BetterChat for BetterDiscord

Version 0.1.227 — native Discord split chat and breakout windows. Formerly published as SplitView; the repository URL is unchanged.

Keep a channel or thread beside your main chat, or open it in a separate breakout window. Discord still owns messages, attachments, the composer, typing indicators and slash commands. BetterChat arranges those native surfaces instead of replacing them.

Features

• Resizable docked or floating split pane.
• Multiple independent breakout windows alongside the split and main chat.
• Channel-scoped Pins, More and native Search on supported split/breakout headers.
• Readiness-gated split-to-breakout transfer and safe window reuse/cleanup.
• Native loading for unvisited channels and threads.
• Optional Remember split chat per server, off by default.

See CHANGELOG.md for the iteration-by-iteration changes and known compatibility limits. Only the final build is published by this update.

Install or upgrade

No build step is required. Download BetterChat.plugin.js.

1. In Discord, open Settings → Plugins → Open Plugins Folder.
2. Disable your existing BetterChat or SplitView plugin and back up its file.
3. Remove the old SplitView.plugin.js file, if present. Keep SplitView.config.json and all other saved configuration.
4. Put BetterChat.plugin.js in that folder. Keep only one plugin copy.
5. Reload Discord with Ctrl+R, then enable BetterChat.

The filename/name changed; the legacy settings namespace remains compatible. Existing SplitView users should migrate manually rather than rely on the old update URL. Same-version 0.1.227 test builds also require manual replacement.

Use

• Right-click a supported channel/thread → Split this chat.
• In the split header, use More → Break out chat for a separate window. The split stays open until its replacement is ready.
• Resize, close or float the split using its controls. Dimensions are saved locally.
• Enable Remember split chat per server in BetterChat's settings if desired. Returning to a server restores its remembered split; explicit Close forgets it. With this setting off, full-restart target restoration is not enabled.

Supported: guild text/announcement channels and public/private/news threads. Not supported: DMs, group DMs, forums and voice channels.

Status and troubleshooting

The final behavior has 126 passing automated tests and bounded live Linux checks. Windows/macOS and every attachment/read-state edge case are not certified. Native window creation can take roughly 1–2 seconds. A native duplicate menu-listener warning can still appear with multiple windows; menus and cleanup worked in the checked cycles. See the changelog.

Discord updates may change its internal APIs. If a pane stops rendering, disable BetterChat and report your Discord/BetterDiscord versions, platform and steps to reproduce at the issue tracker.

Optional DevTools diagnostics:

BetterChatDebug.dumpStatus()
BetterChatDebug.inspectPane()
BetterChatDebug.printCrashLog()

Inspect output and remove channel IDs or other personal data before sharing.

Privacy and license

Diagnostics stay local. BetterChat adds no telemetry or external message-content collection. Native Discord network operations remain Discord's responsibility.

MIT — see LICENSE.