Local desktop companion · macOS first · Open source
Roon Rich Presence connects Roon playback to your Discord profile with track, artist, album, artwork, and progress — without an account, hosted service, or listening history.
Public beta · macOS ad-hoc signed · Windows and Linux beta
Playback stays on your computer and local network
Overview
Built to disappear into the menu bar once setup is complete.
Finds Roon Servers on your local network and follows the zone you choose.
Shares the track, artist, album, progress, zone, and optional public artwork.
Control paused activity, album details, progress, zone names, and artwork lookup.
Lives in the macOS menu bar or Windows and Linux system tray.
How it works
No remote control plane sits in the middle.
Find Roon on the local network.
Enable the extension inside Roon.
Read playback from your chosen zone.
Apply only the fields you enable.
Update the local Discord client.
Privacy
Local by design
Roon discovery and playback monitoring stay on your machine and local network. There is no RRP account, no analytics pipeline, and no automatic diagnostic upload.
Read the security modelInstall
macOS is the primary target; Windows and Linux are currently beta targets.
Get the current build for your platform from GitHub Releases and verify its checksum.
Open Roon → Settings → Extensions, then enable Roon Rich Presence.
Select one zone or follow whichever zone becomes active.
The desktop companion updates your activity while music is playing.