https://github.com/streamlinkk/streamlink
Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player
https://github.com/streamlinkk/streamlink
cli livestream python streaming streaming-services streamlink streamvideo twitch vlc
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Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/streamlinkk/streamlink
- Owner: streamlinkk
- License: bsd-2-clause
- Created: 2023-05-20T07:02:08.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-05-20T07:25:28.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-11T01:37:05.965Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: cli, livestream, python, streaming, streaming-services, streamlink, streamvideo, twitch, vlc
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 34 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Authors: AUTHORS
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README
Streamlink
A Python library and command-line interface which pipes streams from various services into a video player.
Avoid resource-heavy and unoptimized websites, and still enjoy streamed content.
Streamlink was forked in 2016 from the abandoned Livestreamer project.
# 📦 Installation
Please take a look at the documentation for different ways of installing Streamlink:
- [Windows][streamlink-installation-windows]
- [macOS][streamlink-installation-macos]
- [Linux and BSD][streamlink-installation-linux-and-bsd]
- [PyPI package and source code][streamlink-installation-pypi-source]
# 👍 Features
Streamlink is built on top of a plugin system which allows support for new services to be added easily.
Most of the popular streaming services are supported, such as:
- [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com)
- [Livestream](https://livestream.com)
- [Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com)
... and many more. A list of all plugins currently included can be found on the [plugins page][streamlink-plugins].
# 💡 Quickstart
After installing, simply run:
```sh
streamlink "STREAMURL" best
```
The default behavior of Streamlink is to play back streams in the [VLC player][player-vlc], but a lot of other options and output methods are available, such as writing the stream to the filesystem, reading stream metadata, etc.
For more in-depth usage, please refer to the [CLI documentation][streamlink-documentation-cli].
An [API guide][streamlink-documentation-apiguide] and [API reference][streamlink-documentation-apiref] is available for Python implementors of Streamlink.
# 🙏 Contributing
All contributions are welcome.
Feel free to open a new thread on the issue tracker or submit a new pull request.
Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md][contributing] first. Thanks!
# ❤️ Support
If you think that Streamlink is useful and if you want to keep the project alive, then please consider supporting its maintainers by sending a small and optionally recurring tip via the [available options][support].
Your support is very much appreciated, thank you!
[streamlink-installation-windows]: https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#windows
[streamlink-installation-macos]: https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#macos
[streamlink-installation-linux-and-bsd]: https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#linux-and-bsd
[streamlink-installation-pypi-source]: https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#pypi-package-and-source-code
[streamlink-documentation-cli]: https://streamlink.github.io/cli.html
[streamlink-documentation-apiguide]: https://streamlink.github.io/api_guide.html
[streamlink-documentation-apiref]: https://streamlink.github.io/api.html
[streamlink-plugins]: https://streamlink.github.io/plugins.html
[player-vlc]: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
[contributing]: https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
[support]: https://streamlink.github.io/latest/donate.html