# Install dissent with Homebrew, apk, Nix, winget

GTK4 Discord client in Go. Version 0.0.37 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#dissent.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dissent
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dissent
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add dissent
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dissent from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dissent
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/dissent/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id diamondburned.Dissent -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: diamondburned.Dissent from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dissent
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.0.37
- **Source summary:** GTK4 Discord client in Go
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/diamondburned/dissent>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/diamondburned/dissent>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T14:21:57-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dissent (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.0.37
## Project history and usage

Dissent is a third-party Discord client built in Go with GTK4 and libadwaita, aimed at a native desktop experience rather than full parity with Discord's official client. It is a GUI application packaged like a developer-friendly desktop tool, with prebuilt releases, Flatpak distribution, and source installation.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in April 2022. The README says the project was previously named gtkcord4, and early tagged releases began with v0.0.1 later that month.

### Adoption history

The upstream README points users to Flathub, GitHub release binaries, and distribution packages, and the input package metadata records Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, and Windows winget entries. This makes Dissent part of the modern unofficial-client packaging ecosystem: desktop app first, but still discoverable through command-line package managers.

### How it is used

The README emphasizes text chat, Markdown and emoji support, guild and channel navigation, image and file handling, user CSS, and partial support for threads, forums, reactions, and summaries. It also warns that unofficial Discord clients carry account risk and recommends token-based login over username and password login.

### Why package nerds care

Dissent is significant to package nerds because it shows how a Linux-native desktop app can move through several distribution channels at once: Flatpak for desktop users, GitHub releases for direct downloads, language-toolchain installation for builders, and package-manager formulas for people who expect everything installable from one index.

### Timeline

- 2022-04: GitHub repository created
- 2022-04: v0.0.1 release published
- 2025-09: v0.0.37 release published

### Related projects

- Related projects and platforms include Discord, gtkcord4 as the former project name, GTK4, libadwaita, Flathub, and distribution package indexes.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/diamondburned/dissent>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/diamondburned/dissent>
- <https://github.com/diamondburned/dissent/releases/tag/v0.0.1>
- <https://github.com/diamondburned/dissent/releases/tag/v0.0.37>
- <https://flathub.org/apps/so.libdb.dissent>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dissent>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - dissent: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/dissent/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - dissent - 0.0.37-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dissent from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight and modern Discord client | https://libdb.so/dissent
- winget - diamondburned.Dissent: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: diamondburned.Dissent from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dissent.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dissent.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph