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{{Infobox
{{Infobox mod
| name = Powercord
| name = Powercord
| above = Powercord
| logo = Powercord Logo.png
| logoCaption = Powercord Logo
| yearsActive = November 2018 - July 2022
| platforms = Desktop
| developers = [[aetheryx]]
| licenses  = MIT
| repo  = [https://github.com/powercord-org/Powercord powercord-org/Powercord]
| languages = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js Node.js]
}}
Powercord was a client mod created by [[aetheryx]]. It was declared end of life in 2019, and a maintained version was forked to later become [[Replugged]].


| image =  
==History==
[[File:Powercord Logo.png|thumb|Powercord logo]]
[[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.
 
| label1 = Status
| data1  = Discontinued
 
| label3 = License
| data3  = MIT


| label4 = Repository
=== Initial Previews ===
| data4  = [https://github.com/powercord-org/Powercord powercord-org/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. At that time, the repository was located at [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>.


| label5 = Years Active
Development of aethcord continued in aetheryx's own personal Discord guild.
| data5 = November 2018 - July 2022


| label6 = Succeeded by
=== Rename to Powercord ===
| data6 = [[Replugged]]
aetheryx stated an intention to rename the project to "Powercord" on November 30, 2018 , with the following reasoning<ref>Discord message from aetheryx in not aeth's server #powercord. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/517348857219383308/518224615013613569</ref>:<blockquote>the name i'm currently intending on picking is <code>powercord</code>
}}
Powercord was a client mod created by aetheryx.


==History==
because
aetheryx created the first commit in November of 2018. 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 in January 2018. The v2 branch continued to be the main branch until Powercord died in 2022. Powercord v3 was announced but did not come to fruition. Powercord was succeeded by [[Replugged]].


# aethcords end goal is to appeal to power users
# it's a pun
# it ends in <code>-cord</code> which i think is pretty important for a client mod
and for those of you who want to know, we're dropping <code>aethcord</code> because i think it's cringe to have my own name on the project like that and it's not fair to other contributors who work on the project</blockquote>Several users stated their distaste with the proposed name, with messages such as "powercord is a bad name"<ref>Discord message from mrlar in not aeth's server #powercord. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/517348857219383308/519560153951895552</ref> and "im starting to think you're really bad with names."<ref>Discord message from pwa in not aeth's server #cool-people. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/518976704887390218/519253344150224916</ref> Despite the mixed reception, Powercord became the official name of the project on December 7, 2018<ref>GitHub commit "rename project to powercord". https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/9c64db367054f945023e08f845be4d55f2cff8bf</ref>.
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Latest revision as of 08:35, 23 June 2024

Powercord
Powercord Logo
ActiveNovember 2018 - July 2022
Platform(s)Desktop
Lead developer(s)aetheryx
Repositorypowercord-org/Powercord
License(s)MIT
Language(s)Node.js

Powercord was a client mod created by aetheryx. It was declared end of life in 2019, and a maintained version was forked to later become Replugged.

History

aetheryx created the first commit on April 11, 2018[1]. It was intended to be a personal client mod and was hosted at aetheryx/aethcord. The v1 branch was discontinued on January 5, 2019[2]. 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

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[3]. This was the very first version of what is now implemented in modern plugins Such as Vencord's SpotifyControls or DevilBro's BetterDiscord 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. At that time, the repository was located at 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 aethcord"[4] and "it just feels a little too dorky/awkward tbh. like i literally just merged my username with discord"[5].

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

Rename to Powercord

aetheryx stated an intention to rename the project to "Powercord" on November 30, 2018 , with the following reasoning[6]:

the name i'm currently intending on picking is powercord

because

  1. aethcords end goal is to appeal to power users
  2. it's a pun
  3. it ends in -cord which i think is pretty important for a client mod

and for those of you who want to know, we're dropping aethcord because i think it's cringe to have my own name on the project like that and it's not fair to other contributors who work on the project

Several users stated their distaste with the proposed name, with messages such as "powercord is a bad name"[7] and "im starting to think you're really bad with names."[8] Despite the mixed reception, Powercord became the official name of the project on December 7, 2018[9].

  1. ↑ GitHub commit "Initial commit": https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/603f2bbf3112efd2365b3f3bcd439b838a8cadcd
  2. ↑ GitHub commit "Update README.md": https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/7fa4d989668b7cd504577891c84e9473c5f58283
  3. ↑ Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/516396560549150730
  4. ↑ Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/517121645173932037
  5. ↑ Discord message from aetheryx in DTinker #showcase. https://discord.com/channels/257299803397029899/257343240120827904/517360125162291201
  6. ↑ Discord message from aetheryx in not aeth's server #powercord. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/517348857219383308/518224615013613569
  7. ↑ Discord message from mrlar in not aeth's server #powercord. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/517348857219383308/519560153951895552
  8. ↑ Discord message from pwa in not aeth's server #cool-people. https://discord.com/channels/299979631715549184/518976704887390218/519253344150224916
  9. ↑ GitHub commit "rename project to powercord". https://github.com/powercord-org/powercord/commit/9c64db367054f945023e08f845be4d55f2cff8bf
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