Discord RPC Relay

Mirrors Discord Rich Presence (RPC) activity to every running Discord instance (stable, PTB, Canary, ...), so apps that only connect to the primary discord-ipc-0 socket show their presence everywhere.

It works by taking over discord-ipc-0, passing all traffic through to the real primary instance unchanged, and forwarding the handshake and SET_ACTIVITY frames to the other detected instances.

Linux and macOS only.

Install

Download the latest build for your platform from the Releases page.

Linux (AppImage)

1. Download discord-rpc-relay-<version>.AppImage.

2. Make it executable and run it:

   chmod +x discord-rpc-relay-*.AppImage
   ./discord-rpc-relay-*.AppImage
   

The app runs from the tray. To launch it automatically and have it appear in your application menu, move it somewhere permanent (e.g. ~/Applications/) and create a desktop entry, or enable "Start on login" from the app's settings once it's running.

Linux (.deb)

1. Download discord-rpc-relay-<version>.deb.

2. Install it:

   sudo apt install ./discord-rpc-relay-*.deb
   

3. Launch it from your application menu ("Discord RPC Relay"), or from a terminal:

   discord-rpc-relay
   

macOS

1. Download discord-rpc-relay-<version>.dmg and open it.
2. Drag Discord RPC Relay into the Applications folder.
3. Clear the Gatekeeper quarantine attribute before first launch (see below), then open the app from Applications/Launchpad/Spotlight as usual.

The app runs in the menu bar. Subsequent launches don't need the Gatekeeper step again.

macOS Gatekeeper

The macOS build isn't signed/notarized, so Gatekeeper will quarantine it and refuse to open it ("app is damaged and can't be opened" / "unidentified developer"). After installing, clear the quarantine attribute from the Terminal:

xattr -cr /Applications/Discord\ RPC\ Relay.app

Then open the app normally.

Development

pnpm install
pnpm dev

Build

pnpm build:linux
pnpm build:mac
pnpm build:win