| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/discord_arch_electron.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | discord_arch_electron |
| Description: | Discord using system provided electron for increased security and performance |
| Upstream URL: | https://discord.com |
| Keywords: | chat discord discord-stable discordapp electron video voice |
| Licenses: | custom |
| Conflicts: | discord |
| Provides: | discord |
| Submitter: | johnnyapol |
| Maintainer: | Zoddo (Thaodan, SunRed) |
| Last Packager: | Zoddo |
| Votes: | 200 |
| Popularity: | 1.67 |
| First Submitted: | 2020-05-19 23:51 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2025-07-15 17:46 (UTC) |
I was also having issues sharing video or desktop streaming, the actions failed with:
TypeError: window.createDiscordStream is not a function
I am using wayland/hyprland. I did follow the instructions in hyprlands wiki but this didn't resolve the issue since it appears to be a missing function within the electron app.
For now I have moved to vesktop which works out of the box with my setup.
Had to change the download server hostname to stable.dl2.discordapp.net to be able to download the tar.gz from https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.94/discord-0.0.94.tar.gz
I tried official packages with cp -srf /usr/lib/electron35/* /opt/discord and make /opt/discord/Discord hardlink. It worked without hacking /opt/discord/resources. This is a chance to cleanup PKGBUILD.
Package size is kept by including empty /opt/discord/Discord and replacing it by pacman hook.
This pakcage does not work even with electron28...
Would you remove --ozone-platform-hint=auto from launcher and stop repacking asar?
--ozone-platform-hint=auto does not work on discord while --ozone-platform=wayland work. It should be set by user side.
${electron} app_asar_extracted_dir is possible, and extracted directry it is useful to test.
I extracted pacjage.json from official asar file. It says "electron": "28.2.10" which is not in offcial repository.
Is using latest electron safe? If it is safe, I consider sending a request to official package.
To save everyone some pain, add
"SKIP_HOST_UPDATE": true
to ~/.config/discord/settings.json
in order to disable Discord updating itself.
This gives the maintainer time to update the package without everyone's client breaking when updates happen.
Package is currently broken because Discord downgraded to 0.89 and 0.90 refuses to load asking to "upgrade" to 0.89. Editing the package build version to manually downgrade works.
@fouilliez @jay-sh did you find any solution for the crash with video/screenshare?
@LarryDave Yes, I have the same window glitches with the latest update. I am using Gnome Wayland, too.
I'm getting trailing window glitches like Windows XP style when I'm running it natively on Wayland on GNOME 48.1? Anyone else experiencing this issue?
And unlike Vesktop, this still triggers xwayland and mutter-x11-frames, and doesn't work without those processes running. If I end them, Discord crashes.
Like others mentioned, it also crashes when viewing or starting a stream.
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Zoddo commented on 2022-09-15 17:54 (UTC) (edited on 2023-03-31 17:24 (UTC) by Zoddo)
Starting with 0.0.26-1 (2023-03-31):
Starting with 0.0.20-1 (2022-09-15):
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/discord-flags.conf: this works likeelectron-flags.conf, you can set in this file the command line flags you want to pass to electron when running Discord (there are some useful flags in the wiki, especially if you are experiencing lag in the Discord UI).FAQ
Discord requires an update, but this package isn't yet updated
Check the wiki.
The Discord UI is lagging
Try to add the flags recommended in the wiki in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/discord-flags.conf.Krisp not working
This is an issue that will likely never be fixed for this package. The Krisp module checks if Discord binaries are signed by Discord, which is not the case with this package.
See this comment and this GitHub issue for more details and possibles workarounds.