# discord/discord-rpc

Repository: https://github.com/discord/discord-rpc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/discord-rpc
Homepage: https://discordapp.com/developers
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-06-13T08:48:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3338, "days_push": 811, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1175, forks 373 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:52.487263+00:00)

## What it is
A C++ library for interfacing games with a locally running Discord desktop client to display Rich Presence status, with plugins for Unreal Engine 4 and Unity. It has been deprecated in favor of Discord's GameSDK.

## Use cases
- show current game status as discord rich presence
- integrate discord rich presence into unreal engine project
- add discord rich presence to unity game
- let players join or spectate games from discord
- implement rich presence via ipc sockets

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy game that already uses discord-rpc
- studying how rich presence ipc works as a reference implementation
- you only need simple rich presence and gamesdk is too heavy

## When to avoid
- starting a new integration - use discord gamesdk instead
- you need maintained code with active support
- you need features beyond rich presence like networking or voice

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: sdk, rpc, game-engine, plugin-system
- domain: gaming-tools, messaging-platforms, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform, game-engine
- tags: discord, rich-presence, ipc, unreal-engine, unity, deprecated, gamesdk, game-development, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- discord/discord-rpc (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.487263+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 2026-08-30T06:27:04.996648+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/discord/discord-rpc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.487263+00:00, sha a282b429907f)
  - homepage: https://discordapp.com/developers (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:05.121924+00:00, sha 80b71c0f78d1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.