Discord (software)
instant messaging and VoIP software
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Discord is a free instant messaging software that lets people talk to each other over the internet. It was originally meant for people who play video games, but is now used by others. In addition to text messaging, you may also make audio and video calls through Discord.[6] Discord is free to use, and it runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux, and in most web browsers. It is used by 350 million people[source?], 150 million people use it every month.[7]
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Developer(s) | Discord Inc. (Originaly Created By Jason Citron) |
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Initial release | May 13, 2015 |
Stable release | 0.0.9 / April 1, 2019 |
Preview release | 0.0.203 / February 22, 2018 |
Written in | JavaScript, React, Elixir,[1] Rust[2] |
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Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Web browsers |
Available in | 27 languages |
List of languages English (UK/US), Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese | |
Type | VoIP communications, instant messaging, videoconferences,[3] content delivery, and social media |
License | Proprietary freeware[4] |
Website | discord |


Discord Nitro Vishnevskiy, Stanislav (June 6, 2017). "How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5,000,000 Concurrent Users". DiscordApp. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
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