Lightcord
A simple - customizable - Discord Client (by Lightcord)
discord-sandboxed
Alternative electron-based Discord client with custom telemetry blocker and privacy-focused push-to-talk. (by khlam)
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| Lightcord | discord-sandboxed | |
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| 9 | 5 | |
| 757 | 116 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.3 | 0.0 | |
| over 2 years ago | about 1 year ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Lightcord
Posts with mentions or reviews of Lightcord.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-28.
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How safe are alternative Discord apps like Aliucord, CutTheCord for Android or Lightcord for desktop? Do they respect your privacy more than the official apps?
Slightly off topic but a warning for Lightcord, it seems like it has been abandoned.
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Discord suddenly stopped working on Fedora and Gentoo
I suggest trying out lightcord which among other improvements like better discord it also lets you start discord without those sort of updates.
- Echo cancellation doesn't turn off
- discord update voice bug
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Discord client crates - full clients?
Yes, there is also stuff like Lightcord and BetterDiscord (A modification of the default client, also against TOS). I suspect the standalone clients like ripcord have reverse engineered undocumented APIs (that are required for a full client) from network traffic but I really cant say for certain.
- Tale As Old As Time
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Using Discord without giving away too much data?
Right now I'm personally using Lightcord, and I found it much more better and private. But it's not a panacea.
discord-sandboxed
Posts with mentions or reviews of discord-sandboxed.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-28.
- [Privacy Guides] Client alternatif Discord
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Discord alternative client
I want to improve my privacy and now discord is a big border in front of me. I cant switch to matrix because my friends wont but i found some alternative clients which are blocking trackers and just using Electron like the original discord client. Do you know other good alternatives and why is yours the best? I found "ArmCord" and "discord-sandboxed". My question is can i trust them? Which one is better? Do you know more?
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Any free discord clients/frontends?
Sadly no, but its more privacy respecting than the regular client for sure. FOSS options include: https://github.com/diamondburned/gtkcord4 https://github.com/uowuo/abaddon https://github.com/terminal-discord/weechat-discord (weechat plugin to use Discord within weechat) https://github.com/evelyneee/accord (seems to be for M1 macs) https://github.com/ArmCord/ArmCord (seems to support AMD64, not just Arm64) https://github.com/khlam/discord-sandboxed (sandboxing for standard discord client) There are others I'm sure. One easier option is to run the Discord code in a newer version of Electron. This still isn't open source, but it provides better security and performance. Arch users can use the AUR package discord_arch_electron, other users can just follow the commands in the PKGBUILD for said package and figure it out. Hope that helps. Keep in mind even if your client is open source, Discord's servers aren't, and while there will be some mitigation of data collected, it'll still be quite a bit.
- Linux newbie - Am I able to install this?
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Open source and privacy respecting Discord client?
I use this open-source, sandboxed client that connects to Discord Web and even blocks some trackers: https://github.com/khlam/discord-sandboxed
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Lightcord and discord-sandboxed you can also consider the following projects:
BetterDiscord - Better Discord enhances Discord desktop app with new features.
abaddon - An alternative Discord client with voice support made with C++ and GTK 3
BetterDiscord
EnBizCard - EnBizCard helps you create interactive and responsive HTML-based digital business cards that can be hosted with your website.
discord-bot-client - A patched version of discord, with bot login support
ArmCord - ArmCord is a custom client designed to enhance your Discord experience while keeping everything lightweight.
DiscordCrypt - End-To-End File & Message Encryption For Discord
OpenAsar - Open-source alternative of Discord desktop's app.asar
DiscordRPCMaker - The best way to make and manage custom Discord Rich Presences with buttons!
dissent - Tiny Discord app
cheatgui - The Noita cheat gui mod, now in its own repo
electron-discord-webapp - A Discord and SpaceBar :electron:-based client implemented without Discord API.
Lightcord vs BetterDiscord
discord-sandboxed vs abaddon
Lightcord vs BetterDiscord
discord-sandboxed vs EnBizCard
Lightcord vs discord-bot-client
discord-sandboxed vs ArmCord
Lightcord vs DiscordCrypt
discord-sandboxed vs OpenAsar
Lightcord vs DiscordRPCMaker
discord-sandboxed vs dissent
Lightcord vs cheatgui
discord-sandboxed vs electron-discord-webapp