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BetterDiscord is the oldest client mod that is still alive today.
'''BetterDiscord''' (formerly BetterDiscordApp and BandagedBD) is one of the first client mods and the oldest that is still alive today.


== History ==
== History ==
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BetterDiscord was created by [[Jiiks]] in August 2015.
BetterDiscord was created by [[Jiiks]] in August 2015.


October 2018, [[Zerebos]] forked it as "BandagedBD". [why?]
Jiiks started a rewrite under the v2 branch was started on November 6, 2016, which became dormant on May 17. 2017. On January 10, 2018, another rewrite was started as a fork under the JsSucks organization<ref>{{cite web|title=First commit to JsSucks/BetterDiscordApp|url=https://github.com/JsSucks/BetterDiscordApp/commit/ea8ac32a1c7debacf57dc175d4caca770bc01a78}}</ref>, referred to as BetterDiscordv2.


Eventually, Jiiks discontinued his version, and BanagedBD became the official BetterDiscord. It was subsequently renamed back to BetterDiscord.  
In October 2018, [[Zerebos]] forked the original repository to keep it maintained while BetterDiscordv2 was in development, rebranding it as BandagedBD on February 5, 2018<ref>{{cite web|title="rebrand as BandagedBD"|url=https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord/commit/d60461023d13775c9b2d2d2fc980bb3e00b1db2d}}</ref>.
 
BetterDiscordv2 goes dormant on March 16, 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Final JsSucks/BetterDiscordApp commit|url=https://github.com/JsSucks/BetterDiscordApp/commit/835cc3134cbc80408faeec8b6df9608405650a1b}}</ref>.
 
BandageBD would begin a rewrite on March 20, 2020<ref>{{cite web|title=First BandagedBD rewrite commit|url=https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord/commit/aa7a1a0966692a319d9a6e0a8a9612bf3a33c0d6}}</ref>, which has become the current code base since. BandageBD would acquire the BetterDiscord name on July 26, 2020<ref>{{cite web|title="Changes BandagedBD to BetterDiscord"|url=https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord/commit/0f45dc6e22028bbb4ea1dc456d86a455e47d9dc7}}</ref>.
 
The original BetterDiscordApp repository is finally archived on August 2, 2022.


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