diff --git a/src/preload/VesktopNative.ts b/src/preload/VesktopNative.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Aerocord, a vesktop fork for older microsoft NT releases such as NT 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 
+ * Credits to vendicated and the rest of the vesktop contribuitors for making Vesktop!
+ */
+
+import { ipcRenderer } from "electron";
+import type { Settings } from "shared/settings";
+import type { LiteralUnion } from "type-fest";
+
+import { IpcEvents } from "../shared/IpcEvents";
+import { invoke, sendSync } from "./typedIpc";
+
+type SpellCheckerResultCallback = (word: string, suggestions: string[]) => void;
+
+const spellCheckCallbacks = new Set<SpellCheckerResultCallback>();
+
+ipcRenderer.on(IpcEvents.SPELLCHECK_RESULT, (_, w: string, s: string[]) => {
+    spellCheckCallbacks.forEach(cb => cb(w, s));
+});
+
+export const VesktopNative = {
+    app: {
+        relaunch: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.RELAUNCH),
+        getVersion: () => sendSync<void>(IpcEvents.GET_VERSION),
+        setBadgeCount: (count: number) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.SET_BADGE_COUNT, count),
+        supportsWindowsTransparency: () => sendSync<boolean>(IpcEvents.SUPPORTS_WINDOWS_TRANSPARENCY)
+    },
+    autostart: {
+        isEnabled: () => sendSync<boolean>(IpcEvents.AUTOSTART_ENABLED),
+        enable: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.ENABLE_AUTOSTART),
+        disable: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.DISABLE_AUTOSTART)
+    },
+    fileManager: {
+        showItemInFolder: (path: string) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.SHOW_ITEM_IN_FOLDER, path),
+        selectVencordDir: () => invoke<LiteralUnion<"cancelled" | "invalid", string>>(IpcEvents.SELECT_VENCORD_DIR)
+    },
+    settings: {
+        get: () => sendSync<Settings>(IpcEvents.GET_SETTINGS),
+        set: (settings: Settings, path?: string) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.SET_SETTINGS, settings, path)
+    },
+    spellcheck: {
+        setLanguages: (languages: readonly string[]) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.SPELLCHECK_SET_LANGUAGES, languages),
+        onSpellcheckResult(cb: SpellCheckerResultCallback) {
+            spellCheckCallbacks.add(cb);
+        },
+        offSpellcheckResult(cb: SpellCheckerResultCallback) {
+            spellCheckCallbacks.delete(cb);
+        },
+        replaceMisspelling: (word: string) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.SPELLCHECK_REPLACE_MISSPELLING, word),
+        addToDictionary: (word: string) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.SPELLCHECK_ADD_TO_DICTIONARY, word)
+    },
+    win: {
+        focus: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.FOCUS),
+        close: (key?: string) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.CLOSE, key),
+        minimize: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.MINIMIZE),
+        maximize: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.MAXIMIZE)
+    },
+    capturer: {
+        getLargeThumbnail: (id: string) => invoke<string>(IpcEvents.CAPTURER_GET_LARGE_THUMBNAIL, id)
+    },
+    /** only available on Linux. */
+    virtmic: {
+        list: () =>
+            invoke<
+                { ok: false; isGlibCxxOutdated: boolean } | { ok: true; targets: string[]; hasPipewirePulse: boolean }
+            >(IpcEvents.VIRT_MIC_LIST),
+        start: (targets: string[], workaround?: boolean) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.VIRT_MIC_START, targets, workaround),
+        startSystem: (workaround?: boolean, onlyDefaultSpeakers?: boolean) =>
+            invoke<void>(IpcEvents.VIRT_MIC_START_SYSTEM, workaround, onlyDefaultSpeakers),
+        stop: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.VIRT_MIC_STOP)
+    },
+    arrpc: {
+        onActivity(cb: (data: string) => void) {
+            ipcRenderer.on(IpcEvents.ARRPC_ACTIVITY, (_, data: string) => cb(data));
+        }
+    },
+    clipboard: {
+        copyImage: (imageBuffer: Uint8Array, imageSrc: string) =>
+            invoke<void>(IpcEvents.CLIPBOARD_COPY_IMAGE, imageBuffer, imageSrc)
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/preload/index.ts b/src/preload/index.ts
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+++ b/src/preload/index.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Aerocord, a vesktop fork for older microsoft NT releases such as NT 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 
+ * Credits to vendicated and the rest of the vesktop contribuitors for making Vesktop!
+ */
+
+import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer, webFrame } from "electron";
+import { readFileSync, watch } from "fs";
+
+import { IpcEvents } from "../shared/IpcEvents";
+import { VesktopNative } from "./VesktopNative";
+
+contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("VesktopNative", VesktopNative);
+
+require(ipcRenderer.sendSync(IpcEvents.GET_VENCORD_PRELOAD_FILE));
+
+webFrame.executeJavaScript(ipcRenderer.sendSync(IpcEvents.GET_VENCORD_RENDERER_SCRIPT));
+webFrame.executeJavaScript(ipcRenderer.sendSync(IpcEvents.GET_RENDERER_SCRIPT));
+
+// #region css
+const rendererCss = ipcRenderer.sendSync(IpcEvents.GET_RENDERER_CSS_FILE);
+
+const style = document.createElement("style");
+style.id = "vcd-css-core";
+style.textContent = readFileSync(rendererCss, "utf-8");
+
+if (document.readyState === "complete") {
+    document.documentElement.appendChild(style);
+} else {
+    document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => document.documentElement.appendChild(style), {
+        once: true
+    });
+}
+
+if (IS_DEV) {
+    // persistent means keep process running if watcher is the only thing still running
+    // which we obviously don't want
+    watch(rendererCss, { persistent: false }, () => {
+        document.getElementById("vcd-css-core")!.textContent = readFileSync(rendererCss, "utf-8");
+    });
+}
+// #endregion
+
+VesktopNative.spellcheck.setLanguages(window.navigator.languages);
diff --git a/src/preload/typedIpc.ts b/src/preload/typedIpc.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Aerocord, a vesktop fork for older microsoft NT releases such as NT 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. 
+ * Credits to vendicated and the rest of the vesktop contribuitors for making Vesktop!
+ */
+
+import { ipcRenderer } from "electron";
+import { IpcEvents } from "shared/IpcEvents";
+
+export function invoke<T = any>(event: IpcEvents, ...args: any[]) {
+    return ipcRenderer.invoke(event, ...args) as Promise<T>;
+}
+
+export function sendSync<T = any>(event: IpcEvents, ...args: any[]) {
+    return ipcRenderer.sendSync(event, ...args) as T;
+}