Dorion – lightweight Discord web client

Dorion is a lightweight desktop wrapper for Discord’s web application, built with Tauri rather than Electron.

Its small native shell is designed to consume less storage and memory while starting quickly on modest hardware. Dorion adds theme support, client modifications, configurable keybindings and Discord Rich Presence integration without replacing the familiar web interface. Shelter is included, while Vencord and Equicord can be selected as alternative modifications. Linux builds are distributed for several processor architectures, although an important limitation remains: voice calls are unavailable on Linux because WebKitGTK does not yet provide the required WebRTC support. Animated media can also expose WebKitGTK performance limitations on some systems.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Uses Tauri and the operating system’s native web rendering engine.
• Provides a compact alternative to Electron-based Discord clients.
• Includes shelter as its default Discord client modification.
• Can load Vencord or Equicord through configurable feature options.
• Supports custom themes, including compatible BetterDiscord themes.
• Provides global shortcuts and configurable push-to-talk keybindings.
• Offers Discord Rich Presence through compatible RPC bridge components.
• Supports plugins and modifications designed for browser-based Discord.
• Provides configurable feature flags for optional client functionality.
• Offers packages for x86-64, ARMv7 and ARM64 systems.
• Runs on Linux, Windows and macOS from a shared codebase.

Website: github.com/SpikeHD/Dorion
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Developer: SpikeHD
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Dorion is written in Rust and JavaScript. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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