# TwitchRecover/TwitchRecover

Twitch VOD tool which recovers all VODs including those that are sub only or deleted.

Repository: https://github.com/TwitchRecover/TwitchRecover
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/twitchrecover
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: twitch, twitchtv, twitch-tv, vod-links, stream, twitch-servers, vods, downloading-vods, twitch-api, recover, recovery, recovering-data, recover-files, streaming, streamer, streamer-tool
Last push: 2024-07-12T17:50:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2105, "days_push": 782, "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 1181, forks 161 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.123123+00:00)

## What it is
Twitch Recover is a free tool that lets users view, recover, and download all types of Twitch videos, including VODs, clips, highlights, and live streams, even sub-only or deleted VODs. It is written in Java with a Go rewrite in progress, distributed as a CLI executable.

## Use cases
- recover deleted twitch vods
- download sub-only twitch vods
- get m3u8 feed links for twitch vods
- download twitch clips and highlights
- record a live twitch stream
- find old twitch stream urls

## When to choose
- you need to recover or download Twitch VODs that are deleted or sub-only
- you want a free standalone tool for Twitch video retrieval
- you need VOD/clip feed URLs for other tools

## When to avoid
- you need a polished GUI (only available in future 2.0 beta)
- Twitch has fully purged the VOD from its servers, as recovery is then impossible
- you need a stable, actively maintained cross-platform library API (Go rewrite is still alpha)

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, http-client, cli
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: twitch, vod-recovery, stream-download, video-download, streaming, command-line

## Member repositories
- TwitchRecover/TwitchRecover (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.123123+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 2026-08-30T06:25:00.724168+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TwitchRecover/TwitchRecover (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.123123+00:00, sha 5aed431cd6d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.