vm-rpc

Discord RPC for VMs.

This software is still in alpha development

Works with VMware Workstation 14/15, VMware Fusion 14/15, Hyper-V and VirtualBox 7. VMware Workstation Player 14/15 users, see here.

How to use

1. Create a Discord app. https://discordapp.com/developers/
2. Install Python 3.
3. Install pypresence and python-dateutil by running pip -r requirements.txt.
4. Rename sample-settings.json to settings.json and configure your settings as neccessary.
5. Run main.py. Hyper-V support requires adminstrator privileges.

Note: If you get Access is denied, restart Discord.

Note: Discord has a 15 second ratelimit in sending Rich Presence updates.

TO-DO

• [X] Hyper-V library
• [X] Add Hyper-V to code
• [X] Wait for Discord to open instead of erroring out
• [X] Stopped running VMs message
• [X] Multi-platform support
• [X] Add VirtualBox to code
• [X] Allow user to enable/disable hypervisor support
• [ ] Add custom hypervisor priority
• [ ] Switch client IDs based on current hypervisor
• [ ] Switch large image based on current OS for VMware, and a image of Hyper-V for Hyper-V
• [ ] Small image of VMware if VMware is current hypervisor
• [X] Unified settings file using JSON

Credits

• qwertyqwerty for pypresence
• CorpNewt for all the help they've given me with code issues