# LiveTL - Live Translations for Streams

> Get live translations for YouTube and Twitch streams, crowdsourced from multilingual viewers!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `livetl`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kento Nishi
- **Category:** language-support,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 3,621
- **Weekly downloads:** 89
- **Rating:** 4.63 / 5 (109 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-05
- **First published:** 2020-12-01
- **Size:** 2.30 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/livetl/)
- **Website:** [https://discord.gg/uJrV3tmthg](https://discord.gg/uJrV3tmthg)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/livetl/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/livetl/privacy/)

## Description

**LiveTL - Live Translations for Streams** is a powerful Chrome extension designed to provide real-time translations for YouTube and Twitch streams, especially popular VTuber and HoloLive content. It filters crowd-sourced translations separately from chat, allowing users to focus on messages tagged in their preferred language (e.g., [en], es -). Key features include selecting favorite translators, banning spammers, resizable chat and translation panels, and optimized YouTube chat experience (HyperChat). It also supports archived streams (VOD) and customizable user/mod filters. 

Whether you are a multilingual viewer or just want to enjoy content without language barriers, LiveTL enhances your streaming experience by making translations clear, accessible, and customizable directly within your browser. Download it for seamless live translation integration at http://livetl.app/

## Rankings

- #1,486 — Overall
- #63 — Language Support
- #242 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #8 — pollution
- #9 — live
- #9 — translations

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `https://www.youtube.com/*?*`
- `https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/live_chat/get_live_chat/*`
- `https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/live_chat/get_live_chat_replay/*`
- `https://www.twitch.tv/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`
- `studio.youtube.com`
- `www.twitch.tv`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, twitch.tv
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews are mixed. The add-on is praised for translating streams and chats and is especially helpful for Japanese speakers, with some users noting auto-translation of all chats after the first translation. However, reliability is inconsistent, with multiple reports of translations not activating and several platform/browser compatibility problems. Some minor UI concerns and questions about Google Translate focus are also mentioned. Overall, it has clear value when functioning, but reliability and cross-site support are the main sticking points.

### Pros

- Provides live translations for streams and chats when it works.
- Helpful for non-English speakers, especially Japanese.
- After an initial translation, all subsequent chats auto-translate, easing follow-along.

### Cons

- Not working or translations failing to activate for many users and scenarios.
- Compatibility issues across browsers and platforms (e.g., Zen Browser; Twitch vs YouTube).

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