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## moonlight installer
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The moonlight [installer](https://github.com/moonlight-mod/moonlight-installer) automates the installation process for you. To use it, [download](https://github.com/moonlight-mod/moonlight-installer/releases/latest) and run the installer, download moonlight through it, and then patch a Discord installation. Discord installations are autodetected on your machine.
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The moonlight [installer](https://github.com/moonlight-mod/moonlight-installer) automates the installation process for you. **This is the suggested way to install moonlight for Windows and macOS users.**
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Keep the installer in the event that a Discord update breaks moonlight, so you can unpatch Discord or update moonlight.
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To use it, [download](https://github.com/moonlight-mod/moonlight-installer/releases/latest) and run the installer, download moonlight through it, and then patch a Discord installation. Discord installations are autodetected on your machine. Keep the installer in the event that a Discord update breaks moonlight, so you can unpatch Discord or update moonlight.
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## moonlight-cli
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A [command line installer](https://github.com/moonlight-mod/moonlight-installer/tree/main/crates/moonlight-cli) can be compiled from source manually and used to patch moonlight:
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A [command line installer](https://github.com/moonlight-mod/moonlight-installer/tree/main/crates/moonlight-cli) can be compiled from source manually and used to patch moonlight. **This is the suggested way to install moonlight for Linux users.**
You can specify a custom moonlight `dist` directory with `moonlight-cli patch -m /path/to/moonlight/dist`.
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:::note
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Discord installations from Linux package managers may not work well with moonlight (due to root permissions or immutability). It is suggested to install Discord locally into a path like `~/.local/share`. A script to install Discord locally (maintained by a community member) is available [here](https://gist.github.com/maddymeows/6af1a5d5a870c13b7b159c4463edee70).
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Discord installations from Linux package managers may not work well with moonlight (due to root permissions or immutability). It is suggested to install Discord locally into a path like `~/.local/share`.
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A script to install Discord locally (maintained by a community member) is available [here](https://gist.github.com/maddymeows/6af1a5d5a870c13b7b159c4463edee70). You will need to patch this Discord installation manually after installing it.
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## Manual installations
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## rocketship
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Linux users can install a custom Discord build with [rocketship](https://github.com/moonlight-mod/rocketship) and then install moonlight into it. Enable the rocketship extension after installation.
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:::caution
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rocketship is experimental and may break. If you don't care about the benefits of rocketship, use [moonlight-cli](#moonlight-cli) instead.
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