Best Twitch Emote Extensions to Install

You think a lot of things when it comes to Twitch. Maybe your first thought is "live-streaming", or "streamers" - but what comes hand in hand with Twitch channels, are Twitch emotes.

Twitch emotes are a huge part of Twitch culture. Anyone who has spent five minutes on a streaming platform or a Discord server will recognise certain emotes without explanation. OmegaLUL, Kappa, ResidentSleeper, Pepe, the list goes on and on.

Twitch emotes are a common form of discourse, a language that is so well known online that it is almost up there with the written word. These expressive pictures or short animations are a staple part of a Twitch streamer's community.

Some emotes are classical, infamous and timeless... but they aren't actually available on Twitch without Twitch emote extensions. Whilst Twitch offers a huge amount of emotes as default, Twitch emote addons add a huge selection on top of these! By unlocking these vast libraries of additional emotes for your community to use, you can create some personal

Below we run through some of the best Twitch emote extensions available to you as a streamer, a mod and a viewer to make your streaming experience more creative, fun and interactive.

Each of the Twitch emote extensions on offer have a range of great reasons to use on your Twitch channel.

Twitch emotes are a huge part of interactivity on your stream, as well as your Twitch chat. Whilst setup initially may take a few moments to a few hours depending on your technical abilities, the benefits from having a large catalogue of recognizable emotes that are almost expected to be available on Twitch at this point, far outweigh the setup time.

Let's have a quick review of the pros and cons of each Twitch emote extension:

BTTV:
Pros:

• Popular, recognisable emotes
• Dark mode
• Chat customization
• Options for disabling some built in Twitch features for chat
• Works as a browser extension
• Routinely updated and maintained by developers

Cons:

• Lacks some advanced features for message filtering and custom badges

7TV:
Pros:

• Up to 600 slots per channel - a huge amount compared to other Twitch emote addons.
• Custom animated emotes
• Plays nice with other Twitch emote extensions
• Works as a browser extension
• Simple set-up

Cons:

• Customization is limited, especially on chat features
• Still very new, and is growing.

FFZ:
Pros:

• Extensive options for chat customization
• Additional channel emotes slots
• Can hide specific elements of the built in Twitch UI
• Works as a browser extension with a flexible API
• A huge selection of community created plugins and scripts

Cons:

• It is a LOT for casual users, however there are hundreds of guides on YouTube to navigate figuring out the platform.

DankChat:
Pros:

• Functions well with other Twitch emote addons
• Multichannel support
• Simplistic UI for ease of use
• Some customization options
• Combines all emotes from multiple Twitch emote extensions into one interface

Cons:

• Limited to mobile
• Andriod app only

Chatty:
Pros:

• Robust chat controls
• Emote support from other Twitch emote extensions
• Java based app
• High customization levels
• Multichannel viewing
• Additional chat controls for moderation
• Does not need a browser to run

Cons:

• Can be complicated for those who have limited technical knowledge
• Is not a plug and play, it requires some involved setup. Again, YouTube has community guides.

In terms of setup, almost every Twitch emote extension requires a few simple clicks to connect with your Twitch channel, and those that are more involved have a range of available set-up videos available for them that are community generated.

Viewer interactivity with your stream will generate more views and keep more viewers. If those watching your stream have something to interactive with, something to use in conversation, something that is channel exclusive - they will feel included in the stream and in the stream community.

Using Twitch emote extensions opens up hundreds of additional emotes to your stream subscribers and viewers, as well as make their chatting experience more interesting and exciting with customizable features. Also... love your mods? Appreciate your mods? Make their lives easier! We all know how central mods are to the success of a stream environment. The chat customization options there to support them, and you.

As the setup is minimal for most, there is no reason to give one, some, or all of these Twitch emote extensions and Twitch emote addons a try out on your channel.

Make sure you check out our own emote selection for your channel - featuring Twitch emotes, static emotes and animated emotes in our Emote Collection!

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