Discord.Net/docs/guides/getting_started/installing.md

• Discord.Net Installation
• • Supported Platforms
  • Installing with NuGet
  • • Using Visual Studio
    • Using JetBrains Rider
    • Using Visual Studio Code
    • Using dotnet CLI
  • Compiling from Source
  • • Using Visual Studio
    • Using Command Line
  • Additional Information
  • • Installing on Unsupported WebSocket Platform
    • • Targeting .NET Core 2.1
      • Custom Packages

Discord.Net Installation

Discord.Net is distributed through the NuGet package manager, so it is
recommended for you to install the library that way.

Alternatively, you may compile from the source and install the library
yourself.

Supported Platforms

Currently, Discord.Net targets .NET Standard 1.3 and 2.0.

Since Discord.Net is built on top of .NET Standard, it is also
recommended to create applications using .NET Core,
although it is not required.

When using .NET Framework, it is suggested to
target .NET Framework 4.6.1 or higher.

[!WARNING]
Using this library with Mono is not recommended until further
notice. It is known to have issues with the library's WebSockets
implementation and may crash the application upon startup.

Installing with NuGet

Release builds of Discord.Net will be published to the
official NuGet feed.

Development builds of Discord.Net, as well as add-ons, will be
published to our MyGet feed. See
@Guides.GettingStarted.Installation.Nightlies to learn more.

Using Visual Studio

1. Create a new solution for your bot.
2. In the Solution Explorer, find the "Dependencies" element under your
   bot's project.
3. Right click on "Dependencies", and select "Manage NuGet packages."
   
4. In the "Browse" tab, search for Discord.Net.
5. Install the Discord.Net package.
   

Using JetBrains Rider

1. Create a new solution for your bot.
2. Open the NuGet window (Tools > NuGet > Manage NuGet packages for
   Solution).
   
3. In the "Packages" tab, search for Discord.Net.
   
4. Install by adding the package to your project.
   

Using Visual Studio Code

1. Create a new project for your bot.
2. Add Discord.Net to your .csproj.

[!codeSample .csproj]

Using dotnet CLI

1. Open command-line and navigate to where your .csproj is located.
2. Enter dotnet add package Discord.Net.

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Compiling from Source

In order to compile Discord.Net, you will need the following:

Using Visual Studio

• Visual Studio 2017
• .NET Core SDK

The .NET Core and Docker (Preview) workload is required during Visual
Studio installation.

Using Command Line

• .NET Core SDK

Additional Information

Installing on Unsupported WebSocket Platform

For an older operating system such as Windows 7 or earlier that does
not natively support WebSocket, you may encounter
@System.PlatformNotSupportedException upon connection.

You may resolve this by either targeting .NET Core 2.1 or later, or
by installing one or more custom packages as listed below.

Targeting .NET Core 2.1

First, make sure your installed SDK supports .NET Core 2.1.
Enter dotnet --version; the version number should be equal to or
above 2.1.300. If not, visit the .NET Core SDK website to download
the latest version.

Next, ensure your project is set to target Core 2.1; you should replace
the <TargetFramework> tag in your project file to netcoreapp2.1 or
above. Alternatively, you may specify the target framework upon build
using the -f or --framework parameter.

• For example, dotnet build -c Release -f netcoreapp2.1

Custom Packages

First, install the following packages through NuGet, or, if you prefer
compile them yourself:

• Discord.Net.Providers.WS4Net
• Discord.Net.Providers.UDPClient

[!NOTE]
Discord.Net.Providers.UDPClient is only required if your
bot will be utilizing voice chat.

Next, you will need to configure your DiscordSocketClient to use
these custom providers over the default ones.

To do this, set the WebSocketProvider and the optional
UdpSocketProvider properties on the DiscordSocketConfig that you
are passing into your client.

[!code-csharpExample]

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