A completely native Discord client for macOS built 100% in Swift and SwiftUI
This project aims to create a fully functional native Discord client in Swift for macOS from scratch.
I'd also recommend checking out DiscordKit, the Discord API implementation Swiftcord relies on.
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Swiftcord was created to offer a Discord-like UI and experience while having the performance and memory benefits of native apps. The idea started brewing when I was tight on RAM, then noticed Discord using 600+MB of RAM. I then realized that was the perfect opportunity to explore SwiftUI, since it was relatively new to me at that time. Hence, Swiftcord was born!
For the latest features and fixes, a pre-built version of the latest commit is available here
Alpha releases are available at GitHub Releases
Swiftcord is also available on homebrew as a cask: brew install swiftcord. Versions are
lock stepped with alpha releases on GitHub releases.
Coming soon!
- OS: macOS Monterey and above (>= 12.0)
- Arch: Apple Silicon or Intel (Most releases are universal bundles)
Note: Note: To open Swiftcord, you may need to right-click on the icon > press open. Some older releases were not signed or notarized with an Apple developer account.
Covers a few common questions I have encountered, click on the question to expand the answer
Will I get banned for using Swiftcord/Is using Swiftcord illegal?
Using Swiftcord isn't illegal. Contrary to what many people say on various platforms, 3rd party clients (i.e. Swiftcord) aren't against the Discord ToS. You can read the section in Discord's ToS regarding their software here. However, I cannot guarantee Swiftcord's use of Discord's endpoints won't trip selfbot ban detection. As far as possible, Swiftcord aims to use endpoints as similarly to the official client as possible, and I (the developer) have not been banned for using Swiftcord with either my main or alt account. I do not take any responsibility for account bans due to the use of Swiftcord, whether direct or indirect, although there's a very low possibility of that occurring. I recommend trying Swiftcord with an alt if possible.Feature x is missing! When will y be implemented?
Swiftcord currently is in the alpha stage, and hasn't achieved feature parity with the official Discord client yet (it's quite far behind). Many features are on the roadmap, but I do not currently have a timeline for them. Development is progressing at a fast pace, but sometimes bugs may take an unexpectedly long time to fix. I appreciate contributions, bug reports, and suggestions :)Swiftcord just crashed!
Although I'm aiming for 0 crashes (which is made easy by Swift), sometimes the unexpected happens xD. If you experience a crash, please open an issue with appropriate information like the line the error occurs on, relevant logs, and what you were doing that might have caused the crash. If you can solve the bug causing the crash, that's even better!Implemented most core message-related features from the official client, including basic markdown and embeds, stickers (lottie/PNG), and editing and deleting events. You can now send attachments (both from the file picker and by dragging and dropping) with your messages too! DMs now have first-class support!
More advanced features like voice channels & editing messages etc aren't supported yet, refer to the roadmap below.
Gateway connection event handling is stable, and reconnection is rock solid (as far as I can test). If you encounter a reconnection bug (not reconnecting, reconnection loop, etc), please open an issue with the relevant logs.
I do not have a definite timeline for when a feature would be implemented, and they may not necessarily be implemented in sequence.
- ✅ Gateway/REST API Implementation
- ✅ Load server list, channels, and message
- ✅ Basic message, channel, and server rendering
- ✅ Rich message rendering (stickers, embeds, markdown, media)
- ✅ Message replies
- ✅ Load and display full user profile (bio + roles)
- ✅ Save the last server and last channel viewed in servers (QoL)
- ✅ Better loading screen
- ✅ Find and request the most optimized photo size from CDN
- ⏱ Partial user and app settings
- ✅ DM and group loading
- ✅ Display DMs properly in UI
- ✅ Send DM messages
- ✅ Send attachments
- ❌ User roles + overwrites
- ❌ Message notifications
- ❌ Full list of users in a server, especially for larger servers (1000+ members)
- ✅ Ordering of channels, servers, and categories
- ❌ Threads support
- ❌ Full user settings
- ❌ Server creation
- ❌ Server discovery
- ❌ Server banner, boost widget, and other misc. boosted features
- ❌ Voice channels (ambitious)
- ❌ Video channels (very ambitious)
- ✅ -> Complete
- ⏱ -> Implementation in progress
- ❌ -> Not started
Copyright (c) 2022 Vincent Kwok
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