[Request] goofcord-git

[olivertzeng]

Package:

None, but it's prob buildable

Purpose:

Highly configurable and privacy minded discord client.

Benefits:

Privacy-based Discord client. Block all trackers.

Building:

1. Install Node.js and pnpm
2. Grab the source code from the latest release. Getting it from the main branch is not recommended for a stable experience.
3. Open a command line in the directory of the source code
   1. Install the dependencies with pnpm install
   2. Package GoofCord with either pnpm run packageWindows, pnpm run packageLinux or pnpm run packageMac
   3. Find your freshly compiled app in the dist folder.

Copyright:

OSL-3.0 license

Expected Interest:

Few

Already available?

No

Unique request?

Yes

Banned package?

No

More information:

Relative #3170

[xiota]

Can't add what doesn't exist, but some questions that should eventually be answered... What is the benefit of git over stable for this package? What is the appeal of so many forks (discord, telegram, minecraft, etc)?

[olivertzeng]

Can't add what doesn't exist, but some questions that should eventually be answered... What is the benefit of git over stable for this package? What is the appeal of so many forks (discord, telegram, minecraft, etc)?

This is tbh a personal preference really. I want a discord client that's lightweight, and support both shelter and equibop(a fork of vencord)

[Technetium1]

There really isn't that much tracking to be blocked. This is obviously for BBD, but it makes the point: https://github.com/zerebos/BetterDiscordAddons/blob/master/Plugins/DoNotTrack/DoNotTrack.plugin.js Vencord (and it's forks and similars) use this by default, which does the same: https://github.com/Vendicated/Vencord/blob/main/src/plugins/_core/noTrack.ts

What else are they doing of value?

[olivertzeng]

There really isn't that much tracking to be blocked. This is obviously for BBD, but it makes the point: https://github.com/zerebos/BetterDiscordAddons/blob/master/Plugins/DoNotTrack/DoNotTrack.plugin.js

Vencord (and it's forks and similars) use this by default, which does the same: https://github.com/Vendicated/Vencord/blob/main/src/plugins/_core/noTrack.ts

What else are they doing of value?

Sorry to be rude but this is just like saying why there are so many existing linux forks. Folk, it's just personal preference and I cannot say anything else about that.

[xiota]

I would prefer to not add the git package (when/if someone creates it) because providing both stable and git packages doubles the effort required to keep them working. There are some other factors. Collectively, they reduce to... I'm not convinced the additional maintenance burden is justified.

[xiota]

Rejecting this request because the package doesn't exist. Even if it did, there isn't currently sufficient benefit to make maintaining it worthwhile. Can comment for reconsideration if both of these change.

[olivertzeng]

Rejecting this request because the package doesn't exist. Even if it did, there isn't currently sufficient benefit to make maintaining it worthwhile. Can comment for reconsideration if both of these change.

No problem! Thanks for your response!