# Discover (open-source chat app)

> Discover is a free, open-source chat app for Linux. Yet another discord overlay for linux. It has 752 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at trigg/Discover.

Discover-Overlay is a GTK3 overlay written in Python3. It can be configured to show who is currently talking on discord or it can be set to display text and images from a preconfigured channel. It is fully customisable and can be configured to display anywhere on the screen. We fully support X11 and wlroots based environments. We felt the need to make this project due to the shortcomings in support on Linux by the official discord client.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/trigg/Discover |
| Platforms | Linux |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 752 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Python |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Chat & communication |
| Latest release | v0.7.9 (Sep 1, 2025) |
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub io.github.trigg.discover_overlay
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.trigg.discover_overlay

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/discover-overlay

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