Dorion is an alternative Discord client aimed towards lower-spec or storage-sensitive PCs that supports themes, plugins, and more!
Dorion is an alternative Discord client designed to provide a lightweight and efficient communication experience, particularly suited for lower-spec or storage-sensitive devices. Built with performance in mind, it offers a smaller footprint compared to traditional clients while maintaining essential features.
Key Features:
Lightweight Design: Optimized for smooth operation on low-end hardware with reduced resource consumption.
Theme and Plugin Support: Customize your experience with themes and plugins, including popular tools like Shelter and Vencord.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, ensuring accessibility across various devices.
Push-to-Talk and Custom Keybinds: Enhance productivity with global push-to-talk functionality and customizable shortcuts.
Rich Presence Integration: Enjoy full game presence support when enabled in settings.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for users seeking a more efficient Discord experience without sacrificing functionality, Dorion is perfect for those with limited hardware resources or storage constraints. It delivers a streamlined interface that balances performance and customization, making it an excellent choice for gamers, streamers, and casual users alike.
Dorion can be installed via winget or used portably, offering flexibility for different usage scenarios.
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Dorion
Dorion is an alternative Discord client aimed towards lower-spec or storage-sensitive PCs that supports themes, plugins, and more!
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> Dorion can also be used portably or installed via several package managers.
> You can find portable builds in the releases page. You can also build Dorion yourself!
> [!NOTE]
> MacOS Users: If opening Dorion gives you "Dorion.app is damaged and cannot be opened", MacOS is lying to you and you may just need to run sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Dorion.app. Alternatively, you can open the Privacy & Security settings pane and scroll down to the Security section to remove the quarantine.
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> Windows Users: Defender may think Dorion is a virus. This just happens sometimes, and if SmartScreen blocks it from running, click "More Info" and "Run Anyways". Feel free to scan Dorion with Virustotal!
Full RPC/game presence support included out of the box. Enable it in "Performance & Extras"!
This also requires either the shelteRPC or arRPC plugins enabled.
(Hopefully) better low-end system performance.
ARM support for ALL platforms
Feature flags for picking and choosing features (when building from source)
Plugins
Dorion comes with shelter, so that should cover at least some plugin-related needs. You can also enable client mods like Vencord inside the Dorion settings page.
If you want to install plugins not available within the Dorion settings page, ensure you are downloading a browser-compatible version.
> [!NOTE]
> Want official support for another client mod? As long as it works on the web, feel free to submit a feature request!
> [!TIP]
> Unsure what shelter plugins exist out there? There's more than you think, so try searching shelter plugins on GitHub, or use the Plugin Browser plugin:
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> https://spikehd.github.io/shelter-plugins/plugin-browser/
Themes
Dorion supports all themes, BetterDiscord and others, with a couple caveats.
If you are having trouble uninstalling it, or the installer says its already installed even though you uninstalled, try deleting this registry folder and uninstalling again Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}
Linux
White/blank/frozen screen
Run Dorion with either, or both, of the following environment variables:
so if you download a plugin, extension, or theme, just pop it into the plugins/extensions/themes folder. If you need help finding them, there are buttons in Dorion settings that'll take you where you need!
> [!NOTE]
> Themes can also be installed by clicking Install Theme from Link in Theme settings, if you prefer
Contributing
Issues, PRs, etc. are all welcome! For guidelines and tips, see CONTRIBUTING.md
Windows 7 support is possible by installing API extensions, such as VxKex. It could break at any point, and if this happens, I probably won't put much effort into fixing it (PRs always welcome of course!). You may also need to manually install WebView2 if Dorion doesn't open after installing! ↩
Some people report Dorion freezing on Linux, particularly when GIFs are playing. This is, as far as I can tell, a bug in WebkitGTK. ↩
Support for WebRTC is hidden behind a build-time flag that is not used in almost every distro. This will be available when WebkitGTK ships with WebRTC support, or if you compile your own WebkitGTK. ↩
