Features¶

Streamlink is built upon a plugin system which allows support for new services to be easily added. Most of the big streaming services are supported, such as:

• Twitch.tv

• YouTube.com

• Livestream.com

• Dailymotion.com

... and many more. A full list of plugins currently included can be found on the Plugins page.

Quickstart¶

The default behavior of Streamlink is to play back streams in the VLC player.

$ streamlink twitch.tv/day9tv best
[cli][info] Found matching plugin twitch for URL twitch.tv/day9tv
[cli][info] Available streams: audio_only, 160p (worst), 360p, 480p, 720p, 720p60, 1080p60 (best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 1080p60 (hls)
[cli][info] Starting player: vlc

For more in-depth usage and install instructions, please refer to the User guide.

User guide¶

Streamlink is made up of two parts, a cli and a library API. See their respective sections for more information on how to use them.

Thank you¶

• Github, for hosting the git repo, docs, release assets and providing CI tools

• Netlify, for hosting docs preview builds