Alternative Discord client made in C++ with GTK
Current features:
- Not Electron
- Voice support
- Handles most types of chat messages including embeds, images, and replies
- Completely styleable/customizable
- Identifies to Discord as the web client unlike other clients so less likely to be falsely flagged as spam1
- Set status
- Unread and mention indicators
- Notifications (non-Windows)
- Start new DMs and group DMs
- View user profiles (notes, mutual servers, mutual friends)
- Kick, ban, and unban members
- Modify roles and modify members' roles
- Manage invites
- Manage emojis
- View audit log
- Emojis2
- Thread support3
- Animated avatars, server icons, emojis (can be turned off)
1 - Abaddon tries its best (though is not perfect) to make Discord think it's a legitimate web client. Some of the
things done to do this
include: using a browser user agent, sending the same IDENTIFY message that the official web client does, using API v9
endpoints in all cases, and not using endpoints the web client does not normally use. There are still a few smaller
inconsistencies, however. For example the web client sends lots of telemetry via the /science endpoint (uBlock origin
stops this) as well as in the headers of all requests.
See here for things you might want to avoid if you are worried about being caught in the spam filter.
2 - Unicode emojis are substituted manually as opposed to rendered by GTK on non-Windows platforms. This can be changed
with the stock_emojis setting as shown at the bottom of this README. A CBDT-based font using Twemoji is provided to
allow GTK to render emojis natively on Windows.
3 - There are some inconsistencies with thread state that might be encountered in some more uncommon cases, but they are the result of fundamental issues with Discord's thread implementation.
- Install following packages:
- mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
- mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja
- mingw-w64-x86_64-sqlite3
- mingw-w64-x86_64-nlohmann-json
- mingw-w64-x86_64-curl
- mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib
- mingw-w64-x86_64-gtkmm3
- mingw-w64-x86_64-libhandy
- mingw-w64-x86_64-opus
- mingw-w64-x86_64-libsodium
- mingw-w64-x86_64-spdlog
git clone --recurse-submodules="subprojects" https://github.com/uowuo/abaddon && cd abaddonmkdir build && cd buildcmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ..ninja- Copy resources
git clone https://github.com/uowuo/abaddon --recurse-submodules="subprojects" && cd abaddonbrew install gtkmm3 nlohmann-json libhandy opus libsodium spdlog adwaita-icon-thememkdir build && cd buildcmake ..make- Copy resources
- Install dependencies
- On Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)/Debian 12 (bookworm) and newer:
$ sudo apt install g++ cmake libgtkmm-3.0-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev nlohmann-json3-dev libhandy-1-dev libsecret-1-dev libopus-dev libsodium-dev libspdlog-dev
- On Arch Linux
$ sudo pacman -S gcc cmake gtkmm3 libcurl-gnutls lib32-sqlite lib32-openssl nlohmann-json libhandy opus libsodium spdlog
- On Fedora Linux:
$ sudo dnf install g++ cmake gtkmm3.0-devel libcurl-devel sqlite-devel openssl-devel json-devel libsecret-devel libhandy-devel opus-devel libsodium-devel spdlog-devel
Note: On older versions of fedora you might need to install gtkmm30-devel instead of gtkmm3.0-devel. Use
dnf search gtkmm3to see available packages.
- On Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)/Debian 12 (bookworm) and newer:
git clone https://github.com/uowuo/abaddon --recurse-submodules="subprojects" && cd abaddonmkdir build && cd buildcmake ..make- Copy resources
pkg install git cmake nlohmann-json spdlog gtkmm30 libhandy libsodiumgit clone https://github.com/uowuo/abaddon --recurse-submodules="subprojects" && cd abaddonmkdir build && cd buildcmake ..make- Copy resources
Latest release version: https://github.com/uowuo/abaddon/releases/latest
CI:
- Windows: here
- MacOS: here unsigned, unpackaged, requires gtkmm3 (e.g. from homebrew)
- Linux: here unpackaged (for now), requires gtkmm3. built on Ubuntu 22.04 + gcc9
Warning: If you use Windows, make sure to start from the
bindirectory
The two folders within the res folder (res/res and res/css) are necessary. Windows also uses the fonts folder.
You can put them directly next to the executable. On Linux, css and res can also be loaded from
~/.local/share/abaddon or /usr/share/abaddon
abaddon.ini will also be automatically used if located at ~/.config/abaddon/abaddon.ini and there is
no abaddon.ini in the working directory
Follow these instructions.
Discord likes disabling accounts/forcing them to reset their passwords if they think the user is a spam bot or potentially had their account compromised. While the official client still often gets users caught in the spam filter, third party clients tend to upset the spam filter more often. If you get caught by it, you can usually appeal it and get it restored. Here are some things you might want to do with the official client instead if you are particularly afraid of evoking the spam filter's wrath:
- Joining or leaving servers (usually main cause of getting caught)
- Frequently disconnecting and reconnecting
- Starting new DMs with people
- Managing your friends list
- Managing your user profile while connected to a third party client
- gtkmm
- JSON for Modern C++
- IXWebSocket (provided as submodule)
- libcurl
- zlib
- SQLite3
- spdlog
- libhandy (optional)
- keychain (optional, provided as submodule)
- miniaudio (optional, provided as submodule, required for voice)
- libopus (optional, required for voice)
- libsodium (optional, required for voice)
- rnnoise (optional, provided as submodule, noise suppression and improved VAD)
- User activities
- More server management stuff
- A bunch of other stuff probably
Show all styles
| Selector | Description |
|---|---|
.app-window |
Applied to all windows. This means the main window and all popups |
.app-popup |
Additional class for .app-windows when the window is not the main window |
.channel-list |
Container of the channel list |
.messages |
Container of user messages |
.message-container |
The container which holds a user's messages |
.message-container-author |
The author label for a message container |
.message-container-timestamp |
The timestamp label for a message container |
.message-container-avatar |
Avatar for a user in a message |
.message-container-extra |
Label containing BOT/Webhook |
.message-text |
The text of a user message |
.pending |
Extra 8000 class of .message-text for messages pending to be sent |
.failed |
Extra class of .message-text for messages that failed to be sent |
.message-attachment-box |
Contains attachment info |
.message-reply |
Container for the replied-to message in a reply (these elements will also have .message-text set) |
.message-input |
Applied to the chat input container |
.replying |
Extra class for chat input container when a reply is currently being created |
.reaction-box |
Contains a reaction image and the count |
.reacted |
Additional class for reaction-box when the user has reacted with a particular reaction |
.reaction-count |
Contains the count for reaction |
.completer |
Container for the message completer |
.completer-entry |
Container for a single entry in the completer |
.completer-entry-label |
Contains the label for an entry in the completer |
.completer-entry-image |
Contains the image for an entry in the completer |
.embed |
Container for a message embed |
.embed-author |
The author of an embed |
.embed-title |
The title of an embed |
.embed-description |
The description of an embed |
.embed-field-title |
The title of an embed field |
.embed-field-value |
The value of an embed field |
.embed-footer |
The footer of an embed |
.member-list |
Container of the member list |
.typing-indicator |
The typing indicator (also used for replies) |
Used in reorderable list implementation:
| Selector |
|---|
.drag-icon |
.drag-hover-top |
.drag-hover-bottom |
Used in guild settings popup:
| Selector | Description |
|---|---|
.guild-settings-window |
Container for list of members in the members pane |
.guild-members-pane-list |
|
.guild-members-pane-info |
Container for member info |
.guild-roles-pane-list |
Container for list of roles in the roles pane |
Used in profile popup:
| Selector | Description |
|---|---|
.mutual-friend-item |
Applied to every item in the mutual friends list |
.mutual-friend-item-name |
Name in mutual friend item |
.mutual-friend-item-avatar |
Avatar in mutual friend item |
.mutual-guild-item |
Applied to every item in the mutual guilds list |
.mutual-guild-item-name |
Name in mutual guild item |
.mutual-guild-item-icon |
Icon in mutual guild item |
.mutual-guild-item-nick |
User nickname in mutual guild item |
.profile-connection |
Applied to every item in the user connections list |
.profile-connection-label |
Label in profile connection item |
.profile-connection-check |
Checkmark in verified profile connection items |
.profile-connections |
Container for profile connections |
.profile-notes |
Container for notes in profile window |
.profile-notes-label |
Label that says "NOTE" |
.profile-notes-text |
Actual note text |
.profile-info-pane |
Applied to container for info section of profile popup |
.profile-info-created |
Label for creation date of profile |
.user-profile-window |
|
.profile-main-container |
Inner container for profile |
.profile-avatar |
|
.profile-username |
User's display name (username for backwards compatibility) |
.profile-username-nondisplay |
User's actual username |
.profile-switcher |
Buttons used to switch viewed section of profile |
.profile-stack |
Container for profile info that can be switched between |
.profile-badges |
Container for badges |
.profile-badge |
Settings are configured (for now) by editing abaddon.ini.
The format is similar to the standard Windows ini format except:
#is used to begin comments as opposed to;- Section and key names are case-sensitive
Warning: You should edit these while the client is closed, even though there's an option to reload while running.
This listing is organized by section.
For example, memory_db would be set by adding memory_db = true under the line [discord]
Show all settings
| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
gateway |
string | override url for Discord gateway. must be json format and use zlib stream compression | |
api_base |
string | override base url for Discord API | |
memory_db |
boolean | false | if true, Discord data will be kept in memory as opposed to on disk |
token |
string | Discord token used to login, this can be set from the menu | |
prefetch |
boolean | false | if true, new messages will cause the avatar and image attachments to be automatically downloaded |
autoconnect |
boolean | false | autoconnect to discord |
keychain |
boolean | true | store token in system keychain (if compiled with support) |
| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
user_agent |
string | sets the user-agent to use in HTTP requests to the Discord API (not including media/images) | |
concurrent |
int | 20 | how many images can be concurrently retrieved |
| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
member_list_discriminator |
boolean | true | show user discriminators in the member list |
stock_emojis |
boolean | true | allow abaddon to substitute unicode emojis with images from emojis.bin, must be false to allow GTK to render emojis itself |
custom_emojis |
boolean | true | download and use custom Discord emojis |
css |
string | path to the main CSS file | |
animations |
boolean | true | use animated images where available (e.g. server icons, emojis, avatars). false means static images will be used |
animated_guild_hover_only |
boolean | true | only animate guild icons when the guild is being hovered over |
owner_crown |
boolean | true | show a crown next to the owner |
unreads |
boolean | true | show unread indicators and mention badges |
save_state |
boolean | true | save the state of the gui (active channels, tabs, expanded channels) |
alt_menu |
boolean | false | keep the menu hidden unless revealed with alt key |
hide_to_tray |
boolean | false | hide abaddon to the system tray on window close |
show_deleted_indicator |
boolean | true | show [deleted] indicator next to deleted messages instead of actually deleting the message |
font_scale |
double | scale font rendering. 1 is unchanged | |
image_embed_clamp_width |
int | 400 | maximum width of image embeds |
image_embed_clamp_height |
int | 300 | maximum height of image embeds |
classic_channels |
boolean | false | use classic Discord-style interface for server/channel listing |
classic_change_guild_on_open |
boolean | true | change displayed guild when selecting a channel (classic channel list) |
| Setting | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
expandercolor |
string | color to use for the expander in the channel list |
nsfwchannelcolor |
string | color to use for NSFW channels in the channel list |
mentionbadgecolor |
string | background color for mention badges |
mentionbadgetextcolor |
string | color to use for number displayed on mention badges |
unreadcolor |
string | color to use for the unread indicator |
| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
enabled |
boolean | true (if not on Windows) | Enable desktop notifications |
playsound |
boolean | true | Enable notification sounds. Requires ENABLE_NOTIFICATION_SOUNDS=TRUE in CMake |
| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
vad |
string | rnnoise if enabled, gate otherwise | Method used for voice activity detection. Changeable in UI |
backends |
string | empty | Change backend priority when initializing miniaudio: wasapi;dsound;winmm;coreaudio;sndio;audio4;oss;pulseaudio;alsa;jack |
| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
hideconsole |
boolean | false | Hide console on startup |
| variable | Description |
|---|---|
ABADDON_NO_FC |
(Windows only) don't use custom font config |
ABADDON_CONFIG |
change path of configuration file to use. relative to cwd or can be absolute |