README.md

GNOME Twitch

Enjoy Twitch on your GNU/Linux desktop.

Install

Dependencies

• meson >= 0.36.0 (install only)
• ninja (install only)
• gtk+-3.0 >= 3.20
• libsoup
• json-glib
• webkit2gtk or webkitgtk with -Duse-deprecated-webkit=true flag

Player backend - GStreamer Cairo & GStreamer OpenGL

• gstreamer-1.0
• gst-libav
• gst-plugins-base
• gst-plugins-good
• gst-plugins-bad

Player backend - GStreamer Clutter

Same as above plus:

• clutter-gst-3.0
• clutter-gtk-1.0

Player backend - MPV OpenGL

• mpv

From source

meson build
sudo ninja -C build install

Install player backends

Root install

meson build \
    -Dbuild-executable=false \
    -Dbuild-player-backends=${PLAYER_BACKENDS_YOU_WANT}
sudo ninja -C build install

Note: ${PLAYER_BACKENDS_YOU_WANT} should be replaced with a comma separated list of gstreamer-opengl,gstreamer-cairo,gstreamer-clutter,mpv-opengl, for example -Dbuild-player-backends=gstreamer-cairo,mpv-opengl

Local install

meson build --prefix=$HOME/.local --libdir=share \
    -Dbuild-executable=false \
    -Dbuild-player-backends=${PLAYER_BACKENDS_YOU_WANT}
ninja -C build install

Packages

• Flatpak (courtesy of @TingPing)
• Arch linux
• Arch linux (git)
• Debian (courtesy of @dengelt)
• Fedora (You will need to install gstreamer1-libav from RPMFusion)
• Ubuntu (courtesy of GetDeb.net) (You will need to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras for the h264 decoder)
• Ubuntu (courtesy of WebUpd8.org) (Same requirements as above)
• Gentoo (courtesy of @TorArneThune)
• Solus

To install extra backends, please refer to either instructions above or checkout the wiki page for details on which packages to install for the common distros.

Screenshots