🪄VTuber Tools

3tene

A 3D avatar app for VTubers developed by Japan's PLUSPLUS Inc. A single webcam captures head movement, blinking and lip sync so your VRM model moves live on stream. The free edition already covers expression, pose, motion and effect presets, chroma key compositing, and virtual camera output for Zoom and similar apps, and it is free for personal use whether commercial or not. Paid editions add VRM 1.0/VRMA support, 8K screenshots and a subtitle editor, and are sold through Steam (businesses must use a paid edition).

AITuberKit

An open-source toolkit for building web apps that let you chat with an AI character. It supports VRM, Live2D, and animated PNGTuber models, plus automatic replies to YouTube comments and a game-commentary mode. It works with 15+ LLMs and 10+ speech synthesis engines including VOICEVOX. Free for personal, non-commercial use, but commercial use requires a separate license. Using it on a monetized stream is likely to count as commercial use, so check the license terms beforehand.

AnimationMike

An ultra-simple lip-sync PNGTuber tool that runs on just three PNG images — mouth closed, half-open, and fully open. Images switch automatically based on mic volume, and you can capture it in OBS via Window Capture. Setup takes only a few minutes, making it the perfect starter tool for anyone trying PNGTuber for the first time.

Animaze by FaceRig

Avatar streaming software and the official successor to FaceRig. It comes with over 60 built-in avatars and also supports loading Live2D, VRM, and Ready Player Me models. In addition to webcams, it works with iPhone face tracking and mocopi, and can be used as the camera feed in OBS, Discord, Zoom, and Google Meet. The base app is free, and you can expand its features with one-time purchases: additional avatars (¥350–700), Animaze Plus 2024 (¥3,900), or Pro 2024 (¥16,500).

Avvy

An app (from AnotherBall) that covers everything from creating a 2D avatar to face-tracking streaming, all on one smartphone. Combine 300+ parts — hairstyles, outfits, accessories — to build an original character, and reflect your expressions in real time via the front camera. Beyond in-app streaming, it supports OBS integration for PC streaming to YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and more. Free at its core, with some in-app purchases. Ideal for beginners starting face-hidden streaming with no extra gear.

Spectrum Headphones (ハルノソラ | BOOTH)

A free Live2D item asset you load into VTube Studio. Created jointly by 黒綺ハル (modeling) and KOKI (illustration), the audio spectrum on the headphones reacts to the vowel recognition of your microphone's lip sync. Three colours — yellow, pink and emerald green — can be switched with key bindings, and the package includes the full set of integration data such as the moc3 file (cmo3 is not included). To get it you must follow both creators on X and repost the specified post. Credit is encouraged; redistribution, claiming it as your own work and use with image generation AI are prohibited.

Universal Expression Pack for warudo (GoodLuckLab｜BOOTH)

A model-independent set of universal expression presets for Warudo (¥900). It includes scene data, blueprints, and items, letting you easily add special expressions. Using it alongside Warudo Support Tools is recommended.

だれでもVtuber

A beginner-friendly PNGTuber tool with an easy-to-use Japanese UI. Just prepare four differential images — normal, mouth open, blinking, and both — and your avatar is ready to go, automatically switching frames in sync with your mic volume. OBS output setup is simple too, making it a great fit for anyone who wants to start their VTuber journey with minimal hassle ahead of their streaming debut.

Diff Motion

A Japanese-made app (by yuki-P) that animates a PNGTuber purely from image variants. Register your variants - neutral, open mouth, closed eyes and so on - into a 2-, 4- or 10-image preset, and they switch automatically in time with your mic audio. A VAD mode that responds only to human speech (with 2- and 4-image presets) keeps BGM and background noise from triggering the mouth, and Spout2/Syphon output sends the avatar to OBS with the background still transparent. Expressions can also be switched by hotkey or API. Runs on Windows 11/10 and macOS. 800 yen on BOOTH, commercial use allowed.

FaceMotion3D

An app that captures facial expressions on an iPhone with Face ID or an A12 Bionic chip or later, and streams them in real time to 3D software on your PC. Compatible with Maya, Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, and DAZ Studio, with support for FBX export and VRM import. The app itself is free, with streaming and other features priced at ¥120–¥500/month or a one-time ¥2,500 purchase.

Figryne Cast Studio (Lite)

A Japanese-made all-in-one VTuber streaming app that handles everything from VRM avatar tracking to going live. A single webcam tracks your expressions, eye movement and hands, and scene switching, text overlays, live chat display and direct RTMP streaming to YouTube/Twitch are all built in, so there is no OBS to set up. VRoid Hub integration loads your avatar directly, and you can overlay game footage from a capture card. Lite is a one-time purchase of 2,480 yen (the trial stops after 5 minutes per stream); Live2D support is a separate 620-yen add-on. On Mac it is Apple Silicon only.

Flood-Tuber

A PNGTuber plugin that runs inside OBS Studio 30.2 or later. It automatically swaps between idle and talking images based on your mic volume, and supports auto-blink, random actions, and APNG / WebP / GIF. Everything happens inside OBS with no external app needed. Free under GPLv2, for Windows 64-bit (the installer is unsigned, so a SmartScreen warning will appear).

HaritoraX 2

A full-body tracking device from Shiftall (¥39,999). The lightweight sensors — 17g for the chest, 17g for the waist, and 6g for the legs — run for about 80 hours (chest/waist) or 50 hours (legs), or about 6 hours with LiDAR enabled. It works with SteamVR-compatible headsets as well as standalone with Meta Quest or Pico, and has been verified to work with VRChat, cluster, and Virtual Motion Capture.

HONK

A VTuber creation tool by DreamToaster (Tyler T) that animates a PNGTuber's mouth using only mic audio. Instead of bones or rigging, you import images of your character's mouth drawn for different sounds, and HONK swaps between them as you talk. It also supports blinking, eyes that follow the cursor, and crisp pixel-art display. Windows only, and sold as a paid download on itch.io (check the store page for pricing).

iFacialMocap

A tracking app that captures facial movement using iPhone's Face ID or a webcam and sends it in real time to Maya, Unity, Blender, 3ds Max, Unreal Engine, and other PC software. Along with the paid version, there's a free ad-supported trial, and it's aimed at people who want more accurate expressions when paired with VSeeFace, VMagicMirror, Warudo, or Luppet.

Inochi2D

An open-source puppet animation framework for moving layered 2D illustrations in real time. It's built from two apps: "Inochi Creator," for rigging your model, and "Inochi Session," for VTubing with face tracking, letting you give flat art a sense of pseudo-depth in motion. Inochi Creator is available free from itch.io under the BSD-2-Clause license and runs on Windows/Linux.

IRIAM

A V-Live app that turns a single illustration into a character stream you can run right from your phone. Without needing a Live2D model or PC gear, you can start chatting streams or event streams as a character with moving expressions and gestures. Both streaming and viewing happen entirely on the phone, making it a good entry point before a VTuber debut, or for live communication built around existing character art. It also works well for testing a character's reactions and streaming style before committing to Live2D.

Live2D Cubism

The industry-standard modeling software for turning 2D illustrations into a moving VTuber model. Set meshes and deformers on layered artwork, then build in blinking, lip sync, head tilt and hair sway (physics) parameter by parameter. The free FREE edition caps you at 100 art meshes and 30 parameters but lets you try the full workflow, while the unrestricted PRO edition offers an Indie license for individuals (monthly, yearly or three-year, with a student discount). It runs on Windows and Mac, and exported models can be driven by tracking apps such as VTube Studio.

LuppetX

The current version of a VTuber tracking software that animates your upper body using just a webcam and Leap Motion. It supports Leap Motion, Ultraleap, and Quest Pro, and can even reflect finger movements. Compatible with VRM 1.0. Personal license ¥6,600, corporate license ¥99,800. A free trial with an on-screen "sample" watermark is available.

MocapForAll

A Windows 10-only app that performs full-body motion capture using two or more off-the-shelf webcams. It can also capture fingers and facial expressions to a basic degree, and supports real-time transmission via VMT, VMC, and VRChat OSC, as well as BVH and FBX export. A free trial is distributed on Steam, and the full version is a one-time purchase.

mocopi

Sony's motion capture system. Just attach six compact sensors to your body for 3D full-body tracking, working in tandem with your smartphone. It can also connect to VRChat and VMC protocol-compatible software for full-body tracking in VTuber streams. Priced at ¥49,500 (tax included), sold through Sony Store and other retailers.

MOZ-3 Anime Studio

A free Windows app that animates a 2D avatar with lip sync and blinking driven by your mic audio, simply by loading illustrations of the body plus mouth and blink variants. A pitch sensor that measures your voice pitch switches expressions automatically, and Stream Deck hotkeys let you swap models or expressions in one press. Created by Motaro, and updates continue to be released. Bring it into OBS with Window Capture plus a chroma key.

nizima LIVE

A VTuber streaming app that reads your face and expressions through nothing but a webcam and drives a Live2D model in real time. Perfect Sync captures fine detail such as puffed cheeks, lip sync follows your voice, and the camera feed itself never appears on screen, so there is no risk of showing your face. It also includes 100+ preset items and collab rooms that hold up to eight people at once. Available for Windows and macOS (some features are unsupported on Mac), with a free plan alongside paid plans at 550 yen/month for individuals and 3,300 yen/month for businesses.

PNGtuber+

Free software for building a PNGTuber avatar out of stacked PNG images. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, is offered on itch.io as "name your own price" (you can take it for free), and is also distributed free on Steam. It supports sprite-sheet animation, sine-wave sway, drag, bounce and jiggle, and per-sprite visibility tied to speaking and blinking, and you can set the background to green or transparent for OBS. The UI is English-only, and the source code is published under the Unlicense (public domain).

Puppet3

A free mascot app for live streaming that lip-syncs and blinks to audio from your mic, text-to-speech apps, or call apps. It works just by registering a set of four variant images, such as “eyes open, mouth closed”, and with Alt+0–9 shortcuts you can switch between up to 10 mascots, with sound effects. It also supports transparent backgrounds and adjustments to size scale and blink frequency. Works on Windows 7 to 10, open source under GPL-3.0 (author: 獅子座☆B型).

REALITY

A live streaming app that reads your expressions through your phone's front camera so you can stream as an avatar without showing your face. A few taps on the “+” on the home screen start a stream, and features such as in-stream background music, a stream board, a gift wishlist and a “World” mode you can walk around in 3D round out the experience. Avatars can be edited in detail — face, body, clothing — and saved as up to ten outfit sets. It is free at its core on iOS and Android, and gifts you receive become LIVE points that lead to monetization. Operated by REALITY Inc.

SlimeVR

An affordable IMU sensor-based full-body tracking system. Trackers send data to a PC server over Wi-Fi, and it works with SteamVR games and VRChat, as well as VMC/OSC-compatible software and vtubing in VSeeFace and Warudo. Fully open-source, with hardware starting at $219.

TDPT (Three D Pose Tracker)

A motion capture tool that uses AI to estimate 24 full-body pose points from a single webcam. It drives VRM (0.x / 1.x) avatars and can send data to apps like VSeeFace over the VMC protocol, plus export in BVH, VMD, and VRMA formats — handy for MMD and 3D music video production too. The Windows version is freeware.

topia

A virtual music live streaming app for karaoke streams without showing your face. Over 20,000 songs from sources including JOYSOUND are free to sing, and viewers can request tracks from the “repertoire” you register in advance. More than 1,000 items let you adjust your avatar's colour, size, position and even angle, and it supports collabs of up to 12 people and joint live shows. Available on iOS and Android, free at its core for both streaming and watching, and the “jewels” you accumulate from gifts can be exchanged for Japanese yen. Operated by UNBEREAL Inc.

VBridger

A face tracking extension plugin for VTube Studio and Live2D (¥1,010). It lets you fine-tune iPhone ARKit data before feeding it into your model, improving how accurately your mouth and eyes follow your real expressions. Supports input from iFacialMocap, FaceMotion3D, and more (Windows 10 or later recommended).

VCam (macOS)

A VTuber app made exclusively for macOS. It tracks your expressions, hands, and fingers to animate a VRM avatar, and its virtual camera feature sends the video feed straight to OBS or Zoom. It supports VRoid Hub integration, and there's a companion app for Live2D called VCam2D. It's a one-time purchase (major updates require buying again).

veadotube mini

A lightweight PNGTuber app you can get started with just by swapping in your own PNG images. The mouth moves in sync with your mic volume, and it supports automatic blinking, unlimited expression state slots, animated images like GIFs, and effects like jiggling or bouncing when you talk. You can switch expressions with a keyboard, mouse, gamepad, MIDI, or Stream Deck, then pull it into your stream with OBS's window capture and a transparent background. It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and it's free under a pay-what-you-want model. A go-to app that runs smoothly even on low-spec PCs.

Virtual Motion Capture

Free software that animates a VRM avatar using VR gear or mocopi. It supports 3-to-11-point full-body tracking, lip sync, eye tracking, and virtual webcam output, and it connects to other apps via VMCProtocol/OSC. Open source under the MIT license (Windows 10/11).

VirtualCast

A VR communication service from Japan where you put on a VR headset, become an avatar and talk or stream with other users in the same studio. You can bring in your own avatars in VRM format and items in VCI format by uploading them to virtualcast.jp, then hold drop-in collabs in a studio or chatting streams in your own room. There are Steam (HTC VIVE / Valve Index / Windows Mixed Reality) and Meta Quest versions, and it supports streaming to Niconico Live, SHOWROOM and YouTube.

VMagicMirror

A free Windows tool that animates a VRM avatar without any special devices. It has a unique feature where the avatar moves naturally in sync with your keyboard and mouse input. Freely released by independent developer malaybaku.

VNyan

A free 3D VTuber app for Windows that animates VRM/VSFAvatar models using ARKit face tracking from an iPhone or webcam. It supports VMC for full-body integration too, and you can build in chat reactions, effects, and physics behavior through a node graph. It also integrates with Twitch, YouTube, and Kick, making it a great pick for anyone who wants to expand their 3D stream performance for free.

VSeeFace

Free software that face-tracks a 3D VRM avatar using just a webcam. Created and distributed for free by independent developer Emiliana, it pairs with OBS to make VTuber streaming easy to get started with.

VTube Studio

A tracking tool for streaming that animates Live2D models using a webcam or smartphone. Packed with features including face tracking, lip sync, blinking, and expression control, plus Twitch integration. Free to use at its core, with watermark removal as the only paid DLC—a setup loved by many VTubers.

waidayo

A free tool that captures your expressions with iPhone/iPad face recognition and sends them to a VRM avatar on your PC. It can send motion to VMC Protocol-compatible software, including Virtual Motion Capture. Requires an iPhone/iPad with an A12 Bionic chip or later, and a PC viewer is included.

Warudo

Highly customizable software built specifically for 3D VTuber streaming. Features built-in face and hand tracking, a Blueprint system, and support for C# plugins. Also comes packed with viewer-interaction features for Twitch and YouTube.

Webcam Motion Capture

Motion capture software that tracks your head, expressions, gaze, and blinks — plus your hands and fingers — using nothing but a single webcam. It runs as two windows: "Webcam Motion Capture" handles the tracking and "Webcam Motion Receiver" displays the avatar. It loads VRM models as well as VRChat avatars, and you can switch between upper-body, full-body, and face-only modes. Every tracking feature is free to use; hiding the UI, sending over the VMC protocol, and saving FBX files unlock with a subscription.

XR Animator

An AI motion capture app that can track your full body with just a single webcam. It uses MediaPipe and TensorFlow.js to animate VRM/MMD models. You can export motion as VMD/BVH/glTF, and also send it to VSeeFace, VNyan, or Warudo via VMC Protocol. The source code is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, but using the app or the motion you export for monetized streams isn't restricted.