Streamer Toolkit

Last updated: October 7th, 2024

This page lists all of the resources you need as a beginner or experienced streamer. If it helps streamers and works well, it is in this list! This toolkit was originally published by the late great website, StreamBee.io

Be in touch on the StreamRoutine Discord if you have any suggestions for additions.

Streaming Essentials

Streaming Software

• OBS - OBS Studio is a free and open-source, cross-platform streaming app used by millions.
• Streamlabs OBS - OBS with built-in Streamlabs integration.
• StreamElements OBS / SELive - OBS with built-in StreamElements integration.
• Lightstream - Stream from your browser.
• XSplit - A premium paid streaming solution.
• Restream - Restream to multiple platforms, with free and paid options.
• VDO Ninja - Bring live video from your smartphone, remote computer, or friends directly into OBS or other studio software.

Audio Software

• VB-Cable - Creates a virtual Audio Device for your computer, to help with routing audio.
• VoiceMeeter - Audio Mixer Application to mix and manage any audio sources from or to any audio devices or applications.
• Virtual Audio Cable - Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) is an audio bridge between applications that transmits sounds (audio streams) from app to app, from device to device.
• Reaper ReaPlugs - Free Audio VST Plugins
• Reaper - Paid professional audio editor.
• Voicemod - A free voice changer.
• NVIDIA Broadcast - Easy to use camera and audio filters.

Twitch Chatbots

• StreamRoutine ChatGPT Chatbot - Create personalities and allow your chat to interact with a ChatGPT-powered chatbot for free.
• StreamRoutine DALL-E 3 Chatbot - Allow your chat to generate AI images and display them on your stream.
• Nightbot - One of the most popular chat bots.
• Moobot - Chatbot with heavy customization and an extensive dashboard.
• Fossabot - Advanced chat moderation bot for big and very active chats.
• Sery_bot - A Twitch moderation bot providing anti-hate raid and anti-follow bot protections, and other safety features and tools to streamers.
• Streamlabs Chatbot - Twitch chatbot with Streamlabs integration.
• StreamElements Chatbot - Twitch Chatbot with StreamElements integration.
• WizeBot - WizeBot is a service for Twitch that offers a moderation bot and a variety of features to manage, monitor, secure and enhance your stream.

Twitch Automation Tools

• Streamer.bot - Add an advanced level of interactivity and integration to your streams.
• SAMMI - Stream Automation, Management, Monitoring & Innovation

Browser Extensions

• BetterTTV - Enhance Twitch, improve chat, custom free emotes.
• FrankerFaceZ - Enhance Twitch, improve chat, custom free emotes.
• NowStreaming - Twitch - Get instant notifications when your favorite streamers come online.
• Twitch Pronouns - Add pronouns as a chat badge.

Best OBS Plugins

• StreamFX - Add new sources, filters, and transitions.
• Source Record - Selective source recorder.
• Move Transition - Plugin for OBS Studio to move source to a new position during scene transition.
• Input Overlay - Show keyboard, mouse and gamepad input on stream.
• Replay Source - Plugin for OBS Studio to (slow motion) replay async sources from memory.
• Transition Table - Set custom transitions for each scene individually.
• Audio Monitor - Put the audio of an OBS source to an audio device.
• Pixel Match Switcher - Change scenes based on the pixels shown on screen.
• Advanced Scene Switcher - Extended Scene switcher functionality.

Twitch Chat Apps

• ChitChat - Separate spam from real interactions in Twitch chat.
• Chatty - Twitch chat in the spirit of a classic IRC Client.
• Chatterino - An improved/extended version of the Twitch web chat.
• Restream Chat - Read & reply to messages from multiple streaming platforms on one screen.
• DankChat - Android Twitch chat app, supports multiple streams and auto-reconnect.
• sheepChat - Multi chat for Streamers.

Branding & Marketing

Graphics & Overlays

• Fiverr - Buy custom graphics from freelancers from all over the world.
• Etsy - Alternative to Fiverr, buy art from indie artists.
• Elgato Marketplace - Build your brand and engage an audience.
• GETREKT Labs - Stream Overlays from the Award Winning Team GETREKT.
• Nerd or Die - Free & paid overlays.
• StreamSpell - Stream packages, animated alerts, overlays, emotes and more.
• Kudos.tv - Twitch overlays marketplace.
• Hexeum - Twitch overlays store.
• OWN3D - Overlays, alerts, widgets & more
• StreamPlay - Twitch overlays, offline banners, panels, alerts, stream packages.

Graphics Software

• Canva - Canva makes it easy to create professional designs.
• Pixlr - Online photo editor.
• Adobe Express - All-in-one AI content creation app for making social posts, images, videos, and more.
• Gimp - Open source Photograph alternative.

Analytics

• Sullygnome - Advanced analytics for up to +3 years.
• TwitchTracker - Easy to use analytics for streamers. StreamRoutine integrates with TwitchTracker.
• Social Blade - Analytics for Twitch, YouTube, and other websites.
• Twitch Game Picker - Suggests which game to stream based on your following.

YouTube

• StreamRoutine - StreamRoutine gives you the proven organization, strategy, planning, & idea generation tools needed to take your content to the next level.
• Thumbs Up - Test your YouTube thumbnails and titles before uploading.
• TubeBuddy - TubeBuddy is a growth tool for YouTube.
• vidIQ - Find new video ideas and optimize your videos.

Other

• Buffer - Social media scheduling.
• Eklipse.gg - AI powered Twitch clips.
• Repurpose.io - Automate content distribution.

Community Engagement

Discord

• Streamcord - Build your Twitch community on Discord.
• MEE6 - The most popular Discord bot.
• LurkerTV - Discover new Twitch Streams based on your Discord Communities.
• BotGhost - Create your own Discord bot.
• ProBot - Discord bot alternative.
• YAGPDB - Yet Another General Purpose Discord Bot.
• Apollo - All-in-one calendar bot for Discord for all your event scheduling needs.
• Wick - Advanced anti-raid bot.
• Verifier Bot - Advanced verification and protection bot.

Charity

• Tiltify - Rally support and raise funds for any person, group or community that needs help.
• Streamlabs Charity - Using the power of Streamlabs for charity.

Other

• StreamRaiders - a streamer-led community battle game where streamers play live with their viewers.
• Lumia Stream - The perfect integration between your stream and RGB lights.
• Kappamon - Digital pet that interacts with chat commands.
• Dragon Pets - Adorable Interactive Stream Pets.
• Tenami - Twitch Watch Party platform for Netflix, Crunchyroll, or YouTube.
• TriggerFyre - Alerts for chat commands and channel points.

Monetization Tools

Twitch Extensions

• Blerp - Memes, Emotes, Auctions & AI TTS. Blerp affiliates get 20% off of StreamRoutine!
• Sound Alerts - Allow viewers to play sound effects on your stream.
• Crowd Control - Crowd Control lets your viewers interact with the games you play on stream.
• Tangia - AI TTS, you can make a TTS with your voice.

Tipping

• StreamElements - Tips straight to Paypal using an integration with StreamElements.
• Streamlabs Tipping - Blog post telling you all about how Strealabs integrates tipping.
• TipeeeStream - #1 donation tool in Europe.
• DonationAlerts - Interactive tools and revenue-boosting features.
• Toonation - Donation tool for multiple platforms.

Sell Your Merchandise

• Design by Humans - Partnership with Design by Humans
• TeeSpring - Easily create storefronts and use TeeSprings Twitch extension to sell.
• StreamElements Merch - Merch with StreamElements integration.
• Streamlabs Merch - Merch with Streamlabs integration.
• Makeship - Sell your own custom plushies.

Let Fans Buy You Stuff

• Throne - Privacy-first wishlist for creators with alerts.
• TreatStream - Buy food for your favorite streamer.
• Amazon Wishlist - Amazon wishlist.

Subscriptions

• Patreon - Let fans support you via monthly subscriptions.
• Ko-fi - Accept subscriptions, tipping, and sell directly to fans.

Other

Mobile & IRL

Mobile Apps

• IRL Pro - Best app for IRL streaming from your phone. Supports connection bonding.
• Chatsen - Twitch chat with support for 7TV, BTTV, and FFZ on iOS/Android
• OBS Blade - A great iOS/Android app to control OBS remotely.
• CameraFi Live - An IRL streaming app that supports screen sharing, USB Camera input, and more.
• PRISM Live - Mobile streaming with multi-stream support.

Smartphone as a Webcam

• Elgato EpocCam - Turn your phone into a webcam.
• DroidCam - Turns your phone into a webcam.
• OBS Ninja - Bring live video from your smartphone, computer, or friends directly into OBS Studio.

Stream Deck & Macro Software

• Touch Portal - Control your desktop software and machine with your mobile device.
• Elgato Stream Deck Mobile - Turn your phone into a stream deck.
• Streamlabs Deck - Mobile deck for Streamlabs OBS.
• Deckboard - Turns your Android/iOS devices into an macro pad for your PC.
• StreamPuppy - Advanced OBS controls through mobile app.

IRL Streaming

• GunrunTV - A set of hardware for IRL streaming.
• UnlimitedIRL - A set of hardware for IRL streaming.

Accessibility & Closed Captioning

• Streamed Closed Captioner - Increase the accessibility by adding closed captioning.
• VoiceAttack - Paid, voice-activated control for your PC games and apps.
• VoiceMacro - The advanced - Free - Speech Recognition enabled macro software.
• TTSLabs - AI Text to Speech service for streamers.

Unsorted

• Pulsoid - Heart Rate Widget for your live streams.
• TikFinity - powerful streaming tool for TikTok Live.
• Ping - A great way to bring your guests into OBS.
• Liv - For VR streams, put yourself in the games you play.
• Twitch Inspector - Official Twitch tool to analyze and assist in the troubleshooting of Twitch broadcasts.
• Plane9 - Make your starting / afk scene look cool with 3d visualization.
• CommanderRoot - Various streamer tools for Twitch.

VTuber & PNGTuber

VTuber - Face + Hands Tracking

• VTube Studio - An app for Virtual YouTubers that makes it easy and fun to bring your own Live2D models to life.
• Animaze - Let's you use premade custom models to replace your face.
• PrprLive - Live2D Pro fact tracker.
• VSeeFace - free, highly configurable face and hand tracking 3D VRM.
• 3tene - 2D & 3D Facial expressions and lip syncing through a microphone.
• LuppetX - LuppetX is a tracking system for 3D Virtual YouTubers that only requires a web camera and LeapMotion.

VTuber - Characters & Animation

• VRoid Studio - 3D character maker.
• Live2D - Freely animate the original art with Live2D.
• Live3D - 3D Vtuber Maker - all you need is a webcam.
• VeadoTube - A fully-fledged 2D Vtuber app, with an editor.
• VRChat - offers an endless collection of social VR experiences.

Advanced VTuber Software

DMCA-Free Music

PAID Music & Sound Effects

• Monstercat - Paid tool by Monstercat.
• Pretzel Rocks - A limited Free tier with advanced premium option.
• Epidemic Sound - Paid tool by Epidemic Sound.
• Artlist - Get royalty free music and SFX.
• Lickd - Claims-free chart music platform for creators.
• Slip Stream - 1,000+ tracks and a paid tier.
• Uppbeat - Free music for creators + paid tier.
• Soundstripe - Unlimited license & powerful search tools.