Streamlabs Cloudbot and ByteMate are both free, cloud-hosted Twitch bots, but they put their weight in different places. ByteMate vs. Streamlabs Cloudbot comes down to this: a bot that keeps…
Fossabot and ByteMate are both free, cloud-hosted Twitch bots, but they are built for different jobs. ByteMate vs. Fossabot comes down to this: a bot designed around moderation against a…
Once the first commands, timers and spam waves arrive, your chat needs help. A Twitch bot is a separate chat account that answers commands, removes spam and posts recurring messages,…
Collab streams used to split the audience in half: two channels, two chats, and viewers picking a side. Twitch Shared Chat merges the chats of everyone in a Stream Together…
OBS Studio is free, open source, and the software most Twitch channels run on — but the first launch is a wall of settings. An OBS setup for Twitch really…
Animated images started showing up in Twitch chats at the beginning of September, and plenty of streamers never got the memo. Twitch chat GIFs are a new perk for Tier…
Note: SUBtember 2026 has ended. The promotion ran from August 28 to October 1, 2026. This post describes how it worked this year – we’ll update it as soon as Twitch…
Brand deals on Twitch were effectively a Partner privilege. That ended on 20 August 2026: Twitch Sponsorships are now open to Affiliates as well. Twitch Sponsorships are the platform’s own…
Update: This promotion has ended. Bonus Gift Subs ran from August 20 to 27, 2026 – gift subs still work as usual, just without the extra sub from Twitch. Twitch…
A new stable Streamer.bot release landed on 6 August, and two of its changes hit exactly the Twitch features creators are talking about right now. Streamer.bot supports Power-Ups natively: you…