GitHub - JustTemmie/steam-presence: A script that takes the game you're playing on steam and displays it on discord
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A script that takes the game you're playing on steam and displays it on discord - JustTemmie/steam-presence

I just found this cool utility a couple days ago and have found that it’s a great solution to sandboxed versions of Discord being unable to provide rich presence. It’s a Python script that queries the Steam web API to get info to forward to Discord’s API. The “installer” sets up a systemd service that will auto-run the script for you.

It requires you to get your own Steam API key which was a trivial, though slightly buggy, process for me. You can optionally use your own Discord app ID, or just use the one owned by the guy that created this script.

  • PlatypusEnglish
    7•7 months ago

    For many people, socialization is a core part of gaming, and Discord is far and away the most common platform for that socialization.

      • PlatypusEnglish
        13•7 months ago

        It’s not a matter of what people can use, but what people do use. Like it or not, Discord is the de facto standard, and it’s a lot easier to install workarounds that make Discord usable on Linux than it is to convince all your friends to switch platforms.

          • @PoorPocketsMcNewHold@lemmy.ml
            1•7 months ago
            • Desktop only (The phone app is somehow worse then the Discord app, see the Steam Chat rating).
            • No bots or advanced moderation
            • Steam restricted Are enough reason why it’s usage has been limited. Still decent to use for a couple of people but lackluster to what Discord propose.
      • CommunityLinkFixerBotBEnglish
        1•7 months ago

        Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !discordapp@lemmy.world