rpc-bridge/docs/index.md

# Discord RPC Bridge for Wine

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Simple bridge that allows you to use Discord Rich Presence with Wine games/software on Linux/macOS.

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Works by running a small program in the background that creates a [named pipe](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ipc/named-pipes) `\\.\pipe\discord-ipc-0` inside the prefix and forwards all data to the pipe `/run/user/1000/discord-ipc-0`.

This bridge takes advantage of the Windows service implementation in Wine, eliminating the need to run it manually.

These docs are for the latest stable release.  
For v1.0, see [the original README](https://github.com/EnderIce2/rpc-bridge/blob/v1.0/README.md).

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## Examples

![lol](assets/lutris_lol.png "League Of Legends running under Wine using Lutris"){ width="600" }

![among us](assets/steam_amongus.png "Among Us on Steam"){ width="600" }

## Credits

This project is inspired by [wine-discord-ipc-bridge](https://github.com/0e4ef622/wine-discord-ipc-bridge).

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