Powercord Installer

Overview | Development | Contributors

This is an unofficial project and we are not affiliated with Powercord.

Powercord is officially supported on Canary, if you're an average user, please referain from using the Development channel, it may cause confict!

A simple standalone program which automates the installation, removal and maintenance of Powercord.

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Overview

This repository contains the source code for the Powercord installer. This installer is written with electron-webpack and Svelte 3.

Downloads

These will link you to the latest builds found in the releases tab of this repository.

Windows (7+)	macOS (10.10+)	Linux

Codebase

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├──assets                  // Contains static assets (such as images) used by the installer.
|  └──images               // Images (logos, backgrounds, etc...) used by the installer.
├──scripts                 // Scripts needed for development and contributing.
└──src                     // The installer's source code.
    ├──main                // Electron "main" process. Creates and configures the BrowserWindow.
    └──renderer            // Electron "renderer" process. Contains most components and scripts.
        ├──actions         // Scripts performed by the installer such as installing, repairing and uninstalling.
        |  └──utils        // Common utilities used by installer actions (such as killing discord).
        ├──common          // Common UI components such as buttons, checkboxes, radios, etc...
        ├──pages           // Component files for each page in the installer's setup process.
        ├──stores          // Svelte store used for storing global data.
        |  └──types        // Used for defining custom svelte stores.
        └──transitions     // Contains custom Svelte transitions and animations.

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Development

This is a tutorial designed for people looking to contribute to, or work directly with the installer's source code. If you are just looking to download and install Powercord, visit the releases page of this repository.

Prerequisites

• Git
• Node.js
• yarn
• Command line of your choice.

Building

1: Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/Garlic-Team/powercord-installer && cd powercord-installer

This will create a local copy of this repository and navigate you to the root folder of the repository.

2: Install Dependencies

Run this command at the root folder to install dependencies:

npm install

3: Run Build Script

To run the installer in development mode, simply run the following command:

yarn dev

Additional Scripts

Linting

This project uses ESLint. Run this command to lint your changes:

yarn lint

Compiling & Distribution

yarn dist

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Contributors

For information on contributing to this project, please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Credits

The whole installer is forked from BetterDiscord and modified for Powercord