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id: davey
version: "0.1.6"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# davey — A Discord Audio & Video End-to-End Encryption (DAVE) Protocol implementation

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 1.7M/mo

## What it is and what it does

Davey is a Python implementation of Discord's DAVE (Discord Audio & Video End-to-End Encryption) Protocol, built on top of OpenMLS. It provides cryptographic primitives and protocol handling for end-to-end encrypted audio and video communication within Discord. The package is written in Rust with Python bindings, offering precompiled wheels for most platforms and Python versions from 3.8 onward.

The package is in active development (Beta status) with recent updates and no reported security vulnerabilities. It carries no external runtime dependencies in Python, making installation straightforward on supported platforms. However, the project explicitly notes that proper usage documentation does not yet exist, so developers adopting it should expect to work from source code examples or protocol specifications rather than comprehensive guides.

Use it for:

- Building Discord bots or clients that require encrypted voice or video communication channels.
- Implementing end-to-end encryption for custom Discord integrations handling sensitive audio/video.
- Prototyping or researching DAVE protocol compliance and MLS-based group encryption schemes.
- Developing privacy-focused Discord applications where message/media encryption is a requirement.
- Testing or validating Discord's DAVE protocol implementation against reference implementations.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Implements the Discord Audio & Video End-to-End Encryption (DAVE) Protocol using OpenMLS, enabling encrypted communication for Discord audio and video streams.

Yes, with conditions. Install if you are building Discord applications requiring DAVE protocol encryption and can tolerate Beta-stage software with incomplete documentation. The permissive MIT license, active maintenance, zero vulnerabilities, and broad platform support make it low-risk from a dependency standpoint. Do not install if you need production-grade documentation, API stability guarantees, or require immediate support—the project is young and documentation is explicitly absent.

## Install

pip install davey
uv add davey
poetry add davey

## Installing davey

Before you install: Medium install friction due to compiled Rust components across multiple platforms; however, prebuilt wheels are available for common architectures (x86_64, ARM, PowerPC, s390x) on Python 3.8–3.13. Actively maintained with recent commits and no known vulnerabilities.

License in practice: Licensed under MIT (permissive), allowing free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install davey
import davey
# Initialize DAVE protocol handler for encrypted Discord communication

Requires Python 3.8 or later; compiled Rust extension requires a compatible platform wheel or Rust toolchain for source builds.

Verify before relying:

- Whether proper usage documentation exists beyond the disclaimer in the package description.
- Stability guarantees or API compatibility commitments given the Beta (Development Status 4) classification.
- Integration requirements with Discord's actual DAVE protocol implementation and any authentication flow.
- Performance characteristics and encryption overhead for real-time audio/video streams.

## Package facts

- License: not declared (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: medium
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 1.7M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

discord e2ee encryption, dave protocol implementation, discord audio video encryption, end-to-end encryption discord, mls protocol python, discord encryption library, openmls wrapper, discord-integration, cryptography, rust-bindings

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