A multi platform Twitch.tv browser for Streamlink
Streamlink Twitch GUI, previously known as Livestreamer Twitch GUI, has been renamed in early december 2016. A comment regarding this change can be found in the thread "The future of Livestreamer Twitch GUI".
This is a graphical user interface (GUI) on top of the Streamlink command line interface (CLI).
Streamlink Twitch GUI is a NW.js application, which means that it is a web application written in JavaScript (EmberJS), HTML (Handlebars) and CSS (LessCSS) and is being run by a Node.js powered version of Chromium.
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- Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux (for both x86 and x64)
- Supports both Streamlink as well as the deprecated Livestreamer
- Browse streams by popularity or by different games, communities and teams
- Watch streams in the video player of your choice
- Watch multiple streams at once
- Integrated Twitch.tv login with access to subscriptions and followed channels and games
- Follow your favorite channels and games
- Filter streams by channel or broadcaster language
- See desktop notifications whenever a followed channel starts broadcasting
- Join the Twitch chat with different chat applications
- Rich settings menu with lots of customizations
- Individual channel settings
- Customizable presets for player and chat applications
- Integrated default and dark themes
One of the reasons for having bad viewing experiences on Twitch.tv is the usage of the flash player or the experimental HTML5 player on their website. On some systems, this is causing major problems like buffering/stuttering or low video playback frame rates. The reason for this is often the lack of GPU acceleration of the web browser and/or high CPU and memory usage, which can be a big issue especially for mobile desktop devices.
With Streamlink Twitch GUI you're not dependent on your web browser. Unlike the official Twitch desktop app, Streamlink Twitch GUI doesn't embed the Twitch.tv website, so fewer resources are needed. Streams can be watched in the video player of your choice, enabling a smooth video playback.
Please have in mind, that by using this application you're bypassing any ads run by Twitch (adblock users also do). If you want to support Twitch or a single broadcaster, please consider buying Twitch Prime or subscribing to the broadcaster's channel in the regular way. Thank you!
See the Wiki for detailed installation and configuration instructions.
Streamlink Twitch GUI depends on Streamlink.
Install Streamlink prior to using this application or you won't be able to launch any streams.
Directly download the application from the github releases page.
Chocolatey (Windows):
choco install streamlink-twitch-gui
AUR (Arch Linux):
pacaur -S streamlink-twitch-gui
pacaur -S streamlink-twitch-gui-git
Homebrew Cask (MacOS):
brew cask install streamlink-twitch-gui
If you want to test the latest unreleased version, you can do this by cloning the repository and building the application off the master branch. Further instructions can be found down below or here.
Please don't forget to report any bugs you may encounter. Thank you very much for helping!
Building the application on your own is simple. Just make sure that the latest stable version of Node.js (including npm) is installed on your machine.
Then run the following lines from the path of your cloned repository to install all dependencies and to start the build process. You will then find the built executable inside the build/releases folder.
npm install -g grunt-cli bower # may require administrator privileges
npm install
grunt releaseEvery contribution is welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first.