Scope

discord client for power users
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Building Scope

Prerequisites

• Rust & Cargo (stable; rust-toolchain.toml picks it up)
• Linux only: Vulkan, libxkbcommon, X11/Wayland dev packages. shell.nix has the full list (nix-shell).

Steps

1. Clone the repository
2. Run cargo build --release
3. The binary will be in ./target/release/scope

Development Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Run cargo run
   • cargo watch -- cargo run from cargo-watch is handy, but optional
   • SCOPE_DEMO=1 cargo run runs against scope-backend-demo: an offline backend with sample servers, history, sends, and a background task that posts messages, flips presence and bumps unread badges — useful for UI work

Signing in

On first launch Scope shows a login screen where you paste a Discord token. For now use a bot token (create an application in the Developer Portal, add a bot, enable the Presence, Server Members and Message Content intents, invite it to a test server). User-account tokens work through the unofficial client path and are behind a toggle on the login screen.

To skip the screen, put the token in a .env file (or the environment):

• DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN — a bot token, or
• DISCORD_TOKEN + DISCORD_TOKEN_KIND=bot|user

See .env.example.

Tech

• UI: gpui + gpui-component
• Backends plug into the Backend trait (src/ui/src/backend.rs); the chat traits live in src/chat
• Discord: a fork of serenity with user-account support (src/discord)
• Demo: src/demo — offline sample backend
• Design tokens live in src/ui/src/theme/tokens.rs, exported from the Figma file

Credits

• Emoji graphics: Twemoji (jdecked fork, v17.0.3), licensed CC-BY 4.0.
• UI typeface: Inter v4.1, licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.