Streamlink: all versions and old releases

📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.6.2 release changelog here.
- Updated certifi to 2026.10.19
- Updated Python from 3.14.8 to 3.14.9
- Updated build dependencies

⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.

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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.6.2 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.6.2, updated its dependencies
- Updated Python from 3.14.7 to 3.14.8

⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.6.1 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.6.1, updated its dependencies

⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.

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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.6.0 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.6.0 with important security fixes, updated its dependencies
- Updated Python from 3.14.6 to 3.14.7

⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.5.0 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.5.0, updated its dependencies
- Updated Python from 3.14.3 to 3.14.6
- Updated FFmpeg to n8.1.2, with latest library versions
- Replaced custom dependency lockfile with Streamlink's own lockfile
- Pinned build dependencies and CI actions
- Made GitHub releases immutable

⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.

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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.4.0 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.4.0 with important security fixes, updated its dependencies

⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.

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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.3.0 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.3.0, updated its dependencies
- Updated Python from 3.14.3 to 3.14.4
- Updated FFmpeg to n8.1-5-g3ec48e4bc6, with latest library versions

⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.

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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.2.1 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.2.1, updated its dependencies
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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.2.0 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.2.0
- Updated Python from 3.14.2 to 3.14.3
⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.1.2 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.1.2
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Fixed: --stream-segmented-queue-deadline not being applied correctly to the Streamlink session options (#6758)
Changed: --hls-segment-ignore-names to not hardcode .ts HLS segment file name extensions (#6747)
Updated plugins:
dailymotion: fixed 403 HLS playlist responses (#6773)
pluto: fixed url matchers and ad detection (#6767)
soop: fixed CDN mapping for ld_cdn based regions (#6749)
Build: removed unneeded wheel dependency from build-system.requires and the build dependency group (#6754)

🙏 Contributors
26: @bastimeyer
1: @qwer-lives
1: @streamlinkbot
1: @yayokorea

🗒️ Full changelog
bastimeyer <mail@bastimeyer.de> (26):
tools: bump mypy to 1.19.1
tools: bump ruff to 0.14.10 and fix issues
chore: fix setuptools typing issues
build: remove wheel from build-system.requires
build: remove wheel from build dependency group
chore: fix setuptools typing issues again
cli: fix --stream-segmented-queue-deadline option
ci.github: bump actions/checkout to v6
ci.github: bump actions/setup-python to v6
ci.github: bump python-version to 3.14
ci.github: bump codecov/codecov-action to v5
ci.github: bump actions/upload-artifact to v6
ci.github: bump actions/download-artifact to v7
ci.github: bump peter-evans/create-pull-request
2026
ci.github: always run all lint steps
plugins.pluto: fix urlmatchers
plugins.pluto: rewrite ad detection
tools: bump ruff to 0.14.11 and fix issues
chore: reformat streamlink init module
stream.dash: fix DASHStreamWriter.write signature
validate: fix callable validation
validate: fix length validator
validate: fix various parse validators
tests: fix typing in validate package tests
plugins.dailymotion: fix 403 HLS playlist response

qwer-lives <jordigonzalezminombre@gmail.com> (1):
stream.hls: remove .ts ext from ignore_names regex

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

yayo <jiwoowatch@gmail.com> (1):
plugins.soop: fix return_type for lg_cdn

📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.1.0 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.1.0, updated its dependencies
- Updated Python from 3.14.0 to 3.14.2
- Fixed build name referencing old Python version
⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.
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📝 Changelog
See the full Streamlink 8.0.0 release changelog here.
- Updated Streamlink to 8.0.0, updated its dependencies
- Updated Python from 3.13.7 to 3.14.0
- Added packaging changelog to GitHub releases
⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.
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📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
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See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
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📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
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📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
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📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
Important
Streamlink 7.0.0 changes:
- ⚠️ Support for Python 3.8 and Windows 7/8 systems has ended.
- ⚠️ No more x86 ("32 bit") builds.
Please note that the x86_64-installer's default location differs from x86.
Users of non-x86_64 systems can always build Streamlink+dependencies on their own.
⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.
❤️ Support
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📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
Important
Streamlink 7.0.0 changes:
- ⚠️ Support for Python 3.8 and Windows 7/8 systems has ended.
- ⚠️ No more x86 ("32 bit") builds.
Please note that the x86_64-installer's default location differs from x86.
Users of non-x86_64 systems can always build Streamlink+dependencies on their own.
⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.
❤️ Support
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📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
Important
Streamlink 7.0.0 changes:
- ⚠️ Support for Python 3.8 and Windows 7/8 systems has ended.
- ⚠️ No more x86 ("32 bit") builds.
Please note that the x86_64-installer's default location differs from x86.
Users of non-x86_64 systems can always build Streamlink+dependencies on their own.
⚙️ Instructions
See the README.md for all the details about the installers and portable archives.
Further information can be found in Streamlink's install docs and Command-Line Interface usage guide.
❤️ Support
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BREAKING: dropped support for EOL Python 3.8 (Win 7/8 are now unsupported) (#6230)
BREAKING/CLI: removed deprecated config file and plugin config file paths (#6149)
BREAKING/CLI: removed deprecated plugin sideloading paths (#6150)
BREAKING/CLI: removed deprecated --force-progress CLI argument (#6196)
BREAKING/CLI: removed deprecated stream-type related CLI arguments (#6232)
--hls-segment-attempts
--hls-segment-threads
--hls-segment-timeout
--hls-timeout
--http-stream-timeout
BREAKING/API: removed deprecated stream-type related session options (#6232)
hls-segment-attempts
hls-segment-threads
hls-segment-timeout
hls-timeout
dash-segment-attempts
dash-segment-threads
dash-segment-timeout
dash-timeout
http-stream-timeout
BREAKING/API: removed deprecated import paths for HTTPSession and HTTPAdapters (#6274)
BREAKING/API: removed deprecated import paths for NoPluginError, NoStreamsError, PluginError and Plugin (#6274)
BREAKING/packaging: dropped "32 bit" Windows x86 and Linux AppImage i686 builds (#6052)
Removed: flawed implementation of VLC-specific player variables (#6251, #6253)
Deprecated: --verbose-player CLI argument in favor of --player-verbose (#6227)
Deprecated: --fifo CLI argument in favor of --player-fifo (#6227)
Added: warning messages for deprecated/suppressed plugin arguments (#6240, #6249)
Fixed: errors on missing stdin file descriptor (#6239)
Fixed: --interface not having an effect on custom HTTPAdapters (#6223)
Updated plugins:
afreeca: renamed to soop, overhauled plugin and deprecated old plugin CLI arguments (#6247, #6257)
ruv: rewritten and fixed plugin (#6262)
tv3cat: updated plugin matchers (#6242)
Docs: updated documentation of various CLI arguments (#6226, #6255, #6225)
Chore: updated typing annotations (PEP 563, PEP 585, PEP 604, PEP 613) (#6218)
Chore: reformatted the whole code base using ruff (#6260)
Build: bumped trio dependency to >=0.25.0,<1 on Python >= 3.13 (#6244)

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- an embedded Python environment
- Streamlink and its dependencies
- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
⚙️ How to use
See the detailed CLI guide on Streamlink's website.❤️ Support
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📦 Release contents
Windows installers and Windows portable archives for Streamlink, which contain
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- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
⚙️ How to use
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- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
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⚙️ How to use
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Windows installers and Windows portable archives for Streamlink, which contain
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- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
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📦 Release contents
Windows installers and Windows portable archives for Streamlink, which contain
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- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
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📦 Release contents
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- Streamlink and its dependencies
- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
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⚙️ How to use
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Your support is very much appreciated, thank you!

📦 Release contents
Windows installers and Windows portable archives for Streamlink, which contain- an embedded Python environment
- Streamlink and its dependencies
- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
⚙️ How to use
See the detailed CLI guide on Streamlink's website.❤️ Support
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Your support is very much appreciated, thank you!

📦 Release contents
Windows installers and Windows portable archives for Streamlink, which contain- an embedded Python environment
- Streamlink and its dependencies
- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
⚙️ How to use
See the detailed CLI guide on Streamlink's website.❤️ Support
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Your support is very much appreciated, thank you!

📦 Release contents
Windows installers and Windows portable archives for Streamlink, which contain- an embedded Python environment
- Streamlink and its dependencies
- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
- streamlink/windows-builds (packaging changelog)
⚙️ How to use
See the detailed CLI guide on Streamlink's website.❤️ Support
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Your support is very much appreciated, thank you!

📦 Release contents
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- Streamlink and its dependencies
- FFmpeg, required for muxing streams
Please see the README.md about the differences between the installers and portable archives.For more information, please see Streamlink's install docs.📝 Changelog
- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
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⚙️ How to use
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- streamlink/streamlink (release changelog)
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## streamlink 4.0.0 (2022-05-01)

Breaking changes:

- BREAKING: dropped support for Python 3.6 ([#4442](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4442))
- BREAKING/API: removed [`streamlink.plugin.api.utils`](https://streamlink.github.io/deprecations.html#removal-of-streamlink-plugin-api-utils) module ([#4467](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4467))
- BREAKING/setup: switched to PEP 518 build system declaration and replaced versioneer in favor of versioningit ([#4440](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4440))
- BREAKING/packaging: replaced Windows installers with new ones built at [streamlink/windows-installer](https://github.com/streamlink/windows-installer) ([#4405](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4405))
- Added: new embedded Python builds for 3.8 and 3.10, both x86 and x86_64
- Updated: embedded FFmpeg to 5.0

Release highlights:

- Added: support for `--record=-`, for writing data to stdout while watching at the same time ([#4462](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4462))
- Added: `plugin` variable for `--title`, `--output`, `--record` and `--record-and-pipe` ([#4437](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4437))
- Added: missing CLI protocol parameter support for DASH streams ([#4434](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4434))
- Updated: CLI and API documentation ([#4415](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4415), [#4424](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4424), [#4430](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4430))
- Updated: plugin description documentation ([#4391](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4391))
- Fixed: nicolive email logins ([#4380](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4380))
- Fixed: various other plugin issues (see the changelog down below)
- New plugins: cmmedia ([#4416](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4416)), htv ([#4431](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4431)), mdstrm ([#4395](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4395)), trovo ([#4471](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4471))
- Removed plugins: abweb ([#4270](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4270)), garena ([#4460](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4460)), senategov ([#4458](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4458)), teamliquid ([#4393](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4393)), tlctr ([#4432](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4432)), vrtbe ([#4459](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4459))