Endcord – feature rich Discord TUI client

Endcord is a third-party feature rich Discord client, running entirely in the terminal.

It is built with Python and the ncurses library, to deliver a lightweight yet feature rich experience.

Discord token is required in order to run Endcord.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Extremely low CPU and RAM usage (values greatly depend on number of servers and channels).
• Extension API.
• Voice calls (WIP).
• Integrated RPC (only Rich Presence) and game detection.
• Mouse controls.
• Desktop notifications.
• View images, gifs, videos, audio, stickers and YouTube with ASCII art or in external app.
• Download/upload attachments.
• Select message and: reply, edit, delete, go to replied, react, vote in a poll…
• Member list.
• Search messages.
• Client commands with history.
• App commands and some interactions.
• View user profile.
• Channel tree:
  • Correct channel order.
  • Don’t show hidden channels.
  • Show muted channels as gray.
  • Show unread channels as bold.
  • Show channels with mention as red.
  • Expand categories and servers.
  • DMs in separate drop-down, show DM status.
  • Forums, channel threads.
  • Folders with custom naming.
  • View channel or server info.
• Show reactions, replied message, forwarded message.
• Show embeds, attachment types and links, code blocks.
• Spellchecking.
• Type message in external editor.
• Tabs.
• Assist when typing channel/username/role/emoji/sticker.
• Search, preview and send gifs.
• Record and send voice messages.
• Undo/Redo in input line.
• Open link in browser.
• Unlimited chat scrolling.
• Keep deleted messages (OFF by default).
• Highlight messages with mentions.
• Show who is typing and send ‘typing’ (ON by default).
• Change status and custom status.
• Copy message text/url to clipboard.
• Block/ignore/unblock, hide or mask blocked/ignored users messages.
• No ghost pings (when client is running).
• Role colors in chat.
• Change server/channel/category notification settings.
• Partial markdown support (underline, bold, italic, spoiler, quote).
• Generate server invite link.
• Theming.
• Customizable status, title and prompt lines.
• Customizable chat lines (message, newline, reaction, reply).
• Customizable colors and ASCII art.
• Show discord emoji as :emoji_name:
• Show mentions as @username, @role, #channel_name
• Channel chat caching.
• Remember last open channel and tree state.
• Proxy support.
• Can connect to spacebar.
• Profile manager for multiple accounts.
• Store token in system keyring.
• Experimental windowed mode with tray icon.
• Works in termux, with android notifications.
• Lots of Easter eggs.
• Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: github.com/sparklost/endcord
Support:
Developer: mzivic7
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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