# Global Twitch Emotes

> Twitch culture wherever you go! This extension replaces all Twitch.tv emote phrases with their actual emoticons

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/globaltwitchemotes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/globaltwitchemotes)

## Overview

- **ID:** `globaltwitchemotes`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mo
- **Category:** social-communication,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 7,304
- **Weekly downloads:** 25
- **Rating:** 2.78 / 5 (32 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-28
- **First published:** 2015-04-09
- **Size:** 569 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/globaltwitchemotes/)
- **Website:** [https://ostrichtools.com/p/GlobalTwitchEmotes](https://ostrichtools.com/p/GlobalTwitchEmotes)

## Description

Global Twitch Emotes brings Twitch culture to any website by replacing emote phrases with their actual icons. It supports Twitch Global and Channel emotes, BetterTTV, FrankerFaceZ, and 7TV emotes, enabling a rich emoticon experience wherever you chat.

Additional features include custom emotes, emote and URL filtering to control which icons appear, support for Twitch smilies and Unicode emojis, iframe compatibility, and even YouTube Live's Kappa replacement. Enhance your messaging with familiar Twitch emoticons no matter where you go!

## Rankings

- #929 — Overall
- #76 — Games & Entertainment
- #98 — Social & Communication
- #11 — phrase
- #23 — pitch
- #83 — switch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `http://*/`
- `https://*/`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `unlimitedStorage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension website URL may be invalid

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## Review summary

User reviews for the Global Twitch Emotes Firefox add-on are mixed. While some users appreciate its functionality to display Twitch emotes correctly on sites like Reddit and across other websites, many report critical issues. The add-on often fails to save settings and does not enable emotes as intended. Additionally, it is incompatible with recent Firefox versions and notably degrades browser performance by consuming excessive memory and CPU, leading to sluggishness.

### Pros

- Allows browsing certain subreddits like LSF with Twitch emotes displayed as intended
- Enables viewing Twitch emotes on other websites, enhancing browsing experience
- Generally liked by some users who appreciate the emote display functionality

### Cons

- Does not work properly for many users (settings not saved, emotes disabled)
- Not compatible with newer Firefox versions (e.g., v104.0.2)
- Significantly slows down the browser and uses excessive RAM and CPU resources

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/globaltwitchemotes)