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Looks great! What technology is it built on? Did you reverse engineer Discord's API or is there a documentation or library?

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Ripcord was written in C++ with the Qt framework — https://pastebin.com/raw/RLZ4A9fa

The discord api is pretty well documented. The bot api and the user api are actually the same thing, but you're only allowed to use the bot api. You can still use the user api but if they catch you they'll ban you, so we'll see how this client pans out.

There's only been one known case of someone being banned from Ripcord usage, due to too many requests being sent, triggering spam protection. Their account was unlocked after contacting support.

The software now doesn't sync users to a sqlite local database if there's over 10k members in a guild, as a precaution

Oh that's cool, are you affiliated with Ripcord?

Discord is a pretty decent company so far IMO, I figure if they're okay with 3rd party clients then they'll be extra lenient on the rules. So far their success has been how much the community loves love (not to mention how well it works).

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