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Install discord@development with Homebrew Cask
Voice and text chat software. Version 1.0.1034 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Voice and text chat software
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Commands and aliases
No executable aliases were found in the local package database.
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Project history and usage
Discord Development is a pre-release desktop build of Discord's voice, video, and text communication client.
Project history
Discord evolved as a voice-and-text communication service delivered through web, desktop, and mobile clients. Alongside its stable desktop application, Discord operates public testing channels for features that have not yet reached the general release.
Adoption history
Discord's desktop testing channels let users preview features ahead of the stable client while still using normal Discord functions. The official guide distinguishes Stable, Beta/PTB, and Alpha/Canary channels by increasing update frequency and instability.
How it is used
Users sign in with a Discord account to participate in direct messages, group conversations, servers, text channels, and voice or video sessions while testing changes ahead of stable releases. Discord warns that early-access clients are untested and may contain more bugs.
Why package nerds care
The development cask exposes Discord's fast-moving pre-release desktop channel to Homebrew users. It is useful for early feature testing and compatibility checks, but intentionally trades stability for earlier builds.
Timeline
- Stable channel: General-purpose Discord desktop release
- PTB channel: Public beta builds made available ahead of Stable
- Canary/Alpha channel: Most rapidly updated and least stable public testing builds
Related projects
- Discord Stable is the standard client, Discord PTB is the beta desktop channel, and Discord Canary is the commonly named alpha channel. The Development cask follows Discord's development distribution endpoint.
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security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for discord@development. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.0.1034
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://discord.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:discord@development |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1034 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/discord@development |
| Homepage | https://discord.com/ |
| Upstream docs | https://discord.com/ |
| Source archive | https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/osx/universal/1.0.1034/DiscordDevelopment.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 5c479b83209857a2dc3e18cd97cc805ef8326371b4c1eb689a6bc7428e5ef860 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | discord@development |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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