Bring Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and TikTok chat together in one simple app. Moderate, translate, and speak your chat, turn follows, subs, Channel Points, and TikTok gifts into themed on-screen rewards, and let a built-in AI chatbot handle the rest — all with OBS and Streamlabs overlays built in.
Made by a streamer who'd rather be playing than managing apps.
Available for Windows, macOS & Linux
Connect your favorite streaming platforms and bring all your chats together.
Every message, from every platform, in a single feed.
Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and TikTok, all connected at once.
Log in once per platform and you're ready to go.
Runs quietly in the background so you can focus on your game.
No scripting, no config files, no YouTube tutorial required — just the stuff that makes running a multi-platform stream less complicated.
Log in to each platform once — PixelyChat picks up your username and channel details automatically. No copying stream keys or channel IDs, and your password never passes through PixelyChat at all.
It feels alive: !so, !8ball, !dadjoke, and more, each firing back a different randomized reply so it never sounds like a script. Lock any command to mods or subs, set cooldowns, then let greetings, shoutouts, and raid alerts handle themselves while you focus on the game.
@mention your bot and it actually replies — pick a personality (Friendly, Funny, Sassy, Hype, or write your own) and it'll match the vibe of your stream instead of sounding like a script. Free hosted AI is included out of the box, no API key or signup required, with the option to bring your own key for more headroom.
Panel, bubbles and more themes. Toggle avatars, timestamps, and platform icons, adjust transparency and corners, or let each platform show up in its own color. Your OBS and Streamlab source updates as you go.
Foreign-language chat gets translated into your language automatically. Pick the languages you already understand, and everything else gets translated on the fly, original text kept alongside it so context never disappears.
Reads chat aloud in a natural-sounding voice. Pick a voice you like, control reading speed, ignore specific users or bots to only hear what you need to, and set limits so a raid or hype spam doesn't leave TTS reading a five-minute backlog out loud.
Copy one URL, paste it into a Browser Source in OBS or Streamlabs, done. Every style change updates the overlay live — no refreshing, no re-adding the source — and step-by-step setup screenshots are built right into the app.
Follows, subs, gifts, raids, and more pop on stream with polished themes, sounds, and media you can customize per event. Works across Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and TikTok — same Browser Source setup as the chat overlay, no extra services required.
Turn Twitch/Kick Channel Point redemptions and TikTok gifts into their own on-screen reactions — visuals, sounds, and read-aloud text, no scripting required. Build from bundled presets or upload your own media, set a point cost per platform, and let PixelyChat queue everything so a redemption burst doesn't overlap on screen.
Map any TikTok gift — Rose, Heart Me, Universe, and more — to its own reward, right alongside Twitch and Kick Channel Points. Pick the visual, sound, and an optional spoken line per gift, so viewers instantly see and hear their gift land on stream.
Delete messages, block users, and update your stream title and category for Twitch, Kick, and YouTube without leaving the app. One place to manage chat and stream info while you play.
Run PixelyChat's own interface — not just chat translation — in 11 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. It covers the dashboard, bot replies, on-screen alerts, and spoken TTS announcements.
Add goals, live stats, activity feeds, announcements and Now Playing to your stream — all from one widget editor built for multistreaming.
Give your stream a character that reacts with you. Companion combines a 2D avatar, voice, captions, the same personality as AI Chat, and event-driven reactions for follows, subs, gifts, rewards, and direct mentions. Common reactions run locally to keep AI usage low, and you can show it always, only when active, or as audio only.
Put a transparent wheel directly on stream, choose a built-in template or create your own, then trigger it manually from the Dashboard or automatically from Bot Commands, Alerts, and Rewards. Each wheel keeps its own templates, results, and separate horizontal/vertical layout.
7TV, BTTV, FrankerFaceZ and other emotes render right alongside native platform emotes, so chat actually looks like chat.
See live viewer counts and message activity for every connected platform side by side on the Dashboard.
It sits quietly in the background doing its job. Your CPU and GPU should be busy with your game and your encoder, not a chat app.
Honestly? There are several excellent free tools in this space already, and PixelyChat wouldn't exist without streamers building great things and sharing them for free. Here's the honest picture — go check these out too.
These are all actively developed, well-loved tools with their own strengths — this is a friendly comparison, not a takedown. If PixelyChat isn't the right fit for you, one of these probably is.
| PixelyChat | Caffeinated | Streamer.bot | Social Stream Ninja | SE.Live | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Operating Systems | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows only | Windows only | Any (browser-based) | Wherever OBS runs |
| No-code setup | Yes | Yes | Optional (C# scripting available) | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in Translation | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Multi-language Interface | Yes — 11 languages (UI, bot, alerts & TTS) | Yes (community-translated) | English only | Partial (community translations in progress) | Yes (web dashboard) |
| Text-to-Speech | Built-in | Built-in | Via companion app | Built-in | — |
| Write to Chat | Yes (not TikTok) | Yes (not TikTok) | Yes | Yes | View only |
| External Emote Support | 7TV, BTTV, FFZ | Yes | 7TV, BTTV, FFZ | 7TV, BTTV | — |
| Platforms Supported | 4 (Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Kick) | 7+ (incl. Trovo, DLive) | 4 (Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Trovo) | 100+ | 4 for chat (Twitch, YouTube, X, Kick) |
| On-screen Event Alerts | Built-in themes, sounds & media — all platforms | Via extensions / scripting | Yes (deep automation) | Limited / via browser | Yes (SE library) |
| Follow / Sub / Raid Alerts | Yes — themed on-screen alerts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Donation Alerts | Via platform gift/cheer events | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Channel Point Rewards (Twitch/Kick) | Custom visual, sound & spoken reaction per reward | — | Yes — deep triggers (Twitch only) | Yes — via Event Flow (Twitch & Kick) | Own Loyalty points, not native Channel Points |
| TikTok Gift Custom Alerts | Map any gift to its own reward | Grouped into Donation alerts | — | Yes — via Event Flow | — |
| Own Media Library | Upload sounds & visuals, or use bundled presets | Per-alert file picker, no central library | Via your own OBS sources | — | Yes — Stream Store asset library |
| Overlay Widgets (Goals, Stats & Activity) | Built-in — goals, live stats, activity & Now Playing | — | Via custom automation / OBS | Via custom overlays | Yes — widget & goal library |
| Update Stream Title | Yes | — | Yes | — | Yes |
| Update Stream Category | Yes | — | Yes | — | Yes |
| Copy Live Links | Yes | — | Via extensions / scripting | — | — |
| Send Emotes in Chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View only |
| Mod Tools | Delete message, block / timeout | Local hide only | Timeout, ban & more | Block (dock-level) | Twitch only, via Chatbot |
| Chatbot | Built-in, no signup | Built-in, limited | Built-in, deep | Built-in, scriptable | Built-in |
| Commands | Cooldowns, access levels, random replies | Basic; scripting for more | Deep — actions & triggers | Scriptable custom commands | Variables & cooldowns |
| Automation | Greetings, shoutouts, event alerts, timers — no-code | Timers; events need scripting | Very deep — visual triggers | Event Flow node editor | Timers & modules |
| AI Chat | Free hosted AI included, no key needed | — (custom script + own key) | — (community extensions, own key) | Free via local Ollama, or own key | Via $(ai) variable, rate-limited |
| AI Companion / Co-host | Built-in — 2D avatar, voice, event reactions & AI chat | Via custom plugins / scripting | Via custom actions / extensions; voice control & TTS available | Built-in voice AI cohost | Partial — AI command variable & custom widgets |
| Best for | Chat unification + alerts + TTS + translation | General-purpose multi-platform chat | Deep automation & scripting | Aggregating a wide range of platforms | Overlays, alerts & multistreaming |
Based on our own research into each tool's public docs and websites as of writing — feature sets change often, so it's worth double-checking directly with each tool before deciding. Competitor features last checked: September 2026.
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Every feature you see on this page stays free for everyone, always. Building and maintaining it takes real time though — if you enjoy using PixelyChat and want to support future updates, a donation helps keep development going. Never expected, always appreciated.
PixelyChat is a desktop app for live streamers. It connects to Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and TikTok and pulls all your chat into one unified feed — readable in-app, spoken aloud with TTS, shown as themed on-screen alerts, and displayed live through an OBS/Streamlabs overlay.
Yes — Kick is fully supported alongside Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok. Kick chat shows up in your unified feed, gets read aloud by TTS, and appears in your OBS/Streamlabs overlay exactly like the other platforms.
Yes. PixelyChat uses the official Google OAuth 2.0 flow — you sign in through Google's own page, and PixelyChat never sees your password. We request permission to read your live chat and, if you choose to send a message from the app, to post to it — nothing broader than that. Full detail is in our Privacy Policy.
No. PixelyChat runs locally on your computer. Your chat data, login tokens, and settings stay on your machine — we don't operate servers that store or process them, and we don't sell anything to anyone.
I built PixelyChat because I don't believe streamers should need to pay another monthly subscription just to access the tools they need.
From my own experience with subscription-heavy streaming software, I wanted to create an alternative that is accessible to everyone — including creators in countries where recurring subscription costs can be difficult to afford.
PixelyChat is my way of giving back to the streaming community. There are no licenses, subscriptions, or paid tiers hiding the core features. PixelyChat is free because that's how I believe it should be.
Right now, I don't — PixelyChat is a personal project, not a company, and it's currently supported entirely by donations from people who find it useful. No ads, no selling data, no VC funding to chase. Down the line I may add some optional commercial features for people who want to support development further, but everything the app does today stays free — that's not changing.
PixelyChat runs a small local web server on your own computer. Add a Browser Source in OBS or Streamlabs, point it at the local URL PixelyChat gives you, and that's it — zero latency, no internet bandwidth used, since it never leaves your machine.
Yes — PixelyChat runs natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
The full interface — menus, bot replies, on-screen alerts, and spoken TTS announcements — is available in 11 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Pick your language on first launch or change it anytime from the About page.
Yes — PixelyChat includes built-in mod tools so you can delete messages and block or timeout users directly from the unified chat. You can still use your platform's own tools or bots like Nightbot/StreamElements/Streamer.bot alongside it if you prefer.
PixelyChat is a solid option if what you need is unified chat, on-screen alerts, TTS, translation, and OBS overlays across Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and TikTok — all free. Streamer.bot and Caffeinated are both excellent, more automation-focused tools with their own strengths — see our full comparison below for an honest, feature-by-feature breakdown of what each one does best.
It's safe. The AI chatbot only ever sees two things when it replies: the viewer's chat message, and the personality you've set for it. It has no access to your computer, your network, your IP address, your physical location, your files, or any of your accounts — that information is never sent to it in the first place, so there's nothing for it to leak.
On top of that, the bot is explicitly instructed to never claim to know or share an IP address, location, address, phone number, email, password, or similar details, and to simply say it can't see that kind of information if anyone asks. So even a chat message like "@pixelychat what's your IP?" just gets a friendly deflection — never a made-up answer pretending to be real.
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