diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/darwin.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/darwin.nix
index 87cce491f157..aabb23a155a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/darwin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/darwin.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   pname,
-  version,
-  src,
+  source,
   meta,
   stdenv,
   binaryName,
   desktopName,
   self,
   lib,
+  fetchurl,
   undmg,
   makeWrapper,
   writeScript,
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ let
   ];
   enabledDiscordModsCount = builtins.length (lib.filter (x: x) discordMods);
 
+  inherit (source) version;
+  src = fetchurl { inherit (source) url hash; };
+
   disableBreakingUpdates =
     runCommand "disable-breaking-updates.py"
       {
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   passthru = {
     # make it possible to run disableBreakingUpdates standalone
     inherit disableBreakingUpdates;
+    inherit source;
     updateScript = ./update.py;
 
     tests = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/default.nix
index 182394149aa8..409078b739ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   callPackage,
-  fetchurl,
   lib,
   stdenv,
   discord,
@@ -101,13 +100,7 @@ lib.genAttrs [ "discord" "discord-ptb" "discord-canary" "discord-development" ]
   callPackage package (
     args
     // {
-      inherit pname;
-      inherit (source) version;
-
-      src = fetchurl {
-        inherit (source) url hash;
-      };
-
+      inherit pname source;
       meta = meta // {
         mainProgram = args.binaryName;
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/linux.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/linux.nix
index f4616191e3bd..8304d23ce9ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/linux.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/linux.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   pname,
-  version,
-  src,
+  source,
   meta,
   binaryName,
   desktopName,
   self,
   autoPatchelfHook,
+  fetchurl,
   makeDesktopItem,
   lib,
   stdenv,
@@ -44,15 +44,18 @@
   libxrender,
   libxtst,
   libxcb,
+  libxkbcommon,
   libxshmfence,
   libgbm,
   nspr,
   nss,
+  openssl_1_1,
   pango,
   systemdLibs,
   libappindicator-gtk3,
   libdbusmenu,
-  writeScript,
+  brotli,
+  writeShellScript,
   pipewire,
   python3,
   runCommand,
@@ -85,6 +88,97 @@ let
   ];
   enabledDiscordModsCount = builtins.length (lib.filter (x: x) discordMods);
 
+  # Starting with discord-development 0.0.235, the linux tarball ships only a
+  # small `updater_bootstrap` ELF that downloads the real app at first launch
+  #
+  # That binary always fetches the latest version from Discord's CDN with no way
+  # to pin, making the build impure and the nix version a lie
+  #
+  # Instead we fetch the app directly from the distributions API at build time:
+  # https://updates.discord.com/distributions/app/manifests/latest?channel=...
+  # The host + module distros are brotli-compressed tars on Discord's CDN at
+  # predictable URLs with SHA256 hashes in the manifest
+  isDistro = source.kind == "distro";
+
+  inherit (source) version;
+
+  src =
+    if isDistro then
+      fetchurl { inherit (source.distro) url hash; }
+    else
+      fetchurl { inherit (source) url hash; };
+
+  moduleSrcs = lib.optionalAttrs isDistro (
+    lib.mapAttrs (_: mod: fetchurl { inherit (mod) url hash; }) source.modules
+  );
+
+  moduleVersions = lib.optionalAttrs isDistro (lib.mapAttrs (_: mod: mod.version) source.modules);
+
+  libPath = lib.makeLibraryPath (
+    [
+      libcxx
+      systemdLibs
+      libpulseaudio
+      libdrm
+      libgbm
+      stdenv.cc.cc
+      alsa-lib
+      atk
+      at-spi2-atk
+      at-spi2-core
+      cairo
+      cups
+      dbus
+      expat
+      fontconfig
+      freetype
+      gdk-pixbuf
+      glib
+      gtk3
+      libglvnd
+      libnotify
+      libx11
+      libxcomposite
+      libunity
+      libuuid
+      libva
+      libxcursor
+      libxdamage
+      libxext
+      libxfixes
+      libxi
+      libxrandr
+      libxrender
+      libxtst
+      nspr
+      nss
+      libxcb
+      libxkbcommon
+      pango
+      pipewire
+      libxscrnsaver
+      libappindicator-gtk3
+      libdbusmenu
+      wayland
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withTTS [ speechd-minimal ]
+  );
+
+  # Symlink native modules from the nix store into the user config dir
+  # where Discord's JS moduleUpdater expects them.
+  stageModules = writeShellScript "discord-stage-modules" ''
+    store_modules="$1"
+    modules_dir="''${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/${lib.toLower binaryName}/${version}/modules"
+    if [ ! -f "$modules_dir/installed.json" ]; then
+      mkdir -p "$modules_dir"
+      for m in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (lib.attrNames moduleSrcs)}; do
+        ln -sfn "$store_modules/$m" "$modules_dir/$m"
+      done
+      echo '${builtins.toJSON (lib.mapAttrs (_: mod: { installedVersion = mod; }) moduleVersions)}' \
+        > "$modules_dir/installed.json"
+    fi
+  '';
+
   disableBreakingUpdates =
     runCommand "disable-breaking-updates.py"
       {
@@ -123,7 +217,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libxshmfence
     wrapGAppsHook3
     makeShellWrapper
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals isDistro [ brotli ];
 
   dontWrapGApps = true;
 
@@ -132,67 +227,59 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libgbm
     nspr
     nss
+  ]
+  # The new distro layout ships prebuilt `.node` modules:
+  # discord_dispatch is linked against openssl 1.1, discord_voice against libpulseaudio
+  ++ lib.optionals isDistro [
+    openssl_1_1
+    libpulseaudio
   ];
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
-  libPath = lib.makeLibraryPath (
-    [
-      libcxx
-      systemdLibs
-      libpulseaudio
-      libdrm
-      libgbm
-      stdenv.cc.cc
-      alsa-lib
-      atk
-      at-spi2-atk
-      at-spi2-core
-      cairo
-      cups
-      dbus
-      expat
-      fontconfig
-      freetype
-      gdk-pixbuf
-      glib
-      gtk3
-      libglvnd
-      libnotify
-      libx11
-      libxcomposite
-      libunity
-      libuuid
-      libva
-      libxcursor
-      libxdamage
-      libxext
-      libxfixes
-      libxi
-      libxrandr
-      libxrender
-      libxtst
-      nspr
-      libxcb
-      pango
-      pipewire
-      libxscrnsaver
-      libappindicator-gtk3
-      libdbusmenu
-      wayland
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals withTTS [ speechd-minimal ]
-  );
+  dontUnpack = isDistro;
+
+  inherit libPath;
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
     mkdir -p $out/{bin,opt/${binaryName},share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps}
-    mv * $out/opt/${binaryName}
+  ''
+  + (
+    if isDistro then
+      ''
+        # Distro layout (currently discord-ptb, discord-canary and discord-development):
+        #
+        # The host distro is a brotli-compressed tar with all files under a `files/`
+        # prefix (the channel binary, libffmpeg.so, resources/, etc). Module distros
+        # follow the same format with module contents under `files/`
+        #
+        # The module directory layout must match what Discord's node runtime
+        # expects: modules/<name>/ (the moduleUpdater extracts zips into
+        # path.join(moduleInstallPath, moduleName) see processUnzipQueue)
 
-    chmod +x $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName}
-    patchelf --set-interpreter ${stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker} \
-        $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName}
+        brotli -d < $src | tar xf - --strip-components=1 -C $out/opt/${binaryName}
+        chmod +x $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName}
+
+        # Extract native modules
+        ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+          lib.mapAttrsToList (name: src: ''
+            mkdir -p $out/opt/${binaryName}/modules/${name}
+            brotli -d < ${src} | tar xf - --strip-components=1 -C $out/opt/${binaryName}/modules/${name}
+          '') moduleSrcs
+        )}
+
+      ''
+    else
+      ''
+        # Tarball layout (stable): the tarball unpacks into a
+        # directory containing the channel binary directly
+        mv * $out/opt/${binaryName}
+        chmod +x $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName}
+      ''
+  )
+  + ''
 
     wrapProgramShell $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName} \
         "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}" \
@@ -205,6 +292,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gtk3}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gtk3.name}/" \
         --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${finalAttrs.libPath}:$out/opt/${binaryName} \
         ${lib.strings.optionalString disableUpdates "--run ${lib.getExe disableBreakingUpdates}"} \
+        ${lib.strings.optionalString isDistro ''--run "${stageModules} $out/opt/${binaryName}/modules"''} \
         --add-flags ${lib.escapeShellArg commandLineArgs}
 
     ln -s $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName} $out/bin/
@@ -258,6 +346,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru = {
     # make it possible to run disableBreakingUpdates standalone
     inherit disableBreakingUpdates;
+    # Exposed so reviewers can inspect which distro modules are pinned
+    inherit source moduleVersions;
     updateScript = ./update.py;
 
     tests = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/sources.json b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/sources.json
index 63eca3c991a1..2ca81a052f0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/sources.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/sources.json
@@ -1,42 +1,242 @@
 {
   "linux-canary": {
-    "hash": "sha256-wTAmrtGcJpI/DIrLQu/++WuVzMr9EcJs+AIFkAilFvk=",
-    "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.927/discord-canary-0.0.927.tar.gz",
-    "version": "0.0.927"
+    "distro": {
+      "hash": "sha256-4xA+Kh6UiwtoUt5A2kPI5rcbSEc/SoZzJbwFdjMNVpE=",
+      "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/full.distro"
+    },
+    "kind": "distro",
+    "modules": {
+      "discord_cloudsync": {
+        "hash": "sha256-3dcVKm/Sz9bqhEm8xVMtRcWrU6JWtv2Dh8oz/3K489E=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_cloudsync/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_desktop_core": {
+        "hash": "sha256-7zcFkh3f9BVjHlevCkZXUFNdeLCkM2+sysuSUyPcQlA=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_desktop_core/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_dispatch": {
+        "hash": "sha256-TD1vWHt4y3xkAEc/BV2HZe3tNdP0PTZsXhVeeHvRAU4=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_dispatch/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_erlpack": {
+        "hash": "sha256-nv6kKT+ZWfwkH4BvOWtjF8VZoznzYRN0hK8kiTbcX/I=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_erlpack/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_game_utils": {
+        "hash": "sha256-Ru8zXxDGwHrpMnnraAVR0Z7jRA4PRLHX7pBz8jctar8=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_game_utils/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_krisp": {
+        "hash": "sha256-zkhTv+8qzyrZBHpZeCzJX6z8HCK0M4Jt6Kr+InbVT80=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_krisp/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_modules": {
+        "hash": "sha256-j5UE4ZugIF4HTsOgxK3Dfp0WP3Sya1fbDjERxGu2qSM=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_modules/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_rpc": {
+        "hash": "sha256-HaUt+G05Im2uNkUB9Ry1c6X/iadc7xLrcEgJCVgpgsY=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_rpc/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_spellcheck": {
+        "hash": "sha256-8cOwisLqnxGsbqPYStBAaKEaALIM0M5d3RPLtoHxClw=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_spellcheck/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_utils": {
+        "hash": "sha256-hfQu3fT9ON0j8xEAwCRY7/ALYYq/a70W/8HeT3KhZF0=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_utils/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_voice": {
+        "hash": "sha256-JJXt5wHat6AtxW1GIzsPnMHJPzX1DlPgB3kDcg9Bnts=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_voice/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_zstd": {
+        "hash": "sha256-PMlqdAI44AngVh75Eq66zHLEoJkI0262FcFUffPykCk=",
+        "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/canary/linux/x64/1.0.962/discord_zstd/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      }
+    },
+    "version": "1.0.962"
   },
   "linux-development": {
-    "hash": "sha256-Xe5PjHDWXU+eIAcBID34gjuADmAl1JAQLmXUAi/p4tg=",
-    "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.99/discord-development-0.0.99.tar.gz",
-    "version": "0.0.99"
+    "distro": {
+      "hash": "sha256-6MLiRO2GYXkBRQjzOwmKHVqMqGsVjk0E3ocvdYyg8qs=",
+      "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/full.distro"
+    },
+    "kind": "distro",
+    "modules": {
+      "discord_cloudsync": {
+        "hash": "sha256-6yEFPNHqs5Mk+1V2x4R/ZwFgwb2Z+O9iOrX78/G3ynM=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_cloudsync/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_desktop_core": {
+        "hash": "sha256-Z82Y9I4brUOvGiZhgL5V+wXRFfDH/XazWJG3OMYyo3s=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_desktop_core/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_dispatch": {
+        "hash": "sha256-MTjgc8SfL7i4O+QkYQu0Os04iAM1x85AAZxuooI5Oog=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_dispatch/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_erlpack": {
+        "hash": "sha256-JQAgkIpev2+1dlfPW/bg/Iek/cL3+V92IpZIa8e+Fp8=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_erlpack/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_game_utils": {
+        "hash": "sha256-ixKdUlXhDVmk3P41gFixSpPJCMnd3c/yLQF1J7DYI+M=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_game_utils/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_krisp": {
+        "hash": "sha256-UJmBXQm0SXbCOjtJN72BZJCViULhpJgc0rgqDrhhNR0=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_krisp/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_modules": {
+        "hash": "sha256-+TH9x91upIuX9nwvpF9pX4w58YRqu6+hbF1RSyiykdM=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_modules/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_rpc": {
+        "hash": "sha256-cGK1qN8jUiw2l9KNbb7eucWWPw191AHzh/4C6T8gI44=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_rpc/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_spellcheck": {
+        "hash": "sha256-b/X24WJi2Mi0x7Ynqphmtr6FSYUMSR9dDPPUF/k/TN8=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_spellcheck/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_utils": {
+        "hash": "sha256-+dslIrgHH5r7sz95Ixb+5DDOQA8PEr4BcqkJTchf3WQ=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_utils/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_voice": {
+        "hash": "sha256-7rg5Ct/BPJaOak0HOeTuYMbfdhHBvI4qML1nnYzZ+IE=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_voice/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_zstd": {
+        "hash": "sha256-XKJNd/9l3PJX1GTHT0hvsB9pqI6oDkAvay2L3bOIk/0=",
+        "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/development/linux/x64/1.0.976/discord_zstd/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      }
+    },
+    "version": "1.0.976"
   },
   "linux-ptb": {
-    "hash": "sha256-vnzEamdX8pCzFtYLoWHvxcznHD1FCcgKnwQOx8BkWu0=",
-    "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.183/discord-ptb-0.0.183.tar.gz",
-    "version": "0.0.183"
+    "distro": {
+      "hash": "sha256-dVLGOL//a1mCw0NyekrCemfu9u7pA9t1+UnQ8zmMCwI=",
+      "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/full.distro"
+    },
+    "kind": "distro",
+    "modules": {
+      "discord_cloudsync": {
+        "hash": "sha256-cLqmwjFWUnRnBY3iEqpyv2mtuHI4TanGxbI1cT4V9Ic=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_cloudsync/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_desktop_core": {
+        "hash": "sha256-UmAYyAVVwVZINIobQejXSEK01C/oQJBjxBQ1p45AMOg=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_desktop_core/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_dispatch": {
+        "hash": "sha256-/WfqrWgqCXSUodMqlhgiHTQAiRSfg1dfA4c3CxKZuJk=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_dispatch/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_erlpack": {
+        "hash": "sha256-MXBUoaeC1Refb80mqyZQ6vE8lRV04K5yZbhHMN5XuTY=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_erlpack/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_game_utils": {
+        "hash": "sha256-P4s5/5aeLjzaD0HwHlpHCWaiVlsq+TFlfEqfCym4rH0=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_game_utils/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_krisp": {
+        "hash": "sha256-hwLHumM78aJv/OSX1LAxqpUGZmiVWGg2Sc6SmOdg+Oc=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_krisp/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_modules": {
+        "hash": "sha256-UGS9Znl5QWiQ5nG2I2GxUmQ3sRaaXcCyPPzh3AjAyQA=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_modules/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_rpc": {
+        "hash": "sha256-izqFS9ePjv+4VTqrrnwdlNCdpQik5Y7D3pmznP74ULA=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_rpc/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_spellcheck": {
+        "hash": "sha256-ykwur5DajvoAvNyhTb3wbtduv2NgLhrEEKKI2O/CqC8=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_spellcheck/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_utils": {
+        "hash": "sha256-HKHbGqYK8AyJu+PnVaZIv+HJr6pc6LtnnXI29rSFPmI=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_utils/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_voice": {
+        "hash": "sha256-HL/eZQpc0r+5N7LBFZdUVZWQT4nUtX3gBZlOPR1pLfs=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_voice/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      },
+      "discord_zstd": {
+        "hash": "sha256-P/8cVdak4Sz7SfHzi8DJPgZi9LRu6FWWI9hjoe8LY8o=",
+        "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/distro/app/ptb/linux/x64/1.0.188/discord_zstd/1/full.distro",
+        "version": 1
+      }
+    },
+    "version": "1.0.188"
   },
   "linux-stable": {
-    "hash": "sha256-FMIM/CWPk3Kcqp8iIg+gxiCpjD2DNk7dSBqnCBvzn5w=",
-    "url": "https://stable.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.130/discord-0.0.130.tar.gz",
-    "version": "0.0.130"
+    "hash": "sha256-N4gdcj8LYiXxvkbZhZyiWr375vaXt6JnwcoqLOKMsGg=",
+    "kind": "legacy",
+    "url": "https://stable.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.134/discord-0.0.134.tar.gz",
+    "version": "0.0.134"
   },
   "osx-canary": {
-    "hash": "sha256-9bknJCpZv07BaF5v0g7t+YrGR3+HsYCHl4gjduQsABo=",
-    "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/osx/0.0.1040/DiscordCanary.dmg",
-    "version": "0.0.1040"
+    "hash": "sha256-tR52aLUTW5iLzOQnXVS6muqsu44rXplHeXNKsR3u4Sw=",
+    "kind": "legacy",
+    "url": "https://canary.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/osx/0.0.1088/DiscordCanary.dmg",
+    "version": "0.0.1088"
   },
   "osx-development": {
-    "hash": "sha256-dCRl0gpxFdnEa81sSymj8Te0+KmmI9uXsmCXSY1EeNw=",
-    "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/osx/0.0.119/DiscordDevelopment.dmg",
-    "version": "0.0.119"
+    "hash": "sha256-gyZ2H9dsGYRlkPtRSE7hwRfFl6sr4pK2kB6Jq/51dhE=",
+    "kind": "legacy",
+    "url": "https://development.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/osx/1.0.982/DiscordDevelopment.dmg",
+    "version": "1.0.982"
   },
   "osx-ptb": {
-    "hash": "sha256-SV6ZdD0CCnNNkSWyIDqCmg9dpdQr4JLbrD3+k8943PQ=",
-    "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/osx/0.0.226/DiscordPTB.dmg",
-    "version": "0.0.226"
+    "hash": "sha256-WlygpcUv+CrmQdZyZ0t3EEb58oopHetbKQbKsLUdI1w=",
+    "kind": "legacy",
+    "url": "https://ptb.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/osx/0.0.231/DiscordPTB.dmg",
+    "version": "0.0.231"
   },
   "osx-stable": {
-    "hash": "sha256-vBadXUHrYhvkqzkCvGnKf25A19TKcFs5D0tzC54E0Hk=",
-    "url": "https://stable.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/osx/0.0.382/Discord.dmg",
-    "version": "0.0.382"
+    "hash": "sha256-H+Odwt2Ry3C1+OMhVdr9PjAXOnI8vmsUkSBL8dieakc=",
+    "kind": "legacy",
+    "url": "https://stable.dl2.discordapp.net/apps/osx/0.0.387/Discord.dmg",
+    "version": "0.0.387"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/update.py b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/update.py
index d2577eab8c91..49f90ca9e1c5 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/discord/update.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
 #!nix-shell -i python3 -p python3
 
+from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
 from enum import StrEnum
-from typing import List, Tuple
+from typing import List
 from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
 import json
 import urllib.request
@@ -33,18 +34,35 @@ class Branch(StrEnum):
     DEVELOPMENT = "development"
 
 
-Variant = Tuple[Platform, Branch]
+class Kind(StrEnum):
+    # Single tarball or dmg fetched via discord.com/api/download redirect
+    LEGACY = "legacy"
+    # Brotli-compressed host + module distros from the distributions API
+    DISTRO = "distro"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Variant:
+    platform: Platform
+    branch: Branch
+    kind: Kind
+
+
+# The distributions API rejects requests that don't send a Discord-Updater
+# User-Agent, so we can't identify ourselves as Nixpkgs here
+DISTRO_USER_AGENT = "Discord-Updater/1"
 
 
 def serialize_variant(variant: Variant) -> str:
-    platform, branch = variant
-    return f"{platform}-{branch}"
+    return f"{variant.platform}-{variant.branch}"
 
 
 def url_for_variant(variant: Variant) -> str:
-    platform, branch = variant
+    return f"https://discord.com/api/download/{variant.branch.value}?platform={variant.platform.value}&format={variant.platform.format_type()}"
 
-    return f"https://discord.com/api/download/{branch.value}?platform={platform.value}&format={platform.format_type()}"
+
+def distro_manifest_url_for_variant(variant: Variant) -> str:
+    return f"https://updates.discord.com/distributions/app/manifests/latest?channel={variant.branch.value}&platform={variant.platform.value}&arch=x64"
 
 
 def fetch_redirect_url(url: str) -> str:
@@ -75,31 +93,94 @@ def prefetch(url: str) -> str:
     return sri_hash
 
 
+@dataclass
+class LegacySource:
+    version: str
+    url: str
+    hash: str
+    kind: Kind = Kind.LEGACY
+
+
+@dataclass
+class DistroRef:
+    url: str
+    hash: str
+
+
+@dataclass
+class DistroModule:
+    version: int
+    url: str
+    hash: str
+
+
+@dataclass
+class DistroSource:
+    version: str
+    distro: DistroRef
+    modules: dict[str, DistroModule] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    kind: Kind = Kind.DISTRO
+
+
+def fetch_distro_manifest(variant: Variant) -> dict:
+    url = distro_manifest_url_for_variant(variant)
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": DISTRO_USER_AGENT})
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as response:
+        return json.loads(response.read())
+
+
+def version_triple_to_str(triple: list) -> str:
+    return ".".join(str(x) for x in triple)
+
+
+def fetch_distro_source(variant: Variant) -> DistroSource:
+    manifest = fetch_distro_manifest(variant)
+
+    distro_url = manifest["full"]["url"]
+    modules = {
+        name: DistroModule(
+            version=mod["full"]["module_version"],
+            url=mod["full"]["url"],
+            hash=prefetch(mod["full"]["url"]),
+        )
+        for name, mod in manifest["modules"].items()
+    }
+
+    return DistroSource(
+        version=version_triple_to_str(manifest["full"]["host_version"]),
+        distro=DistroRef(url=distro_url, hash=prefetch(distro_url)),
+        modules=modules,
+    )
+
+
+def fetch_legacy_source(variant: Variant) -> LegacySource:
+    url = fetch_redirect_url(url_for_variant(variant))
+    return LegacySource(
+        version=version_from_url(url),
+        url=url,
+        hash=prefetch(url),
+    )
+
+
 def main():
     variants: List[Variant] = [
-        (Platform.LINUX, Branch.STABLE),
-        (Platform.LINUX, Branch.PTB),
-        (Platform.LINUX, Branch.CANARY),
-        (Platform.LINUX, Branch.DEVELOPMENT),
-        (Platform.MACOS, Branch.STABLE),
-        (Platform.MACOS, Branch.PTB),
-        (Platform.MACOS, Branch.CANARY),
-        (Platform.MACOS, Branch.DEVELOPMENT),
+        Variant(Platform.LINUX, Branch.STABLE, Kind.LEGACY),
+        Variant(Platform.LINUX, Branch.PTB, Kind.DISTRO),
+        Variant(Platform.LINUX, Branch.CANARY, Kind.DISTRO),
+        Variant(Platform.LINUX, Branch.DEVELOPMENT, Kind.DISTRO),
+        Variant(Platform.MACOS, Branch.STABLE, Kind.LEGACY),
+        Variant(Platform.MACOS, Branch.PTB, Kind.LEGACY),
+        Variant(Platform.MACOS, Branch.CANARY, Kind.LEGACY),
+        Variant(Platform.MACOS, Branch.DEVELOPMENT, Kind.LEGACY),
     ]
 
     sources = {}
 
     for v in variants:
-        url = url_for_variant(v)
-        url = fetch_redirect_url(url)
-        version = version_from_url(url)
-        sri_hash = prefetch(url)
-
-        sources[serialize_variant(v)] = {
-            "url": url,
-            "version": version,
-            "hash": sri_hash,
-        }
+        source = (
+            fetch_distro_source(v) if v.kind == Kind.DISTRO else fetch_legacy_source(v)
+        )
+        sources[serialize_variant(v)] = asdict(source)
 
     with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "sources.json"), "w") as f:
         json.dump(sources, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)