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 statement about 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, OSX and Linux (for both x86 and x64)
- Browse streams by popularity or by different games
- Watch multiple streams at once
- Customizable settings like video players, stream types, stream bufferings and much more
- Customizable channel settings
- Integrated Twitch.tv login with access to subscriptions and followed channels and games
- Follow your favorite channels and games
- Desktop notifications
- Multiple chat methods
- Stream language filters
One of the reasons people are having bad viewing experiences on Twitch.tv is the usage of the flash player on their website. With the current generation of web browsers they sadly almost don't have any other choice but using flash for delivering a simple streaming service. There are some platforms and configurations where flash is causing problems though. These problems are low frame rates when watching streams or videos and also the lack of GPU acceleration leading to high CPU + memory usage which can be a big issue especially for mobile desktop devices.
With Streamlink Twitch GUI you're not dependent on your browser and flash, so fewer resources are needed. Also all 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 Turbo or subscribing to the broadcaster's channel. 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):
yaourt -S streamlink-twitch-gui
yaourt -S streamlink-twitch-gui-git
Homebrew Cask (OS X):
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.