Vendicated · thororen1234 · Jan 30, 2026 · Jan 30, 2026 · Jan 30, 2026 · Jan 30, 2026
diff --git a/browser/VencordNativeStub.ts b/browser/VencordNativeStub.ts
@@ -134,4 +134,10 @@ window.VencordNative = {
 
     pluginHelpers: {} as any,
     csp: {} as any,
+    tray: {
+        setUpdateState: NOOP,
+        onCheckUpdates: NOOP,
+        onRepair: NOOP,
+        onAbout: NOOP,
+    },
 };
diff --git a/src/Vencord.ts b/src/Vencord.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export * as Webpack from "./webpack";
 export * as WebpackPatcher from "./webpack/patchWebpack";
 export { PlainSettings, Settings };
 
+import { popNotice, showNotice } from "@api/Notices";
 import { coreStyleRootNode, initStyles } from "@api/Styles";
 import { openSettingsTabModal, UpdaterTab } from "@components/settings";
 import { debounce } from "@shared/debounce";
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import { PlainSettings, Settings, SettingsStore } from "./api/Settings";
 import { getCloudSettings, putCloudSettings, shouldCloudSync } from "./api/SettingsSync/cloudSync";
 import { localStorage } from "./utils/localStorage";
 import { relaunch } from "./utils/native";
-import { checkForUpdates, update, UpdateLogger } from "./utils/updater";
+import { checkForUpdates, isOutdated as getIsOutdated, update, UpdateLogger } from "./utils/updater";
 import { onceReady } from "./webpack";
 import { patches } from "./webpack/patchWebpack";
 
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ async function runUpdateCheck() {
 
     try {
         const isOutdated = await checkForUpdates();
+        if (IS_DISCORD_DESKTOP) VencordNative.tray.setUpdateState(isOutdated);
         if (!isOutdated) return;
 
         if (Settings.autoUpdate) {
@@ -148,11 +150,43 @@ async function runUpdateCheck() {
     }
 }
 
+function initTrayIpc() {
+    if (IS_WEB || IS_UPDATER_DISABLED) return;
+
+    VencordNative.tray.onCheckUpdates(async () => {
+        try {
+            const isOutdated = await checkForUpdates();
+            VencordNative.tray.setUpdateState(isOutdated);
+
+            if (isOutdated) {
+                showNotice("An Vencord update is available!", "View Update", () => openSettingsTabModal(UpdaterTab!));
+            } else {
+                showNotice("No updates available, you're on the latest version!", "OK", popNotice);
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            UpdateLogger.error("Failed to check for updates from tray", err);
+            showNotice("Failed to check for updates, check the console for more info", "OK", popNotice);
+        }
+    });
+
+    VencordNative.tray.onRepair(async () => {
+        try {
+            await update();
+            relaunch();
+        } catch (err) {
+            UpdateLogger.error("Failed to repair Vencord", err);
+        }
+    });
+
+    VencordNative.tray.setUpdateState(getIsOutdated);
+}
+
 async function init() {
     await onceReady;
     startAllPlugins(StartAt.WebpackReady);
 
     syncSettings();
+    initTrayIpc();
 
     if (!IS_WEB && !IS_UPDATER_DISABLED) {
         runUpdateCheck();

diff --git a/src/VencordNative.ts b/src/VencordNative.ts
@@ -99,5 +99,12 @@ export default {
             invoke<CspRequestResult>(IpcEvents.CSP_REQUEST_ADD_OVERRIDE, url, directives, callerName),
     },
 
+    tray: {
+        setUpdateState: (available: boolean) => ipcRenderer.send(IpcEvents.SET_TRAY_UPDATE_STATE, available),
+        onCheckUpdates: (cb: () => void) => { ipcRenderer.on(IpcEvents.TRAY_CHECK_UPDATES, cb); },
+        onRepair: (cb: () => void) => { ipcRenderer.on(IpcEvents.TRAY_REPAIR, cb); },
+        onAbout: (cb: () => void) => { ipcRenderer.on(IpcEvents.TRAY_ABOUT, cb); },
+    },
+
     pluginHelpers: PluginHelpers
 };
diff --git a/src/main/about.html b/src/main/about.html
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<meta charset="utf-8" />
+
+<head>
+    <title>About Vencord</title>
+    <style>
+        body {
+            padding: 2em;
+            font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell,
+                "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
+            margin: 0;
+        }
+
+        :root {
+            --bg: #282828;
+            --fg: #d4be98;
+            --fg-secondary: #ddc7a0;
+        }
+
+        html,
+        body {
+            background: var(--bg);
+            color: var(--fg);
+        }
+
+        .header {
+            display: flex;
+            align-items: center;
+            gap: 1.25em;
+            margin-bottom: 2em;
+        }
+
+        .header img {
+            width: 48px;
+            height: 48px;
+            border-radius: 8px;
+        }
+
+        .header-text {
+            display: flex;
+            flex-direction: column;
+            gap: 0.25em;
+        }
+
+        .header-top {
+            display: flex;
+            align-items: baseline;
+            gap: 0.5em;
+        }
+
+        .header-text h1 {
+            margin: 0;
+            font-size: 1.75em;
+            font-weight: 700;
+            color: var(--fg);
+        }
+
+        .header-text .version {
+            color: var(--fg-secondary);
+            font-size: 0.875em;
+        }
+
+        .header-text .tagline {
+            color: var(--fg-secondary);
+            margin: 0;
+        }
+
+        h2 {
+            color: var(--fg);
+            margin-top: 1.5em;
+            margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+        }
+
+        p {
+            color: var(--fg-secondary);
+        }
+
+        ul {
+            display: flex;
+            flex-direction: column;
+            gap: 0.5em;
+            padding-left: 1.5em;
+        }
+
+        li {
+            color: var(--fg-secondary);
+        }
+
+        a {
+            color: var(--fg-secondary);
+            text-decoration: underline;
+            transition: color 0.2s linear;
+        }
+
+        a:hover {
+            color: var(--fg);
+        }
+
+        section {
+            margin-bottom: 1.5em;
+        }
+    </style>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+    <header class="header">
+        <img src="https://vencord.dev/assets/favicon-dark.png" alt="Vencord" />
+        <div class="header-text">
+            <div class="header-top">
+                <h1>Vencord</h1>
+                <span class="version">
+                    <a href="https://github.com/Vendicated/Vencord/releases/tag/v{{VERSION}}">
+                        v{{VERSION}}
+                    </a>
+                    (<a href="https://github.com/Vendicated/Vencord/commit/{{GIT_HASH}}">{{GIT_HASH}}</a>)
+                </span>
+
+            </div>
+            <p class="tagline">
+                A lightweight, user friendly Discord mod focused on privacy and stability.
+            </p>
+        </div>
+    </header>
+
+    <section>
+        <h2>Links</h2>
+        <ul>
+            <li>
+                <a href="https://vencord.dev" target="_blank">Vencord Website</a>
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <a href="https://docs.vencord.dev" target="_blank">Vencord Docs</a>
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <a href="https://github.com/Vendicated/Vencord" target="_blank">Source Code</a>
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <a href="https://vencord.dev/discord" target="_blank">Support Server</a>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+    </section>
+    <section>
+        <h2>License</h2>
+        <p>
+            Vencord is licensed under the
+            <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt" target="_blank">GNU General Public License v3.0</a>.
+            <br />
+            This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the license for
+            details.
+        </p>
+    </section>
+</body>
+<script>
+    const data = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
+
+    // replace all {{FOO}} placeholders in the document with the values from the URL
+
+    /** @param {Node} [node] */
+    function walk(node) {
+        if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
+            node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(/{{(\w+)}}/g, (match, key) => data.get(key) || match);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.nodeName !== "SCRIPT") {
+            for (const child of node.childNodes) {
+                walk(child);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    walk(document.body);
+</script>
diff --git a/src/main/patcher.ts b/src/main/patcher.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import electron, { app, BrowserWindowConstructorOptions, Menu } from "electron";
 import { dirname, join } from "path";
 
 import { RendererSettings } from "./settings";
+import { patchTrayMenu } from "./trayMenu";
 import { IS_VANILLA } from "./utils/constants";
 
 console.log("[Vencord] Starting up...");
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ app.setAppPath(asarPath);
 
 if (!IS_VANILLA) {
     const settings = RendererSettings.store;
+
+    patchTrayMenu();
+
     // Repatch after host updates on Windows
     if (process.platform === "win32") {
         require("./patchWin32Updater");