# Streamlink
> CLI utility that pipes video streams from various services into a video player

## Summary
CLI utility for piping video streams into a local video player

## Capabilities
- Extract video streams from various streaming platforms
- Pipe streams to local video players like VLC or mpv
- Support for Twitch, YouTube, and many other services

## When to Use
- You want to watch streams in your preferred video player
- You need to extract streams from streaming platforms

## When NOT to Use
- You prefer watching streams in a web browser

## Related Tools
- [yt-dlp](/tools/yt-dlp) (complementary)
- [lux](/tools/lux) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/streamlink
