discord
voice, video, and text communication platform
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
discord [options]
DESCRIPTION
Discord is a voice, video, and text communication platform popular among gaming communities and increasingly used for general collaboration. The Linux client provides access to servers, direct messages, voice channels, and screen sharing.The Electron-based application supports all core Discord features including rich presence, push-to-talk, noise suppression, and server management. It integrates with the system tray for background operation.Discord on Linux can be installed through official packages, Flatpak, Snap, or distribution repositories. Some features like game detection may have limited functionality compared to Windows.
PARAMETERS
--start-minimized
Start minimized to system tray.--ignore-gpu-blocklist
Ignore GPU hardware blocklist.--disable-gpu
Disable hardware acceleration.--enable-logging
Enable verbose logging.--no-sandbox
Disable sandbox (not recommended).--proxy-server URL
Use specified proxy server.--help
Display help information.
INSTALL
CAVEATS
Electron-based with higher resource usage. Screen sharing on Wayland may have limitations. Some game integrations unavailable on Linux. Custom Electron flags can be set in ~/.config/discord-flags.conf (one flag per line).
HISTORY
Discord was founded by Jason Citron and released in 2015. Originally targeting gamers, it expanded to general communities. The Linux client was added in 2017, providing cross-platform support alongside Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
