-in settings. Runs on web browsers too		🔴 Discontinued
Hykord	xHyroM's @discord client modification. Supports BD themes and is working on BD and PC/RP plugin support.		🔴 Discontinued
Crycord	A Discord Client modification with plugins. Uses BeautifulDiscord's CSS injector. Oh it's also written in Crystal!		🟠 On hiatus, since May 2021
Demoncord	A Discord client mod by satanists, for satanists.		🟠 On hiatus, since September 2022
EnhancedDiscord	A lightweight Discord client mod.		🔴 Abandoned
Acord Premium	A client you have to pay for that stole its code.	[Closed source]	⛔ sus behavior (Stolen code)
GooseMod	GooseMod is a new, store-driven Discord mod. Runs on web browsers too		🔴 Discontinued
HolyMod	A lightweight client mod focused on simplicity and performance.		🔴 Discontinued
Lightcord	Lightcord is a simple and customizable client for Discord. It includes BandagedBD, Glasstron and a discord.js-like api.		🔴 Discontinued, and abandoned
Powercord	A lightweight Discord client mod focused on simplicity and performance.		🔴 Discontinued
Topaz	Topaz is an upcoming mod which aims to be "next-gen" by using advanced tech to add never-before-seen innovative features. Runs on web browsers too		🔴 Discontinued
Velocity	Velocity is a Discord Client modification that allows you to extend discord's functionality and capabilities.		🔴 Discontinued

Plugin bundlers

Name	Features	Language(s)	Development Status
Ittai (AAGaming's fork)	Fork of Ittai that can bundle plugins to BetterDiscord, Powercord and Goosemod, making a plugin cross-platform.		🔴 Discontinued
Ittai (Original)	Bundler for BetterDiscord, Powercord and Goosemod, making a plugin cross-platform.		🔴 Discontinued
BetterDiscordBuilder	Simplified plugin bundler for BetterDiscord. Supports JSX/TSX and TypeScript		🔴 Discontinued

Wrappers/adapters for the official clients

Name	Features	Language(s)	Development Status
Discord-PWA	A wrapper for the Discord web client as a Progressive Web Application, for use with Chromium based browsers.		🟢 Active
Discord Tauri	A lightweight Discord wrapper made in Tauri		🔴 Discontinued
NativeCord	SSB (site-specific browser) for Discord. In other words, all it does is load Discord as a website... in an app.		🟠 On hiatus, since March 2022

Third-Party Reimplementations

Name	Features	Language(s)	Development Status
Abaddon	Alternative Discord client made in C++ with GTK		🟢 Active
LibreDiscord	LibreDiscord is a free and open source voice and video client for Discord written in C using GTK3 and GLib.		🟠 On hiatus
Discord Messenger-DM	Discord Messenger is a free Discord-compatible messaging client targeting both new and old Windows.		🟢 Active
AeroChat	A Discord client themed to look like WLM 09.		🟢 Active
Armcord	ArmCord is a custom client designed to enhance your Discord experience while keeping everything lightweight.		🟢 Active
ChimeraCord	A functional but elegant unofficial Discord client for freeBSD, that aims for feature-parity with the official Discord client.		🟢 Active
Datcord	An open-source discord client using firefox.		🟢 Active
Discord-Sandbox	Open-source Sandbox Discord client for the privacy-minded. Say NO to intrusive data collection.		🟢 Active
discord-screenaudio	A custom Discord client that supports streaming with audio on Linux.		🟢 Active
Discordo	A lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord terminal client		🟢 Active
Dorion	Lightweight alternative Discord client with a smaller footprint and some fancy extensible features		🟢 Active
Dissent	Dissent (previously gtkcord4) is a third-party Discord client designed for a smooth, native experience on Linux desktops.		🟢 Active
LemonCord	A fast & light weight Discord Client made with love using the Rust programming language.		🟢 Active
GoofCord	A privacy-focused client with features like message encryption, script loading, and more. Based on ArmCord.		🟢 Active
QTCord	A lightweight, native Discord client written in Python with QT.		🟢 Active
RyU	Powerful Discord Client written in JavaScript. Lightweight, Efficient, Feature-rich.		🟢 Active
Swiftcord	A completely native Discord client for macOS built 100% in Swift and SwiftUI!		🟢 Active
WebCord	A Discord API-less client made with Electron		🔵 Active (Variable2)
Spacebar Chat	Open source, themeable and extendable discord-compatible native Spacebar client		🟢 Active
Disrust	A discord TUI client written entirely in Rust		🟠 On hiatus, since January 2023
Accord	Client for modern Macs		🟠 On hiatus, since December 2022
Unicord	Discord Client for Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile		🟠 On hiatus, since April 2022
Unofficial-discord-client	Unofficial client for discord build in C++ with Qt.		🟠 On hiatus, since March 2022
ToastCord	Discord Terminal UI made in Python 3		🔴 Discontinued
Discord Lite	An ultra-lightweight native Discord client for vintage and modern MacOS		🟠 On hiatus, since January 2022
FeatherCord	FeatherCord is a lightweight alternative to the Discord client and uses up to 25% less resources compared to the default desktop client.	[Closed source]	🔴 Discontinued
Mirdorph	A crappy low feature Discord Client using libadwaita		🔴 Discontinued
Ripcord	Alternative desktop chat client for Slack (and Discord) designed for power users.	[Closed source]	🟠 On hiatus, since July 2021
DiscordQt	A Discord desktop client powered by Node.JS and NodeGui.		🔴 Discontinued
concord	Discord client made in Qt5		🔴 Discontinued
protocord	A prototype CLI for a tiny Discord client.		🔴 Discontinued
Pesterchum-Discord	A Discord client mimicking the Pesterchum chat client from Homestuck, for the few people who are still interested in that.		🔴 Discontinued
DiscordFlex	A custom Discord client built from the ground up.		🔴 Discontinued
micro-discord	Simple discord client that doesn't use javascript		🔴 Discontinued
Disorder	Command line discord client		🔴 Discontinued
Fast-Discord	Client written in C++ and Qt		🔴 Discontinued
Rikka	Rikka is a fast, powerful, and extendable Discord modification. It can load plugins, manage plugins, and features a rich API.		🔴 Discontinued
Harmony	A Java-based Discord client.		🔴 Discontinued
6cord	A terminal front-end for the Discord chat service		🔴 Discontinued
Terminalcord	Simple terminal client for discord with a minimal look and UI.		🔴 Discontinued
discord-curses	Terminal-based discord client		🔴 Discontinued
Discline	A terminal Discord client that you can actually use.		🔴 Discontinued
GTK3cord	A Gtk3 Discord client in Golang		🔴 Discontinued. development shifted to GTK4cord
Discord-Terminal	An extensible Discord terminal client. Can be used with bot or user tokens.		🔴 Discontinued, Looking for maintainers
Cordless	Cordless is a custom Discord client that aims to have a low memory footprint and be aimed at power-users.		⛔ Discontinued, Developer got banned during development
Discord-Lite	A Light-Weight Discord Client written in Python for developers, by developers.		🔴 Discontinued, Developer MIA, repo and account deleted
Voidcord	A lightweight and extendable Discord web client on top of Neutralinojs.		🔴 Discontinued, Developer repo and account deleted

Console clients

Name	Features	Language(s)	Development Status
A-client-for-Discord-for-3DS	Applications that can use discord on 3DS		🟠 On hiatus, since since January 2022
crcophony	Fast, neat discord TUI written in Crystal (read: cacophony)		🟠 On hiatus, since November 2019
NXCord	Unofficial Nintendo Switch Discord client		🟠 On hiatus, since April 2020
Unofficial Discord 3DS Client	This just a simple Discord client for the 3DS build using the Sleepy Discord library and the Wslay library.		🟠 On hiatus, since November 2017
Quarrel	Quarrel is a Discord client for Windows and Xbox that aims to bring voice chat to Xbox and improved support for varying screen sizes on devices running windows.		🟠 On hiatus, since Augest 2022
VitaCord	Discord Client for PS Vita / PS TV		🟠 On hiatus, since March 2018
Switchcord	An unofficial Discord client for the Nintendo Switch console.		🔴 Discontinued
3DiScord	A Discord client for the Nintendo 3DS		⛔ Discontinued. will get you banned

Other clients

Name	Features	Language(s)	Development Status
Discross	A webhook bridge to send messages on Discord through a webpage		🟢 Active
purple-discord	A libpurple/Pidgin plugin for Discord		🟢 Active
Reliable Discord-client IRC Daemon (rdircd)	Reliable personal discord-client to irc-server translation daemon		🟢 Active
discord-j2me	Discord client for Java ME (MIDP 1.0 & 2.0) devices		🟢 Active
Weechat Discord	Weechat plugin for Discord support.		🟢 Active
bitlbee-discord	Discord protocol plugin for BitlBee.		🟠 On hiatus, since September 2021
crocodile	Discord client for TempleOS.		🟠 On hiatus, since November 2017
discord-aos	Discord client for Sailfish OS		🟠 On hiatus, since November 2021
discord-ppc	Discord version for PowerPC architecture		🟠 On hiatus, since June 2017
Arcscord	NodeJS library written in typescript who interact with the Discord API		🔴 Discontinued

Third party server implementations

The following are server implementations that reimplement Discord's client-server API:

Name	Features	Language(s)	Is Self-hostable	Development Status
Polyphony	Almost fully featured re-implementation of Discord API Server, support for federation planned using Polyproto as the server-server API		🟢 Yes	🟢 Active
Reflectcord	Reimplementation of Discord API Server on top of Revolt.chat		🟢 Yes	🟢 Active
Spacebar Chat	Almost fully featured re-implementation of Discord API Server experimental branch implementing limited support for federation using ActivityPub as the server-server API		🟢 Yes	🟢 Active
Oldcord	2015-2018 Discord server reimplementation		🟢 Yes	🟢 Active
Hummus	2017 Discord server reimplementation	[Closed source]	🟠 Ask creator for permission	🟢 Active
Cacophony	An plugin for Catalyst matrix server implementing Discord's client-server API, partial reimplementation of Discord API	(Currently closed source, planned to be open sourced after further progress)	🟠🟢 Yes, once open sourced	🟠 Work in progress
Litecord	Partial reimplementation of Discord API Server		🟠 Allowed, not intended	🟠 On hiatus, since December 2023

Contributing

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md if you want to contribute to this project.

Further comments

Will update as needed!

If you would like feel free to reach out to Nekopara#4266 (Head of Team) on the official Discord: https://discord.gg/3kv5yzTYQE

Disclaimer

We (contributors) are not responsible for you getting banned from using a 3rd party or you getting kicked from servers.

Footnotes

1. Discord brought a breaking change for the mod in question. ↩

2. Some occasional breaks might occur depending on the maintainers' free time. ↩