**Open-source alternative of Discord desktop's `app.asar`** OpenAsar is currently made of **~80% own code**, with the rest being from Discord as it hasn't been rewritten yet or because of compatibility reasons.
**An experimental open-source alternative of Discord desktop's `app.asar`**.
## Goals
- **Hotpluggable** - just swap the asar file, nothing else needed
- **Lightweight** - currently improving startup times ~2x (up to ~4x with experimental config)
- **No Tracking** - no crash reporting or error tracking (in normal Discord)
- **Minimal** - current size is only ~150kb (compared to original ~9mb)
- **Patch Platform** - provide a platform for future patching
## Features
### :rocket: Speed: ~2x faster startup times (up to ~4x with experimental config)
- [ ] Compatibility / replication of original Discord splash?
## Custom Patches
## Custom Patches / Changes
Custom patches are another main goal of OpenAsar, patching enhancements where otherwise impossible to do so with traditional mods. Our current ideas for patches to do:
- [X] Rewrite portions of Discord's code to not rely on external dependencies, increasing speed and decreasing size
- [X] Skipping checking for updates on startup
- [ ] Linux host app updating
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## Install Guide
**OpenAsar is heavily disrecommened due to it being in early development.**
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**If using Linux it is highly recommended to disable write protection** (needing root to overwrite files) for your Discord install if you have it enabled. It is not much of a security defecit as Windows has no write protection as well. This enables updating the asar and potentially host updating further on.
## Config
You can configure OpenAsar via `settings.json` (found in your Discord app data / user data), under a `openasar` object. Keep in mind most options are defaults for good reason, they may temporarily brick your client until you revert your changes. The avaliable options are:
- `quickstart` (bool, default false) - whether to use Quickstart (experimental)