使用 Homebrew Cask 安装 discord@ptb

项目链接

• 主页
• 软件包管理器页面

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项目历史

Discord was released in May 2015 by Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy after their work at Hammer & Chisel on Fates Forever. It began as a gaming-focused desktop and mobile chat application and expanded through voice calls, custom emoji, video, screen sharing, streaming, console integration, and developer APIs.

Discord PTB represents the Public Test Build branch of the desktop application rather than a separate communications service.

采用历史

Discord grew from a gaming-focused chat application into a large communications platform spanning desktop, mobile, and consoles. Discord's official company history reports more than 90 million daily active users as of Q4 2025.

PTB is the pre-release desktop channel used to exercise changes before they reach the stable client. It can coexist with other Discord release channels and is packaged separately on macOS as Discord PTB.

使用方式

Users install PTB to try and validate desktop-client changes ahead of stable release while using ordinary Discord servers, direct messages, voice, video, and text features. Developers can also use PTB-specific developer tooling documented by Discord.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Discord PTB is significant as a separately packaged pre-release channel: it lets users and developers test upcoming desktop-client behavior without replacing the stable Discord installation. The channel distinction is encoded in its application name, download endpoint, and Homebrew cask token.

时间线

• 2015-05: The first Discord application was released.
• 2016: Discord added an overlay, friends list, direct voice calls, custom emoji, and its official API.
• 2017: Discord added Nitro, video chat, screen sharing, and Rich Presence.
• 2023: Discord expanded console voice support and introduced Activities, Soundboard, and voice messages.
• 2025: Discord reported more than 90 million daily active users; PTB continued as its desktop public-testing channel.

Related projects

• Related Discord distribution channels include the stable client and Discord Canary. The PTB client connects to the same Discord service and developer ecosystem.

来源

• Official Discord developer documentation mentioning PTB: https://docs.discord.com/developers/activities/development-guides/local-development
• Official Discord history: https://discord.com/company
• Official Help Center: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us