# Bios-Marcel/cordless

The Discord terminal client you never knew you wanted.

Repository: https://github.com/Bios-Marcel/cordless
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cordless
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: discord, cli, terminal, commandline, tview, discordgo, client, alternative, tui
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-12-16T11:27:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2792, "days_push": 1721, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1699, forks 128 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.126881+00:00)

## What it is
Cordless is a custom terminal-based (TUI) Discord client written in Go, aimed at power users with a low memory footprint. The project has been shut down and archived after its maintainer was banned by Discord for ToS violations, so it is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- use discord from the terminal
- chat on discord without a heavy desktop app
- read and send discord messages in a tui
- manage discord servers from the command line
- script and extend a discord client
- run discord on low-resource machines

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight terminal discord client and accept the ban risk
- you need to build a legacy client from source for research or reference
- you live in the terminal and dislike graphical discord apps

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained, safe-to-use discord client
- you cannot risk a discord account ban from third-party client usage
- you need current discord API compatibility or support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: chat-interface, cli, gui
- domain: messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: discord-client, tui, terminal-ui, discordgo, tview, unofficial-client, tos-risk, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Bios-Marcel/cordless (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.126881+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:37:47.140407+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Bios-Marcel/cordless (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.126881+00:00, sha 7072e05f5dbd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.