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streamlink – Play any live stream in your favorite player

Name: streamlink – Play any live stream in your favorite player
Author: streamlink

Use streamlink to pipe live video from Twitch, YouTube, and more straight into VLC or your preferred player—perfect for founders who need instant stream access. 12k+ GitHub stars

From the repo · “Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player”

11,861 stars+12★ this week1,209 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 7Install verified Sep 28Updated 10/20/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Streamlink is a command-line utility that allows you to extract and play video streams from various online services directly in your video player

When to use it

•You want to watch videos from online services without being forced to use their web player
•You need to record or download videos from streaming sites for offline use
•You prefer to use a dedicated video player with more features and controls than what's offered by the streaming site

Ready-to-paste prompt

streamlink --default-stream best --player vlc https://www.twitch.tv/monstercat

Heads up: Some streaming services may require you to have an account or be logged in to access certain content, and streamlink may not be able to handle these authentication requirements

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

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Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup✓ Install verified 9/28/2026

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/streamlink && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/streamlink/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/streamlink/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

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How streamlink – Play any live stream in your favorite player works

Codeflow

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Streamlink – Play any live stream in your favorite player is a large Python project (~55k lines across 279 code files, plus 245 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, BSD-2-Clause license, has a test suite.

Size

Large codebase

~55k lines · 279 code files · ~8 h to skim

Setup

One-command install

Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.

Runs on

Python

No API keys detected

Python 100%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
pyproject.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
3
src/streamlink_cli/__init__.py
Inside src/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

src/Core code — the actual logic260 files

docs/Documentation61 files

build_backend/Folder7 files

script/Helper scripts7 files

tests/Tests — proof it works290 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)22 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksBSD-2-Clause licenseUpdated this month