# Franiac/TwitchLeecher

Twitch Leecher - The Broadcast Downloader

Repository: https://github.com/Franiac/TwitchLeecher
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/twitchleecher
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-01-23T20:01:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3847, "days_push": 953, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2802, forks 423 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:22.699123+00:00)

## What it is
Twitch Leecher is a Windows desktop application for downloading Twitch broadcasts (VODs), known for fast multi-threaded downloads. The project has been officially discontinued by its maintainer.

## Use cases
- download twitch vods
- save twitch broadcasts to disk
- archive my own twitch streams
- download twitch clips and videos fast
- grab a past broadcast before it expires

## When to choose
- you need a simple GUI tool on Windows to download Twitch VODs and don't mind unmaintained software

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software or support for current Twitch API changes
- you need a cross-platform or command-line downloader
- Twitch changes break the tool since it is no longer updated

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: media, desktop-applications, windows
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: twitch, vod-downloader, video-download, broadcast-downloader, discontinued, video, desktop

## Member repositories
- Franiac/TwitchLeecher (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.699123+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 2026-08-30T08:14:32.252371+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Franiac/TwitchLeecher (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.699123+00:00, sha 36ea9a5f4d2a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.