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==History==
==History==
[[aetherix]] created the first commit on April 11, 2018<ref>GitHub commit "Initial commit": https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/603f2bbf3112efd2365b3f3bcd439b838a8cadcd</ref>. It was intended to be a personal client mod and was hosted at [https://github.com/aetheryx/aethcord aetheryx/aethcord]. The v1 branch was discontinued on January 5, 2019<ref>GitHub commit "Update README.md": https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/7fa4d989668b7cd504577891c84e9473c5f58283</ref>. The v2 branch became the main branch until Powercord was declared end of life in 2022. Powercord v3 was announced but did not come to fruition.
[[aetheryx]] created the first commit on April 11, 2018<ref>GitHub commit "Initial commit": https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/603f2bbf3112efd2365b3f3bcd439b838a8cadcd</ref>. It was intended to be a personal client mod and was hosted at [https://github.com/aetheryx/aethcord aetheryx/aethcord]. The v1 branch was discontinued on January 5, 2019<ref>GitHub commit "Update README.md": https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/7fa4d989668b7cd504577891c84e9473c5f58283</ref>. The v2 branch became the main branch until Powercord was declared end of life in 2022. Powercord v3 was announced but did not come to fruition.


=== Initial Previews ===
=== Initial Previews ===
[[File:Atheryx's original Spotify-Discord integration.png|thumb|The first screenshot of what would later become Powercord.]]
[[File:Atheryx's original Spotify-Discord integration.png|thumb|The first screenshot of what would later become Powercord.]]
On November 25, 2018 [[aetheryx]] posted an initial screenshot of a Spotify integration for Discord in the [[DTinker]] client modding community's #showcase channel<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/516396560549150730</ref>. This was the very first version of what is now implemented in modern plugins Such as Vencord's [https://vencord.dev/plugins/SpotifyControls SpotifyControls] or [[DevilBro]]'s [[BetterDiscord]] [https://github.com/mwittrien/BetterDiscordAddons/tree/master/Plugins/SpotifyControls plugin by the same name]. This garnered interest from several users and over the course of the next few days, aetheryx shared more information, including a link to the GitHub repository, which was at that time [https://github.com/aetheryx/aethcord aetheryx/aethcord]. aetheryx expressed views early-on about how he wasn't a fan of the initial name, stating "[...] things are in extremely early stages right now and i need to think of a better name than <code>aethcord</code>"<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/517121645173932037</ref> and "it just feels a little too dorky/awkward tbh. like i literally just merged my username with <code>discord</code>"<ref>Discord message from aetherix in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/517360125162291201</ref>.
On November 25, 2018 [[aetheryx]] posted an initial screenshot of a Spotify integration for Discord in the [[DTinker]] client modding community's #showcase channel<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/516396560549150730</ref>. This was the very first version of what is now implemented in modern plugins Such as Vencord's [https://vencord.dev/plugins/SpotifyControls SpotifyControls] or [[DevilBro]]'s [[BetterDiscord]] [https://github.com/mwittrien/BetterDiscordAddons/tree/master/Plugins/SpotifyControls plugin by the same name]. This garnered interest from several users and over the course of the next few days, aetheryx shared more information, including a link to the GitHub repository, which was at that time [https://github.com/aetheryx/aethcord aetheryx/aethcord]. aetheryx expressed views early-on about how he wasn't a fan of the initial name, stating "[...] things are in extremely early stages right now and i need to think of a better name than <code>aethcord</code>"<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/517121645173932037</ref> and "it just feels a little too dorky/awkward tbh. like i literally just merged my username with <code>discord</code>"<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/517360125162291201</ref>.


Development of aethcord continued in aetheryx's own personal Discord guild.
Development of aethcord continued in aetheryx's own personal Discord guild.
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