Chatty

📖 What is Chatty?

An IRC-client-style chat app built specifically for Twitch. It supports multi-channel tab management, chat log recording, message highlighting, detailed color and font settings, and FrankerFaceZ / BetterTTV emote display. It's completely free and open source, and runs anywhere Java 8 or later is available. The UI is English-only.

💡 When to Use It

Good for when keeping a Twitch page open in your browser bogs down your PC and you just want a lightweight way to watch chat. It's easy to run your game full-screen while keeping just Chatty's chat window on a second monitor. Moderators watching over multiple channels can also use tab management and highlighting to avoid missing mentions. Since it has log-saving built in, it's also useful for keeping records when dealing with trolls after the fact.

📋 Basic Info

🚀 How to Use

1. Step 1: Download the standalone Windows build from chatty.github.io, or the JAR version for other OSes (requires Java 8 or later)
2. Step 2: Launch it and connect your Twitch account via "Login" to get an access token
3. Step 3: Enter the name of the channel you want to join and connect (manage multiple channels with tabs, split views, or separate windows)
4. Step 4: In settings, enable highlighting (your name or specific words), an ignore list, and chat log file saving
5. Step 5: Moderate using FrankerFaceZ / BetterTTV emote display, AutoMod support, user dialogs, and custom commands

🎬 Tutorial Video

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