Twitch Lurker

Always support your favorite streamer by automatically pulling up their stream when they go live.

What is Twitch Lurker?

Twitch Lurker is a Chrome extension that allows users to support their favorite Twitch streamers by automatically opening muted tabs of their streams when they go live. Users can mark channels as favorites, order their list, and gain free channel points while supporting their favorite content creators.

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By: mikeyaworski

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Users: 5,000+

Rating: 4.48 (31)

Version: 3.0.5 (Last updated: 2024-07-11)

Creation date: 2021-08-16

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

identity
alarms
scripting
contextMenus
notifications
storage
unlimitedStorage

Host permissions:

https://*.googleapis.com/*
https://*.twitch.tv/*
https://*.kick.com/*
https://*.youtube.com/*

Size: 235.52K

Email: mi*****@mikeyaworski.com

Ranking

# 14399 ▼ 52

Other rankings

#114 in Just for Fun ▲ 2 #42 in stream keyword 47 ▼ 7 #104 in favorite keyword 9 #143 in channel keyword 32 ▼ 3

Other platforms

Twitch Lurker (v3.0.5)

4.00

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Extension summary

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Recent Update: There may be some bugs in the most recent update (v3.0.0) because there was a big overhaul to migrate to manifest v3. A lot of functionality changed with browser extensions, so be patient while bugs get fixed.

Support your favorite Twitch streamers by automatically lurking in their stream when they go live.

Twitch Lurker allows you to build a list of favorites based on who you follow and open up muted tabs of their stream as soon as they go live.

IMPORTANT: You must have tabs already open with the Twitch player running in order for you to count as a viewer in their viewer count. If the extension loads a new tab with a stream, it won't count you as a viewer until you open the tab and load the player yourself.

How to use the extension:

Download/Install from the store or sideload it in your browser
Login with OAuth so we can pull your follow list (don't worry, we don't collect any of your info)
Click the stars next to channels in your following list to mark them as Favorites
Order your Favorites list to your liking (the higher in the list, the higher their priority over other Favorites)

User reviews

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Pros

Works perfectly and does what it says
Allows setting priority and max tabs for streamers
Syncs settings between PCs
Helps discover new streamers and manage favorites

Cons

Automatically reopens closed tabs
Issues with Twitch sign-in and sessions
Tab opening behavior can be inconsistent
Auto-muting of tabs pauses streams unexpectedly

Most mentioned

Reopens tabs after being closed
Issues with Twitch account sign-in
Desire for more customization options
Functionality to refresh streams on restarts

Recent reviews

excelent plugin, my ONLY desire is a setting to close the tab when streams are done.

Ko, 2024-10-12

A solid extension that does what it says. No complaints here.

Samuel6710, 2024-10-11

Works perfect and the settings sync between pcs. One option I would love is that when it opens the tabs automatically if you close it the extensions does not keep opening up them again, is that possible?