The best Twitch Tools : schedule, donation, program, tracker, emotes, overlay

Since Twitch was created in 2011, there are many applications to help you make your stream more interactive with your audience. It’s so important to make sure your stream looks good, and you can use a lot of tools to distract your followers and viewers.

To help you, we have made a list of Twitch tools : applications, chats bots and extensions to help you get your streams off the ground, to win more followers.

Programs to Stream / Broadcast Software

Open Broadcast Software (OBS) : actually, the most common streaming software on Twitch. Free and open source video capture and broadcasting program. Great for most purposes or just starting out. It has many features built in as well as the option to expand with plugins :

OBS-Overlay : A tool to create customized overlays
Snaz : A tool used to display time counters or other related functions
TeamSpeak 3 Plugin : adds an overlay for TS3
TwAlert : a TwitchAPI Integration

You can found a lot of other plugin in this address : https://obsproject.com

XSplit : paid streaming software with better support than OBS

FFsplit : another streaming software, that allows you to capture or record your desktop. Isn’t as complete as OBS.

TeleStream : Certainly the best live streaming software, for professionals

ReStream : Program offering to stream live on multiple sites simultaneously. Up to 20 streaming sites are supported.

Twitch schedule / Twitch Calendar

ProgStreamingTV : Twitch Tools to create and share your program schedule. Improves your visibility. WatchList for your followers. Easy and required from you just a few clicks
You can add your schedule in your website with embed

Twitch Overlays

Twitch Overlay : Twitch Overlay is a source for premium stream overlays & graphics.

Twitch Designs : Twitch Overlays is your online platform for streamers and Stream enthusiasts, with an amazing assortment of over 200+ Twitch Overlays and Panels !

StreamPro : add overlay graphics, alerts, and animations to your Twitch stream in minutes. Accept donations, engage your viewers, and customize everything.

Strexm : Dynamic and Modular Stream Overlays, offers over 50 handcrafted, beautiful stream overlays, all dynamically editable from anywhere, any device, without the need of any graphics editing.

Free Video Game Backgrounds : on this site you will find completely free video game backgrounds that you are free to use.

LiveSpace : professional Twitch Branding : logo, Illustration, Logo & Icons...

My Twitch Overlay : professional, customized graphics and twitch solutions.

Overlayr : allows you to create interactive twitch overlays.

Graphic Area : templates, freebies and unique designs specially the following graphics: Twitch overlay, Twitch panels, YouTube banner, YouTube thumbnail.

Twitch donations services

StreamLabs (TwitchAlerts) : allows to generate automatic pop-ups during the stream when they receive a gift from your audience. StreamLabs offers a widget : a progress bar showing your donation goals.

StreamTip : this tools is the way for live streamers to collect tips on the Internet.

Donation-Tracker : not very well known, but used by a few streamers. Has similar features to the rest of the services.

Support-The-Stream : another streaming site with a clean layout. It takes none of the donation from its service (Paypal will still take their cut).

Patreon : a site where you can support individuals and create custom tiers of monthly payments. Similar to a subscription feature.

Chat & Bots

MooBot : Twitch moderator bot with admin Moocat (very popular). No payment, download, or install required.

NightBot : standard moderation features with : fetch music from SoundCloud or YouTube, Poll and raffle functions, chat stat tracking.

DeepBot : Great tool with a lot of features, applications, and uses (Loyalty Point System, No Transaction Fees, Advanced Commands. Paid bot.

Better Twitch TV (BTTV) : popular Chrome plugin extension enriches Twitch chat with a ton of new functionality such as custom emoticons, night mode, message highlighting, polls, chat support for Google Translate and easier chat interaction.