Streamlink

• SECURITY: fixed arbitrary local file read via file:// URI in HLS and DASH (CVE-2026-44353 / GHSA-hgqw-6m45-hw5f)
• Added: --stream-passthrough-encrypted for passing through encrypted HLS/DASH segments to the output stream without any checks (#6896)
• Fixed: --interface selection by name on macOS (#6908)
• Fixed: --interface not being applied to adapters mounted after session init (#6915)
• Updated plugins:
• goltelevision: rewritten and fixed plugin (#6916)
• twitcasting: improved ad segment filtering (#6910)

📦 Download and Installation

Please see the installation instructions for a list of available install methods and packages on the supported operating systems.

⚙️ Configuration and Usage

Please see the CLI documentation for how to configure and use Streamlink.

❤️ Support

If you think that Streamlink is useful and if you want to keep the project alive, then please consider supporting its maintainers by sending a small and optionally recurring tip via the available options.

Your support is very much appreciated, thank you!

🙏 Contributors

• 26: @bastimeyer
• 1: @jordandalley
• 1: @streamlinkbot

🗒️ Full changelog

3l3m3nt <jordan@dalleyfamily.net> (1):
      stream: add --stream-passthrough-encrypted

bastimeyer <mail@bastimeyer.de> (26):
      tools: bump ty to 0.0.30 and fix issues
      tools: bump mypy to 1.20.1
      tools: bump ruff to 0.15.10
      tests: add --stream-passthrough-encrypted tests
      cli.argparser: fix type of session-option mapping
      docs: fix sidebar-brand anchor color
      ci.readthedocs: bump python to 3.14
      tools: set ty.environment.python-platform to "all"
      ci.github: add macos-latest runners
      ci.github: update temp-dependencies install script
      compat: add more OS-check constants
      tests: add linux_only and darwin_only markers
      session.http: fix set_interface on macOS
      session.http: patch urllib3's set_socket_options
      plugins.twitcasting: filter preroll on segment map
      tools: bump ruff to 0.15.12
      chore: replace docutils-stubs with types-docutils
      tools: bump ty to 0.0.33
      tools: bump mypy to 1.20.2
      session.http: also set interface on adapter mount
      plugins.goltelevision: rewrite and fix plugin
      docs: update Ubuntu package URL to Ubuntu 26.04
      utils.url: add is_insecure_scheme
      stream.hls: check segment/map/key/plist URI scheme
      tests.stream.hls: decryption key w/ custom adapter
      stream.dash: check BaseURL and segment URI scheme

streamlinkbot <streamlinkbot@users.noreply.github.com> (1):
      session.http_useragents: update useragents

<h1 align="center"><a href="https://streamlink.github.io/">Streamlink<br><img height="150" alt="Streamlink" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streamlink/streamlink/master/icon.svg"></a></h1>

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<p align="center">

A Python library and command-line interface which pipes streams from various services into a video player.<br>

Avoid resource-heavy and unoptimized websites, and still enjoy streamed content.

</p>

<p align="center">

Streamlink was forked in 2016 from the abandoned <em>Livestreamer</em> project.

</p>

📦 Installation

Please take a look at the documentation for different ways of installing Streamlink:

• [Windows][streamlink-installation-windows]
• [macOS][streamlink-installation-macos]
• [Linux and BSD][streamlink-installation-linux-and-bsd]
• [PyPI package and source code][streamlink-installation-pypi-source]

👍 Features

Streamlink is built on top of a plugin system which allows support for new services to be added easily.

Most of the popular streaming services are supported, such as Twitch, YouTube, and many more.

A list of all plugins currently included can be found on the [plugins page][streamlink-plugins].

💡 Quickstart

After installing, simply run:

streamlink "STREAMURL" best

The default behavior of Streamlink is to play back streams in the [VLC player][player-vlc], but a lot of other options and output methods are available, such as writing the stream to the filesystem, reading stream metadata, etc.

For more in-depth usage, please refer to the [CLI documentation][streamlink-documentation-cli].

An [API guide][streamlink-documentation-apiguide] and [API reference][streamlink-documentation-apiref] is available for Python implementors of Streamlink.

🙏 Contributing

All contributions are welcome.

Feel free to open a new thread on the issue tracker or submit a new pull request.

Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md][contributing] first. Thanks!

❤️ Support

If you think that Streamlink is useful and if you want to keep the project alive, then please consider supporting its maintainers by sending a small and optionally recurring tip via the [available options][support].

Your support is very much appreciated, thank you!

[streamlink-installation-windows]: https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#windows

[streamlink-installation-macos]: https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#macos

[streamlink-installation-linux-and-bsd]: https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#linux-and-bsd

[streamlink-installation-pypi-source]: https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#pypi-package-and-source-code

[streamlink-documentation-cli]: https://streamlink.github.io/cli.html

[streamlink-documentation-apiguide]: https://streamlink.github.io/api_guide.html

[streamlink-documentation-apiref]: https://streamlink.github.io/api.html

[streamlink-plugins]: https://streamlink.github.io/plugins.html

[player-vlc]: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[contributing]: https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

[support]: https://streamlink.github.io/latest/support.html