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