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Commands

Commands are used as shortcuts for long messages. If a message starts with the "trigger" then the message will be replaced with the Command.

Built-in commands

Chatterino comes with a collection of built-in commands to help with channel management, Twitch interaction, and other misc. features.

/banid

Usage: /banid <userID>1

Bans a user by their userID instead of their username. Useful for banning users who are temporarily suspended from Twitch, which /ban cannot do anymore.

Note: If you ban a suspended user this way, they cannot be unbanned from Chatterino, you must wait until their suspension ends or unban them from browser chat.

/block & /unblock

Usage: /(block|unblock) <user>

Blocks or unblocks the specified user. Blocking will hide that user's messages/whispers as well as disassociate them from you on Twitch. For more information about blocking, see Twitch's help article.

/chatters

Usage: /chatters

Shows the total amount of chatters currently connected to the channel.

/clearmessages

Usage: /clearmessages

Clears all messages from the current split/channel. This command is purely visual and is not related to the /clear moderator command.

/clip

Usage: /clip

Creates a clip from the last 30 seconds of the current channel. Also provides an edit link to edit a clip from the current point in time.

/debug-args

Usage: /debug-args

Displays the arguments that chatterino was launched with.

/delete

Usage: /delete <msg-id>

Moderator only, deletes a message in chat with the provided ID. Usually used in mod actions as they can pass through the message ID.

/fakemsg

Usage: /fakemsg <raw message>

Displays the provided IRC messsage in chat as if it was sent from Twitch's IRC server.

/marker

Usage: /marker

Editor only, creates a stream marker in the current stream. Streamer must be live to create markers.

/openurl

Usage: /openurl <url>

Opens a URL in the default web browser. Useful in custom commands.

/popout

Usage: /popout [channel]

Opens the current channel or provided channel's chat in Twitch's popout webchat, using your default browser.

Usage: /popup [channel]

Opens the current channel or provided channel's chat in a new window.

/r

Usage: /r <message>

Replies to the last received whisper.

/setgame

Usage: /setgame <game>

Broadcaster only, sets the current channel's game to the best match of the provided game name.

/settitle

Usage: /settitle <title>

Broadcaster only, sets the current channel's title to the provided text.

Usage: /streamlink [channel]

Attempts to open current or specified stream in streamlink. For more information, see Streamlink's website.

/uptime

Usage: /uptime

Displays the uptime of the current channel's livestream.

/user

Usage: /user <user> [channel]

Opens the specified user's Twitch usercard for the given channel (or the channel provided) in the default browser.

/usercard

Usage: /usercard <user> [channel]

Opens the specified user's Chatterino usercard for the given channel or the channel provided.

/w (Whisper)

Usage: /w <user> <message>

Whispers the provided text to a user on Twitch. See Chatterino's whisper FAQ item for whisper-related issues.

Custom commands

Example

Add Command Hello chat :) with the trigger /hello. Now typing /hello in chat will send Hello chat :) instead of /hello.

Advanced

  • The trigger has to be matched at the start of the message but there is a setting to also match them at the end.
  • Triggers don't need to start with /

Using placeholders

  • {1}, {2}, {3} and so on can be used to insert the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ... word after the trigger.
    Example: Add Command /timeout {1} 1 with trigger /warn. Now typing /warn user123 will send /timeout user123 1

  • Similarly {1+} and so on can be used to insert all words starting with the 1st, ... word.
    Example: Add Command Have a {1+} day! with trigger /day. Now typing /day very super nice will send Have a very super nice day!

  • You can use {{1} if you want to send {1} literally.

  • {channel.name} can be used to insert the name of the current channel.
    Example: Add Command /openurl https://twitch.tv/{channel.name} with trigger /openchannel. Now typing /openchannel will open the current channel in your browser.

  • {channel.id} can be used to insert the Twitch account ID of the owner of current channel.

  • {my.name} can be used to insert the Twitch username of the currently selected account.

  • {my.id} can be used to insert the Twitch account ID of the currently selected account.

  • {stream.title} can be used to insert the title set in the current channel. Only works if the channel is live.
    Example: Add Command The title is {stream.title} with trigger /title. Now typing /title will send a message like The title is Programming.S04E74.1440p.MP4-XD.NVENC

  • {stream.game} can be used to insert the game set in the current channel. Only works if the channel is live.
    Example: Add Command I'm currently playing {stream.game} with trigger /game. Now typing /game will send a message like I'm currently playing World of Warcraft.


  1. Added in 2.4.2