twitch-play 0.2.1

A minimal Twitch CLI client. Browse categories and streams with fzf, play with mpv.

Twitch Play

A minimal Twitch CLI app built on top of mpv, streamlink, and fzf.

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• mpv
• streamlink
• fzf

Installation

Quick install (recommended)

$ pipx install twitch-play

Or with pip:

$ pip install twitch-play

Then run:

$ twitch-play

From source

$ git clone https://github.com/kasramp/twitch-play
$ cd twitch-play
$ python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ ./play-twitch

Configuration

There's a Client ID in the config.py file, which you can use for experiments. Ideally, you want to create your own app and use it, following the steps below:

1. Go to dev.twitch.tv/console and register a new app.
2. Set the OAuth redirect URL to http://localhost:8765/callback and category to Website Integration.
3. Copy your Client ID and set it in twitch_play/config.py.

Usage

Key	Action
Enter	Play stream at best quality
Ctrl-L	Play at 480p
Ctrl-H	Play at 720p
Ctrl-B	Play at best quality
Ctrl-O	Pick quality from list
Ctrl-C	Copy channel name to the clipboard
Ctrl-F	Search categories (category screen)
Esc	Go back

Chat

Key	Action
/	Search
p	Pause chat scrolling
k	Go up in the chat
j	Go down in the chat