# 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 No longer maintained, use streamlink or youtube-dl instead.

Repository: https://github.com/chrippa/livestreamer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/livestreamer
Homepage: http://livestreamer.io/
Language: Python
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-08-29T19:04:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5498, "days_push": 1465, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3864, forks 565 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:27.615053+00:00)

## What it is
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 It is no longer maintained; users should use its successor streamlink or youtube-dl instead.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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, video-processing, http-client, plugin-system
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: cli, python, cross-platform
- tags: streaming, video-player, twitch, livestreaming, deprecated, command-line

## Member repositories
- chrippa/livestreamer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.615053+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:25:52.099217+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chrippa/livestreamer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.615053+00:00, sha 9a3974f36c32)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.