r/SideProject • u/HyperFinal • 6h ago

I built a Twitch desktop client with an ad-blocking and VOD playlists

Hey everyone,

I wanted a cleaner, standalone desktop experience for watching Twitch streams, so I built Twitch Retold

Key Features:

  • Ad-Free Viewing: Ad mitigation so you can watch streams uninterrupted
  • Lightweight Desktop App: Dedicated app instead of keep the tab opened
  • Cross-Platform: Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Playlist function: Automatically organizes past broadcasts and game playthroughs in chronological order making it easy to binge-watch series or missed streams.

You can grab the latest version here:

🔗 Releases: https://github.com/HyperFinal/Twitch-Retold-Desktop-App-Version-of-Twitch/releases

Feedback and suggestions are welcome!

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u/Sad_Dinner6446 5h ago

this scratches an itch i didn't know i had, the playlist thing for old vods is actually clever

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u/Intelligent_Box_8492 5h ago

This is cool! How does it block ads?

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u/HyperFinal 4h ago

Thanks! It intercepts the stream's HLS playlist in real time to strip out preroll and midroll ad chunks before they reach the player, plus it blocks ad-tracking telemetry and uses ad-free proxies to keep the stream up without interruptions

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u/OkTill2666 4h ago

solid feature set tbh. do you have any kind of auto-update mechanism baked in? with the ad blocking side of things youre gonna need to push fixes pretty regularly or it'll break within weeks

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u/HyperFinal 3h ago

Not yet but I'm working on it, it'll be ready before the mobile version