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Powercord was a client mod created by [[aetheryx]]. It has been followed by [[Replugged]].
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==
==History==
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.
[[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.


=== Initial Previews ===
[[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>.
Development of aethcord continued in aetheryx's own personal Discord guild.
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Revision as of 08:01, 23 March 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

aetherix 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, which was at that time 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.