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Features

• Display messages from multiple streaming platforms at once
• YouTube: Messages in AxelChat arrive much faster than the standard YouTube live chat in your browser
• Display avatars of participants of chat
• Displaying the number of viewers both total and for individual platforms
• Displays detailed information about a participant in a live chat in a separate window (including a link to the participant's page/channel)

• Sound commands that are activated by the corresponding message from the chat. There are built-in commands, but you can always add your own
• Saving messages and other information on the fly to text files. It may be useful for further processing by other software
• Proxy support

Possibly in future updates

• Twitch support
• YouTube support
• Trovo support
• GoodGame support
• Display avatars of participants of chat
• Displaying the number of viewers both total and for individual platforms
• Displays detailed information about a participant in a live chat in a separate window (including a link to the participant's page/channel)
• Built-in sound commands
• Output to files
• Proxy support
• Web-based widgets
• Support for donate platforms
• Windows builds
• Linux builds
• macOS builds
• Android builds
• iOS builds
• Many other improvements

FAQ

• Is AxelChat considered a viewer? - No, at least for now, for YouTube and Twitch
• Does AxelChat work with YouTube premieres? - Yes
• Can I download a YouTube chat for an already past stream using the AxelChat? - No, use something else instead. For example, use the browser extension Save Live Streaming Chats for YouTube™

Known Issues

• YouTube: messages that YouTube may find inappropriate are not displayed
• YouTube: works only with open access broadcasts or available via the link. Private broadcasts are not supported
• YouTube: Doesn't work for streams with age and possibly other restrictions

Troubleshooting

Doesn't connect (General)

• Check the correctness of the specified stream links/channel name
• Check your internet connection
• Check proxy settings if using
• Check your firewall settings

Doesn't connect (YouTube)

• Check that the broadcast is not over
• Check that the broadcast is publicly available or accessed via a link. Private broadcasts are not supported

Twitch: Avatars not showing

• Check that the link to the channel is correct
• Check that the OAuth-token is correct. Update the OAuth-token, if necessary, by pressing the corresponding button in the AxelChat
• Check in the settings of your Twitch account if the permission to use the twitch account has not been revoked. Update the OAuth-token, if necessary, by pressing the corresponding button in the AxelChat

Build AxelChat from source for Windows 7 and newer, x64

Installing Qt

1. Download Open Source Qt online installer or you can also find the offline installers
2. Run Qt installer and login/sign-up if required
3. While installing select components:
   • Qt / Qt 5.15.x / MinGW x.x.x 64-bit
   • Developer and Designer Tools / Qt Creator x.x.x CDB Debugger Support
   • Developer and Designer Tools / Debugging Tools for Windows
   • Developer and Designer Tools / OpenSSL 1.1.1x Toolkit / OpenSSL 32-bit binaries
   • Developer and Designer Tools / OpenSSL 1.1.1x Toolkit / OpenSSL 64-bit binaries

Build source

1. Clone repo or download source
2. Create file src/chat_services/apikeys.h with contents:

#pragma once
#define TWITCH_CLIENT_ID "<Paste Twitch client ID here>"
#define TROVO_CLIENT_ID "<Paste Trovo client ID here>"

1. Open file <AxelChat_project_folder>/src/AxelChat.pro with Qt Creator
2. In Qt Creator select Desktop Qt x.x.x MinGW 64-bit kit
3. Select Release building mode
4. Click button Build Project "AxelChat". If successful build, folder release_win64 will appear in the project folder with AxelChat.exe and other files
5. Copy files from <AxelChat_project_folder>/app_files/win64 to <AxelChat_project_folder>/release_win64
6. Run <AxelChat_project_folder>/release_win64/AxelChat.exe or click Run in Qt Creator
7. For subsequent builds, just close AxelChat.exe application and click Run in Qt Creator

Note: to release an AxelChat for use by other users, I recommend to check if all the required DLLs (*.so for Linux) are in the folder. ProcDepMonitor or DependencyWalker or analogs can helps you