chrippa/livestreamer
Command-line utility that extracts streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice. No longer maintained, use streamlink or youtube-dl instead. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5498
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1465
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3864 stars · 565 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Livestreamer is a Python command-line utility that extracts video streams from services like Twitch, YouTube Live, and Dailymotion and pipes them into a local video player such as VLC. It is no longer maintained; users should use its successor streamlink or youtube-dl instead.
Use cases
- watch twitch streams in vlc without a browser
- pipe livestream video into my own player
- avoid flash plugins for streaming video
- extract stream urls from streaming services
- play youtube live streams from the command line
When to choose
- studying the codebase as a historical predecessor of streamlink
- maintaining legacy scripts that depend on the livestreamer API
When to avoid
- any new project - use streamlink instead
- you need updated plugins for current streaming services
- you need bug fixes or security updates
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
cli video-processing http-client plugin-system media developer-tools cli python cross-platform streaming video-player twitch livestreaming deprecated command-line
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/chrippa/livestreamer · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9a3974f36c32
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| chrippa/livestreamer | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="chrippa/livestreamer")
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