Command-line tool

streamlink

brew/streamlink

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

CLI for extracting streams from various websites to a video player cli streaming twitch livestream vlc streaming-services

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Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install streamlink
winget install --id Streamlink.Streamlink -e
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/streamlink

macOS

brew install streamlink
pipx install streamlink

Linux

brew install streamlink
pipx install streamlink

Attempt to extract streams from the URL specified, and if it's successful, print out a list of available streams to choose from

streamlink example.com/stream

Open a stream with the specified quality

streamlink example.com/stream 720p60

Select the highest or lowest available quality

streamlink example.com/stream best

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