Instead of Twitch, try one of these 4.
Every alternative is lined up against Twitch on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Twitch sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
Likes
TwitchWhat you have now
Live streaming for gamers, IRL and everything else.
PriceFree
turbo $12/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
The world’s video platform, from clips to long-form.
PriceFreemium
premium $14/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
LikesVisit ↗
PeerTube#2
Decentralised, self-hostable video platform.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
LikesVisit ↗
How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. Our pick, marked in lime, is the option we would point most people leaving Twitch to first. How we compare.
Twitch alternatives at a glance
Twitch is a free video streaming app (turbo $12/mo). We compared 4 alternatives: 1 is open source, 3 are completely free, 1 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is YouTube, with 4.7k likes.