Is Serein still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91, today.

How widely used is Serein?

New, little track record. 1.3k stars, 2 months old, by an organization. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

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How to install Serein on Linux (ViceVerse-cz/Serein) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

ViceVerse-cz/Serein

Tiny, Performant & 100% Native client for Discord made in Rust

Rust

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91, today.
How widely used?: New, little track record1.3k stars, 2 months old, by an organization. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 1,313
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

Your system

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Start here

Website ↗discord.ggThe project's own site.

Download for Linux

Serein 1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91 (pre-release) · 11/14/2026 ↗

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-X64.AppImage

AppImage · x64 · 55.9 MB · 12 downloads · best match

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-X64.AppImage"
chmod +x "serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-X64.AppImage"
./"serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-X64.AppImage"

Other Linux downloads (9)

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-ubuntu-26.04-serein_1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1_amd64.deb

deb · x64 · 48.2 MB · 2 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-ubuntu-26.04-serein_1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1_amd64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-ubuntu-26.04-serein_1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1_amd64.deb"

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-ubuntu-26.04-serein_1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1_arm64.deb

deb · ARM64 · 45.6 MB · 2 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-ubuntu-26.04-serein_1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1_arm64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-ubuntu-26.04-serein_1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1_arm64.deb"

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-fedora-43-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 49.9 MB · 2 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-fedora-43-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-fedora-43-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm"

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-fedora-44-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 50.0 MB · 2 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-fedora-44-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-fedora-44-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm"

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-opensuse-tumbleweed-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.suse.x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 50.0 MB · 2 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-opensuse-tumbleweed-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.suse.x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-opensuse-tumbleweed-serein-1.0.0.nightly.20261114.91-1.suse.x86_64.rpm"

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-x86_64.flatpak

flatpak · x64 · 47.0 MB · 6 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-x86_64.flatpak"
flatpak install ./"serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-x86_64.flatpak"

serein.flatpakref

flatpak · 1 KB

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein.flatpakref"
flatpak install ./"serein.flatpakref"

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-arch-serein-1.0.0pre.nightly.20261114.91-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

tar.zst · x64 · 56.3 MB · 4 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-arch-serein-1.0.0pre.nightly.20261114.91-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
tar --zstd -xf "serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-arch-serein-1.0.0pre.nightly.20261114.91-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"

serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-X64.AppImage.zsync

binary · x64 · 191 KB · 10 downloads

Download

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/ViceVerse-cz/Serein/releases/download/v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91/serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-X64.AppImage.zsync"
chmod +x "serein-v1.0.0-nightly.20261114.91-Linux-X64.AppImage.zsync"

Install with a package manager

Choose one way. Most people should use the recommended one; the rest are other options.

Alternative: Flatpak

flatpak install --user https://viceverse-cz.github.io/Serein/flatpak/serein.flatpakref

Alternative: Flatpak

flatpak install --user ./Serein-linux.flatpak

Alternative: install script

curl -fsSL https://viceverse-cz.github.io/Serein/setup.sh | sh

Pipes a remote script into your shell. Read it before running.

Alternative: Gentoo (emerge)

sudo emerge --ask net-im/serein

Alternative: NixNeeds Nix

nix run github:ViceVerse-cz/Serein#serein

Alternative: NixNeeds Nix

nix profile install github:ViceVerse-cz/Serein#serein

Alternative: HomebrewNeeds Homebrew

brew tap ViceVerse-cz/serein

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Good to know

Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: .github/release/package.json, apps/desktop/Cargo.toml, crates/client-core/Cargo.toml, crates/diagnostics/Cargo.toml and 11 more

Details

License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 163
Branch: main

Files we read (10)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

.github/workflows/extension-catalog.yml

.github/workflows/linux-packages.yml

.github/workflows/nix.yml

.github/workflows/package-repositories.yml

.github/workflows/release.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Cargo.toml

README.md

rust-toolchain.toml

1,799 files in the repo

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