Alternate Player for Twitch.tv
Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.
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Features & Capabilities
User Growth & Download Statistics
- By:
- Alexander Choporov (CoolCmd)
- Daily users:
- 44,270 -61
- Rating:
- 4.26 (892)
1 new ratings - Version:
- 2026.6.21 Last updated: 2026-06-29
- Version code:
- 6316955
- Creation date:
- 2016-06-06
- Firefox add-on GUID:
- twitch5@coolcmd
- Firefox add-on numeric ID:
- 707675
- Weekly download count:
- 606
- Firefox on Android:
- No
- Risk:
- Very high risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- storage
- cookies
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- clipboardWrite
- *://*.twitch.tv/*
- *://*.twitchcdn.net/*
- *://*.ttvnw.net/*
- *://*.jtvnw.net/*
- *://*.live-video.net/* See more
- storage
- Content scripts matches:
- www.twitch.tv
- m.twitch.tv
- www.twitch.tv
- Size:
- 167.36KB
- Email:
- De*****@gmail.com
- URLs:
- Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Add-ons Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-09-08
- Compare stats and ranking:
- Alternate Player for Twitch.tv vs Alternate Player for Twitch
- Alternate Player for Twitch.tv vs AltPlayer for Twitch Chat Left
- Alternate Player for Twitch.tv vs Enhancer
Contact the developer
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Permission Change History
2024-07-07: Version 2024.6.14 → 2024.7.3
Add Permissions: *://*.twitchcdn.net/* *://*.jtvnw.net/* *://*.live-video.net/* *://*.cloudfront.net/*
User Reviews
Overall, users broadly like the addon for a better-than-default Twitch experience, with solid ad-blocking and generally stable playback. Recurrent downsides include encrypted/DRM streams not being supported, ads causing buffering or not being hidden consistently, incompatibility with certain chat extensions, and requests for a dark mode. Pros
- Better-than-default Twitch experience with an improved playback interface compared to the official Twitch player.
- Effective ad-blocking that reduces or eliminates ads in many cases.
- Generally stable playback with reduced stuttering.
Cons
- Does not support encrypted/DRM-protected streams, leading to errors on some broadcasts.
- Ads can still cause buffering or freezing, and may not always be hidden as expected.
- Lack of compatibility with BTTV/7TV/FrankerFaceZ chat extensions.
- Missing dark mode / theme option for chat and UI.
Recent reviews
Getting more and more "This broadcast is encrypted" error messages. Since this apparently don't get addressed, this extension will loose its purpose at some point in the future.
by Au*****, 2026-09-03
Thank you for making this extension, I have been using it for a long time and it's been great. If you could find the time to update it to support encrypted streams or streams with higher quality than 1080p that would be highly appreciated.
by Fi*****, 2026-08-23
Is Alternate Player for Twitch.tv Safe?
Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- Medium This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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