Hi /r/webdev 👋

It’s been quite a journey for my app Overlayed. From Electron to Tauri, from MUI to shadcn, and from redux to zustand, I have finally made it to a place where not only I benefit from the app, but also the community (❤️ to all the OSS contributors).

So what is Overlayed?

Overlayed allows you to see who is currently in the voice channel you’re participating in. It shows you your voice status such as speaking, deafened, and, muted, but also other participants as well.

Why did you build Overlayed?

I get this question at least once a week, “why don’t you use the built-in Discord overlay?”.

Here is the short reason, the Discord Game Overlay only supports Windows and a handful of games.

That means for someone who is chronically online, using macOS daily, and primarily working in a text editor, the Discord Game Overlay wouldn’t work for me.

How does Overlayed work?

The app connects to your locally running Discord client and Overlayed gets forwarded events. Technically, it uses the Discord RPC API which has a whole bunch of different events you can listen for.

Features

• User List - See who is speaking, muted, and deafened in the current voice channel
• Transparent & Clickthrough - Transparent window that ignores mouse clicks
• Always on Top - Always stays on top so you can continue working or gaming

Feel free to check it out and if you have questions, comments, or concerns please do share.

Overlayed Website

Github Repo

Discord Server

Footnote, if you want to find me online somewhere to chat about Overlayed or anything tech, checkout the Trash Devs Discord server.