# Install streamlink with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper CLI for extracting streams from various websites to a video player. Version 8.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-20. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:streamlink ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install streamlink ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install streamlink ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/streamlink/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add streamlink ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: streamlink from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install python3-streamlink ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: python3-streamlink from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install python3-streamlink ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-streamlink from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#streamlink ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/streamlink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S streamlink ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: streamlink from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install streamlink ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: streamlink from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install streamlink ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: streamlink from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','starship.install' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/streamlink ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/streamlink.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Streamlink.Streamlink -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Streamlink.Streamlink from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:streamlink - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 8.4.0 - **Source summary:** CLI for extracting streams from various websites to a video player - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-2-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-20T22:06:02+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - streamlink (cli) - streamlink (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - libxml2 - python@3.14 ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - libffi - libxslt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 8.4.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://streamlink.github.io/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Streamlink is a command-line media utility that extracts streams from supported sites and pipes them into a local video player. It became the maintained successor path for Livestreamer users and is widely packaged for desktop and Unix-like systems. ### Project history The official documentation states that Streamlink was forked from Livestreamer, which was no longer maintained. The changelog records Streamlink 0.0.1 on September 23, 2016 as the first release from that initial fork. Early releases focused on stabilizing the fork, updating the documentation site, fixing provider plugins, and shipping Windows binaries. The 1.0.0 release followed on January 30, 2019, and the changelog continues to track frequent plugin, protocol, and platform maintenance. ### Adoption history Streamlink's adoption comes from a practical CLI niche: avoiding heavy web playback pages while still watching streams in VLC, mpv, or another local player. The official overview emphasizes a plugin system for supporting streaming services. The supplied source facts list packages for Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, winget, and openSUSE, showing unusually broad cross-platform package-manager coverage for a Python media CLI. ### How it is used The official quickstart shows streamlink twitch.tv/CHANNEL best, after which Streamlink finds a matching plugin, lists available qualities, and opens the selected stream in VLC by default. The CLI documentation covers config files, plugin-specific configs, stream selection, player options, HTTP options, plugin options, and scripting-oriented JSON output. ### Why package nerds care Streamlink matters to package nerds because it is a constantly maintained packaging surface around fragile streaming-site integrations. Package freshness directly affects whether a user's stream command works when a site changes. It is also a good example of a Python CLI distributed like a native media utility: package managers handle Python, entry points, optional players, and OS-specific config paths so users can keep the workflow as one shell command. ### Timeline - 2016-09-23: Streamlink 0.0.1, first release from the Livestreamer fork. - 2016-10-12: Streamlink 0.0.2 updates documentation, CI, Windows builds, and provider fixes. - 2019-01-30: Streamlink 1.0.0 released. - 2021-06-19: Streamlink 2.2.0 changes default config file paths on macOS and Windows. - 2026-05-06: Streamlink 8.4.0 appears as latest release in the official documentation opened for this batch. ### Related projects - Livestreamer is the direct predecessor named by the official docs. - VLC and mpv are common playback targets named in Streamlink's overview, while the plugin system connects the CLI to services such as Twitch and YouTube. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for streamlink. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Linux: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/streamlink/config - macOS: ${HOME}/Library/Application Support/streamlink/config - Windows: %APPDATA%\streamlink\config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** streamlink - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - python3-streamlink - 7.3.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-streamlink from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python module for extracting video streams from various websites | https://streamlink.github.io/ - Debian apt - python3-streamlink-doc - 7.3.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-streamlink-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | CLI for extracting video streams from various websites (documentation) | https://streamlink.github.io/ - Debian apt - streamlink - 7.3.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: streamlink from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | CLI for extracting video streams from various websites to a video player | https://streamlink.github.io/ - Nix - streamlink: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/streamlink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - python3-streamlink - 6.6.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-streamlink from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python module for extracting video streams from various websites | https://streamlink.github.io/ - Ubuntu apt - python3-streamlink-doc - 6.6.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-streamlink-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | CLI for extracting video streams from various websites (documentation) | https://streamlink.github.io/ - Ubuntu apt - streamlink - 6.6.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: streamlink from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | CLI for extracting video streams from various websites to a video player | https://streamlink.github.io/ - apk - streamlink - 8.4.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: streamlink from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI for extracting streams from various websites to a video player of your choosing | https://streamlink.github.io/ - apk - streamlink-bash-completion - 8.4.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: streamlink-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for streamlink | https://streamlink.github.io/ - apk - streamlink-doc - 8.4.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: streamlink-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI for extracting streams from various websites to a video player of your choosing (documentation) | https://streamlink.github.io/ - apk - streamlink-pyc - 8.4.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: streamlink-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for streamlink | https://streamlink.github.io/ - apk - streamlink-zsh-completion - 8.4.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: streamlink-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for streamlink | https://streamlink.github.io/ - dnf - python3-streamlink - 8.2.1-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-streamlink from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Python library for extracting streams from various websites | https://streamlink.github.io - pacman - streamlink - 8.4.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: streamlink from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | CLI program that launches streams from various streaming services in a custom video player (livestreamer fork) | https://streamlink.github.io/ - zypper - streamlink - 8.4.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: streamlink from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Program to pipe streams from services into a video player | https://streamlink.github.io/ - MacPorts - streamlink: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/streamlink/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [libxml2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxml2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video. - [ffmpeg-full](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg-full/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video. - [mkclean](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mkclean/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video. - [svtplay-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/svtplay-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, python, streaming, video. - 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Shared terms: certifi, cli, media, media-player, player. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/streamlink.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/streamlink.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph