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Developers impact how streamers and viewers experience games, creativity, pop culture, and conversations at scale.



Developers are core to the live streaming experience.

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Build the future of live entertainment

Twitch provides developers with products and solutions that extend the lifecycle
of entertainment beyond the screen.

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Twitch Extensions

Create applications that integrate directly into a Twitch channel, offering unique and innovative ways for streamers and viewers to interact. Bits transactions offer a monetization opportunity to support streamers and developers.

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Game Overview Analytics

Register your games to access free insights about your streamers, viewers, and performance on Twitch.

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Insights & Analytics Docs

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Clips

Retrieve Clips from Twitch or programmatically create Clips for streamers.

Clips API Reference
Twitch EventSub

Receive real-time data about events on Twitch involving streamers, viewers, and live streams.

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Login with Twitch

Enable users to log into your service with their Twitch account.

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Identity

Enable players to login with Twitch to create clips and start streams directly from your game.

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You Can Monetize Your Innovation with Bits-in-Extensions

Monetizing Your Innovation with Bits-in-Extensions

See how you can turn your creativity into income with Bits-in-Extensions! This feature allows you to offer viewers specific actions or products in exchange for Bits. Bits are a virtual good that viewers can buy on Twitch to support their favorite streamers.

As an Extension developer, for every Bit used in your Extension, you receive 20% of 1 U.S. cent, with the potential to scale across multiple streamers and thousands of viewers.

Over 64% of Twitch developers with Bits-in-Extensions enabled have earned revenue in 2024.2

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