Native Discord client for macOS built in Swift
Note
This is an actively maintained fork of SwiftcordApp/Swiftcord, incorporating fixes from the community and keeping the client functional with the latest Discord API changes.
Critical fixes:
- ✅ Gateway compatibility restored — login no longer hangs (updated client parity, capabilities, and DecodeThrowable handling)
- ✅ Builds on Xcode 16+ (updated Sentry, Lottie, and other dependencies)
Features from SwiftInstitute/Swiftcord:
- Display name support
- Read/unread state management (manual ack, read on send, mark as unread)
- Context menus for guilds and channels
- Message scroll fixes (reversed list, scroll to unread, scroll to reply)
- 100+ guilds fix for Nitro users
- Font scaling / text size settings
- Settings UI redesign
- Image lightbox
- Liquid Glass UI for macOS 26 (Tahoe)
- DMG builder script
Additional improvements:
- Native macOS notifications for new messages
- Bot/webhook badge text visibility in light mode
- Russian localization fixes
- Compiler type-check fix for StickerPackView
Powered by DiscordKit (forked with updated Gateway protocol support).
Requirements: macOS 12+ and Xcode 16+
git clone https://github.com/dannote/Swiftcord.git
cd Swiftcord
open Swiftcord.xcodeprojBuild and run the Swiftcord scheme.
Will I get banned for using Swiftcord?
Nobody really knows Discord's official stance on unofficial clients. Hundreds of people have been using Swiftcord for a while with no reported bans. The client identifies as the official Discord desktop client.Use at your own risk, preferably with an alt account first.
The app won't open / macOS says it's damaged
If you build from source, the app is ad-hoc signed. On some macOS versions you may need to:xattr -cr /path/to/Swiftcord.appCopyright (c) 2023 Vincent Kwok & Swiftcord Contributors
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You can find a copy of the GNU General Public License v3 in LICENSE or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.